La Liga - Week 22

redout

Saturday, 13 February 2010
Sporting Gijon v Valencia, 17:00
Villarreal v Athletic Bilbao, 21:00 - Live Sky Sports 3
Xerez v Real Madrid, 19:00 - Live Sky Sports 3

Sunday, 14 February 2010
Atletico Madrid v Barcelona, 20:00 - Live Sky Sports 1
Espanyol v Deportivo La Coruna, 16:00
Getafe v Almeria, 16:00
Racing Santander v Malaga, 16:00
Sevilla v Osasuna, 18:00 - Live Sky Sports 1
Valladolid v Real Zaragoza, 16:00

Monday, 15 February 2010
Tenerife v Mallorca, 20:00


This week marks la liga's first ever monday night fixture which will continue until the seasons end.

Sr. Pirotecnic

The Monday night games are a pain in the arse for fans and will make it even trickier for anyone planning a trip from abroad. Valencia - Getafe is the following Monday's game. There will also be a 2nd Div game on Friday nights. Not the first time we've had Monday night games by the way, Antena 3 did two seasons of it in the 90s.

redout

Sr. Pirotecnic wrote: »

Not the first time we've had Monday night games by the way, Antena 3 did two seasons of it in the 90s.

Really ? The article I read a couple of weeks ago said it was the first time. Is it early, mid or late ninties you are referring to ?

Sr. Pirotecnic

96-98 IIRC

I remember being at a Monday night Valencia-Madrid game but watching Valencia's 3-4 comeback win in the Camp Nou on telly on a Monday night is my favourite memory of the experiment. This time of course the games aren't even on terrestrial telly.

gimmick

Stupid Love Day

that is all.....

redout

Xerex lineup:
Renan; Redondo, Gioda, Aythami, Casado; Keita, Moreno, Carlos Calvo, Momo, Víctor Sánchez; Mario Bermejo


Real Madrid lineup:
Casillas, Arbeloa, Garay, Ramos, Marcelo; Lass, Xabi Alonso, Granero, Kaká; Cristiano Ronaldo, Higuaín


Real up against the lowest scoring team in Europe.

No prizes for guessing the outcome.

Glico Man

redout wrote: »

Xerex lineup:
Renan; Redondo, Gioda, Aythami, Casado; Keita, Moreno, Carlos Calvo, Momo, Víctor Sánchez; Mario Bermejo


Real Madrid lineup:
Casillas, Arbeloa, Garay, Ramos, Marcelo; Lass, Xabi Alonso, Granero, Kaká; Cristiano Ronaldo, Higuaín


Real up against the lowest scoring team in Europe.

No prizes for guessing the outcome.

C'mon Xerez:p

MisterAnarchy

redout wrote: »

This week marks la liga's first ever monday night fixture which will continue until the seasons end.

Interesting .
I'm pretty sure Barca played their first league match this year on a Monday night .
Looks like Perez is getting his way so with trying to move fixtures to coincide with UK kick off times.

redout

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

Interesting .
I'm pretty sure Barca played their first league match this year on a Monday night

That was under exceptional circumstances as the Uefa Super Cup final was held on the friday night so the LFP allowed them to move it to the monday otherwise Barca were going to field a highly weakened team for the Super cup.

Bukman13

Ronaldo banging them in tonight.

Headshot

Pires is still a class act

I do like watching Villarreal, they really play some great stuff.

Bukman13

What a farce....

No idea why Llorente didn't take the Peno.....

Looked a dive in the first place.

Bukman13

3 Red cards in a min....:eek:

Third_Echelon

Bukman13 wrote: »

3 Red cards in a min....:eek:

yeah.. this game is descending into utter chaos!!!

The lad in the crowd throwing the water on the bilbao bench was hilarious! Crazy maul happening there!

RandolphEsq

Bukman13 wrote: »

3 Red cards in a min....:eek:

What game? What's happening?

Bukman13

RandolphEsq wrote: »

What game? What's happening?

Villarreal v Bilbao, the last 10mins were a farce, good entertainment though.

RandolphEsq

Huge match tonight; Athletico Madrid -v- Barcelona

No Alves, Abidal, Pique, Marquez, and away to Athletico always poses problems for Barcelona. This can be a massive boost for Real if Barcelona slip up (and I hope they will)

redout

Guardado is back on the bench after a month out

Link: http://www.myp2p.eu/broadcast.php?matchid=64237&part=sports
or http://iraqgoals.net/6168-espanyol-vs-deportivo-la-coruna-.html

redout

Have to say I love Espanyols new stadium.

First stadium in Spain built on an English model with fan proximity to the pitch taken into account.

redout

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

1 - 0

Verdu

Sr. Pirotecnic

redout wrote: »

Have to say I love Espanyols new stadium.

First stadium in Spain built on an English model with fan proximity to the pitch taken into account.

New stadium I presume you mean, yes you are right, pretty mush every new ground in La Liga is a bland out of town bowl - Mallorca, Murcia, Getafe etc. Possibly the worst aspect of the new VCF ground that is/was being built is the distance between pitch and fans. APparently it is a requirement in order to acquire a top Uefa licence


haven't been to Espanyol yet, the €45 cheapest ticket (I believe) isn't encouraging me to visit either.

redout

Sevilla lineup:
Palop, Stankevicius, Fazio, Escudé, Adriano, Navas, Zokora, Renato, Capel, Kanouté, Luis Fabiano

Osasuna lineup:
Ricardo, Echaide, Sergio, Flaño, Monreal, Camuñas, Puñal, Nekounam, Calleja, Masoud, Pandiani


yeah obviously referring to new stadiums. I use to live next to the Alfonso Perez and think its perfect for Getafe. Just about the right size. They cant really do anything about were it was built as Getafe is only a suburb of Madrid. The distance to the pitch aint that big but there is a man made ditch as such which I dont really like. Also the officials hut between the two dugouts should be moved because if you sit in the first several rows either side of the halfway line it blocks out your view of the opposite box.

RandolphEsq

Ambitious accumulator tonight;
Inter Milan -2, Sevilla -1 and Athletico -1; about 380/1 so put €2.50 on it. Could be going to Disneyland

EDIT: Twat Negredo! Ah well, I have those 3 teams on an accumulator to win too

Spiritoftheseventies

redout wrote: »

Xerex lineup:
Renan; Redondo, Gioda, Aythami, Casado; Keita, Moreno, Carlos Calvo, Momo, Víctor Sánchez; Mario Bermejo


Real Madrid lineup:
Casillas, Arbeloa, Garay, Ramos, Marcelo; Lass, Xabi Alonso, Granero, Kaká; Cristiano Ronaldo, Higuaín


Real up against the lowest scoring team in Europe.

No prizes for guessing the outcome.

Is that the Redondo chap (cleared effort off line in second half) that played in World cup for argentina?

redout

Spiritoftheseventies wrote: »

Is that the Redondo chap (cleared effort off line in second half) that played in World cup for argentina?

If you are referring to the famous one that played for Real Madrid then no that aint him. He must must be long retired I would say.

redout

La Liga - Week 22

Estadio Vicente Calderón

Sunday, 14 February

2010

Atletico Madrid lineup:
De Gea; Ujfalusi, Perea, Álvaro Domínguez, Antonio López; Paulo Assunçao, Tiago, Reyes, Simao; Forlán, 'Kun' Agüero

FC Barcelona lineup:
Valdés; Jeffren, Puyol, Milito, Maxwell; Xavi, Sergio Busquets, Keita; Messi, Ibrahimovic, Iniesta

Glico Man

No Pedro?

Good luck to young Jeffren. He'll have a tough job against Simao.


Still see a Barça win though, maybe 2-1 or 3-2

x in the city

redout wrote: »

If you are referring to the famous one that played for Real Madrid then no that aint him. He must must be long retired I would say.

possibly got a hair cut by now too

redout

Christ, 2mins in and Keita pulls a hamstring!

Headshot

aaronh007 wrote: »

No Pedro?

there ya go

redout

Goal..........

1 - 0

10 in 9 games against Barca for Forlan

cruiserweight

Great play from Reyes to set up that goal

Fuzzy_Dunlop

Fantastic run from Reyes there for the goal.

Bukman13

Forlan!!!! What a bloke.....

deise48

4/1 athelic madrid were at the start

PHB

Good game this

redout

Kun is crazy

Great tracking back by Puyol

Bukman13

Cant believe Ageuro didn't just smack that in the net....

Headshot

sign of striker who's lacking confidence atm imo

kun should of buried that off himself

Bukman13

Headshot wrote: »

sign of striker who's lacking confidence atm imo

kun should of buried that off himself

Excatly... No confidence in himself. Ageuro on form that 100% a goal.

redout

Goal..........

2 - 0

Simao cracker

PHB

**** me. Nice goal.

Bukman13

Simaaaaaaaaao

Headshot

get in

come on A. Madrid destroy them :pac:

deise48

some free kick

redout

Lads for anyone who doesnt know about Atleti Barca games this aint over yet

redout

Goal..........

2 - 1

Ibra

Bukman13

There we go... Nothings ever easy with Atleti

CR 7

redout wrote: »

Lads for anyone who doesnt know about Atleti Barca games this aint over yet

redout wrote: »

Goal..........

2 - 1

Ibra

:pac::pac::pac:

Expect this to finish 8-6 or something.

Bukman13

De gea seems to be justifying his No 1 spot ahead of Asenjo, have been impressed with him overall.

Haven't seen Barca's passing that sloppy for a while.

redout

Bukman13 wrote: »

De gea seems to be justifying his No 1 spot ahead of Asenjo, have been impressed with him overall.

Haven't seen Barca's passing that sloppy for a while.

Aye, no wonder we have been discussing him for the past couple of months. Barca arent at the races though it is because of the defensive crisis. Everyone knows Barca always build from the back. It is the only way they play.