SPANISH FOOTBALL - LA LIGA - ROUND 21 /2008 SUNDAY GAMES RESULTS

Surprises, controversy & plenty of goals in Round 21 of "La Liga"
that added more spice to the Spanish 1ºst Division. Here are the

results, scorers & images of todays games.

Firstly, REAL MURCIA lost in a disputed game against LEVANTE,

with the latter winning 2-3 in the last minute with a goal that was
off-side.
Murcia started well with a goal by IVAN ALONSO in the 45th min,
but Levante pulled back with 2ºgoals in the 72nd & 81st via ALVARO
& RIGA. It looked like Murcia would win after it got ahead in the
88th with an
own goal by KUJOVIC (own goal), but LEON got
the winner in the last moment for Levante while off-side. Controversy!

















Third straight loss to ATLETICO DE MADRID ( the other was
the Cup match mid-week) away to MALLORCA with the 0-1

scoreline. The goal come via ARANGO in the 20th min to give
Mallorca the points & put the long faces on the Atletico players.
Atletico are not taking their chances, history is repeating itself, &
once again Reyes was again sent off with a Red Card leaving
his
side with 10 men.



















The other Madrid side GETAFE won 1- 3 away against
RECREATIVO with goals from ALBIN ( pictured above),
GRANERO & MANU DEL MORAL. The consolation goal

for Recreativo came from CAMUÑAS which was a real cracker.














ESPANYOL keep losing & are slipping from the higher places on
the ladder, they are feeling the effects of not having striker Tamudo
who is injuried & may soon shut the loan of Brazilian Ewerthon from
Stuttugart to help solve the problem.
REAL BETIS won 1-2 with goals from RIVERA &
EDU
(pictured above) in the last minute with the winner. For Espanyol
LUIS GARCIA scored a brilliant free kick, but it was not enough,
Espanyol let another 3 points go away.




















DEPORTIVO recovered their play maker Valderon after 1 year absent
with injury & it served as an omen with a 3-1 victory over VALLADOLID
at home. It was their 1º win after 4 months in front of their fans who
celebrated the goals from LUPO ( above), XISCO & GUARDADO. For
Valladolid VICTOR managed the consolation goal. These 3ºpoints give
Deportivo oxigen in their fight to avoid the relegation zone.
















The only goal by ALMERIA by MELO ( above) gave his team the
0 - 1 over VALENCIA CF away & further sent Valencia into turmoil.
The home crowd turned their anger towards caoch Koaman chanting

"...go home, leave". Big problems at Valencia, they are 5points away
from the relegation zone!















RACING managed to avoid defeat & draw in the very last minute
2-2 against REAL ZARAGOZA. Racing scored first via BOLADO
in the 3rd min, but Zaragoza got into the game with goals from
DIEGO MILITO in the 60th min & CELADES in the 83rd min.
But when it looked like a Zaragoza victory, TCHITE ( above) scored
in the last moment to deprive Zaragoza & its new coach Irureta the

victory.
























FC BARCELONA slipped away from home to ATHLETIC DE BILBAO
with a 1-1 draw to the delight of its arch rival Real Madrid. Barça just

could´nt finish off their chances, although young BOJAN got them on
the scoresheet first in the 34th min. However, LLORENTE in the 77th
min managed to grab the prized draw.













REAL MADRID managed a very important win tonight against a tough
rival VILLAREAL by 3-2. The 3ºpoints & the draw by FC Barcelona put
Real now 9ºpoints ahead as leader of the Spanish 1º Division.

Real Madrid Brazilian forward ROBINHO ( pictured celebrating one of his
two goals ) was one of the main protagonists, along with Guti & the rest
of his teammates. Robinho scored first in the 8th min ahead of a superb pass
from Guti to set him up.

















Villareal reacted in the 15th min thanks to its young Italian player ROSSI
(above) to level things, however ROBINHO got Real Madrid back in
track & ahead in the 52th min with his 2ºnd goal.
Then with 15min to go, the game went "crazy" with CAPDEVILA equalizing
for Villareal in the 75th min, to later have SNEIJDER ( below) score 4mins
later & put back into the lead Real Madrid.





















From then on Real coach Schuster used the substitute "instrument" to
halt play & ease the tension, giving advice to his players to keep their
heads & secure the result.
Real Madrid now escape from their rivals after this win & are closer to
claiming the title. However, there is a long way still, but they have given
the rest a hard moral blow.

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It;s hard to see Real giving up a nine point cushion. La Liga is over IMO

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