Real Madrid vs Espanyol

MisterAnarchy

3-1 to Espanyol after 38 mins.
Hat trick for Pandiani.
4 good goals in the match,cracking end to end stuff.:D

Im_No_Superman

Game on! 2-3 Raul

~Rebel~

Jesus, La Liga has gone crazy these days! Seems absolutely anyone can beat anyone! stupid study, missing most of the games of the best end of season ever!

Im_No_Superman

3-3! Reyes!

Im_No_Superman

~Rebel~ wrote:

Jesus, La Liga has gone crazy these days! Seems absolutely anyone can beat anyone! stupid study, missing most of the games of the best end of season ever!

Im should be studying too! Ah well looks like a sunday night cramming session for me!

kensutz

4-3 what a game and I've been slating Higuain all game

Im_No_Superman

4-3 Madrid in the 89th minute! What a game! Man Spanish footie is brilliant! Madrid go top of the league!

PHB

What a ****ing game, Casillas comes all the way up to celebrate it with them.
Can't believe they've made this comeback, incredible heart.

Van Nist has been absolutely amazing.
Reyes has made a real real difference aswell. Hasn't done his Real Madrid career too much harm.

Paul Tergat

4-3 Real

WOW

PHB

That's just great to see.
Barca are gona be under some serious pressure tomorrow.

Call Me Jimmy

PHB wrote:

That's just great to see.
Barca are gona be under some serious pressure tomorrow.

aw fs i turned it off with a few minutes left to go study.

Im_No_Superman

I wonder would Capello still get the sack if they won the league?

tdv

What a match. Real deserved to win aswell.

kinaldo

I thought the 3-2 against Sevilla last week was special, especially for Madrid going in at the break 0-1 thanks to a late sucker punch. This however was the game of the season...

In the opening period it looked like it was going to be easy, too easy. Over 70% possession but nothing to show. A couple of mistakes and two remarkably similar goals by Pandiani show exactly why Spanish football is so unpredictable. Cicinho is a talented player going forward but he's a terrible defender. Just as Van Nistelrooy scores and you think normality will resume the Madrid defense shoot themselves in the foot again. Unbelievable.

Simply because of Fabio Capello - his track record, the self belief and team spirit he's generated within the camp, combined with Madrid's history of great comebacks at the Bernabéu, I still think they can win. In fact I'm about 50% sure of it when Cicinho is replaced at half time.

After 3-3 Espanyol start do a good job of time wasting and expertly run down the clock. Casillas still has to show why he's the best keeper in the world. I expect about 5 minutes of stoppage time but no need for that. A brilliant goal by Higuain and a typical 90th minute winner for a Capello side. I never lost faith in him. He's quite simply the master of grinding out results and applying the pressure. He's won so many championships by doing exactly that - Milan (4), Madrid (1), Roma (1), Juve (2). It's what he does. Just like Alex Ferguson, you can never write him off.

This season is so unpredictable I don't want to say which team will triumph but I honestly can't see past Madrid now. Their psychological advantage must be huge at this stage. I don't know what to expect of Barca after their malling at the hands of Getafe in midweek. They should bounce back but such is the nature of Spanish football anything could happen.

PHB

It's still in Barca's hands to be honest.
I can't see any reason why they shouldn't win the next three games, but that said, they've be so inconsistant this year, I wouldn't be suprised to see them drop points.

They are under serious pressure also, because if they get one draw, it'll go down to head to head, which Real are ahead on.

I really hope Real win it, mostly because I want Beckham and Ruud to get a La Liga winners medal.

kinaldo

PHB wrote:

I really hope Real win it, mostly because I want Beckham and Ruud to get a La Liga winners medal.

Two of my mates who could be classed as Barca sympathisers and regularly wear the jersey have also converted to Madrid for that reason.

Nobody deserves it more than Beckham to be fair. I can't believe he's not involved with England anymore. Although Madrid have won nothing since he's signed his performances have won over the Spanish press and notoriously fickle Madrid fans, which says a lot.

Van Nistelrooy is not far behind in the deserving stakes. I never liked him much for various reasons but he's had a brilliant season. Like Beckham he's a great professional. If only Ronaldo (the fat one) could have taken a leaf out of his book. His performance last night was... breathtaking.

Mark

First half - http://www.dailymotion.com/FootballHeaven/video/3297834
Second - http://www.dailymotion.com/FootballHeaven/video/3298553

Dont be at yourself

The way Barca are playing, and the pressure they're under from Real & Sevilla, suggests to me that they're gonna drop points. Probably not tonight at home to Betis though