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Due to popular demand from American & Asian SFS readers, here
are the VIDEOs of the ROBBEN goal for Real Madrid against Villareal
& the overhead equalizer by IRAOLA for At.Bilbao against Espanyol.
Enjoy!
Robben - Real Madrid
Iraola - Athletic de Bilbao
Read the summary of yesterdays games & results below
Written by STRIKER on January 5th, 2009 with no comments.
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Todays Round 17 Sunday games have given fans relatively low scores,
however with debuts, surprises & last minute comebacks. Here is a brief
summary of games, scores & scorers.
REAL MADRID hosted VILLAREAL & put on from the start their
two new signings, HUNTELAAR & LASANA DIARRA. Both played
well, Huntelaar nearly scored & contributed to their teams 1- 0
victory. A vital win which gives them 3 points as they begin the difficult
task of attempting to catch up to ladder & rival FC Barcelona who has
a 12 point gap lead.
While the new signings need more games & rhythm, ROBBEN is
on fire & blitzed in the first half. So much so that he scored a brilliant
outside shot goal to give Real Madrid the victory tonight in the 31st
min.
The second half had another saviour, IKER CASILLAS secured the
victory for Real with brilliant & amazing saves. They can kiss his glooves.
Hard days work for Real Madrid tonight, but the objective has been
gained: the 3 points.
RECREATIVO won 3-1 NUMANCIA to jump out of the relegation zone,
but they were lucky as Numancia failed TWO penalties. The scorers for
Recreativo were, JAVI FUEGO ; CAMUÑAS & AITOR. The scorer for
Numancia was BRIT ( who failed earlier a penalty) in the last min.
MALAGA took advantage of a injury stricken SPORTING to win
by the solitary goal scored by LOLO in the 33rd min. Final score
1-0, & deserved win to Malaga
Ex Real Madrid goalscoring leyend, Mexican Hugo Sanchez (above)
started his new carreer in Spanish Football as ALMERIA Coach with
a 1-0 victory over REAL BETIS. However, Almeria were lucky as
Real Betis hit the post twice & played better. But CORONA´s goal
in the 34 th min was enough to give Almeria the 3 points.
ATHLETIC DE BILBAO cameback thanks to an overhead goal
by IRAOLA in the 81st min to equalize the goal scored by ESPANYOL
player HURTADO in the 36th min. Final result a 1-1 draw.
VALLADOLID lost 0-1 to RACING & thanks to a goal from the
prodigal son, Racing forward ZIGIC in the 64th min, who has returned
from Valencia on loan for the rest of the season.
SEVILLA FC goes away with a lost opportunity to keep 2ºspot on
the ladder & a sour taste after seeing how bottom side OSASUNA
scored in the last minute to equalize & have the game finish in a
1-1 draw. NAVAS put Sevilla ahead in 49th min & PANDIANI scored
to draw in the 92th min.
DEPORTIVO continue with their fine form & manage to lift itself into
European places - 6th - behind Atletico de Madrid who is 5th, after
defeating
away GETAFE 1-2. Tough fought affair were Getafe could
not keep out a determined Deportivo who have found their game.
Deportivo striker BODIPO opened for them in the 5th min, to see Getafe
equalize via DE MORAL in the 15th min. From then on it was a tassle
between both to regain dominance, however Deportivo took its chance in the
81st min when SERGIO scored the winner.
Written by STRIKER on January 4th, 2009 with no comments.
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FC Barcelona extended their winning streak with a not so convincing 3-1 victory against Real Mallorca. On a night when tempers where running pretty high on the pitch, Goals from Henry, Iniesta and Toure saw Barca overcome a determined Mallorca side who took the lead from an Aritz Aduriz goal early on. This is the second time in succession FC Barcelona is coming down from a goal down to win the match, that sounds very good as far as the rest of the season is considered. Mallorca boss prior to the match had said that they couldn’t hope for a much betetr time to play the League Leaders; he was proven right with some scrappy play by Barca players, who all have yet to achieve the full flow. Guardiola also was to be blamed partially for going a goal down in the begining as he looked to have slotted Victor Sanchez in the central defense. Victor Valdes was at the goal. The line up showed Puyol and Marquez as centre defenders; Abidal as Left-back and Victor Sanchez as Right-Back. But during the game Victor Sanchez moved to the centre and Puyol to right. The midfield was made up of Xavi, Toure and Gudjonsen. Henry, Eto and Hleb formed the front three.
The match had a very cold start. Both team were struggling to create any good chance; particularly Barca were struggling to go through Mallorca defense. The first attack from Barca came in the 13th minute when Eto shot wide from a very promising cross by Toure. In the 15th minute Aritz put Mallorca in the lead stunning the Camp Nou faithfuls after Toure gave away the ball cheaply; Artiz got the ball in the half line, then got past Victor Sanchez with ease, ran past him and flicked the ball over Victor Valdes head.In the 27th minute Gudjonsen great strike from a Xavi corner hit the cross bar. In the 29th minute Mallorca goal keeper Lux produced a magnificient save to deny Toure. In the 31st minute Thierry Henry equalised for Barca from a Xavi corner; Puyol won the initial header which fell to Henry on the left side of post; Henry’s first touch was excellent but his finish was much better. In the injury time of first half Lux produced another good save to deny Eto from a great ball from Xavi.
The second half started the same way like the first half. Both the team failed to take the initaitive early on. In the 49th minute Eto saw another of his shot blocked from a good Puyol cross. In the 52nd minute Puyol send in a great ball spotting Xavi’s run but he couldn’t control it properly, even then the ball went aganisingly close to goal. In the 56th minute Sanchez was replaced by Alves. In the 62nd minute Iniesta came in for Hleb. In the 76th minute Iniesta put Barca in lead after he finished well from a Gudjonsen cross. The build up had a bit of luck, the initial Xavi shot hit Eto and fell to Gudjonsen who crossed it to Iniesta who looked on level with Gudjonsen when the cross was made. In the 88th minute Henry’s back flick from an excelelnt Alves cross went just wide of the goal. In the 92nd minute Toure completed the score-line with a finish which would have made Eto happy on any day. Toure skipped past three defenders in the box after receiving Eto pass and fired the ball to the right hand corner of the goal.
This may not be a very convincing victory for Barca, but still it retains the lead at the top. Secondly the players are only back from holiday and it will take some time before they hit the top gear. But they better hit the top gear as soon as possible as they have a mid week match against Athletico Madrid in the Copa Del Rey competition.
Written by Bibin on January 4th, 2009 with no comments.
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The Spanish League - “La Liga” - got back into action tonight with two
great games in Round 17 that SFS will now give in form of a resume &
with results: includes two videos of goals scored.
FC BARCELONA hosted bottom positioned MALLORCA & in the end
managed to dominante & steer home a 3-1 victory. Barça started without
Messi & Alves & felt the lack of dominance in the right side. In fact,
Mallorca was standing firm & scored first via ADURIZ as the below video
shows:
(Aduriz 14th min - goal Mallorca)
Barça reacted & managed to score the equalizer via HENRY as the below
video illustrates, a great goal:
(Henry 30th min - goal FC Barcelona)
Then for the 2ºhalf Coach Guardiola put on ALVES & INIESTA who
cameback from injury, & that transformed the side to give it more
attacking power & ball control.
INIESTA put Barça ahead in the 75th min.
TOURE scored the third in the 92th min & stamped his team dominance
to continue were they left off last year. FC Barcelona look strong & are
THE team so far this season.
VALENCIA CF needed to win to keep up with the Barcelona train &
ATLETICO DE MADRID had a golden chance to create a gap against
its followers. However, Atletico again disappointed with a “strange”
move by Coach Aguirre to keep Maxi Rodriguez & Maniche out for the
Spanish Cup match against Barcelona next Wednesday. They paid
dearly for this decision as they lost to a resistent Valencia CF 3-1 & a
brilliant DAVID SILVA who cameback from injury.
After Valencia dominanted early on, they were rewarded with a penalty
in the 33rd min which DAVID VILLA (above) converted.
Then the DAVID SILVA show continued with his goals in the 38th min
& the 69th min, the latter a brilliant cracker from outside the area that
halted an Atletico attempted comeback after being awarded a penalty at
the end of the 1ºst half that stopped them dry.
Atletico had their chances, one as mentioned converted by DIEGO
FORLAN via a penalty in the 45th min, & the rest stopped by the
Valencia goalkeeper in the 2ºhalf.
Deserved win for Valencia who were the better team, with Atletico
doing its habitual one step forward, two steps back routine. Their minds
- or at least Coach Aguirre´s - seemed to be on next Wednesday
Spanish Cup clash with FC Barcelona, something the SFS frankly can´t
really understand why so much importance over their League aspirations.
See the Video of the goals in this game:
Written by STRIKER on January 3rd, 2009 with no comments.
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According to the experts the below team line-up of FC BARCELONA
is experiencing the Best start to any season in its History. The 2008/09
season team is leading the Spanish League table with 41ºpoints, 10 ahead
of second placed Sevilla, & in only 16 Rounds.
The season is long, will we see if they can keep up this increible pace.
Written by STRIKER on December 22nd, 2008 with no comments.
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The last Round - 16 - before the Xmas break has given plenty of goals
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.
Written by STRIKER on December 21st, 2008 with no comments.
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Two games scheduled tonight in Round 16 of the Spanish League,
the last Round before the Xmas break & important to win in the
psychological area, so as to start well in the last half run for the title
in 2009
Big clash between REAL MADRID & VALENCIA CF where ARJEN
ROBBEN ( above) played a crucial role in his teams vitally important
1-0 victory. He drove “crazy” the Valencia defence & gave numerous
passes off goal, one which was the winner in the 2ºmin scored by
HIGUAIN who powered a brilliant “crack” shot home.
The above picture sees HiguaÃn celebrating & later in the 15th min
Van Dar Vaart, who had a great game, then hit the post!
However, Valencia CF slowly got back & by the early 2ºhalf had
Real Madrid in a defensive tactical stance with their goalkeeper
Iker Casillas stopping everything, specially from David Villa who was
trying everything.
Then just when Valencia had the possibility to get back, a terrible entry
onto Robben by defender Marchena saw him receive the Red Card & leave
Valencia with 10 men. This was a turning point as Real got back & began
to get chances they could´nt capitalise on.
End result a brave & vital Real Madrid victory that will do them a World
of good, & Valencia will certainly go home very disappointed.
The second game tonight between ESPANYOL & ATLETICO DE MADRID
finished with Atletico winning 2-3. MAXI RODRIGUEZ started things scoring
in the the 6th min. The strong Atletico forward line ( Aguero, Forlan, Simao
& Maxi) dominanted the game until the later part of the 1ºst half then
Espanyol began to fight back & find more chances of goal.
Those chances continued coming for Espanyol in the 2ºhalf as they equalized
via SERGIO SANCHEZ in the 57th min. The game then went “crazy” as both
sides had chances & Atletico were on the ropes. But then SERGIO AGUERO
did his magic in the 82th min to put Atletico ahead, & MAXI RODRIGUEZ
scored again for Atletico´s for their third goal in the 91st min. However,
Espanyol with pride managed another via VALDO in the last moment, but it
was all too late.
Atletico find themselves tonight 2ºnd on the league ladder with Villareal &
Sevilla still to play tomorrow!
Written by STRIKER on December 20th, 2008 with no comments.
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You thought “La Liga” was only the FC Barcelona vs Real Madrid clash,
wrong, the rest of Round 15 games were played today with great goals &
interesting results
Giant step for SEVILLA who defeated VILLAREAL 1-0 tonight in a
great & intense game that keeps Sevilla climbing positions. The only
goal came thanks to RENATO ( above) in the 45th min.
RACING got ahead first by a GARAY free kick, but ALMERIA
equalized via ACASIETE. Result 1-1 draw
Plenty of goals in the VALLADOLID - DEPORTIVO game where
the former won 3-0. The first goal came from SESMA in the 14th min
& the other two came from PEDRO LOPEZ - 25th & 56th min - one
of which was a real beauty with a chip over the goalie.
ATHLETIC DE BILBAO gained a very needed win against SPORTING
with a 3-0 scoreline. LLORENTE ( above) converted a penalty in the 5th
min , followed by IRAOLA in the 23rd min & LOPEZ in the 30th. All the
action happened in the first half as the second turned out to be even affair.
MALAGA won a tough & “dog” game towards the end against
NUMANCIA with a 2-0 scoreline. The goals came from APOÑO
(penalty) in the 86th min & BAHA in the 90th min
Big win for GETAFE 4-1 against MALLORCA who are going through
tough times. CONTRA (above), UCHE, MORAL & GAVILAN scored
for Getafe, while Mallorca´s solitary goal came from ADURIZ
Valuable victory for RECREATIVO in the last moments thanks to
the goal from ADRIAN (above) in the 84th min over OSASUNA
who just can´t find the luck to grab a victory. They are dangerously
looking down the 2ºDivision tunnel! Result: 1-0
Important victory for ATLETICO DE MADRID 2-0 over REAL BETIS that
keeps them close to the top pack of Clubs in the calssification table with the
5th spot & ahead now of Real Madrid. MAXI RODRIGUEZ scored first in the
19th min to set the path for his team, where SERGIO AGUERO added a second
with brilliant play in the 81st min. Atletico are starting to look good, lets hope
they can maintain the rythem.
Written by STRIKER on December 14th, 2008 with no comments.
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Firstly, please excuse SFS as its having a big dispute with its internet
server & its not giving its readers the posts that they should be getting.
SFS will attempt to do its best during this period which may last a while
Two games played on Saturday, one which eclipsed all, the FC
BARCELONA vs REAL MADRID classic which finished in a 2-0
victory for Barça. This puts them 12 points ahead of its “eternal”
rival a practically puts Real out of the title race, for the moment.
Above is the picture, Barça finally broke through the Real “wall”
in the 83rd min with the SAMUEL ETO´O goal. Before this Real Madrid
had played a magnificent game as they knew their limits & played to
defend & counter-attack. In fact, they made Barça look ordinary all night
as they frustrated Barça blocking all their moves. Players like Salgado,
Cannavaro, Metzelder, Ramos,…etc were outstanding.
However, Barça is too much Barça, & the joy came as expected.
The last 7 minutes of play saw the flood gates open as Barça finally
ran over its opponent.
MESSI put the final nail in the coffin in the 91st min to finish
the job & make his team even more leader of the classification
table. Great win for Barça who look unstoppable, proud loss for
Real who will get better.
The other game saw a 10 men ESPANYOL lose 2-1 away to
VALENCIA CF.
Espanyol started well getting ahead in the 27th min via MARTINEZ,
but lost the good work when Rufete was given the Red Card leaving
Espanyol down to 10 men.
From here Valencia took control with goals from ALBIOL (below) in
the 58th min & VICENTE in the 81st to stay closer to Barça in the
classification race
Written by STRIKER on December 14th, 2008 with no comments.
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Great game between VALENCIA CF & the inform REAL BETIS
which finished 3-2 in favour of the former which puts them 3ºrd in the
classification table.
Valencia dominated the 1ºst half with goals from VILLA in the 10th
min & then MATA in the 20th, whiched prized their total control. However,
Betis is a good side & the over confidence of Valencia in the 2ºhalf saw
Betis exploit spaces & make a grand comeback starting with goals from
JUANMA in the 56th min & EMANA via a penalty in the 64th min.
That penalty caused a red card for Marchena leaving Valencia with 10
men with Real Betis running riot. But Valencia recomposed themselves &
managed the winner thanks to BARAJAS ( above) scoring a header in the
73rd min. Close call !
MALAGA continue their good play & call for respect as they brushed
aside OSASUNA in a high scoring 4-2 result. It all happened in 2ºnd half
with goals from Malaga via APOÑO ( above) & BAHA, but Osasuna pulled
both back via NEKOUNAM & FLAÑO. Then Malaga pulled something
extra out of the hat to score two more goals thanks to LUQUE & ELISEU
to clinch the game & the points
VILLAREAL secured their 2ºnd place on the classification table with
it´s 1-2 win against RECREATIVO. The Villareal scorers CARZOLA &
IBAGAZA ( above) put their team into the driving position, with a
late attempt which was´nt enough by Recreativo player ADRIAN who
scored Recreativo´s only goal.
REAL SPORTING maintain their good run with a worked victory
away to ESPANYOL 0-1. The winner came from CARMELO
(above) in the 29th min. Disappointing for Espanyol who´s Coach
“Tintin” is on the fineline & maybe replaced. Stay tuned!
DEPORTIVO started the season poorly but they are now hoovering
Uefa Cup positions with very good play. Today they continued to
maintain that excellent line with a win over ALMERIA thanks to the
solitary goal from VERDU (seen above). Final result 0-1
VALLADOLID is having an irregular season, but tonight they managed
to put it together over another irregular team as is MALLORCA.
Valladolid scored three goals - via CALVO, DORADO & GOITOM - to
overrun the opposition & secure the valuable three points. Final score
3-0
FERNANDO LLORENTE ( above) is having a fine season with his
team ATHLETIC DE BILBAO. His good form has earned him a
call up to the Spanish National team & he showed us why with
his teams two goals to give his team a 2-0 victory over NUMANCIA
CURRENTLY IN PLAY
At.Madrid - Racing
Surf in late tonight for the result
Written by STRIKER on November 30th, 2008 with no comments.
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