La Liga Week 27

eZe^

Wow! Some REALLY interesting games this weekend in La Liga. Espanyol vs Mallorca jumping out at me, if the Perico's don't win then they'll almost certainly be relegated. How great it would be to see them play in the 2nd division while we hold the league title.

Barcelona need to prove their rut is over, but Almeria away is no bloody push over, they have a team capable of beating anyone on a given day. Negredo and Ortiz will be key if they want to take points of Barca. Hopefully Titi can keep banging them in so that our front 3 stays in devastating form.

Im gonna go out on a limb and say that when Real Madrid go visit the Basques they come away with nothing, and Valencia without Villa and Silva will struggle, even if it's at home to Recreativo De Heulva.


Saturday, March 14th
Valencia - Recreativo 2-2
Athletic - Real Madrid 1-0

Sunday, March 15th
Sporting - Deportivo 1-0
Valladolid - Getafe 1-1
Espanyol - Mallorca 1-1
Racing - Numancia 2-1
Betis - Osasuna 2-1
Málaga - Sevilla 1-2
Atlético - Villarreal 2-2
Almería - Barcelona 0-3

gimmick

I reckon Espanyol are down regardless. But Mallorca are on a decent run of form, Espanyol are not, so I expect Mallorca to get all 3 points there.

Contrary to Eze I expect Real to come away with the usual unconvincing, but valuable, win. Probably 0-1.

If Barca play like they did in the opening 40 minutes against Lyon, they will murder Almeria. However a simple ugly 1-0 is all thats need, but Ill say it will be 0-2.

I think Recre will do Valencia. Confidence is low with the latter, they are missing key players, and questions need to be asked whether they give a feck given recent problems at the Mestalla.

Tie of the weekend is most certainly Atleti V Villareal. I think Villareal will win 2-3 in a cracker.

eZe^

Well considering the Atletico - Villareal game ended 4-4 a few months ago, I've got big hopes.

Nah, Real Madrid just suffered their biggest loss ever in Europe, they were lucky to even get a draw against their local derby rivals and Bilbao are in splendid form. My mate summed it up;

"Yes it .. its the decider of our season..
the game where Cule's before Madrista will be looking @ Bilbao to finish the job and kill Madrid season chances..

its a decider not due to Bilbao strength but the mental state of the squad after last Tuesday humilation
we fall right into Bilbao hands .. passionate fans & players with hate for Real..

the older players must help.. they must pick up those 20 something players out of this hard situation

now for the good news Guti is injured or so they say .. so is Fabio Cannavaro again or so they say .. and Javi Garica
Gago & Salgado miss the game through suspension and poor Drenthe is still suffering from the mental stress our so called "Fans' caused him
as much as i believe in this kid.. he should be loaned for his own good .. anywhere he need much self confidence and i'm disappointed that Ramos leaving things as they are
.. while Danny Parejo , Faubert are back into the squad
one of the few positive things about Liverpool game was Wesley form which was pretty good compared to the last 3 month

Casillas, Dudek, Sergio Ramos, Pepe, Metzelder, Heinze, Torres, Marcelo, Lass Diarra, Sneijder, Robben, Van der Vaart, Faubert, Parejo, Saviola, Raul, Higuain, Huntelaar

I think its Lass-Sneijder.. with Robben - Marcelo on the sides.. one of Raul or Higuain will be benched for Hunter.. or Ramos could play the 3 forwards and bench Robben"

redout

Goal.............

1 - 0

Cumanas

Mix up between the defence and keeper

Bad to worse for Valencia.

redout

Silva you numpty. One on one golden chance to equalise and he he smacks it straight at the keeper !

redout

Goal...........

1 - 1

Pablo

Only 7mins left.

redout

What the hell are them blue things No.5 Bilbao has stuck to the inside and outside of his legs ?

redout

Goal..........

1 - 0

Robben

Who come this guy never played like this running at players and waltzing by the lesser ones whilst with Chelsea.

dreamers75

redout wrote: »

Goal..........

1 - 0

Robben

Who come this guy never played like this running at players and waltzing by the lesser ones whilst with Chelsea.

In his 15 minutes per month he actually was very good, but sadly like duff his attacking thread was curtailed for the sake of the team and system.


nice goal there but ffs someone tackle him!!!!

dreamers75

2 heinze


lol edit 2-1 heinze og

redout

2 -1

Heinze scores at both ends in the space of 8mins. Then Yeste sent of for pushing Iker who went down like a bag of bricks holding his face. Sportsmanship of the highest calibre, well done Iker. Never a red card. Asshole ref has ruined the game. Its most likely over now being a man down.

EDIT: Fuk it I'm off to watch Khan v Barrera as the ref has ruined the match. Just to add the spanish commentators said it was never a sending off also.

dreamers75

34'[0 - 2]
G. Heinze

36'[1 - 2]G. Heinze (o.g.)

then real hit the bar. Nice from Iker all right.

redout

Justice !

Take that Iker you play acting twat.

2 - 2

dreamers75

Damn you i even had JUSTICE in big letters too :mad::D

monkey9

Casillas is a disgrace for his play acting (and the second goal). A player of his quality shouldn't be resorting to that

dreamers75

3-2 real wtf

bilbao not very good at this defending lark

dreamers75

4-2

the killer goal Huntelaar on the break with a lovely lob

dreamers75

peno to real


5-2 higuain

gimmick

Bilbao defense was utter pants. It was a very good performance from Real again though. Huntelaar seems to be growing into his role.

redout

gimmick wrote: »

Bilbao defense was utter pants. It was a very good performance from Real again though. Huntelaar seems to be growing into his role.

Man I would still put my house on it that when RVN comes back he will be benched. This Real side are pants I think if you put any decent forward in there they would look good.

eZe^

A very good performance? Are you for real? That was definitely the most biased ref'ing I've EVER seen in a football game. It was the watching the fcuking globe trotters, Madrid were NEVER reprimanded for their fouls. The one good thing they can take from the game is Huntelaar though, he is looking like Van Nistelrooy mk II tbh, great finishing skills.

Mgoraf

Only seen the 1st half or so of the Real game, agree that the ref was poor. Was given yellow cards to Bilbao players for nothing and was a very harsh red card I thought.

Looking forward to Atleti - Villarreal tonight, should be a few goals there

Adamcp898

Half time in the four o'clocks and Racing hammering Numancia 5-0 and most notably Malaga beating Sevilla 2 nil. Mallorca also beating Espanyol 1 nil, looks like Espanyol are on their way down

redout

Diego Lopez has been class this first-half. Atletico would have about 8 goals by now if not for him. How Villarreal are leading is boggling.

kinaldo

Once again Real ruthlessly dispatch another side in la Liga to little or no credit. Huntelaar's second was absolutely brilliant play from him and Robben. Great response overall.

So only 3 points in it and the pressure all on Barca now..

redout

kinaldo wrote: »

Once again Real ruthlessly dispatch another side in la Liga to little or no credit. Huntelaar's second was absolutely brilliant play from him and Robben. Great response overall.

So only 3 points in it and the pressure all on Barca now..

Anything to add about Iker's despicable play acting getting Yeste sent off ?

And there is actually those who say Real are not supported by the referee's :rolleyes:

redout

LoL, Jimmy Floyd you legend !

Mgoraf

Villarreall 1-0 at HT. Atleti missed a peno in the first few minutes. Diego Lopez has been fcuking class.


FT Espanyol 3 - 3 Mallorca

FT Malaga 2 - 2 Sevilla

FT Racing Santander 5 - 0 Numancia

FT Real Betis 0 - 0 Osasuna

FT Sporting Gijon 3 - 2 Deportivo La Coruna

FT Valladolid 1 - 0 Getafe

kinaldo

redout wrote: »

Anything to add about Iker's despicable play acting getting Yeste sent off ?

And there is actually those who say Real are not supported by the referee's :rolleyes:

While Casillas didn't exactly cover himself in glory, I've seen far worse play acting (Henry, for example, trying to get Puyol sent off in the World Cup...), and Yeste deserved to be sent off anyhow.

And please don't try to tell me Barca aren't just as loved by the refs!

redout

Crazy

Two goals in 60 seconds

2 - 1

Villarreal

Mgoraf

Villarreal down to 10men. Javi Venta s/o for second yellow.

LuckyLloyd

Tbh, I'd be happy enough if the only football I could watch for the rest of my life was Athletico Madrid playing at home

eZe^

Mgoraf wrote: »

Villarreall 1-0 at HT. Atleti missed a peno in the first few minutes. Diego Lopez has been fcuking class.


FT Espanyol 3 - 3 Mallorca

FT Malaga 2 - 2 Sevilla

FT Racing Santander 5 - 0 Numancia

FT Real Betis 0 - 0 Osasuna

FT Sporting Gijon 3 - 2 Deportivo La Coruna

FT Valladolid 1 - 0 Getafe

I don't care if the EPL has the a much stronger top 4 than La Liga, with games and results like that who actually cares? :D

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

Tbh, I'd be happy enough if the only football I could watch for the rest of my life was Athletico Madrid playing at home

I lol'd.

redout

Barca lineup:
Valdés; Alves, Piqué, Márquez, Cáceres; Keita, Touré, Xavi; Messi, Bojan, Iniesta.

Almeria lineup:
Diego Alves; Bruno, Pellerano, Acasiete, Mané; Juanma Ortiz, Juanito, Irineyt, Crusat, Kalu Uche, Negredo.

Negredo could be one to watch.

redout

Forlan

2 - 2

With 10 men.

redout

wtf.....

3-2

Atletico

Amazing

2-1 down with 10 men now 3-2 up with 6mins left!

LuckyLloyd

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

Tbh, I'd be happy enough if the only football I could watch for the rest of my life was Athletico Madrid playing at home

QFT

redout

If only Atletico could sort out some sort of a proper defence they would be f**king lethal !

eZe^

Shame they went out of the CL tbh, they got knocked out despite not losing a game! :pac:

Edit - Forlan's gotta be one of the best strikers in the world.

redout

eZe^ wrote: »

Shame they went out of the CL tbh, they got knocked out despite not losing a game! :pac:

Man that was the nutcase Resino and his insane tactics of dumping Forlan for sinama-pongolle. Like wtf ? Even Kun was baffled by it.

LuckyLloyd

eZe^ wrote: »

Shame they went out of the CL tbh, they got knocked out despite not losing a game! :pac:

Hmm, I think Porto were the better side over the two legs.

eZe^

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

Hmm, I think Porto were the better side over the two legs.

They were missing their best striker for the second leg. Shame really.

kinaldo

I too wish Atletico were still in the CL, such a fantastic side to watch. I wonder what the odss of them drawing 0-0 were... a most bizarre scoreline for los rojiblancos!

LuckyLloyd

You know, Silvinho is one of those players who has quietly gone about having a really good career.

LuckyLloyd

What a ****ing save that was!!

Frisbee

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

What a ****ing save that was!!

Did you watch the Atletico vs Villareal match.

Despite 3 goals going past him Diego Lopez was definitely my MotM. Without him Atletico could easily have scored 7 or 8.

LuckyLloyd

Frisbee wrote: »

Did you watch the Atletico vs Villareal match.

Despite 3 goals going past him Diego Lopez was definitely my MotM. Without him Atletico could easily have scored 7 or 8.

Agree completely, he had a great game. Did well in Athens during the week aswell.

Frisbee

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

Agree completely, he had a great game. Did well in Athens during the week aswell.

Still waiting on a replay of that save from the Almeria keeper though....

Frisbee

Another fantastic save from Diego Alves from that Pique header.
Two fantastic goalkeeping displays in a row on telly

Mgoraf

lol all about the 'keepers tonight.

redout

Messi rather quiet by his standards. Henry and Eto'o missing presence is apparent.