Real pick up first points after beating Numancia
After 2-1 loss at Deportivo la Coruna, Real Madrid beat Numancia 4-3 at the Bernabeu on Sunday.
Despite being behind twice, Real fought back and showed their attacking power.
The new promoted took the lead on 6th minute after Juan Carlos Moreno’s goal.
Real leveled the score after a goal from Guti. It was the 5000th league goal for Real.
Numancia took the lead again after Barkero’s goal but Real responded quickly with Higuain and Van der Vaart goals.
The half-time score was set by Cisma’s own goal. The first half ended comfortable for Real but in fact it was full of errors, especially in defence.
Moreno signed his double in the 56th minute. With only one goal lead Bernd Schuster opted to strengthen the defensive by introducing defensive midfielder Ruben de la Red in place of Van der Vaart. Raul came in to replace Ruud van Nistelrooy.
Both teams had good ocasions untill the end but the score remain unchanged.
It was a match with big defensive errors on both sides, where the attacking power of Real made the difference.
Rossi close to another world title after Indianapolis win
Valentino Rossi won the Indianapolis GP on a heavy rain and windy weather.
Rossi was declared the winner of the race after just 20 laps when the race was red-flagged because of the heavy weather.
Nicky Hayden from Honda came second while Rossi‘s teammate Jorge Lorenzo arrived third.
This was his seventh win of the season, fourth in a row, and 69th in the top category.
Rossi leads the standing with 87 points over Casey Stoner with only four races left.
Rossi needs just one point to assure his eight world title of his career.
“Il dottore” declared that he was hoping for the red flag because it was getting dangerous.
Also Casey Stoner the defending champion was disturbed by the weather.
Milan in crisis after 2-0 defeat in Genoa
After loosing their opening game against Bologna, Milan registered their second defeat at Genoa.
Giuseppe Sculli opened the score in 30th minute and Diego Milito converted a penalty in the 90th to seal the victory for Genoa.
Despite having in the starting line-up Ronaldinho, Shevchenko and Kaka, the last one has just returned after an injury, Milan was unable to find the goal.
Ronaldinho and Shevchenko were inefective and they were substituted early in the second half.
After this lose Ancelotti‘s position is putted under pressure.Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani declared that Ancelotti‘s position is still safe but “he better stop loosing”.
Milan are now second from the bottom, but Ancelotti, who is at the helm for eight seasons now, is sure that he will solve the problems.
Injuries hit Roma
Roma has a whole list of injuries to deal with, defenders Juan and Mexes, goalkeeper Doni, midfielders Perrotta and De Rossi and forwards Totti and Vucinic.
The Giallorossi were penalized by the absences in Saturday’s match against Palermo. Roma lost 3-1 to Palermo.Roma took the lead after Baptista’s goal but Palermo fought back to turn the score in their favor.
The Giallorossi could manage only a 1-1 against Napoli in their Serie A opening.
Roma will start the Champions League campaign next week against Romanian champions Cluj.
It remains to be seen how coach Luciano Spalletti will manage the situation.