La Liga Week 25

Dolph Starbeam

Saturday, 26 February 2011
Mallorca v Barcelona
Sporting Gijon v Real Zaragoza
Espanyol v Real Sociedad
Atletico Madrid v Sevilla
Deportivo La Coruna v Real Madrid


Sunday, 27 February 2011
Athletic Bilbao v Valencia
Hercules v Getafe
Levante v Osasuna
Racing Santander v Villarreal


Monday, 28 February 2011
Malaga v Almeria




This really is a huge week for everyone, Mallorca are one of only 3 teams to take points off Barca this season, Barca are missing a few key players in Puyol, Valdes and Xavi, thankfully MVP are all still fit and i think that alone will be enough to get Barca the 3 points, it should be a good game though. Real Madrid are away to a tough Depor side, Valencia go to San Mames where Athletic really need a win to keep pressure on Villareal.

redout

Barça lineup:

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Pinto

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Pique

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Abidal

Adriano

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Maxwell

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Busquets

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Keita

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Iniesta

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Messi

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Pedro

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Villa

redout

Very sloppy from Mallorca at the back.

redout

God does the biz again.

42 for the season.

Edit: Oh and a header - LoL

eagle eye

A double header at that, superior skill.

redout

eagle eye wrote: »

A double header at that, superior skill.

Is that his first header since the Champions league victory over Man Utd in 2009 ?

Well either way its a rarity from the lil chap.

LuckyGent88

MESSI

Bodhisopha

That first touch was pure class. Underplayed by the commentary.

dfx-

Pretty anaemic so far, the game is a long way from in control. Barca so desperately miss Xavi and Alves going forward. Even with Messi, they're not the same team.

Bodhisopha

Why isn't Alvez playing?

Warper

Suspended

redout

My take on the first-half is that Barca were pretty average but I was even more disappointed with Mallorca.

Barca are there for the taking and compared to how they played in the first game at Camp Nou Mallorca are poor.

If they up it in the second half they could get something here - not a better time to be playing Barca in fairness for any team.

redout

Villa.............

Were was the defence!

eagle eye

Very rare you see such a high defensive line against Barca. And thats why.

Bodhisopha

Nothing wrong with the ball retention in this half anyways. Hint of offside in both goals?

redout

Bodhisopha wrote: »

Nothing wrong with the ball retention in this half anyways. Hint of offside in both goals?

We should ask AS :pac::pac::pac::pac::pac::pac::pac:

redout

Jizz Pedrito

Great finish.

This one over.

Bodhisopha

redout wrote: »

We should ask AS :pac::pac::pac::pac::pac::pac::pac:

Lol, i was thinking the same myself. They'll have a field day if either goal is offside.

Pedro! Deflection?

LuckyGent88

Sweet from PEDRO. Great 3 points for Barca. Thought they would struggle to win this match. Happy to be wrong.

eagle eye

How many has Pedrito got so far this season?

redout

eagle eye wrote: »

How many has Pedrito got so far this season?

20 Goals
13 la Liga
4 Champions
3 Copa

LuckyGent88

eagle eye wrote: »

How many has Pedrito got so far this season?

20 after that goal in all comps

dfx-

20 minutes for Bojan to do something at 0-3...

CorkMan

If that was an offside, Alves was offside last week.

Bodhisopha

CorkMan wrote: »

If that was an offside, Alves was offside last week.

No, he was clearly off, the Alves one was inconclusive.

How many games since Ronaldo's last goal?

CorkMan

Bodhisopha wrote: »

No, he was clearly off, the Alves one was inconclusive.

How many games since Ronaldo's last goal?

Ronaldos left foot was equal with Depors last defender IMO.

Ronaldo has 1 goal in his last 8 games.

dfx-

CorkMan wrote: »

Ronaldos left foot was equal with Depors last defender IMO.

Still offside though

Bodhisopha

CorkMan wrote: »

Ronaldos left foot was equal with Depors last defender IMO.

Ronaldo has 1 goal in his last 8 games.

He did very well to keep up with Messi for as long as he did, in fairness.

CorkMan

dfx- wrote: »

Still offside though

Bodhisopha

CorkMan wrote: »

That's not conclusive, the Athletic player is clearly overhanging the lines on the pitch too.

dfx-

Alves being on or off has nothing to do with Ronaldo being clearly offside tonight

CorkMan

If the score remains as it is, we can expect an in-depth anaylsis tomorrow.

Headshot

can someone tell me what % of free kicks Ronaldo takes end up as a goal

Must be a very low figure

Bodhisopha

Headshot wrote: »

can someone tell me what % of free kicks Ronaldo takes end up as a goal

Must be a very low figure

It's beyond ridiculous. A freekick specialist he is not.

CorkMan

typical :mad:

CorkMan

Jesus Christ.

Headshot

And that's why he wont make it as a Real Madrid player

CorkMan

Casillas should come forward in injury time.

Bodhisopha

Yeah, that's sealed Benzema's fate at Real. Shame, i really rate him.

dfx-

Super Depor:):cool:

monkey9

Headshot wrote: »

can someone tell me what % of free kicks Ronaldo takes end up as a goal

Must be a very low figure

He builds up the free kick for the cameras with his posing and his puff of the cheeks, trying to be all dramatic. Most of the time, he hits the wall. Now and again, he'll score and it'll look good.

He's a bit like Roberto Carlos in that respect. Regarded as a free kick expert, but he hardly ever scores from them considering he takes every one of them them within a thirty yard radius of the goal.

The Floyd p

7 Points now

fillmore jive

where is the mourinho/ronaldo fanclub tonight?

dfx-

fillmore jive wrote: »

where is the mourinho/ronaldo fanclub tonight?

The sound of the silence is under-rated :pac:

Davaeo09

I thought Barca were effective without having to play well tonight. Good considering the challenges coming up over the next two weeks. The day off might actually do the world of good for Alves tbh. His energy when tracking back hasn't been at its best. Also its good to see Keita enjoying himself. As a regularly used substitution having him on form is vital.

As for Madrid they can't be accused of not trying. Depor defended well and the keeper made some great saves. Madrid just lacked a killer instinct which is a shame because their becoming the cause of there own downfall. I honestly think Mouriniho is not the manager for Madrid.

eZe^

Abidal looks a very very capable CB, he's got so much composure on the ball it's unreal. Adriano impressed me too, his best game for the blaugrana.

redout

eZe^ wrote: »

Abidal looks a very very capable CB, he's got so much composure on the ball it's unreal. Adriano impressed me too, his best game for the blaugrana.

Aye, Abidal is looking better and better at CB. At the start of the season he wasnt that comfortable though in fairness. As regards Adriano I thought that nobody wanted to give him the ball! A lot of the play was involving Maxwell over the far side and at one stage I swear Pep striked up a conversation with Adriano when he had nothing to do. Thought it was quite amusing.

dfx-

Great finish to the Racing-Villarreal game...

Borja Valero has been a cracking player anytime I've seen him...

Dolph Starbeam

Llorente, again, 1-0.

eZe^

Fantastic equaliser from Mata, beautifully incisive play.


Edit - 1-2 Valencia, Bilbao throwing this away!

elefant

Valencia fan here, first post in these forums.

Things going well for us lately, looking forward to tonight's game with Barca. Our bockety defenders will probably mean we'll concede at least one, but I'm hoping Xavi won't play and give us a chance at sneaking it. Wishful thinking probably!:)