Good evening and welcome to our live text commentary of Real Madrid v Levante!
- K. Benzema(6')
- R. Carvalho(41')
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GOOOOAL! CARVALHO TAPS IN TO MAKE IT TWO FOR REAL! Ronaldo whips the freekick right to Carvalho on the goal-line, and the defender has the easiest of jobs to tap in to the net. Wonderful set-piece
Ronaldo takes it... straight into Munua's hands. The referee signals for it to be retaken, however, as he hadn't signalled for the kick to be taken in the first place
Nano scythes down Di Maria on the left wing, and gives away a free kick deep in Levante's half
Real loft a high ball up to Ronaldo on the right wing, but he completely misses the ball as he tries to bring it under control from over his shoulder
The corner is whipped into the box... and the referee has spotted a foul. Levante free kick
Ronaldo crosses into the box from the right, and Valdo completely mis-cues his clearance - slicing the ball out for a corner
Ronaldo is flagged offside on the right wing for Real, and vehemently protests. Replays show he was clearly onside. Levante take the free kick early, and Valdo is then caught offside for the visitors. Not the finest passage of play, this!
Benzema plays the ball into the box from the left, which rebounds to Marcello on the edge of the box. Marcello stumbles through a challenge, and SHOOTS! JUST WIDE OF THE RIGHT POST! Cracking effort
The ball is hoofed long for Ronaldo now, but Munua comes racing out of his area to barge the ball clear. It's all Madrid
Iborra's back on his feet, and Real are back on the ball. Kake takes a touch some 20 yards out, and SHOOTS! Straight into the body of Munua
Levante have a man down in the middle, after Sergio Ramos clatters late into Iborra. The ball falls to Ronaldo, who lashes the ball over Levante's crossbar from range. Not a great display of sportsmanship, and the Levante defenders let him know it. The referee then yellow cards Sergio Ramos for the initial foul. Bizarre.
Di Maria tries one now - crossfield from the right wing to Ronaldo on the left - but Ronaldo falls flat on his back after losing his footing, and it's a Levante throw
Diarra pings a hopeful long ball towards Benzema, but it's over-hit and flies out for a goal kick
Marcello reads a long ball to Levante's right wing, and wins a throw for Real
Ronaldo charges towards goal from the right again, and is dispossessed on the edge of the area by a pin-point sliding challenge from Ballesteros
Kaka leaves a foot in on Nano, though, and Levante now have a free kick - deep in their own half on the right wing
Marcello is fouled wide left on the half-way line for Madrid, who switch right from the free kick
The ball is flicked back into the box by Albiol, and Benzema reaches it! He SHOOTS! BLOCKED BY MUNUA! Cracking block by the Levante keeper, after Del Horno left Benzema completely free in the box. Mardrid turning the screw here
Kaka swings it in again... punched clear by Munua this time!
Kaka to take... headed clear by the first man. The ball lands to Di Maria on the edge of the box. Di Maria takes a touch, and SHOOTS! TIPPED WIDE OF THE LEFT POST BY MUNUA!
Sergio Ramos finds Kaka in the middle of the pitch, and the Brazilian wins a corner with a deflected strike from range