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Real Madrid v Granada: La Liga – live! Real Madrid v Granada: La Liga – live!
(35 minutes later)
11.38am BST11:38
GOAL! Real Madrid 3-0 Granada (Ronaldo, 36 min)
The floodgates have well and truly been smashed open. Marcelo skips down the left and crosses. Oier palms it out, but straight to Ronaldo, who creams a volley past him from 12 yards.
11.34am BST11:34
32 min: What a beautiful smile, though. A princely smile.
11.33am BST11:33
GOAL! Real Madrid 2-0 Granada (Ronaldo, 30 min)
Stop press! Cristiano Ronaldo is smiling! Expect full analysis of that smile in the next few days. And maybe some analysis of this goal as well. It came from a cross from the right which landed at the feet of Benzema in the area. He should have scored but faffed around with it and lost the chance. The ball was only half-cleared, though, and Ronaldo left it to James Rodriguez, who cleverly disguised a flick back to the main man, whose right-footed finish was unerring from the left side of the area. They got there in the end.
11.30am BST11:30
29 min: Ronaldo’s shot is deflected over from the left. Real are threatening to run riot now.
11.29am BST11:29
28 min: Especially caramelised onions.
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27 min: A good goal from Gareth Bale, but I think we can all agree that he is still responsible for absolutely everything that is wrong in the world, including caramelised onions.
11.28am BST11:28
GOAL! Real Madrid 1-0 Granada (Bale, 25 min)
And Real score at this point! Toni Kroos slides a ball through the middle and although Mainz looks like he has it covered, he’s easily overpowered by Gareth Bale, who races clear, rounds Oier, takes his time, thinks about bending down and heading the ball over the line, decides against it, and taps the ball over the line before the defender can get back. What was I saying? I am a genius. Real Madrid, you are welcome and the invoice for that goal is in the post.
11.26am BST11:26
25 min: This is a pretty open game. Granada are breaking well when they get the ball. But you sense that Real are going to score at some point.
11.24am BST11:24
23 min: Emails please!
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22 min: What a miss from Arbeloa! Marcelo charges to the byline and his chipped cross reaches his fellow full-back, Arbeloa, who somehow turns the ball wide of the open goal from a couple of yards out! Real should be ahead.
11.20am BST11:20
19 min: Modric turns brilliantly in the middle, wriggling clear of the Granada midfield, but his shot from 25 yards is blocked.
11.18am BST11:18
17 min: Bale has a dig from 25 yards. Deflected. Wide. Corner. Bale jumps high, Benzema jumps higher and his header pings off a defender and goes wide. Goal-kick, obviously.
Updated at 11.18am BST
11.15am BST11:15
14 min: Granada go so close to taking the lead! Real lose possession in their own half and Ibanez is able to run at a backtracking Ramos, before drilling a low shot inches past the far post. Casillas was beaten.
11.14am BST11:14
12 min: Ronaldo does around 400 stepovers and then rams a shot into the side netting from the left. A swaying Foulqier looks rather dizzy after that.
11.12am BST11:12
1o min: This is why Granada are probably going down. A long ball over the top should be dealt with by one of Oier and Juan Carlos. Oier comes off his line, apparently to collect it, and the left-back lets the ball drop over his head, presumably because he got a shout, but neither incompetent had reckoned with Gareth Bale turning up in between them. Bale gets there post and lobs the ball over Oier - but just over. Unlucky.
11.10am BST11:10
9 min: Blackburn legend Ruben Rochina shoots from 30 yards. He does not score.
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8 min: James Rodriguez pops up on the left and bends a cross to the far post to the stretching Benzema, who catches the ball cleanly on the volley. Oier holds it at his near post.
11.07am BST11:07
6 min: It’s okay, though, because I sleep under my desk. Please don’t tell my bosses that. They’re mistakenly under the impression that a family of possums are living in the Guardian office.
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5 min: Benzema, looking along the line, is caught offside. It’s early. I mean, I only woke up 20 minutes ago.
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3 min: Kroos can’t win the ball in midfield and Granada break, Ibanez sent haring away down the right. He waits for support and finds it in the form of Rochina, whose shot is deflected, the ball running through to Casillas, who manages not to throw it in. Well done, Iker.3 min: Kroos can’t win the ball in midfield and Granada break, Ibanez sent haring away down the right. He waits for support and finds it in the form of Rochina, whose shot is deflected, the ball running through to Casillas, who manages not to throw it in. Well done, Iker.
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2 min: Look outside. Go on. Look. It’s got the potential to become so sunny.2 min: Look outside. Go on. Look. It’s got the potential to become so sunny.
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And we’re off! Granada, in their red and white shirts, get the ball rolling. They’re cowering from right to left in the first half. And you know what Real Madrid are wearing, so don’t even ask.And we’re off! Granada, in their red and white shirts, get the ball rolling. They’re cowering from right to left in the first half. And you know what Real Madrid are wearing, so don’t even ask.
10.59am BST10:5910.59am BST10:59
Here come the teams! Soon there will be football.Here come the teams! Soon there will be football.
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The teams!The teams!
Real Madrid: Casillas; Arbeloa, Ramos, Varane, Marcelo; Modric, Kroos, James; Bale, Benzema, Ronaldo. Subs: Keylor Navas, Coentrao, Chicharito, Lucas Silva, Nacho, Jesé, Illarramendi.Real Madrid: Casillas; Arbeloa, Ramos, Varane, Marcelo; Modric, Kroos, James; Bale, Benzema, Ronaldo. Subs: Keylor Navas, Coentrao, Chicharito, Lucas Silva, Nacho, Jesé, Illarramendi.
Granada: Oier; Foulquier, Babin, Mainz, Juan Carlos; Iturra, Fran Rico; Robert Ibáñez, Rochina, Candeias; El Arabi. Subs: Roberto, Nyom, Javi Márquez, Piti, Riki, Eddy, Murillo.Granada: Oier; Foulquier, Babin, Mainz, Juan Carlos; Iturra, Fran Rico; Robert Ibáñez, Rochina, Candeias; El Arabi. Subs: Roberto, Nyom, Javi Márquez, Piti, Riki, Eddy, Murillo.
10.03am BST10:0310.03am BST10:03
So Real Madrid could do with waking up. They’ve been playing badly all year, the title is in danger of slipping away, they’ve got their bogey team, Atletico Madrid, in the last eight of the Champions League and Carlo Ancelotti is under increasing pressure, with noted managerial genius Zinedine Zidane innocently lurking around in the shadows. All of which means that a visit from lowly Granada, 19th in La Liga, is most welcome, a chance for Real to restore some much-needed confidence. That’s the theory anyway.So Real Madrid could do with waking up. They’ve been playing badly all year, the title is in danger of slipping away, they’ve got their bogey team, Atletico Madrid, in the last eight of the Champions League and Carlo Ancelotti is under increasing pressure, with noted managerial genius Zinedine Zidane innocently lurking around in the shadows. All of which means that a visit from lowly Granada, 19th in La Liga, is most welcome, a chance for Real to restore some much-needed confidence. That’s the theory anyway.
Kick-off: 11am in London, 12pm in Madrid.Kick-off: 11am in London, 12pm in Madrid.
Updated at 10.43am BSTUpdated at 10.43am BST