La Liga 2013-2014

Friday
Celta 4 - 2 Betis _ the misery continues Betis are on manager #3 now

Today (UK times - post brought to you by the magic of copy and paste)
  • Real Madrid v Granada CF 15:00
  • Real Valladolid v Villarreal 17:00
  • Valencia CF v Espanyol 19:00
  • Sevilla v Levante 21:00
Sunday
  • Almería v Getafe 11:00
  • Osasuna v Athletic Bilbao 16:00
  • Rayo Vallecano v Atlético Madrid 18:00
  • Barcelona v Málaga 20:00
Monday
  • Real Sociedad v Elche 21:00

No obvious standout matches. However, who'd have guessed the big two would draw last weeks, so we shall see.

Madrid can go top (albeit temporarily) this afternoon for the first time this season.
Rayo can be expected to play good football and get destroyed by Atletico.
Malaga are normally incapable of scoring but can defend, so they may take a while to lose to Barca (3 in the first 15 minutes there then)
 
Ronaldo shows off his Ballon D'Or to the Bernabeu.
Ooooh errr mrs

Diego López; Carvajal, Pepe, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo; Xabi Alonso, Modric; Bale, Cristiano Ronaldo, Benzema y Di María.

Isco still on the bench, Ancelotti says Isco's still learning how to play in the formation.
 
jojojo said:
Friday
Celta 4 - 2 Betis _ the misery continues Betis are on manager #3 now

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No obvious standout matches. However, who'd have guessed the big two would draw last weeks, so we shall see.

Madrid can go top (albeit temporarily) this afternoon for the first time this season.
Rayo can be expected to play good football and get destroyed by Atletico.
Malaga are normally incapable of scoring but can defend, so they may take a while to lose to Barca (3 in the first 15 minutes there then)
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Betis are fecked IMO, it's just not happening this season, even with Rubén Castro back to scoring ways with every body part he can muster... I guess they could still point to Zaragoza (I think?) who went on that late run of wins a couple of seasons ago to avoid the drop, but I wouldn't bet on it. That said don't take my word for it, because Osasuna are doing a lot better than I predicted. :D Still, barely scoring (1 goal more than Betis), but they remain extremely hard to beat at home.

Rayo looking like the other outstanding candidates for the drop, but they are so thoroughly unpredictable that I wouldn't put it past them to actually survive. Almería playing well most of the time, but just lacking clinical finishing and concede too easily. Not surprising to see Valladolid unable to recreate last year's heroics without Djukic, but only 3 wins so far is shocking.


I fully expect Atlético to have a hard night against Rayo, could even see a draw in that one. Diego Costa needs to find the net again a couple of times, but it's getting harder as the season goes on.

Agree with you on Málaga, and depending on which Messi shows up Barça will go into the half either 3-0 up or at a 0-0 stalemate.
 
That took some doing, both Marcelo ánd Ramos came too late with their tackle there at the same time :lol: shouldn't that be two yellows, one for each? :smirk:

What would be the odds on this game finishing 4-2? The final game of the previous matchday and the first game of this one both finished with that scoreline.
 
Granada defending very well as a team. Madrid making chances, but not good ones, and they've not really looked like scoring since that flurry early on.
 
What a save from Roberto on a Cristiano bicyle kick, really well struck too, but what a reflex and firm hand from the Granada keeper!
 
Would've been one of the goals of his career. Damn keeper.
 
What did he just try?

I was watching Cardiff-Bolton and the message board on the side erupted with "holy shit CR7" etc.
 
Joemo said:
What did he just try?

I was watching Cardiff-Bolton and the message board on the side erupted with "holy shit CR7" etc.
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An audacious bicycle kick from about 5 yards in front of goal. Unfortunately, despite a lot of pace, it went directly at the keeper who instinctively punched it away.
 
Raoul said:
An audacious bicycle kick from about 5 yards in front of goal. Unfortunately, despite a lot of pace, it went directly at the keeper who instinctively punched it away.
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Yeah thanks, just caught a reply of it then. I didn't think it was all that good, although maybe it looks less impressive as a replay.
 
Di Maria nearly scores a fantastic trivela. Ricardo Quaresma is smiling somewhere.
 
Ronnie manufactures a goal out of nothing. Brilliant.
 
Cristiano playing his best game in a while... passing and touch have been almost flawless, made space for himself to score a decent goal and now again a great combination with Marcelo who then set up Benzema.
 
Meanwhile in the race for 4th/Europe, Villarreal lost 1-0 at the José Zorrilla which means Athletic can make it a 5pt gap tomorrow although they have a tough away in Pamplona; Real Sociedad should come within 1 point of them with what should be a routine home win against Elche on Monday; Sevilla need to beat Levante later tonight to stay in that particular race... Valencia and Espanyol duking it out at the moment, 1-1 after 8 minutes, canterano Paco Alcácer (the "new David Villa") replying to Espanyol's opener.


Jornada 21.

Celta 4 - 2 Betis
RM 2 - 0 Granada
Valladolid 1 - 0 Villarreal
Valencia 1 - 1 Espanyol (ongoing)



RM, 53*
Barça, 51
Atléti, 51
Athletic, 39
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Villarreal, 37*
Real Soc., 33
Sevilla, 31
Espanyol, 25
Valencia, 24
...


Pichichi
- Cristiano, 22 goals
- Diego Costa, 19 goals
- Griezmann, 12 goals
- Uche, 12 goals
- Alexis Sánchez, 11 goals
- Guerra, 11 goals
- Benzema, 11 goals
- Pedro, 11 goals
- Bacca, 9 goals
- Villa, 9 goals
- Rakitic, 9 goals
- Messi, 8 goals
- Bale, 8 goals
...


Assists
- Fàbregas, 10 assists
- Koke, 8 assists
- Vela, 8 assists
- Neymar, 8 assists
- Bale, 7 assists
- Giovani, 6 assists
- Rakitic, 6 assists
- Modric, 6 assists
- Cani, 6 assists
- Susaeta, 6 assists
...
 
Sevilla lost 2-3 to Levante having been in the lead twice.
Valencia drew 2-2
Villareal lost
So not the best evening for the clubs who are supposed to be chasing Athletic for fourth place.
 
Ronaldo has tried a few bicycle kicks in the past few games, seems he's desperate to score one.
 
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