Spanish La Liga Round Twenty
Posted on January 28, 2009
Filed Under La Liga
Saturday 24th January 2009
Barcelona stretched their lead at the top to 15 points, with a 4-1 victory over Numancia at Camp Nou. Barca took till the 49th minute to take the lead, as Lionel Messi shot them in front. Samuel Eto’o doubled Barca’s lead after 53 minutes. Jose Barkero scored in the 61st minute to put Numancia back in the game. The hope of getting back into the game lasted until the 71st minute, as Thierry Henry made it three for Barca. Lionel Messi scored his brace in the 76th minute to put the result beyond all doubt. It got even worse for the visitors when Cesar Palacios was sent off in the 81st minute.
Villarreal could only manage a 1-1 draw with Osasuna at El Madrigal. Villarreal are now fifth in the table. Giuseppe Rossi gave the yellow submarine the lead in the 28th minute, after good play from Santi Cazorla. Osasuna substitute Dady managed to snatch an equaliser in the 65th minute. The point moved Osasuna of the bottom of the La Liga table, but they are still deep in relegation trouble.
Sunday 25th January 2009
Valencia suffered a shock defeat, as they went down 3-1 at Real Mallorca. Jose Manuel Jurado opened the scoring after eight minutes. That advantage was doubled in the 41st minute, from a Jose Luis Marti penalty. Jurado scored his brace just a minute later to make it 3-0. Vicente scored a consolation goal for Valencia in the 72nd minute.
Racing Santander scored an impressive 2-0 defeat away at Sevilla. Cesar Navas gave the visitors the lead on 24 minutes. Oscar Serrano was dismissed in the 33rd minute to make it even harder for Racing, but yet they took a two goal lead in the 47th minute through Nikola Zigic. The ten men managed to hang on to a very impressive three points.
Real Madrid stayed second by beating Deportivo 1-0 at the Bernabeu, Raul scoring for Real in the 40th minute. Malaga and Atletico Madrid drew 1-1 at La Rosadela. Antonio Apono gave the home the lead on 22 minutes. Johnny Heitinga equalised for the away side just before half time. Recreativo Huelva beat Real Betis 1-0 at El Nuevo Colombino, the only goal coming in the 72nd minute through Javier Cumanas.
Real Valladolid and struggling Espanyol drew 1-1at the Nuevo Jose Zorilla. Swedish striker Henok Goitom gave Valladolid the lead on 42 minutes. Sanchez rescued a point for the visitors with just eleven minutes remaining. Almeria beat Athletic Bilbao 2-1 at the Juegos Mediterraneos. Juanma Ortiz gave the home side the lead in the 26th minute, before Kalu Uche doubled their lead in the 39th minute, Joseba Del Olmo scoring Bilbao’s goal in the 66th minute.
Getafe were the big winners of the weekend hammering Sporting Gijon 5-1 at Coliseum Alfonso Perez. Roberto Soldado opened the scoring for the home side in the 15th minute. That lead was doubled in the 17th minute through an Esteban Granero strike. David Barral looked to have got Sporting a foot hold back into the game on 45 minutes, but Roberto Soldado restored Getafe’s two goal lead in the 57th minute. Ikechukwu Uche further extended that lead in the 71st minute to make it 4-1 Soldado completed his hat-trick in the 73rd minute from the penalty spot, to complete the rout.
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