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5 February 2011
La Liga - Matchday 22
Saturday 5th February
Athletic Bilbao vs Sporting de Gijon (18:00)
Athletic Bilbao vs Sporting de Gijon (18:00)
Osasuna vs Real Mallorca (18:00)
Almeria vs Espanyol (18:00)
Getafe vs Deportivo La Coruna (18:00)
Real Zaragoza vs Racing Santander (18:00)
Villarreal vs Levante (20:00)
Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid (22:00)
Sunday 6th February
Sevilla vs Malaga (17:00)Getafe vs Deportivo La Coruna (18:00)
Real Zaragoza vs Racing Santander (18:00)
Villarreal vs Levante (20:00)
Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid (22:00)
Sunday 6th February
Real Madrid vs Real Sociedad (19:00)
Valencia vs Hercules (21:00)
3 February 2011
1 February 2011
Matchday 21 - Player of the Round
Carlos Aranda (Osasuna)
Javier Camunas may have scored the winning goal but Carlos Aranda was the real hero on Sunday when Osasuna shocked Real Madrid with a 1-0 win at the Reyno de Navarra. So often against the big sides, smaller teams find themselves penned back in their defensive thirds and they resort to booting the ball up the pitch. In most circumstances, this results in the superior attacking outfit coming straight back on the offensive. Not, however, if you have Aranda up front plucking every long ball out of the air. Holding up possession and either constructing play in the middle of the pitch or forcing fouls close to the halfway line. A second half Real Madrid onslaught was avoided largely thanks to the cunning and work-rate of this old fashioned centre forward.
Matchday 21 - Round-up
Real Madrid’s title hopes were dealt a massive blow at the Reyno de Navarra on Sunday, where Jose Mourinho’s megastars were beaten 1-0 by Osasuna. Jose Antonio Camacho has a history of beating Mourinho and Pamplona has often been a difficult place for the Madrilenos to visit and it proved so again as Javier Camunas scored the only goal in favour of the impressive hosts. Real are now seven points behind Barcelona, who have only dropped five with over half the season already played.
Barcelona exacted revenge on Hercules at the Jose Rico Perez on Saturday night, where they beat their only league vanquishers in the first half of the season 0-3 in convincing style. Pedro scored for the sixth consecutive jornada to open the scoring and Lionel Messi struck twice late in the second half to overtake Samuel Eto’o on Barca’s all-time top scorer list. Hercules midfielder Francisco Javier Farinos was dismissed in his first game of the season after a serious injury lay-off.
Deportivo la Coruna and Sevilla played out a topsy-turvy 3-3 draw at the Riazor on Saturday, which ended in controversy and dispute. Lassad gave Depor a two-goal lead with strikes towards the beginning of both halves and Andres Palop was sent off before the hour mark to make it look straightforward for the hosts. However, Alvaro Negredo led the Sevilla comeback, scoring twice either side of a Julien Escude goal and it looked like the Andalusians would sneak it until Laure’s disputed late equaliser.
Raul Tamudo returned to Real Sociedad’s starting eleven in the absence of Joseba Llorente and the former Espanyol captain was the hero at Anoeta where he scored the goal which condemned Almeria to a 2-0 defeat. Ion Ansotegui gave the hosts the lead on the stroke of half time from what appeared to be an offside position but Tamudo made sure the victory did not rely solely on that arbitrational error with a second ten minutes from time.
Money can’t buy you love and it can’t buy results as financially stricken Real Zaragoza proved to Malaga on Saturday with a 1-2 win at the Rosaleda. Manuel Pellegrini admitted after the game that he is worried about Los Boquerones’ predicament as they dropped to the bottom of the table. Duda initially gave Malaga the lead in the first half but Javier Aguirre’s team hit back just before the break through Nicolas Bertolo and former Liverpool striker Florent Sinama-Pongolle scored the winner five minutes before the end.
Real Mallorca conceded as many goals in one home game as they had in the whole of the first half of the season at the Iberostar Estadi on Saturday as they were spanked 0-4 by Sporting de Gijon. Manuel Preciado’s side were far more organized and achieved their most impressive result of the season thanks to Diego Castro, and own-goal from Kevin, Andre Castro and Nacho Novo.
Levante demonstrated that they are not dead and buried yet with a 2-0 win over Getafe at the Ciutat de Valencia on matchday twenty-one. Valdo and the impressive Felipe Caicedo both scored within ten minutes of the second half restart to quash Getafe’s hopes of breaking their duck in 2011; the Madrilenos have lost four and drawn one of their first five games of the calendar year and their hope of a return to the European table next season is quickly disintegrating.
Atletico Madrid’s miserable month continues as they were beaten 0-2 at home by Athletic Bilbao on Sunday afternoon. Luis Perea was sent off for the rojiblancos in the first half and, at the beginning of the second, Gaizka Toquero scored both Athletic goals to widen the gap between 6th and 7th place to five points.
A wonderful strike from Giuseppe Rossi was all that separated Espanyol and Villarreal at the Cornella El Prat on Sunday night, where Juan Carlos Garrido’s men ran out 0-1 winners. It was an exciting, end to end game but it did not end happily for the home side, who were beaten at home for just the second time this season thanks to Rossi’s goal.
Valencia’s five match winning streak came to an end at the Sardinero on Monday night where they were held to a 1-1 draw by Racing Santander. Racing, whose new owner Ali Syed was watching on from the palco, took the lead through Ariel Nalhuelpan but Tino Costa spoiled the party late on. Tino’s namesake Ricardo was one of three players sent off in the second half; his team mate David Navarro – who wasn’t even on the pitch – and Racing’s Algerian midfielder Mehdi Lacen were the other two who saw red.
Barcelona exacted revenge on Hercules at the Jose Rico Perez on Saturday night, where they beat their only league vanquishers in the first half of the season 0-3 in convincing style. Pedro scored for the sixth consecutive jornada to open the scoring and Lionel Messi struck twice late in the second half to overtake Samuel Eto’o on Barca’s all-time top scorer list. Hercules midfielder Francisco Javier Farinos was dismissed in his first game of the season after a serious injury lay-off.
Deportivo la Coruna and Sevilla played out a topsy-turvy 3-3 draw at the Riazor on Saturday, which ended in controversy and dispute. Lassad gave Depor a two-goal lead with strikes towards the beginning of both halves and Andres Palop was sent off before the hour mark to make it look straightforward for the hosts. However, Alvaro Negredo led the Sevilla comeback, scoring twice either side of a Julien Escude goal and it looked like the Andalusians would sneak it until Laure’s disputed late equaliser.
Raul Tamudo returned to Real Sociedad’s starting eleven in the absence of Joseba Llorente and the former Espanyol captain was the hero at Anoeta where he scored the goal which condemned Almeria to a 2-0 defeat. Ion Ansotegui gave the hosts the lead on the stroke of half time from what appeared to be an offside position but Tamudo made sure the victory did not rely solely on that arbitrational error with a second ten minutes from time.
Money can’t buy you love and it can’t buy results as financially stricken Real Zaragoza proved to Malaga on Saturday with a 1-2 win at the Rosaleda. Manuel Pellegrini admitted after the game that he is worried about Los Boquerones’ predicament as they dropped to the bottom of the table. Duda initially gave Malaga the lead in the first half but Javier Aguirre’s team hit back just before the break through Nicolas Bertolo and former Liverpool striker Florent Sinama-Pongolle scored the winner five minutes before the end.
Real Mallorca conceded as many goals in one home game as they had in the whole of the first half of the season at the Iberostar Estadi on Saturday as they were spanked 0-4 by Sporting de Gijon. Manuel Preciado’s side were far more organized and achieved their most impressive result of the season thanks to Diego Castro, and own-goal from Kevin, Andre Castro and Nacho Novo.
Levante demonstrated that they are not dead and buried yet with a 2-0 win over Getafe at the Ciutat de Valencia on matchday twenty-one. Valdo and the impressive Felipe Caicedo both scored within ten minutes of the second half restart to quash Getafe’s hopes of breaking their duck in 2011; the Madrilenos have lost four and drawn one of their first five games of the calendar year and their hope of a return to the European table next season is quickly disintegrating.
Atletico Madrid’s miserable month continues as they were beaten 0-2 at home by Athletic Bilbao on Sunday afternoon. Luis Perea was sent off for the rojiblancos in the first half and, at the beginning of the second, Gaizka Toquero scored both Athletic goals to widen the gap between 6th and 7th place to five points.
A wonderful strike from Giuseppe Rossi was all that separated Espanyol and Villarreal at the Cornella El Prat on Sunday night, where Juan Carlos Garrido’s men ran out 0-1 winners. It was an exciting, end to end game but it did not end happily for the home side, who were beaten at home for just the second time this season thanks to Rossi’s goal.
Valencia’s five match winning streak came to an end at the Sardinero on Monday night where they were held to a 1-1 draw by Racing Santander. Racing, whose new owner Ali Syed was watching on from the palco, took the lead through Ariel Nalhuelpan but Tino Costa spoiled the party late on. Tino’s namesake Ricardo was one of three players sent off in the second half; his team mate David Navarro – who wasn’t even on the pitch – and Racing’s Algerian midfielder Mehdi Lacen were the other two who saw red.
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