Spanish La Liga Round Five
Posted on September 30, 2008
Filed Under La Liga
Saturday 27th September 2008
Villarreal stayed top of the early La Liga table, but reigning champions Real Madrid are not far behind them. Villarreal beat Sporting Gijon 1-0 in Gijon. The goal came from half time substitute Giuseppe Rossi in the 63rdminute. Real Madrid managed a late 2-1 away victory over Real Betis. Gabriel Heinze opened the scoring for Real in the 19thminute with an excellent header. Marcelo was dismissed in the 53rdminute after conceding a penalty. Sergio Garcia’s penalty was saved but he converted the rebound. Sergio Garcia was then dismissed after 83 minutes. Madrid snatched a 91st minute winner through Ruud Van Nistelrooy.
Barcelona won the Catalan derby 2-1 against Espanyol. Espanyol took a 20thminute lead through a messy Ferren Corominas strike. Espanyol lost Anderson Nene after 45 minutes for a second bookable offence. The game had to be stopped late in second half due to crowd trouble. This disruption seemed to have effect Espanyol more than Barcelona. Barcelona took full advantage of this disruption by equalising through Thierry Henry in the 84thminute. The goal came after a mix between Daniel Jarque and goalkeeper Carlos Kameni. Lionel Messi scored the winner from the penalty spot, this goal came 13 minutes into injury time.
Sunday 28th September 2008
Valencia knocked Villarreal off the top of La Liga table, by beating Deportivo 4-2 at the Mestalla. Deportivo took the lead on 11 minutes through an Emiliano Moretti own goal. Juan Mata headed home for Valencia’s equaliser. David Villa gave Valencia the lead on the 49thminute. Joaquin extended that lead on 69 minutes. David Villa completed his brace in the 82ndminute to make it 4-1 for Valencia. Angel Lafita scored a late consolation goal for Deportivo. Sevilla clinched an excellent 1-0 victory over Atletico Madrid at Vicente Calderon Stadium. The goal came from a 21stminute Luis Fabiano free-kick.
Almeria beat Recreativo Huelva 1-0. Recreativo ended up with only eight men. Pablo Oliveira and Antonio Vasquez were dismissed late in the game for the away side, before Almeria finally got the winner in the 85thminute through last season’s top goalscorer Alvaro Negredo. The game got even worse for Recreativo after the goal, as Sisi was also sent off. Real Mallorca secured a good 2-1 away victory against Racing Santander. Ivan Marcano gave Santander a 23rdminute lead, before Fernando Varela equalised just before half-time for Mallorca. Cameroons Pierre Webo headed home a late winner to give Mallorca the three points.
Getafe beat Athletic Bilbao 1-0 in Bilbao. Francisco Casquero scored the winner late on in the game for the visitors. Malaga managed their first victory of this season by beating Real Valladolid 2-1 at La Rosaleda. Malaga’s goals came from Manuel Lolo in the 34thminute and Adrian Lopez in the 56st minute. Pedro Leon managed a late consolation for Valladolid. Osasuna and Numancia could only manage a goalless draw at Numancia.
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