Spanish La Liga Round Seventeen
Posted on January 13, 2009
Filed Under La Liga
Saturday 3rd January 2009
Barcelona stretched their lead at the top of La Liga as they beat Real Mallorca 3-1 at the Camp Nou. Aritz Aduriz gave the visitors the lead after 15 minutes. Thierry Henry levelled the game on 32 minutes. Andres Iniesta gave Barca the lead in the 76th minute. Josemi was dismissed in the 90th minute and Yaya Toure score just afterwards to finish off Real Mallorca.
Valencia beat Atletico Madrid 3-1 at the Mestalla. Valencia now nine points behind Barcelona, took the lead after 33 minutes through a David Villa penalty, after they had already had two goals disallowed. Valencia’s second goal came from an excellent David Silva strike in the 39th minute. Atletico got a goal back on the stroke of half-time through a Diego Forlan penalty. David Silva killed off any comeback with an excellent long range strike in the 69th minute.
Sunday 4th January 2009
Real Madrid beat Villarreal 1-0 at the Bernabeu and went into third place in the La Liga table. The goal came from a superb Arjen Robben strike in the 32nd minute. Real are still 12 points behind Barcelona. Osasuna stole a draw at Sevilla 1-1. Jesus Navas gave the home side the lead after 50 minutes. Walter Pandiani rescued a point in the final minute for the struggling visitors.
Recreativo Huelva claimed three valuable home points, as they beat Numancia 3-1. Jose Javier Barkero missed a penalty for Numancia, before Javi Fuego put Huelva into the lead after 18 minutes. It got even worse for Numancia as Javier Camunas added a second in the 46st minute and Aitor made it three after 61 minutes. Gorka Brit then missed Numancia’s second penalty, before scoring a consolation goal in the 90th minute.
Athletic Bilbao drew at home with Espanyol 1-1. Moises Hurtado gave the visitors the lead after 37 minutes. Andoni Iraola saved the point for Bilbao with an 81st minute strike. Malaga gained a crucial three points with a 1-0 victory at home to Sporting Gijon. The goal came from Manuel Lolo after 34 minutes. Racing Santander beat Real Valladolid 1-0 away from home. Nicola Zigic scored the winner in the 64th minute. Almeria also collected three points at home to Real Betis with a 1-0 victory. Manuel Corona scored the only goal of the game in the 35th minute.
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