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Robbie Rotten wrote:Are Valencia without Marchena?
I believe so. I've seen no news to indicate his red card has been rescinded.
Villarreal have a fully fit squad apart from top socrer Joseba Llorente, expect Rossi and Nihat to start up front. Mane is without Raul Tamudo and Luis Garcia for his first game in charge ay Espanyol.
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The Penguin wrote:I believe so. I've seen no news to indicate his red card has been rescinded.
Villarreal have a fully fit squad apart from top socrer Joseba Llorente, expect Rossi and Nihat to start up front. Mane is without Raul Tamudo and Luis Garcia for his first game in charge ay Espanyol.
It looked like he got a bit of the ball, not sure how the rules work with cards in Spain, but you could argue it was similar to Habib Beye's challenge earlier this year, which got rescinded.
Espanyol look likely to struggle, where will the goals come from without those two?!
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The Penguin wrote:Schuster can only save himself by winning the league or the CL, neither of which he currently looks like doing. He'll be gone by next summer at the latest.
That wasn't good enough for Del Bosque. He won the CL and still got sacked. He must win the league to stay in a job......and by the way they are only 6 points off the top and it's not even Christmas yet! By saying it looks like he will win neither is like saying the same about Manchester Utd in the premier league.......
.....In which case, I hope you're right
The Penguin wrote:Schuster can only save himself by winning the league or the CL, neither of which he currently looks like doing. He'll be gone by next summer at the latest.
That wasn't good enough for Del Bosque. He won the CL and still got sacked. He must win the league to stay in a job......and by the way they are only 6 points off the top and it's not even Christmas yet! By saying it looks like he will win neither is like saying the same about Manchester Utd in the premier league.......
Joined: Oct 24 2004 Posts: 12169 Location: South of the river
Goals galore in La Liga this weekend, 44 across the 10 matches.
Real Madrid 3 - 4 Sevilla
Real Betis Balompié 1 - 1 Espanyol
Deportivo la Coruna 2 - 0 Málaga
Osasuna 3 - 3 Valladolid
Mallorca 2 - 3 Recreativo Huelva
Racing Santander 1 - 1 Athletic Bilbao
C.D Numancia 2 - 1 Almeria
Barcelona 4 - 0 Valencia
Sporting de Gijón 2 - 5 Atlético de Madrid
Villarreal 3 - 3 Getafe
A late Renato header downs Real Madrid at the Bernabau after Real Madrid had clawed it back from 3-1 down to draw level at 3-3. The result leaves El Real nine points behind Barcelona going into El Classico next week. Barcelona had no such trouble, dispatching with consumate ease another supposed 'competitor' as Henry helped himself to a hat-trick (although I thought Valencia, in mitigation, were awful). Also on Saturday Getafe's great run against the top four continues, although they will be gutted to have sacrificed a 3-goal lead at El Madrigal. Diego Forlan is on fire, and two from him and Kun Aguero demolished Sporting Gijon on Saturday.
On Sunday, Achile Emana continued his prolific form for Betis but Mane started his tenure at Espanyol with a credible point from Andalucia considering the form the two sides are in. The Penguin/John_D grudge match at the Sardinero ended in a 1-1 draw in which Pablo Orbaiz was sent off for Athletic. Recreativo moved off the bottom of the table at the expense of Osasuna, who surrendered a 3-goal lead at home to Valladolid whilst Almeria's wreteched run continues as they were beaten by Numancia.
Joined: Oct 24 2004 Posts: 12169 Location: South of the river
The standings after Round 14:
1 Barcelona 35
2 Villarreal 29
3 Valencia 27
4 Real Madrid 26
5 Atlético de Madrid 24
6 Sevilla 24
7 Deportivo la Coruna 24
8 Valladolid 20
9 Real Betis Balompié 18
10 Getafe 18
11 Málaga 18
12 Sporting de Gijón 18
13 Racing Santander 16
14 Almeria 15
15 C.D Numancia 14
16 Athletic Bilbao 13
17 Mallorca 13
18 Espanyol 13
19 Recreativo Huelva 10
20 Osasuna 9
And the top scorers:
Position Player Club Goals
Samuel Eto'o Barcelona 14 David Villa Valencia 12 Diego Forlán Atlético Madrid 10 Gonzalo Higuaín Real Madrid
Lionel Messi Barcelona 9 Álvaro Negredo Almería 8 Mate Bilić Sporting de Gijón 7 Kun Agüero Atlético Madrid
Thierry Henry Barcelona
Achille Emana Betis 6 Giuseppe Rossi Villarreal
Joseba Llorente Villarreal
Juan Mata Valencia
Mohammed Tchité Racing de Santander
Raúl González Real Madrid
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