with some great games that delighted fans this afternoon/evening. Here
is a brief resume with the results & the scorers.
Great game between two excellent sides, but FC BARCELONA held
out a determined VILLAREAL, with 10 men towards the end of the
match after Barça lost a defender to win 1-2 & maintain a 10 point lead
over 2º placed Sevilla with 31pts.
Villareal dominated the 1ºst half & continued strong at the start of the 2º
half with the reward coming in the 47th min with the goal from Villareal
midfielder CANI. However, FC Barcelona put on the "turbo" & the magic
of Dani Alves came into play with a pass that KEITA headed to equalize in
the 54th min. Then more magic from Xavi Hernandez who passed to HENRY
who tapped in the second in the 66th.
Then with a quarter of the match to go Barça defender Pique was given a Red
Card to leave Barça with 10 men. Villareal made changes putting on more
forwards ( Nihat & Franco) to go for the equalizer. The chances came & they
were plenty but Barça held out to stamp its authority on the Spanish League.
A relative boring 0-0 draw in the MALLORCA - SEVILLA FC clash
that gave a point to Sevilla to put then 2ºnd on the League classification
table, 1ºpoint ahead of 3ºrd placed Atletico de Madrid.
NUMANCIA are in the relegation zone & showed true grit today to
win 4-3 VALLADOLID, & inject some hope for after the Xmas break.
The goal scorers for Numancia were BARKERO ( above), DEL PINO
(o.goal), ARANDA & BRIT. For Valladolid GOITOM scored twice along
with DEL PINO.
RACING & MALAGA gave us a 1-1 draw, with goals from BAHA
in the 37th min for Malaga & VALERA in the 67th min for Racing.
Last placed OSASUNA shacked off the bad run & luck to steamroll
GETAFE with a 5-2 victory. Osasuna had already scored 4 in the
first half & left Getafe striving to regain some pride.
The scorers for Osasuna, PASIL (6 th min), JUANFRAN (34th m),
PANDIANI (41st m), NEKOUNAM (above & 45th min) & HECTOR
FONT (81st min). For Getafe SOLDADO scored the two goals in the
65th min & 92nd min.
Important win for Osasuna who remain last.
Important win for REAL SPORTING DE GIJON by the minimum
with a 1-0 home scoreline against ALMERIA. The scorer was
MALDONADO (above) in the 27th min.
Big win for DEPORTIVO who are 7th on the ladder & looking for
European places, as the defeated RECREATIVO 4-1. It was a Deportivo
whitewash with goals from LOPO, SERGI (penalty), BODIPO (above)
& FILIPE LUIS. For Recreativo the only goal came from ADRIAN.
REAL BETIS have gone into a mini slump & the Xmas break could do them
good to regroup. Today they lost to ATHLETIC DE BILBAO 0-1 who are just
the opposite & have found a string of wins that is putting back the smile at
Bilbao. The winning goal came in the 42th min by JAVI MARTINEZ. Tweet
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