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Sunday, 31 August 2008

La Liga Results- Week 1

Deportivo La Coruna 2-1 (HT 1-0) Real Madrid
Mista 27
Lopo 52
van Nistelrooy 47

Bookings:
Lopo 31
Mista 35
Pablo Alvarez 75
Aranzubia 79
Bookings:
Guti 55
Sergio Ramos 71
Marcelo 86


Espanyol 1-0 (HT 0-0) Valladolid
Luis Garcia 49

Bookings:
Beranger 41
Luis Garcia 89

Bookings:
Ogbeche 77
Vivar Dorado 87
Kike 90

Valencia 3-0 (HT 2-0) Mallorca
Villa 35
Mata 38
Vicente 82

Bookings:
Silva 13
Moretti 20
Albelda 53
Alexis 80

Athletic Bilbao 1-3 (HT 0-2) Almeria
Ion Velez 56
Pellerano 7
Negredo 33
Juanma Ortiz 50

Bookings:
Llorente 33
Ion Velez 90+1
Bookings:
Diego Alves 29
Bruno 67
Uche 86
Crusat 89

Atletico Madrid 4-0 (HT 3-0) Malaga
Aguero 26
Forlan 38
Forlan (pen) 44
Sinama Pongolle 81

Bookings:
Seitaridis 76
Bookings:
Arnau 43
Lolo 51

Numancia 1-0 (HT 1-0) Barcelona
Mario 13

Bookings:
Puyol 42
Eto'o 80

Osasuna 1-1 (HT 0-0) Villarreal
Nekounam (pen) 70
Senna 54

Bookings:
Azpilicueta 18
Roversio 53
Bookings:
Rodriguez 69

Sent off:
Miguel Flano 78
Sent off:
Godin 68

Racing Santander 1-1 (HT 0-0) Sevilla
Juanjo 76
Luis Fabiano 71

Bookings:
Colsa 14
Lacen 90+3

Real Betis 0-1 (HT 0-1) Recreativo Huelva
Adrian Colunga 36

Bookings:
Capi 59
Fernando Vega 84

Sporting Gijon 1-2(HT 1-1) Getafe
Diego Castro 35
Albin 14
Casquero 86

Bookings:
Matabuena 56
Jorge 64
Luis Moran 81
Michel 89
Bookings:
Albin 65
Casquero 69

Saturday, 30 August 2008

La Liga Sunday Blog. Week 1 (31.08.08)

As is traditional (well for a few weeks at the end of last season it was) La Liga Sundays will be held on a Sunday :D
I'm sure as pro SBAers you do not need reminding that an equal mix of real football conversation and important insights into the visual aesthetics of the game eg. haircare, are required throughout.
A good bottle of red is not a requirement as such but is most enjoyable on a sunday eve (or afternoon US girlies) and it does make the conversation more interesting as the game wears on!

This weekends fixtures:

Saturday 30th August
Spanish Primera Liga
19:00 Espanyol vs Valladolid
21:00 Valencia vs Mallorca
Sunday 31st August
18:00 Athletic Bilbao vs Almeria
18:00 Atletico Madrid vs Malaga
18:00 Numancia vs Barcelona
18:00 Osasuna vs Villarreal
18:00 Racing Santander vs Sevilla
18:00 Real Betis vs Recreativo Huelva
18:00 Sporting Gijon vs Getafe
20:00 Deportivo La Coruna vs Real Madrid


The live blogs will henceforth go by what games are being shown here on Sky as i find it most difficult to type, drink my Rioja and concentrate on internet streaming blurs and will therefore need to blog on what is playing on my tellybox.
This week for some bizarre reason Sky are only showing an hour of Barca's match at Numancia so i may start the blog at 7 to keep an eye on that game but it will definately be up and running from about 8pm GMT (see bottom of blog for the difference between this and your own time if you don't already know) for Really hot Madrid at Depor. So those who want to watch and chat or indeed those who can't watch and would like to be kept informed please join us on sunday xx

Thursday, 28 August 2008

CL draw

A Chelsea, Roma, Bordeux, Cluj.
B Inter, Werder Bremen, Panathanaikos, Famagusta.
C Barca, Sporting Lisbon, Basel, Shaktar Donetsk.
D LFC, PSV, Marseille, Atletico.
E ManU, Villareal, Celtic, Aalborg.
F Lyon, Bayern Munich, Steaua Bucharest, Fiorentina.
G Arse, Porto, Fenerbache, Dynamo Kiev.
H Real, Juve, Zenit St Petersburg, Borisov.

We get a hard group again :( but not as hard as the Really hotties..

Group stage, Matchday 1 16/17.09.2008
Group stage, Matchday 2 30.09/01.10.2008
Group stage, Matchday 3 21/22.10.2008
Group stage, Matchday 4 04/05.11.2008
Group stage, Matchday 5 25/26.11.2008
Group stage, Matchday 6 09/10.12.2008
First knockout round, 1st leg 24/25.02.2009
First knockout round, 2nd leg 10/11.03.2009
Quarter-finals, 1st leg 07/08.04.2009
Quarter-finals, 2nd leg 14/15.04.2009
Semi-finals, 1st leg 28/29.04.2009
Semi-finals, 2nd leg 05/06.05.2009
Final (Rome, Italy) 27.05.2009

Wednesday, 27 August 2008

La Liga KO

La liga kicks off this weekend and as we discussed when i started the blog i was going to set up a live blog for matches. Is anyone gonna be here to participate or would it be a wasted effort do you think?

Friday, 22 August 2008










Nice to see the prem boys from both teams went out for a drink together, here's the delectible Messers Alonso and Bendtner. My whole FF might have been in that bar, how jealous am i?

Tuesday, 19 August 2008

Dear SNT, how we've missed you! July seems years ago. P.S. Please don't hurt Danny

Lord help me, Spain face Denmark in a friendly in Copenhagen tomorrow!
Lets see how new boss Vicente Del Bosque does!and don't pretend you don't miss Creepy Coach a bit..
Here's some pics and vids of the SNT arriving and training and there are more on the SNT forum on LJ.









Team news from goal.com-

Denmark

Olsen has called up three newcomers for the Spanish test. Nordsjaelland forward Martin Bernburg will join Midtjylland pair Christopher Poulsen and Jonas Borring for their national debut.

Liverpool defender Daniel Agger has also been recalled to the squad after being sidelined with a long term foot ailment but the 59 year old coach will have to make do without injured trio Jasper Gronkjaer (knee), Thomas Kahlenberg (hip) and Martin Jorgensen (groin).

Squad: Jesper Christiansen, Stephan Andersen, Thomas Sorensen - Daniel Agger, Lars Jacobsen , Martin Laursen , Per Kroldrup, Christopher Poulsen, Kasper Bogelund - Christian Poulsen, Daniel Jensen, Leon Andreasen, Martin Retov, Martin Vingaard, Jonas Borring, Michael Silberbauer, Mikkel Thygesen - Dennis Rommedahl, Jon Dahl Tomasson, Nicklas Bendtner, Morten Nordstrand, Martin Bernburg

Spain

Del Bosque has decided to make five alterations from the squad of 23 that won Euro 08. He has decided to drop Álvaro Arbeloa for Andoni Iraola and Sergio García in favour of young Bojan Krkic. The other three that are missing, Carlos Marchena, Cesc Fàbregas and Andrés Palop have been omitted due to various injuries.

In their place comes debutants Fernando Amorebieta and Diego Capel, while a third-choice goalkeeper has been neglected from the final 22-man squad.

Squad: Iker Casillas, Pepe Reina - Sergio Ramos, Joan Capdevila, Raúl Albiol, Carles Puyol, Fernando Navarro, Juanito, Andoni Iraola, Fernando Amorebieta - Andrés Iniesta, Xavi, David Silva, Santi Cazorla, Xabi Alonso, Rubén de la Red , Marcos Senna, Diego Capel - David Villa, Daniel Güiza, Fernando Torres, Bojan Krkic

Goodbye MXA!

Leave all your goodbyes and best wishes for MrsXabiAlonso here!


Monday, 11 August 2008

I still <3 the Really Hot boys

I've been really lax in my coverage of Madrid's preseason this last week, sorry! But.. the good news is that it means a week worth of picspammy goodness from the Emirates, training and the Independiente game (won 2-1 with a debut Van der Vaart goal). Next match is against Frankfurt on tues.

v Hamburg



























Schneider injury v Arsenal



After an MRI, it was determined that Wesley Sneijder only damaged his left Internal Lateral Ligament and that his Anterior Cruciate Ligament remains fully intact. Sneijder is expected to miss three months, during which he will undergo orthopedic treatment and rehabilitation.







v Independiente


















Ooo and in *Jailbait news* Juanmi Callejon has been transfered to Mallorca so La Liga watchers maybe get to see a bit more of him next season and if he does well there is the option of Real resigning him.