Spanish La Liga Round Twenty Two
Posted on February 16, 2009
Filed Under La Liga
Saturday 7th February 2009
Sevilla suffered a surprise 2-1 home defeat at the hands Real Betis. Aldo Duscher was dismissed after 70 minutes for the home side and Ricardo Oliveira gave the away side the lead in the same minute. Oliveira doubled his and Betis tally in the 83rd minute. Frederic Kanoute did score a consolation goal for the home side in injury-time, but it proved worthless goal. Real Madrid beat Racing Santander 1-0 at the Bernabeu. Gonzalo Higuain scored the only goal after 49 minutes for Real, who have now recorded seven league victories in a row.
Sunday 8th February
Atletico Madrid defeated Recreativo 3-0 away from home. Sergio ‘Kun’ Aguero opened the scoring in the third minute. Diego Forlan then scored a brace with goals in the 28th and 35th minutes. The victory takes Atletico up to sixth place in La Liga. Villarreal beat Numancia 2-1 at El Madrigal. Giuseppe Rossi gave the Yellow Submarine the lead after 16 minutes. Carlos Aranda equalised for the away side in the 40th minute. Rossi scored his brace and the winner in the 67th minute, to send Villarreal up to fifth in La Liga.
Mallorca and Deportivo drew 1-1 in Mallorca. Aritz Aduriz gave the home side the lead in the 56th minute. Joan Verdu equalised for Depor in the 78th minute from the penalty spot. Mallorca finished the game with 10 men, as Enrique Corrales was dismissed in the 83rd minute. Getafe and Espanyol also drew 1-1. Daniel Ivan Alonso gave the away side the lead after only eight minutes. Roberto Soldado equalised for Getafe in the 26th minute. Marc Torrejon was dismissed in the 65th minute, but held on for a point.
Malaga beat Almeria 3-2 at La Rosaleda. Kalu Uche gave the visitors the lead in the 25th minute. Alvaro Negredo doubled Almeria’s lead on the stroke of half time. The second half was a completely different story. Former Newcastle forward Albert Luque scored for the home side in the 48th minute to start the comeback. Half time substitute Ballesta Salva equalised in the 64th minute for Malaga. The former Valencia striker then put Malaga in the lead on 75 minutes. Things got even worse for Almeria, as Jose Mane was dismissed in the 85th minute for a second bookable offence.
Valladolid beat Athletic Bilbao 2-1 at home. Victor gave the home side the lead from the penalty spot in the 39th minute. Victor doubled his sides lead in the 59th minute. Pablo Orbaiz got a goal back for Bilbao in the 65th minute. Francisco Yeste received his marching orders in injury time to complete a miserable day for the visitors.
Elsewhere Barcelona continued their relentless winning run, beating Sporting Gijon 3-1 at Camp Nou. Samuel Eto’o opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Eto’o doubled Barca’s lead on 40 minutes. Daniel Alves made it 3-0 with an explosive effort in the 66th minute. Substitute Kike Mateo scored a consolation goal for the visitors in the 73rd minute, but Barca march onwards to the title. Osasuna recorded a 1-0 home victory over Valencia. The only goal came from defender Miguel Flano in the 57th minute. The three points were crucial as it moved Osasuna out of the relegation zone.
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