SPANISH FOOTBALL - LIGA - ROUND 21 MONDAY GAME RESULT

Spanish Football tonight with the last game of Round 21 Liga played. Real Sociedad comfortably defeated Elche 4 - 0 & gets closer to Villarreal on the Spanish League classification table just 1 point away currently in 6th spot. The objective of Real Sociedad is very clear, to get into the European positions. Its a different story with Elche which is low in the classification table & touching the relegation zone.

The goals came in the following order & times:

• Damien ( own goal ) from a Griezmann chip 2nd min , 1 - 0
• Griezmann 12th min , 2 - 0
• Carlos Vela 50th min, 3 - 0
• Griezmann 74th min, 4 - 0

The highlight tonight was Real Sociedad French young 22 year old forward Antoine Griezmann. He has evolved enormously in Spanish Football over the past year. This season the Frenchman is at a top class level & if he continues this way he is heading direct to World Soccer Stardom. His "rebellious" attitude has cost him a place in the French National Team but I think that Coach Deschamps will have to reconsider him for the upcoming World Cup in Brazil. Not to do so will be a serious mistake.

I don´t see how Real Sociedad can hold this "gem" of a player much longer as he is the target of most of the big European Football Clubs. Griezmann is definitely one of my favourite players & I predict a huge future ahead for the youngster if injury stays away & he can keep his head focused.  Superb exhibition tonight from Antoine.

 

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SPANISH FOOTBALL PROMOTION | VILLAREAL FC JOINS ELCHE NEXT SEASON IN LIGA

The Spanish Football League - Liga - ended last week with "collateral damage", three Clubs relegated to the Spanish 2º Division: Real Mallorca, Real Zaragoza & Deportivo A Coruña. Obviously, three Clubs from the 2º Division are needed to lift into Liga & fill the spaces for season 2013-2014.

Elche was the first to be promoted after mathematically achieving the prize weeks ago. Today we have the second team the wins promotion, Villareal CF returns after falling last year from Liga with their 1- 0 victory over another candidate Almeria.

The goal that put Villareal back into Liga & made the city of Villareal explode with joy came in the 55th min thanks to J.Pereira. Almeria could have promoted had they won but they will now join Girona, Alcorcon & Las Palmas ( Canary Is.) in a home & away play-off series to see which of theses gets the last place to promote into the Spanish First Division.

The sad news is that four Clubs fall into the Spanish 2ºB Division : Guadalajara ( due to an administrative sanction ) Xerez, Huesca & Racing the Santander.

Therefore, the upcoming play-offs for the last place to promote into Liga:

Almeria - Las Palmas ( home & away )
Alcorcon - Girona ( home & away )
12th & 15th of June

The winners will play each other for the last Liga place.

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GRANADA JOINS REAL BETIS - RAYO VALLECANO IN THE SPANISH FIRST DIVISION NEXT SEASON

SPANISH FOOTBALL has "officially" finished for season 2010 - 2011 with the final match of  the 2º Division promotion games decided tonight & awarding the final third promotion place to Granada, along with already promoted Real Betis & Rayo Vallecano, to the Spanish League - La Liga.

The 1º leg finished GRANADA 0 - ELCHE 0 & tonight the 2º leg final result finished in a controversial ELCHE 1 - GRANADA 1, which puts GRANADA into the Spanish 1º Division League for next season due to the away goal advantage. 

Ighalo scores for Granada

Granada got ahead via IGHALO with a fabulous goal in the 21st min that set the visitors on course. The game  was tense & very tough as both sides were playing for a final Spanish First Division place. Then in the 37th min Elche player Pelegrin had his equalizing goal disallowed for off-side. The below image contradicts the decision as Pelegrini who made the header was clearly on-side. This "decision" was to be a determining factor later in the match.

Elche goal disallowed for "off-side"

The match continued in a see-saw fashion with Elche desperate to gain back the advantage & attempt to turn things around. They managed the equalizer in the 80th min via XUMENTRA that lifted hopes for the home team as they were on a roll. However, Granada held on with tooth & nails & managed to keep out Elche to see the match finish in a draw & see how their away goal gave them a Spanish First Division birth for next season. Elche obviously remembered the first half disallowed goal & were naturally devasted after the final whistle.

Granada join Real Betis & Rayo Vallecano as new LIGA Clubs for season 2010 - 2011.

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