Ruud scores no. 100
Monday, May 12, 2008

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.


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