Recreativo: Riesgo; Iago Bouzón, Morris,
Lamas, Casado (Akalé 58'); Barber; Sisi (Ersen Martín 58'),
Jesús Vázquez (Maidana 74'), Camuñas, Aitor; Adrián
Colunga. 4-1-4-1.
Madrid: Casillas; Sergio Ramos, Pepe,
Cannavaro, Marcelo; Higuaín, Lass, Gago, Robben (Miguel Torres 83');
Huntelaar (Sneijder 62', Van der Vaart 93'), Raúl. 4-4-2.
Team changes: Recreativo: Iago Bouzón, Jesús Vázquez, Aitor, Adrián Colunga for Alain Nef, Javi Fuego, Nayar, Marco Rubén / Madrid: Sergio Ramos, Marcelo, Gago for Miguel Torres, Heinze, Sneijder.
Goals:
0-1. 49. Marcelo. Picked up long Gago pass and ran on to
beat Riesgo.
Yellow cards: Cannavaro 20', Casado 45', Lass 69', Ramos 70'.
Real Madrid won 0-1 at Recreativo in the last match on Saturday evening to maintain the six point gap behind leaders Barcelona. Both keepers pulled off good saves early on, Riesgo keeping out Robben a couple of times and Casillas stopping Sisi and Aitor.
With a couple of minutes to go to half time Raúl fired a shot against the post, but four minutes after the restart Marcelo picked up a long pass from Gago to run on and beat Riesgo.
Madrid could have increased their lead after that, Riesgo making a string of saves from Huntelaar, Robben and Sergio Ramos. But a desperate Recre almost saved a point near the end when Camuñas tested Casillas for the last time.