La liga - week 33

redout

Saturday, 25 April 2009
Almeria v Numancia, 19:00
Malaga v Deportivo La Coruna, 19:00
Valencia v Barcelona, 21:00
Sunday, 26 April 2009
Almeria OFF Numancia, 16:00
Athletic Bilbao v Racing Santander, 16:00
Atletico Madrid v Sporting Gijon, 20:00
Espanyol v Real Betis, 16:00
Getafe v Villarreal, 16:00
Malaga OFF Deportivo La Coruna, 16:00
Recreativo Huelva v Mallorca, 16:00
Sevilla v Real Madrid, 18:00
Valencia OFF Barcelona, 16:00
Valladolid v Osasuna, 16:00

redout

Valencia lineup:
CÉSAR; MIGUEL, ALBIOL, MADURO, ALEXIS; MARCHENA, BARAJA; PABLO HERNÁNDEZ, SILVA, MATA; VILLA

Barca lineup:
VALDÉS; ALVES, PIQUÉ, PUYOL, ABIDAL; BUSQUETS, XAVI, KEITA; MESSI, INIESTA, ETO'O


A win tonight can put Barca within 9 points of Mathematically securing la liga with 5 games remaining.

Mgoraf

Looking forward to Barca game

Depor drawing 1-1
Almeria winnign 2-0 atm too.

redout

Anyone else think la liga is turning into a bit of a joke with 1st place team 24 points ahead of 3rd place team and potentially 27 points ahead by tomorrow evening after Sevilla play Real Madrid ?

Mgoraf

Nah just this season Barca have been so much better than the rest of them. The last 2 or 3 seasons the league was been closer at the top than this.

redout

I know but its setting a dangerous trend if it was to continue. A lot of persons who dont really watch la liga already hold the view its only ever Real or Barca. This will only help solidate them persons views. Its actually making the league a bit boring being honest as Barca arent really under ant real ressure since maybe november last year.

redout

applehunter

The team in 1st are as good as any team we've seen in the last 20 years.

K4t

applehunter wrote: »

The team in 1st are as good as any team we've seen in the last 20 years.

Great teams are remembered by what they win.

redout

K4t wrote: »

Great teams are remembered by what they win.

Spot on but lets remember this team have a great chance of picking up 3 trophies over the next month.

K4t

redout wrote: »

Spot on but lets remember this team have a great chance of picking up 3 trophies over the next month.

Spot on.

redout

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

1 - 0

Messi who else

Haha LoL at the Valencia fans flipping Messi the bird

Fuking LoL

Mgoraf

Ahhh very good

redout

Peno ?

Not sure but Puyol certainly put his hands on Villa

Went down a bit easy though.

Just noticed Renan is not playing but on the bench - Injured ?

Mgoraf

Ohhhh two big calls for a peno to Valencia there! 2nd one looked stone wall.

Mgoraf

Renan has been out for a few months with injury. Must not be fit.

redout

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

1 - 1

Maduro

Puyol and Valdes messed up there

Mgoraf

Game on !

redout

Nuts to that

2 - 1

Two Valencia goals in 3mins

Puyol and Alves - one of them should have done better there

Mgoraf

2-1 Valenca!!!! Hernandes. Cool finish in 1st half stoppage time.

redout

2 - 2

Henry

Barca back in it

Only 5mins left

fullstop

Nice bit of play-acting by the keeper :rolleyes:

redout

Full-time:
Valencia 2-2 Barca

Just thinking that this draw could have far bigger consequences presuming Real win their game in hand tomorrow and El Clasico next week then the lead is only a single point !

JPA

Ya, Real Madrid are getting little credit for their phenomenal run.
But beating Barca at home would take quite a performance.

kinaldo

redout wrote: »

Barca arent really under ant real ressure since maybe november last year.

Wait, Barca are having arguably their best season ever, on course for a record liga points tally, and yet a poor Real Madrid side are still within touching distance of them. 15 wins and 1 draw in their last 16.. yeah, no real pressure...

:rolleyes:

gimmick

redout wrote: »

Full-time:
Valencia 2-2 Barca

Just thinking that this draw could have far bigger consequences presuming Real win their game in hand tomorrow and El Clasico next week then the lead is only a single point !

Its a good draw. Valencia are in cracking form at the moment, and all good runs come to an end. I would have settled for 2-2 before this game no doubt. That said i did not see the game, so cannot comment on who deserved it or not. But Real have to go to the pisscan tonight. 3 points are far from assured. Sevilla will not lose 3 on the spin. If Real win, the Classico next week is going to be one of the most nerve wracking games ever.

JPA wrote: »

Ya, Real Madrid are getting little credit for their phenomenal run.
But beating Barca at home would take quite a performance.

Madrids pursuit of Barca is incredible. It must be very demoralising for Barca to see Real grinding out results week in week out. If they win the league it will be a cap tp an incredible run.

And FYI, The Classico is at the Bernabeu.

dfx-

2-2 is a very good result. Realistically Real have to beat Barcelona by three goals next week to be really in the driving seat. A 1-0 defeat, 2-0 defeat or even 3-2 defeat isn't a horrendous result for Barcelona as it would still be in their hands with Real away to Valencia and Villareal.

And Real's run isn't that incredible given the chances sides have had against them. Give Barcelona the chances Kun Aguero, Forlan and Casquero have had and they'll need more than last minute winners imo.

redout

That Real side aint the strongest. Kinaldo if you call having a 12point lead and then a 6point lead being under real pressure then god help you.

kinaldo

redout wrote: »

That Real side aint the strongest. Kinaldo if you call having a 12point lead and then a 6point lead being under real pressure then god help you.

It's about as much pressure as humanly possible, just unfortunate that collectively Barca are super-human this season. Almost any other season they would be top after a run like that.

redout

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

1 - 0

Renato

Sevilla lead

kinaldo

Run about to come to an end in Seville tonight.

redout

1 - 1

Raul on half-time.

kinaldo

Game on!

gimmick

Real will stroll the 2nd half and win 1-4. Sevilla had their chances, blew some sitters. Real will take strength from that :mad:

kinaldo

gimmick wrote: »

Real will stroll the 2nd half and win 1-4. Sevilla had their chances, blew some sitters. Real will take strength from that :mad:

I love how opposition fans say things like this to try and jinx them.

Never works

gimmick

Not trying to jinx anything. That is how Real have rolled this season. Soak up the pressure, get a break away goal and go on from there.

There is no way Real Madrid will not win this game.

kinaldo

gimmick wrote: »

Not trying to jinx anything. That is how Real have rolled this season. Soak up the pressure, get a break away goal and go on from there.

There is no way Real Madrid will not win this game.

There's nothing so far to suggest they'll stroll to a 4-1 win.

It could go either way. 1-2 would be a fantastic result. 1-4 is would be a miracle.

redout

2 - 1

Raul on the Double

Good finish

kinaldo

What a legend.

¡Raúl Madrid!

redout

3 - 1

Hat-trick

Raul

Still got it @ 31 !

redout

Only 3 More goals for Raul to become the top scorer of all-time in la liga.

kinaldo

increíble

kinaldo

So, assuming Real go on and win, the gap is 4 points, 16 wins out of 17, and Barca at home next week.

No real pressure, Redout?

redout

kinaldo wrote: »

So, assuming Real go on and win, the gap is 4 points, 16 wins out of 17, and Barca at home next week.

No real pressure, Redout?

Easy to say that now isnt it ? :rolleyes:

kinaldo

redout wrote: »

Easy to say that now isnt it ? :rolleyes:

No I said it when the gap was 7 points last night.

redout

3 - 2

Capel

Woeful defending by Real

redout

kinaldo wrote: »

No I said it when the gap was 7 points last night.

you know what your trying to say here. I made my comments also before the Barca game. when the situation was much different to how it currently looks, no ?

kinaldo

redout wrote: »

3 - 2

Capel

Woeful defending by Real

Man Utd-esque defending.

kinaldo

redout wrote: »

you know what your trying to say here. I made my comments also before the Barca game. when the situation was much different to how it currently looks, no ?

well in fairness I've been saying it for weeks, you're only realising it now!

redout

kinaldo wrote: »

Man Utd-esque defending.

Whatever man. We have had a few bumps no doubt and a lot of defensive injuries (infact the majority of our injuries)this season but one thing is sure and that is that the best CB pairing in the world resides in Manchester. I do believe we also set some sort of record going 14 games without conceding did we not ?

kinaldo

redout wrote: »

I do believe we also set some sort of record going 14 games without conceding did we not ?

Meh. Real Madrid kept quite a few clean sheets too. They were called lucky.