Real Madrid 3-1 Athletic Club: result and report
La Liga · Thursday 22 September 2005
Result
Real Madrid 3-1 Athletic Club
La Liga · Thursday 22 September 2005, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Real Madrid 3-1 Athletic Club: match report
Real Madrid beat Athletic Club 3-1 in La Liga on Thursday 22 September 2005. The half-time score was 0-1.
Joseba Etxeberria opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Robinho (52'), Raúl (64') and Raúl (68'). Athletic Club scored through Joseba Etxeberria (24').
Discipline: Real Madrid received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Athletic Club received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 18th on 3 points from 3 and Athletic Club 14th on 4 points from 3. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 2nd with 70 points, and Athletic Club 12th with 45.
Going into the match Real Madrid's last five read L-L-W and Athletic Club's L-D-W.
Key events
- 24'Goal · Joseba Etxeberria
- 44'Yellow card · Jonathan Woodgate
- 52'Goal · Robinho
- 52'Yellow card · Jesús Lacruz
- 60'Yellow card · Míchel Salgado
- 64'Goal · Raúl
- 66'Second yellow · Jonathan Woodgate
- 68'Goal · Raúl
- 70'Yellow card · Gurpegi
- 72'Yellow card · Tiko
- 75'Yellow card · Orbaiz
- 79'Yellow card · Luis Prieto
Team news
Real Madrid line-up
Iker Casillas, Míchel Salgado, Roberto Carlos, Francisco Pavón, Robinho, Thomas Gravesen, David Beckham, Ronaldo, Raúl, Pablo Gabriel García Pérez, Jonathan Woodgate
Athletic Club line-up
Aranzubia, Unai Expósito, Javier Casas, Jesús Lacruz, Luis Prieto, Tiko, Orbaiz, Gurpegi, Ibón Gutiérrez, Francisco Yeste, Joseba Etxeberria