SPANISH FOOTBALL - LA LIGA - ROUND 19/ 2008 SUNDAY GAME RESULTS

Big day of Football for Round 19 & its Sunday games with lots of goals

& "colatetral damage"( Zaragoza coach has been substituted) that SFS
will summarize below with a run through of the clashes, their results &
images.

REAL MADRID went & visited LEVANTE to finally win after a torrid

75 mins were once again their goalkeeper Iker Casillas had to work hard
& do some great saves to keep out a fighty Levante all the first half.
However, Real Madrid managed to defeat last placed Levante 0-2 after
begin awarded a penalty for hand ball against Serrano that was converted
by VAN NISTELROOY in the 75th min. Then the Dutch secured his teams
victory after scoring from a Guti pass in the 87th min. This keeps Real
Madrid 7 points ahead of 2º placed Barcelona on the table.

VILLAREAL defeated troubled DEPORTIVO 4-3 in a "crazy game"
were apart from the 7 goals, we witnessed 3 penalties. It was a see-saw

game were Villareal´s Turkish star NIHAT ( pictured below) again was
decisive with his two goals ( 64th & 67th min); before Nihat his teammate
ROSSI scored first in the 30min with a penalty & TOMASSON put in the

4th goal in the 79th min
For Deportivo the scorers were SERGIO from a penalty( 26min),
PABLO (57th min) & GUARDADO ( 90th min). Deportivo did not win
but were unlucky not to have gone away with a draw, a tough week ahead
for Deportivo coach Lotina.



















OSASUNA lost at home to RACING 0-2 with goals from CORSA
(pictured below celebrating) in the 18th min & P.ALVAREZ in
the 83rd min. This win for Racing puts them in Uefa positions on the

table.

LLORENTE for VALLADOLID got a "Hat-Trick" to give his side a

3-1 victory over RECREATIVO. Llorente, pictured below, scored his 3

goals in the 7th, 22nd & 87th min.
For Recreativo its only scorer was CAMUÑAS in the 43rd min

ZARAGOZA & MALLORCA finished in a 2-2 draw. DIEGO MILITO
(pictured below) scored Zaragoza´s 2ºgoals with his head in the 23rd &
36th min.
The scorers for Mallorca were VARELA in the 17th min & GUIZA who

drew in the 61st min. Both teams are still in "no mans land" on the table,
so much is the concern that Zaragoza directives have "sacked" their coach
Victor Fernandez after the game.

UCHE, as seen below, gave ALMERIA the victory over ESPANYOL

1-0 & broke their unbeaten run. The winning goal come in the 86th min

adding the excitement until the last moment.

BETIS won GETAFE 3-2 in another "crazy game" that had Betis
praying to God for the game to end.
Betis started the scoring in the 3rd min via PAVONE, to latter have
DE LA RED draw 3 mins later. Then Betis had a magic spell that produced

goals from EDU in the 33rd min & BELENGUER in the 59th.
Then Getafe got control & pulled one back in the 77th min by DE MORAL,

to then have Betis Portugues goalkeeper RICARDO ( see below) save his

side with numerous saves that prevented the draw. Great win for Betis

who suffered but received some relief until next week.

ATLETICO DE MADRID have won 1-0 at home VALENCIA & give
them 3º valuable points to lift them into 3ºrd & a Champions League
spot on the table.
Atletico´s only goal was scored in the 27th min by its young Argentine
forward SERGIO AGUERO who pounced on a rejected ball in the
goal area.
Valencia & its coach Roland Koeman are under enormous pressure to
get out of the continuing terrible slump in results.

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