La Liga week 23 extraveganza!

bUILDERtHEbOB

Was it Henry or Eto'o who tried this, but put it out for a throw:

Ricardo was immense.

dreamers75

And the wife wonders why we didnt go out tonight, told her there be at least 3 goals in a cracking game.

she sat in the kitchen moping and watching ant and dec, well she missed a cracker of a game.

Mgoraf

Betis had their fair share of chances too tbf, deserved at very least a draw.

gimmick

bUILDERtHEbOB wrote: »

Was it Henry or Eto'o who tried this, but put it out for a throw:

Henry. Worth a try :P

I think tonights game also showed how important Puyol is to the Barca team. he leads from defence without fuss. It was only very late on tonight when Caceres and Pique got comfortable, and even then they still worried me.

Come on Malaga now.

redout

VALENCIA: César; Maduro, Albiol, Marchena, Moretti; Albelda, Baraja; Joaquín, Silva, Vicente; Villa

MÁLAGA: Goitia; Jesús Gámez, Welligton, Cuadrado, Calleja; Lolo, Apoño; Eliseu, Duda; Baha,Luque


No Renan for Valencia. Anyone know if he is injured ?

Mgoraf

Yeah didn't he get injured a few weeks back? Hence brining in Cesar...

Raskolnikov

I always wondered what happened to Luque.

therecklessone

Fantastic goal from Villa, he really is a superb player.

Valencia 1-0.

Mgoraf

1-0. Villa.Very nice

Mgoraf

1-1 now..

redout

Agree with the above as Villa's goal was class. Unlucky with the OG.

ziggy

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redout

ziggy wrote: »

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Al I know is that it sure as hell was never a peno and if you look back a couple of pages on this thread you will see I said it last night after it was awarded. Reading a lot about it here in Spain today and the press seem to be unanimous that it was very controversial. That said Pep had his tactics wrong last night to put Henry and Messi on the bench in my opinion. Anyonne who watched last weeks Seville derby could have told you this team were looking dangerous. They didnt offer a huge amount up front without would be fair to say. Marquez on the bench was correct as he had a big travel back from the US.

An Citeog

ziggy wrote: »

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Yeah, it's the only aspect of his game that I don't like. That said, 2-0 down just before half time and you make a run into the box, knock the ball past the defender, he sticks out a leg but doesn't make any/minimal contact. Do you a)go to ground with a decent chance of a penalty being given or b)stay on your feet even though you've overrun the ball?

I'm not saying it's right but you can be sure that if it was up the other end the Betis forwards would have done the exact same thing.

gimmick

Real close the gap to 10 points after an easy 0-4 win at Gijon. Espanyol V Sevilla on now. Kind of boring really.

kinaldo

Look at Juande Ramos' amazing stats since he took over.

Apart from his first game, away to Barcelona, in which he had about 3 days to prepare for, and almost took a point, he has won every game - 8 in a row, scoring 16 and conceding only 1!

Phenonomenal, title winning form. If only Barca weren't so good...

Still, the Champions League is a possibility.

Sat. 13 Final Barcelona 2 - 0 Real Madrid 78,000 Spanish Primera División
Sat. 20 Final Real Madrid 1 - 0 Valencia 75,000 Spanish Primera División
Sun. 4 Final Real Madrid 1 - 0 Villarreal 80,000 Spanish Primera División
Sun. 11 Final Mallorca 0 - 3 Real Madrid 18,000 Spanish Primera División
Sun. 18 Final Real Madrid 3 - 1 Osasuna 75,000 Spanish Primera División
Sun. 25 Final Real Madrid 1 - 0 Deportivo La Coruña 60,000 Spanish Primera División
Sat. 31 Final Numancia 0 - 2 Real Madrid 9,500 Spanish Primera División
Sat. 7 Final Real Madrid 1 - 0 Racing Santander 75,000 Spanish Primera División
Sun. 15 Final Sporting Gijon 0 - 4 Real Madrid El Molinon Spanish Primera División

dreamers75

kinaldo wrote: »

Apart from his first game, away to Barcelona, in which he had about 3 days to prepare for, and almost took a point, he has won every game - 8 in a row, scoring 16 and conceding only 1!
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Thats a sacking offence in madrid :P

redout

kinaldo wrote: »

Look at Juande Ramos' amazing stats since he took over.

Apart from his first game, away to Barcelona, in which he had about 3 days to prepare for, and almost took a point, he has won every game - 8 in a row, scoring 16 and conceding only 1!

Phenonomenal, title winning form. If only Barca weren't so good...

But they are playing some woeful football and the thing is that Barca are playing good football so they dont have a chance of taking the league.

kinaldo

redout wrote: »

But they are playing some woeful football and the thing is that Barca are playing good football so they dont have a chance of taking the league.

Woeful is a bit of an exaggeration. If Liverpool or some other Premiership team won the title playing the same football, I very much doubt that word would be used. Italy too. It would be heralded as ''winning'' football.

redout

kinaldo wrote: »

Woeful is a bit of an exaggeration. If Liverpool or some other Premiership team won the title playing the same football, I very much doubt that word would be used.

No they are playing some terrible stuff and dont look like Real Madrid more like Real Madrid Castilla if you know what that means. Pool dont have a lot to be worried about here.

kinaldo

redout wrote: »

No they are playing some terrible stuff and dont look like Real Madrid more like Real Madrid Castilla if you know what that means. Pool dont have a lot to be worried about here.

Vamos a ver. I fully expect Madrid to go KO Liverpool.

redout

kinaldo wrote: »

Vamos a ver. I fully expect Madrid to go KO Liverpool.

I dont.

dreamers75

Going with Kinaldo, fulyl expect ramos madrid to beat liverpool. Liverpool dont have a plan b. If gerrard or Torres dont score or do something they dont score. Ramos will stop them.

redout

If Pool can beat Chelsea then they can most certainly beat a side who aint playing a whole lot better than the blues.

bUILDERtHEbOB

Atléti 1 up at half time, Forlan with a good finish, decent game so far.

CantGetNoSleep

Just wondering why Messi isn't starting? This is his third game out of four he has come off the bench, some sort of injury maybe

Mgoraf

Nah don't think there's an injury, Pep is just testing out his squad I think.