Atlético de Madrid 2-1 Racing Santander: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 12 March 2006
Result
Atlético de Madrid 2-1 Racing Santander
La Liga · Sunday 12 March 2006, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Atlético de Madrid 2-1 Racing Santander: match report
Atlético de Madrid beat Racing Santander 2-1 in La Liga on Sunday 12 March 2006. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Fernando Torres opened the scoring in the 65th minute. Atlético de Madrid's goals came from Fernando Torres (65', penalty) and Pablo Ibáñez (74'). Racing Santander scored through Damià (70').
Discipline: Atlético de Madrid received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Racing Santander received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Atlético de Madrid were 9th on 38 points from 26 and Racing Santander 13th on 29 points from 26. Atlético de Madrid went on to finish that season 10th with 52 points, and Racing Santander 16th with 40.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Atlético de Madrid win, 0 draws and 0 for Racing Santander.
Going into the match Atlético de Madrid's last five read L-W-W-W-W and Racing Santander's D-D-L-W-L.
Key events
- 28'Yellow card · Carlos Gallego
- 40'Yellow card · Antonio Tomás
- 44'Yellow card · Martin Petrov
- 48'Yellow card · Colsa
- 56'Yellow card · Pablo Alfaro
- 64'Yellow card · Vitolo
- 65'Penalty goal · Fernando Torres
- 66'Yellow card · Dudú Aouate
- 70'Goal · Damià
- 74'Goal · Pablo Ibáñez
- 86'Yellow card · Gabi
- 88'Second yellow · Gabi
Head-to-head
Team news
Atlético de Madrid line-up
Juan Velasco, Antonio López, Pablo Ibáñez, Colsa, Luciano Galletti, Martin Petrov, Fernando Torres, Mateja Kezman, Gabi, Carlos Gallego, Leo Franco
Racing Santander line-up
Dudú Aouate, Damiá, Ezequiel Garay, Pinillos, Felipe Melo, Vitolo, Cristian Portilla, Antonio Tomás, Mauricio Pinilla, Pablo Alfaro, Ayoze