[football] Real Madrid Defeat Shamrock 1-0, Arsenal Wins

In a match where the Real Madrid galacticos were less visible than the Irish Shamrock Rovers men Real managed to defeat the hosts 1-0 thanks to a goal by French new signing Karim Benzema.

Real started the match with only Cristiano Ronaldo of the new galactic signings in the first eleven along with Raul and Higuain in attack. But they could not pierce through the Shamrock defence while the Irish side produced some fine efforts and once came close to score. In the second half Pellegrini made 10 changes keeping only goalkeeper Dudek on field of first eleven but there was no glimpse of Kaka or Albiol. Benzema showed some signs of his class with scoring the only goal at the 87th minute after hitting the post once. Van Der Vaart had a nice game in the midfield. However Real's defence was exposed a few more times, with Dudek standing invincible below the post they saved the blushes.

In another match, Arsenal found a hard fought win over Lincoln City 3-2 after letting in 2 goals from 2-0 up.