January date to complete bomb alert Madrid match

Real Madrid and Real Sociedad will play the remainder of Sunday’s suspended Primera Liga match at 6pm on January 5.

The Bernabeu Stadium was evacuated following a bomb scare with two minutes and 40 seconds of the clash still to play, with the score at 1-1.

Following a meeting with the Spanish FA this morning, the clubs have opted to play the remainder of normal time plus four minutes of injury time.

Real Sociedad president Jose Luis Astiazaran said: “We thought about giving the game as concluded but after talking with the FA we decided there was no precedent for that and the best thing was to play the time that was remaining.

“We have had a meeting about football and reached a conclusion the game will continue at 6pm on January 5.”

Real Madrid director of sport Emilio Butragueno praised the spectators inside the ground for their conduct.

“I’d like to highlight the behaviour of the fans, who showed great maturity and it was an example of good citizenship,” he said, before confirming that Tuesday’s charity match – which has been billed as ‘Ronaldo’s friends against Zidane’s friends’ – will go ahead as planned.

“I’d also like to take the chance to say that tomorrow’s game will take place,” Butragueno declared of the ‘Partido contra la Pobreza’ (Game Against Poverty).

He added: “Football is important for society and we want to show that tomorrow.

“We also think that football should be a fiesta, we had tomorrow programmed and people deserve to enjoy the game.”

Madrid took the lead after 41 minutes on Sunday through Brazilian striker Ronaldo but Sociedad equalised midway through the second half with a goal from Nihat Kahveci.