Real Madrid Vs Villarreal: Marcos Ruben Chips In To Make It 1-2

I tell you what, Real Madrid are really struggling here. Villarreal have been nothing short of scintillating in this first half, and they have gone ahead agin through Marcos Ruben. The little striker ran onto a fantastic through ball from the majestic Borja Valero, and chipped a delightful shot over Casillas and into the net. Stunning goal.

And Villarreal are not sitting on their lead. The electric Santi Cazorla is creating panic in the Madrid defence with every attack, and with Rossi, Marcos Ruben, Cani and Borja Valero all enjoying plenty of possession, Real Madrid are all over the place. Mourinho really needs to find a way of getting Xabi Alonso on the ball more, and of course he needs more from Karim Benzema who has retreated back into his shell after that assist.

Lass Diarra isn’t enjoying a great night either, with Borja Valero and Bruno controlling proceedings in the middle. Lass is there to break up play and at the moment he is failing to cut out balls between Villarreals midfield and strikers. If it stays like this I fully expect to see Sami Khedira in the second half.