Spanish La Liga Round Two
Posted on September 18, 2008
Filed Under La Liga
13th September 2008
In the second round of La Liga Barcelona were held to a Draw by Racing Santander. Elsewhere Sevilla beat Sporting Gijon to go to the top of the early La Liga table. Atletico Madrid suffered a shock 2-1 defeat to Valladolid.
The Barcelona revolution hasn’t seemed to of taken off just yet. Barcelona could only manage a 1-1 draw at Camp Nou. Barcelona struggled to breakdown their stubborn opposition. It took them 71 minutes to make the breakthrough, that coming from a Lionel Messi penalty. Barcelona’s lead didn’t last long however as Santander equaliser six minutes later. Santander’s goal came from Jonathan Pereira as they claimed their second draw in two league games.
Elsewhere Sevilla beat 4-1 Sporting Gijon in an entertaining encounter. In the first half there were 6 goals in amazing half of football. Mate Bilic struck first for Gijon in the 20th minute. Just two minutes later Bilic scored his second. Sevilla hit back almost straight as Javier Chevanton scored to make it 2-1. Sevilla equalised in the 36st minute through Freddi Kanoute. Enzo Maresca completed an amazing turnaround just a minute later as he made it 3-2 to Sevilla. Mate Bilic completed his Hat-trick just before the break to make it 3-3 at half time. Sevilla secured victory through another Freddi Kanoute strike in the 60st minute.
Atletico Madrid suffered a shock 2-1 defeat at Valladolid. Angel Vivar Dorado gave Valladolid the lead. Valladolid then had Pedro Lopez dismissed. Despite this dismissal Valladolid still managed to make it 2-0 in the 28th minute through a Javier Baraja penalty. Even with a man extra, Atletico couldn’t take advantage as they struggled to get back into the game. They did however get a consolation goal in the 54th minute through Argentine forward Sergio ‘Kun’ Aguero.
14th September 2008
In the Sunday games from La Liga Villarreal scraped past Deportivo, while Espanyol beat Recreativo Huelva, Real Mallorca and Osasuna drew.
Villarreal beat Deportivo 1-0. The goal came in the 27th minute from Spanish international Santi Carzorla. Luis Garcia scored the winner for Espanyol in their 1-0 victory over Recreativo. The striker struck in the 86st minute. Real Mallorca and Osasuna drew 1-1 in Mallorca. Aritz Aduriz gave Mallorca the lead only to see Javier Portillo equalise with just five minutes remaining. Mallorca went down to ten men as Jose Rey was dismissed. Elsewhere at Estadio Coliseum Alfonso Perez Getafe and Real Betis played out an uneventful 0-0 draw. Malaga and Athletic Bilbao also drew 0-0.
Real Madrid beat Numancia 4-3 at the Bernabeu in an amazing game. The newly promoted Numancia took a surprise lead after just six minutes through Juan Carlos Moreno. Guti then equalised for Madrid, the game didn’t stay level for long though as Jose Bakero struck a spectacular effort to put Numancia ahead again. Gonzalo Higuain equalised in the 25thminute after a good passing move. Rafael Van Der Vaart then hit an excellent drive to put Real back in front. Madrid then extended the lead through a Cisma Domingo own goal. Moreno then struck again with an excellent free-kick to put Numancia back in the game. Real held onto all three points.
Almeria and Valencia drew 2-2 at Mediterraneo Stadium. The game was an entertaining encounter. Almeria took the lead in the 21st minute through Argentine midfielder Pablo Piatti. Valencia hit back from a corner with centre back Alexis firing past the home sides goalkeeper. Almeria regained the lead just before half time through last season’s top goalscorer Alvaro Negredo. Spanish international David Villa brought the scores level in the 69th minute, after that both sides seemed happy to settle for a point.
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