La Liga - Week 13

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Saturday, 5 December 2009

Deportivo La Coruna v Barcelona, 21:00 - Live Sky Sports 3
Real Madrid v Almeria, 19:00 - Live Sky Sports 3
Sevilla v Valladolid, 17:00
Xerez v Atletico Madrid, 17:00

Sunday, 6 December 2009

Athletic Bilbao v Valencia, 20:00 - Live Sky Sports 1
Espanyol v Racing Santander, 16:00
Malaga v Osasuna, 16:00
Mallorca v Real Zaragoza, 16:00
Tenerife v Sporting Gijon, 16:00
Villarreal v Getafe, 18:00 - Live Sky Sports Red Button


Serious pressure on Real Madrid to pick up a victory as Barca could potentially go 8 points clear at the summit.

redout

Real Madrid lineup:

Casillas; Ramos, Pepe, Albiol, Arbeloa; Xabi Alonso, Granero, Marcelo, Van der Vaart; Higuaín, Cristiano Ronaldo

Slash/ED

Real could well reclaim top spot by the end of tonight. Depor have been on form this season and Barca have yet to convince away from home, while Real have a fairly easy task

JPA

Slash/ED wrote: »

Real could well reclaim top spot by the end of tonight. Depor have been on form this season and Barca have yet to convince away from home, while Real have a fairly easy task

They'll be doing awful well considering Barca are 5 points ahead!

redout

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

1 - 0

Ramos

Slash/ED

JPA wrote: »

They'll be doing awful well considering Barca are 5 points ahead!

Haha yeah sorry got confused there. Can see them clawing some points back though

redout

Xmasy theme started on Sky football coverage

Woo Hoo!!!

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

1 - 1

Lovely Jubbly

redout

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

2 - 1

Almeria

Crazy World - Almeria have done nothing in this game

fillmore jive

1-2 Almeria, this is mental.

UnitedIrishman

Ay carumba.. changed over for five minutes and that happened.

Their manager looks like a former Tom Jones impressionist.

Wow.

Madrid 13/5 for a win.....

redout

UnitedIrishman wrote: »

Ay carumba.. changed over for five minutes and that happened.

Their manager looks like a former Tom Jones impressionist.

Er.............thats the legend Hugo Sánchez your talking about.

Bobalicious93

Pepè really is a diabolical defender.

Even Ray Houghton sees that much....

EDIT: Higuain on the other hand is too good for this shower...

redout

Goal..........

2 - 2

Higuain

UnitedIrishman

redout wrote: »

Er.............thats the legend Hugo Sánchez your talking about.

I know, but the way he's dressed on the sideline bears a resemblance to the Welsh crooner!

Surprised they brought on a striker when 2-1 ahead against a side like Madrid.

Bobalicious93

Ronaldo to nick a goal in the last 5 now...

redout

Peno

Real

redout

Goal..........

3 - 2

Ronaldo missed the peno but Benzema scored the rebound.

Joke Benzema entered the box before.

redout

When is Ronaldo going to realise that stopping in mid run up doesnt fool keepers :rolleyes:

Goal..........

4 - 2

Ronaldo

Bobalicious93

redout wrote: »

Goal..........

3 - 2

Ronaldo missed the peno but Benzema scored the rebound.

Joke Benzema entered the box before.

It's basically the only thing a ref has to do on a penalty is watch to make sure nobody enters the box. Mind-boggling that it was allowed.

It's irrelevant now anyway. 4-2

redout

LoL

Ronaldo sent off

Bobalicious93

Ronaldo sent off. Pure petulance.

:pac:

cruiserweight

Bobalicious93 wrote: »

Ronaldo sent off. Pure petulance.

Pure idiocy more like, a yellow for taking of his jersey and a second yellow for kicking out

redout

Barca lineup:

Víctor Valdes; Alves, Puyol, Piqué, Abidal; Busquets, Keita, Xavi; Iniesta, Messi, Ibrahimovic

UnitedIrishman

Strange game. Just shows how open La Liga is.

Bobalicious93

cruiserweight wrote: »

Pure idiocy more like, a yellow for taking of his jersey and a second yellow for kicking out

I think the yellow was for the Almeria player for the clash with Ronaldo. Pretty sure Ronaldo got a straight red.

Wonder will they give him an extended ban ala the Pepe incident last season. It really was pretty vicious.

redout

What a game for Ronaldo:

Missed a peno

Scored a goal

Booked for taking off his shirt

Straight red for kicking out

Just shows he hasnt changed since his United days

cruiserweight

Bobalicious93 wrote: »

I think the yellow was for the Almeria player for the clash with Ronaldo. Pretty sure Ronaldo got a straight red.

Wonder will they give him an extended ban ala the Pepe incident last season. It really was pretty vicious.

Ah okay, I was not sure, it was not particularly clear to me which players were getting which cards. I doubt Ronaldo will be an extended ban, what he did was petulant and unnecessary, but not nearly as bad as Pepe's assault

JPA

redout wrote: »

Barca lineup:

Víctor Valdes; Alves, Puyol, Piqué, Abidal; Busquets, Keita, Xavi; Iniesta, Messi, Ibrahimovic

Guardiola is fantastic and all but I just don't understand Busquets over Toure.

redout

JPA wrote: »

Guardiola is fantastic and all but I just don't understand Busquets over Toure.

Me neither but one thing Pep has is faith in his youngsters.

redout

Last minute change in lineup

Henry is now playing

Keita out

Bobalicious93

redout wrote: »

Barca lineup:

Víctor Valdes; Alves, Puyol, Piqué, Abidal; Busquets, Keita, Xavi; Iniesta, Messi, Ibrahimovic

Whoever told you that was wrong :pac:

---

Valdes

---

-Alves---Puyol---Piqué---Abidal-

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Busquets

---

---

Iniesta

---

Xavi

---

--Henry

---

Zlatan

---

Messi--

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Bobalicious93 wrote: »

Whoever told you that was wrong :pac:

---

Valdes

---

-Alves---Puyol---Piqué---Abidal-

---

Busquets

---

---

Iniesta

---

Xavi

---

--Henry

---

Zlatan

---

Messi--

Haha. Beat you 2 it brother.

redout

Not sure what happened as of yet.

Marca had Keita down to start but now has been changed for Henry.

Iniesta moves back to midfield with Henry going up front as per usual.

Bobalicious93

Not an avid follower of Spanish football, but what's the story with Chrygrynskiy? Surely after spending £20m-odd on a CB, you'd expect him to be playing?

Is Pedro on the bench? Wouldn't mind seeing him at some point tonight, he's looked impressive the few times I have watched him play this season.

bUILDERtHEbOB

Bobalicious93 wrote: »

Not an avid follower of Spanish football, but what's the story with Chrygrynskiy? Surely after spending £20m-odd on a CB, you'd expect him to be playing?

It's the 'in' thing at the moment.

redout

Bobalicious93 wrote: »

Not an avid follower of Spanish football, but what's the story with Chrygrynskiy? Surely after spending £20m-odd on a CB, you'd expect him to be playing?

Is Pedro on the bench? Wouldn't mind seeing him at some point tonight, he's looked impressive the few times I have watched him play this season.

Chyg needs time to adjust to the Spanish game. Give him time. Very hard to usurp Pique and Puyol though but its a squad game these days.

Pedro has been a phenom this season. He has 10 goals same as Ibra only bettered by Messi on 11.

redout

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

1 - 0

What a strike by Messi

SantryRed

If anyone has a stream could they please post it in the streams thread. Thanks

redout

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

1 - 1

Awful defending. Valdes at fault there.

Saying that the defence should never have allowed that header.

Bobalicious93

For f**k's sake. I switch it off for a minute twice and miss a goal both times.

Slash/ED

Barca have been very impressive despite the scoreline. Play like that again in the second half and they should come away with all three.

Bobalicious93

Right, I'm turning over to Match of the Day now. I fully expect this to finish 6-5 to Depor.

EDIT: Fantastic. Pedro decides to come on now...

redout

Bobalicious93 wrote: »

Right, I'm turning over to Match of the Day now. I fully expect this to finish 6-5 to Depor.

EDIT: Fantastic. Pedro decides to come on now...

Its not your day brother.

Slash/ED

You're missing nothing this second half is utter crap. Barca's passing has been awful

redout

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

2 - 1

Messi times 2

cruiserweight

Barca go ahead with 10 minutes to go, unlucky for Depor to have a player off injured at the time

redout

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

3 - 1

Ibra

Good finish.

JPA

I thought Barca were heading for a draw or Depor would nick a goal to win.