Spanish La Liga Round Six
Posted on October 11, 2008
Filed Under La Liga
Saturday 4th October 2008
Barcelona continued their winning run by beating Atletico Madrid 6-1 at the Nou Camp. Barcelona took a 3rd minute lead through Rafael Marquez. That lead was extended in the 6st minute through a Samuel Eto’o penalty. Argentina international Lionel Messi then made it 3-0 for Barca. Maxi Rodriguez got a goal back for the visitors with an excellent long range strike. Samuel Eto’o then scored his second to make it 4-1. Eidur Gudjohnsen and Thierry Henry then scored a goal each, to make a really good night for Barca and their fans. Villarreal went back to the top of the La Liga table by beating Real Betis 2-1. It was Villarreal’s fifth straight win, as their impressive start to the season continued. Real Betis took the lead through Tamia in the 21st minute. Villarreal managed to turn the game on its head, with goals from Gonzalo Rodriguez and striker Joseba Llorente.
Sunday 5th October 2008
Valencia went back to the top of the league by beating Real Valladolid 1-0 away from home. The goal came from former Everton midfielder Manuel Fernandes, who struck an excellent shot on the 54th minute. Elsewhere Sevilla scored an impressive 4-0 victory over Athletic Bilbao. Sevilla moved up to third with goals from Frederic Kanoute, Renato, Adriano Correia and Ernesto Chevanton. Champions Real Madrid could only manage a 2-2 draw with Espanyol at the Bernabeu. The champions went behind twice, first to a Raul Tamudo penalty in the 21st minute and then Luis Garcia struck in the 31st minute. Real legend Raul equalised twice for the champions. However this will be seen as points dropped in the race for the La Liga crown.
Almeria managed to grab a late point away to Getafe as the game ended 2-2. Goals from Ikechukwu Uche and Casquero had put the home side in a 2-0 and they must have thought they had secured the win until late drama. Striker Alvaro Negredo struck in the 87th minute to give the away side hope and in the 91st minute Chico scored Almeria’s second to give them an unlikely point. Deportivo recorded a 1-0 home win over Numancia. Angel Lafita Castillo’s 13th minute strike was enough to secure victory for Depor and have Numancia looking over their shoulders nervously at the relegation zone.
Sporting Gijon managed to secure an unlikely 2-0 away victory against Real Mallorca. Carmelo and Roberto Canella scored the vital goals for Gijon, to secure Gijon’s first points of the season. Recreativo suffered a 4-0 home hammering from Malaga. The Malaga Goals came from Nabil Baha, Duda and two from Eliseu. Osasuna suffered a 1-0 home defeat to Racing Santander. Osasuna lost Jaroslav Plasil after he handled in the box in the 39th minute. Ezequiel Garay then missed the resulting penalty. Santander did finally make their one man advantage count in time added on, through a Juan Valera strike. That goal secured all three points and moved Santander out of the relegation zone.
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