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Real Madrid Vs Villarreal: Madrid On Top In This Second Half

Real Madrid are a different team so far in this second half. If it was Villarreal that held the initiative in the first half, Real Madrid are now very much in the ascendency. The home side look like scoring with every attack and Villarreal are really struggling to get out of their half. Quite a contrast with what we saw in the first 45 minutes, but whatever Jose Mourinho said to his team at half-time seems to have worked!

Diego Lopez is keeping his side in the match with saves from Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema, as Real Madrid look to get the goal that could be enough to see them move to within two points of Barcelona. There are twenty minutes remaining in this one and it looks like it will be a long twnety minutes for the Yellow Submarine. They need to get the ball to their midfield cause right now they’re not getting a look in.

And Jose Mourinho has just made a bold move, taking off Raul Albiol and bringing on Kaka. Could the returning Brazilian inspire Real Madrid to victory?

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