FC Barcelona with Neymar & Pique resting on the bench hosted bottom of the ladder placed Almeria now Coached by ex-Barça player Sergi . The baptism for Sergi was not good as he takes on a team with difficulties & hoovering relegation.
Said this Almeria held off admirably all of the FC Barcelona efforts with a defensive set up that frustrated the Barça Football the first 30 mins. But in the 34th min Lionel Messi broke through & "opened the Almeria can" with his goal. Barça began to flow with touch Football & it was not long before Barça scored a second goal through a brilliant effort by Luis Suarez in the 55th min. Later on Barça defender Batra got some goal action scoring in the 74th min from a corner illustrating that the moral of Almeria had been broken. So much so, that Luis Suarez managed to score another, & Barça fourth goal in the 92nd min.
Final result, FC Barcelona 4 - Almeria 0
Deportivo A Coruña played bottom of the ladder Cordoba, the latter fighting for its Liga life. A competitive match as expected from Clubs looking desperately for wins & points. Opportunities to both teams with goals scored BUT not given to each. However, it was Cordoba which scored first in the 55 th min through Florin, after which Cordoba attempted to defend the result with "tooth & nails". The frustration overcame Deportivo with defender Luisinho getting a red card around the 70th min mark leaving Depor down with 10 men.
But fate gave Cordoba a bad hand in the 86th min when Deportivo equalized from an own goal from their earlier scorer Florin. Cordoba could not believe it, they attempted to amend the situation but Depor goalie Salva saved the day.
Final score Deportivo 1 - Cordoba 1
City of Madrid derby between Rayo Vallecano & Real Madrid with the victory & final result going 0 - 2 to Real Madrid. But the result distorts the Football seen & played with Rayo Vallecano putting in a great exhibition, especially in the first half. The truth is that Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas was one of his side best men, which says a lot about the difficulties that the visitors experienced the first 45 mins of play. Real Madrid looked really bad & their bench was full of worry.
Real Madrid Coach Ancelotti must have given his side a "firm talking" during the break as Real Madrid put in a much better & more solid second half. The visitors slowly took control of the play & the opportunities began to appear in waves.
A brilliant Dani Carvajal run down his flank & pass into the goal square found the head of Cristiano Ronaldo in the 69th min who scored the opener. The second goal came short after when James Rodriguez hooked onto a CR7 pass that beat the Rayo goalie in the 73rd min.
Rayo attempted to pull one back & again troubled Real Madrid, but the latter held out for the win in a difficult night a work. Grand exhibition by Rayo Vallecano.
Granada draw 1 - 1 Celta de Vigo with heroics & with Granada down 10 men all the second half after defender Murillo was sent off ( 2 yellow cards) in the 41st min. Earlier Granada scored their goal in the 3rd min through Ibañez who caught still "sleeping" Celta. Granada made an incredible effort defending their slim advantage 90 mins until in the 93rd minute Celta player Bongonda scored the equalizer. Granada paid for their enormous psychical effort & for being down 10 men all the 2º half.
Rest of Round 30 Liga games tomorrow.
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