Round 34 of "La Liga", has been a real spectacle of football, excitement
& nerves. REAL MADRID has defeated 4-3 ESPANYOL coming
from behind in a miraculous manner to become the provisional
Spanish League leaders.
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Allow SFS to set up the emotion. At the end of the 1º half Espanyol
were winning 1-3 thanks to a "HAT-TRICK" by PANDIANI -
pictured above - & an inspired RUFETE. Real Madrid were playing
absolutely horrible, with a defence that was completely lost, specially
Cicinho, & Guti who was nothing compared to his excellent game last
week.
VAN NISTELROOY - pictured below - managed to score Real´s
1º goal in the 29th minute when his team had already allowed
Espanyol to score twice.
However Pandiani nailed his 3rd goal 4 minutes later, & thus
the 1º half finished with the possibility of ending Real Madrid´s
chances of winning this years title.
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Cicinho, & Guti who was nothing compared to his excellent game last
week.
VAN NISTELROOY - pictured below - managed to score Real´s
1º goal in the 29th minute when his team had already allowed
Espanyol to score twice.
However Pandiani nailed his 3rd goal 4 minutes later, & thus
the 1º half finished with the possibility of ending Real Madrid´s
chances of winning this years title.
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Then Fabio Capello made 2 changes for the 2º half, he took off
Guti & Cicinho & put in Reyes & Helguera, the former to put
some spark upfront & the latter some order in defence. Everyone
was buffled initially, but no one could imagen the future outcome.
The change was to prove to be brilliant & won back the credibilty
The change was to prove to be brilliant & won back the credibilty
of coach Capello as one of the best trainers in current football.
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The "comeback" began in the 48th minute RAUL scored thanks
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The "comeback" began in the 48th minute RAUL scored thanks
to a neat pass from Nistelrooy: 2-3 was the scoreline
Then in the 56th minute REYES - pictured above celebrating -
scored the equalizer from outside the box. The stadium was
absolutely roaring & screaming the comeback, the substitution
had paid dividends : 3-3 the scoreline.
In defence, it was a different story as well. Casillas was stopping
important plays, specially a shot from Luis Garcia & HELGUERA was
starring putting the order missing in the 2º half. Another substitution
which was giving results & maintaining Real Madrid alive.
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starring putting the order missing in the 2º half. Another substitution
which was giving results & maintaining Real Madrid alive.
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Then the house came down , the comeback, the "miracle", thanks
to a Reyes pass that set up HIGUAIN in the 88th minute to score
the winner. Mayhem at the "Santiago Bernabeu", Real had comeback
the winner. Mayhem at the "Santiago Bernabeu", Real had comeback
from the dead thanks to its winning mentality, determination & guts!
Van Nistelrooy takes his overall goal tally to 21 goals leaving him
the current leading goalscorer of the Spanish League,"El Pichichi",
& Capello pulls off another brillant change to revolutionize his team.
Real Madrid now provisionally takes top spot on the ladder & puts
enormous pressure on Fc Bracelona to win Real Betis tomorrow.
SEE THE VIDEOS OF HIGHLIGHTS, COMMENTS & GOALS:
Van Nistelrooy takes his overall goal tally to 21 goals leaving him
the current leading goalscorer of the Spanish League,"El Pichichi",
& Capello pulls off another brillant change to revolutionize his team.
Real Madrid now provisionally takes top spot on the ladder & puts
enormous pressure on Fc Bracelona to win Real Betis tomorrow.
SEE THE VIDEOS OF HIGHLIGHTS, COMMENTS & GOALS:
The other game SEVILLE FC - RECREATIVO is currently in play with
Seville winning 2-1. Below is one of the goal scorers MARESCA
celebrating. The other scorer is LUIS FABIANO in the 80th minute, with
Recreativo pulling one back in the 88th via JESUS VAZQUEZ
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This score keeps Seville´s hopes alive & in the running if
Real or Barça lose in the remaining games.
RESULTS & SCORERS - Saturday Round 34:
Real Madrid 4 ( V.Nistelrooy;Raul;Reyes;Higuain) - Espanyol 3 (Pandiani)
Seville FC 2 (Maresca; L.Fabiano) - Recreativo 1 (J.Vazquez)
Surf into SFS late Sunday night for all the results, images & scorers
of the remaining games of Round 34. Will Fc Barcelona win?
5 comments:
The best Blog I´ve seen on Spanish Football! Its become reference reading. Thanks Striker, excellent coverage on the Real - Espanyol game, I lived it & I was 8,000 km away!
cool site! i missed the game as i went to watch Toronto FC live. I was desperate to find the clips online of Real Madrid's goals against Espanyol. This is the only site that had it. Good work Striker!
PDP
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First of all , I'd like to say this is a great blog ! well-done striker , however , Real Madrid were great yesterday and they are in top now (waiting barca to slip lol).
Striker , I own a realmadrid fan site www.realmadrid-club.net and was wondering if we could do a link exchange
thanks
phil
Risingson & Phil...send me a email ( see above) with your details - URL & wished title...hang mine up on yours & advise me ; I´ll do the same once I see it right away.
Thanks for the kind words
Cheers
Thanks Striker , but I couldn't find your E-mail !.
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