Spanish La Liga Round Eight
Posted on November 2, 2008
Filed Under La Liga
Saturday 25th October
The two games on Saturday night resulted in a 5-0 victory for Barcelona against Almeria at the Nou Camp and a 2-0 away win for Betis at Osasuna. After just 24 minutes Samuel Eto’o had scored a hat-trick and Thierry Henry had scored also to make it 4-0. Almeria then had Alvaro Negredo dismissed for a badly timed tackle on Rafael Marquez. Barcelona made it 5-0 in the 36st minute through a brilliantly struck Daniel Alves free-kick. Although they had a numerical advantage, Barcelona couldn’t add to the five goals. Real Betis managed to climb out of the relegation zone, after their away win against Osasuna. Mehmet Aurelio scored Betis first goal with a brilliant free-kick in the 51st minute. Betis had to wait until the 86st minute to secure victory, through a Mariano Pavone close range effort.
Sunday 26th October 2008
Valencia returned to the top of the table despite only drawing 1-1 away at Recreativo. Recreativo took the lead on 47 minutes through Javier Camunas. Valencia equalised in the 62nd minute, through David Villa from close range. Sevilla suffered a surprise 1-0 home defeat to Malaga. The goal came after 16 minutes from Adrian, after Nacho put him through. It got worse for Sevilla in the second half, as they had Adriano sent off for violent conduct.
Numancia won 2-1 at home against Racing. Jose Javier Bakero struck after 26 minutes. It looked like that would enough for a Numancia win but then there was an incredible finish. Five minutes into injury time Mohamed Tchite scored from the spot to equalise for Racing. Even more incredibly Numancia snatched a winner a minute later through Cisma from close range. That was enough to take Numancia off the bottom of the table.
Sporting Gijon beat Deportivo 3-0, to earn an impressive away three points. David Barral started the scoring after 23 minutes with a penalty. Carmelo added a second goal for Sporting after 27 minutes, thanks to a Barrel assist. It got even worse for Deportivo when Diego Colotto was dismissed just before the break. Diego Castro finished the scoring in the 84th minute, to give Sporting three very important points.
Mallorca beat Espanyol 3-0 at home. Aritz Aduriz opened the scoring on 49 minutes with a header. Aduriz then scored another header in the 60th minute from a Juan Arango corner. Fernando Varela made it three in the 76st minute. Getafe beat Real Valladolid 1-0 at home. Daniel Diaz scored the only goal of the game in the 32nd minute from an Esteban Granero set piece.
In an amazing game Villarreal drew 4-4 with Atletico Madrid at El Madrigal. Atletico made a fantastic start, scoring after just a minute through a brilliant Simao effort. It got even better for Atletico after 22 minutes when Diego Forlan fired in a second goal. On 38 minutes came a big turning point as Ever Banega received a second Yellow and was dismissed.
Villarreal made a blistering start to the second half, scoring three goals in 10 minutes through Marcos Senna, Joseba Llorente and Gonzalo Rodriguez. Giuseppe Rossi made it 4-2 on 68 minutes. Atletico came back into the match in the 83rd minute thanks to Simao’s second goal of the night. Raul Garcia scored in the 85th minute to complete an amazing comeback and snatch Atletico a draw.
Real Madrid beat Atletico 3-2 at the Bernabeu. Real Madrid went two goals up. Wesley Sneijder scored with a drive after 13 minutes. Gonzalo Higuain scored a second after 29 minutes. It looked like it would be a straight forward victory for Madrid, until Joseba Exteberria got a goal back for Bilbao after 35 minutes. It got even better for Bilbao, as they equalised through a controversial Andoni Iraola penalty. Higuain scored his second goal of the match in the 59th minute. Bilbao continued to fight hard for an equaliser but was reduced to ten men in the 78th minute when Fernando Amorebieta was dismissed. After that Madrid looked the more dangerous and could have extended their lead. Madrid would have been relieved to get the win in the end against a battling Bilbao side.
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