Real Madrid’s recent crisis worsened in the 48th minute as Fabian Canobbio cracked home an unstoppable shot to put Valladolid in front. Real slumped to back-to-back defeats, with Schuster left wondering if he is Brend toast.

Amantegui extended Union’s aggregate lead after 14 minutes, but a Raul header brought Real level. But in injury time at the end of the first half Salcedo raced clear to put Union back in front. Back came Madrid, Raul tucking home his second of the game. Bueno put the hosts ahead for the first time on the night with a stunning strike into the top corner and Raul looked to have killed the tie with his hat-trick goal four minutes from time. But at the death the unbelievable happened, Romo scoring deep into injury time to knock out the La Liga powerhouse on away goals.

Eliseu silenced the Bernabeu after five minutes with a stunning solo run down the right hand side, making his way through on goal and eventually turning the ball home after a shot was parried. Three minutes later Higuain equalised after the keeper saved Guti’s shot. But Malaga stunned the hosts for the second time when Nabil Baha steered home a cross. But back came Real, and Higuain drew Madrid level from the penalty spot from a Malaga handball (was it in the box?). A minute before half-time Ramos was sent off and that led to an incredible final twenty minutes. Malaga took the lead for the third time from a penalty by Apono. Only for Higuain to hit back straight away with an equaliser with a fine right footed strike. Then on 78 minutes Higuain grabbed his and Madrid’s fourth, slotting home after his penalty had been saved, as Los Blancos went into the lead for the first time in the game.

Alessandro Del Piero continued his excellent recent form at the Santiago Bernabeu by firing in a 20-yard low drive to give Juve the lead in Madrid. Sergio Ramos had a glorious chance to cap his return to the first team with an equaliser, but his back-post volley narrowly skied the bar. Ruud van Nistelrooy was the next to miss the target after being released by Guti. Juventus then extended their lead after the break, Iker Casillas lined-up up his wall poorly and Alessandro Del Piero was able to pick his spot to the right of the motionless keeper.

I bianconeri passano 2-0 in casa Real, dove non vincevano da 46 anni, grazie a un gol per tempo del suo capitano Alex Del Piero, che mai aveva segnato nello stadio spagnolo: assicurato il passaggio agli ottavi. Tutto lo stadio in piedi ad applaudire Del Piero quando Ranieri lo richiama al 47′.

A brilliant whipped cross from Higuain was expertly steered home by the head of Raul as Real Madrid took the lead at Almeria. But the hosts equalised with nine minutes to go through their young Argentine sensation Pablo Piatti.

It took Real Union just two minutes to score, Juan Dominguez burst past Michel Salgado to rock the visitors back with the opener. Gonzalo Higuain levelled on a counter-attack soon after, but the game had to be halted when his team mate Ruben de la Red collapsed and was taken to hospital. Dominguez was gifted a free header to put the home side back in front after 20 minutes. Real struck level through Javier Saviola after the break, but Goikoetxea found space in the area to net the winner in the 63rd minute.

Real raced out the traps and went two up inside the opening half hour, Sneijder rifling home a left foot drive and Higuain coolly slotting home the second. But Bilbao refused to lie down and Etxebarria gave the visitors a lifeline. Bilbao then levelled with a Iraola penalty on the stroke of halftime. But Real took the points in the second half, Higuain racing through the middle and finishing expertly.

Juventus held on to complete a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Real Madrid at Stadio Olimpico and move to the top of Champions League Group H. A fifth minute wonder strike from captain Alessandro Del Piero gave the Bianconeri the lead and Carvalho Amauri added a second-half header. Ruud Van Nistelrooy met a Gabriel Heinze cross to reduce the deficit in the 66th minute but Claudio Ranieri’s well-organised defence held firm to leapfrog the Spanish champions in the table.

Dopo un primo tempo dominato e chiuso in vantaggio grazie a una rete del capitano Del Piero al 5′, i bianconeri raddoppiano a inizio ripresa col brasiliano Amauri, poi rallentano e soffrono. Al 21′ Van Nistelrooy riapre i giochi, poi il Real non passa più: finisce 2-1. Marchisio s’infortuna la caviglia sinistra in uno scontro con Sissoko.

Ruud van Nistelrooy shot Real Madrid into an early lead in the local derby against Atletico. Minutes later Sneijder nearly doubled the lead but his shot hit the bar. The home sides task was then made even harder when Luis Perea was sent off for smacking Sneijder in the face. But, five minutes before the break, goalscorer Ruud van Nistelrooy was also shown the red card for a bad tackle to even things up at 10 men for both teams. In the 90th minute, Atletico equalised when Simao scored with a well struck free-kick. But Atletico’s joy was short-lived as deep in injury-time Drenthe was fouled in the box by Heitinga and Higuain scored the penalty to give Real a barely deserved win.

Un rigore dell’argentino Higuain al sesto minuto di recupero regala la stracittadina alla squadra di Schuster. Inutile la punizione di Simao che aveva pareggiato il guizzo iniziale di Van Nistelrooy. Annullati due gol agli ospiti. Il Villarreal di Rossi si salva contro l’Espanol, che sbaglia un rigore con Tamudo.

Raul twice pulled Real back level in the first half after Raul Tamudo, from the penalty spot and Luis Garcia had put the visitors in front.

Il Real Madrid non e’ andato oltre il 2-2 in casa contro l’Espanyol in un match della sesta giornata della Liga spagnola.