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Van Nistelrooy Scores No. 100 |
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Written by Administrator
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Monday, 12 May 2008 |
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Real Madrid striker Ruud van Nistelrooy scored their 100th goal of
the season in all competitions with his first-half strike against
Zaragoza on Sunday.
Van Nistelrooy made a scoring return to the first team after injury
when he scored from the penalty spot in the 4-1 drubbing of Barcelona
in midweek and made it two in two with his goal in the 25th minute of
Sunday's match.
The goal came after Robinho had cut in from the
right and seen his effort saved by Zaragoza goalkeeper Cesar, only for
the ball to drop invitingly into the path of Van Nistelrooy, who made
no mistake tapping the ball into the empty net.
Not only was it
Van Nistelrooy's 14th goal of the season, but it was also the 100th
scored by Madrid in all competitions this campaign and fitting that it
should be two players who have played such important roles at various
points of the season that combined to score it.
Robinho did, of
course, add his own name to the score-sheet with what looked at the
time to be the winning goal, for his 11th of the campaign, and Madrid
will hope to add further to their goal tally in their final league game
at home to Levante - assuming of course that their opponents turn up.
Nick Dorrington, Goal.com
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