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Post by steve on Feb 23, 2016 18:38:04 GMT 1
NEVILLE GETS THE DREADED VOTE OF CONFIDENCE.
Valencia president Layhoon Chan insists the players are fully behind Gary Neville and the club did not consider sacking him as manager during a poor run of form.
Neville was appointed boss in December but went nine Primera Division matches without a win - before Sunday's 2-1 win over Granada made it three wins in the space of a week.
"You cannot dismiss a coach for a poor run when the players believe in him - they believe in Gary Neville," Chan told Spanish sports daily AS.
"I do understand the football culture in Spain, but we have belief in what we are doing and we will continue in the direction which we believe is the right one."
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Post by lesd on Feb 27, 2016 16:49:46 GMT 1
Sat 27th....Real Madrid vs Atléti.
Half-time and the best player on the pitch is Keylor Navas in goal for Real!
So could Barca actually 'win' this game if they share the points.
0-0.
52 mins....Filipe Luis pulls the ball back from the bye-line for Antoine Griezmann to hit the back of the net.
Atléti lead....0-1.
And the natives are getting restless!
5 mins to go and they're off to catch the bus home.
Señor Perez isn't happy!
Final score Real Madrid 0-1 Atlético de Madrid.
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Post by lesd on Feb 28, 2016 22:27:14 GMT 1
And what a great game at Camp Nou
Barcelona 2-1 Sevilla
34 unbeaten games and 102 goals.
Not to mention an 8 point lead in the table.
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Post by lesd on Mar 2, 2016 21:35:01 GMT 1
Interesting evening in La liga:
Aduriz scores a hat-trick for Athletic Bilbao.
Valencia lead in Malaga with the infamous Mr Tcherychev scoring again.
And Real are being held 0-0 by Levante who are rock bottom of the league!
Correction.........Ronaldo puts Real ahead from the penalty spot. (34 mins)
Correction No. 2.....Marino in goal for Levante puts the ball into his own net. Real lead 2-0. (38 mins)
Correction No3...Levante pull one back! (39 mins)
Half-time 1-2.
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Post by lesd on Mar 3, 2016 21:24:00 GMT 1
Rayo Vallecano vs Barcelona
21 mins and poor old Juan Carlos (not the king!) in goal for Rayo has a mare and drops the ball at Rakatic's feet who duly puts Barca 1-0 up.
23 mins....Messi to Neymar back to Messi and it's 2-0.
40 mins and a bit of controversy!
Rayo's Llorente sees straight red for dangerous play despite having clearly made contact with the ball first.
53 mins...cross from Sergi Roberto cracked against the post by Suarez...and rolled in by you-know-who. Leo makes it 3-0.
56 mins and we've a bit more of a game. The Man U. connection make it 3-1. Bebé (2 appearances for Man U.) to Manucho (1 appearance) and he out-heads (not difficult) Mascherano.
66 mins and another who's gonna take the penalty question! Rayo go down to 9 men.
Suarez runs up and.....Juan Carlos saves it!
70 mins and the gaps in the Rayo defence so obvious as Leo makes it 4-1. His 35th hat-trick.
85 mins. Here's a turn up for the book! Matieu to Turan and it's 5-1. His first goal for Barca.
That's all folks.
35 unbeaten games and they go past the Real record from 1989.
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Post by lesd on Mar 5, 2016 19:35:17 GMT 1
Luis Suarez may live to regret that penalty miss as Ronaldo goes 2 goals ahead of him in the Pichichi race with FOUR against Celta.
Ronaldo 27
Suarez 25
Look out for Messi and Neymar trying to set him up in tomorrow's game for Barca at Eibar. (KO 16:00)
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Post by lesd on Mar 12, 2016 16:12:40 GMT 1
Barcelona vs Getafe.
7 mins....Messi through to Alba...centre...in off Rodriguez....own goal. 1-0
9 mins...Neymar brought down...penalty.
I can't watch!!!!!!
Messi shoots...Guaita saves! When are Barca going to practice penalties?
19 mins...Iniesta through to Messi...centre...Munir into the net. 2-0.
25 mins and the ref's in a mess! Neymar brought down in the box but he bottles giving a second penalty. If it wasn't, it should have been a yellow for diving. But he's already booked him once and it would mean the early bath. So Snr Pérez Montero bottles that too!
30 mins...clinical...Messi through to Neymar and it's 3-0.
40 mins...A M A Z I N G...Messi sends 2 defenders one way and turns on a sixpence to make it 4-0.
Half time.
(I've got a Dutch commentary here. All I've understood is "Messi"..."Neymar"..."PlayStation"..."Harlem Globetrotters"!)
50 mins...carbon copy of goal #3. 5-0. "Pinball Wizard" says the Dutch commentary. Not sure why!
56 mins and here's a turn up for the books...Arda Turan sneaks in at the back post with a 'Chilean' to make it 6-0.
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Post by lesd on Mar 19, 2016 17:53:14 GMT 1
Saturday 19th
Carlos Castro scores in the 89th minute for Sporting Gijon to send Atléti home sin puntos!
Barca can go ELEVEN points ahead if they win at Villarreal tomorrow!
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Post by lesd on Mar 20, 2016 16:02:57 GMT 1
So it's Villarreal versus Barcelona...
30 secs gone and the Yellow Submarine hit the post! Barca haven't got off the coach yet.
15 mins and Barca already have dos amarillos. (Turan and Piqué)
20 mins...Messi free kick - not cleared and Rakatic slams in numero uno. 0-1.
39 mins and el arbi (Snr. Sanchez Martinez) isn't flavour-of-the-month with the home crowd!
Neymar falls over the 'keeper and gets the penalty.
Who's gonna take it???
Neymar himself and scores. 0-2.
Half time and the ref may need an escort at the end of this game!
Score so far is 5 to Villarreal and 2 to Barca - yellow cards that is. Oh yes, and Marcelino Toral (coach at Villarreal) has been sent to the stand!
Well, whatdyaknow....I go off for some roast pork and Villarreal come back to get a draw.
Final score 2-2.
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Post by lesd on Mar 20, 2016 20:38:53 GMT 1
Valencia lose again! And are now only 6 points above the drop zone! Get your finger out Mr Neville. Don't let this famous club go under.
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Post by lesd on Apr 9, 2016 19:51:25 GMT 1
9/4
Ronaldo adds another goal in Real's 4-0 demolition of Eibar. Now 4 clear of Suarez for the Pichichi.
Atléti run riot in Barcelona - against Espanyol (1-3).
Buth moving 3 points closer to Barca.
Meanwhile, in San Sebastian, Real Sociedad must have been watching Barca's horrendous defence lately, and put away a simple cross/header to lead 1-0 after 15 minutes.
Half-time....1-0.
Luis Enrique is 'resting' a good few prior to the CL return with Atlético. But it's not just the newcomers that are struggling. Messi looks out of sorts and I'm afraid Dani Alves is becoming a liability.
They'll need to play better than that on Wednesday. Final score 1-0.
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Post by lesd on Apr 17, 2016 20:01:04 GMT 1
25 mins and Barca's defence at their worst again.
Sergi Roberto too slow to react, Rakatic too slow to chase André Gomes down and a deflection goes past Bravo.
Barcelona 0-1 Valencia
45 mins and Sergi Roberto is culpable again. Dragged inside and Dani Parejo finds Santi Mina who has a simple job to make it 0-2.
Horrible half for Barca!
63 mins...that's more like it! Leo scores his 500th goal to get Barca back in it! 1-2
Well...poor defence....poor attack. You can't win La Liga with that performance.
Final score Barcelona 1-2 Valencia.
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Post by lesd on Apr 23, 2016 21:47:32 GMT 1
A historic day in La Liga.
Three teams top the table on the same day! Real leapfrog to the top by coming back from 0-2 to beat Rayo Vallecano 3-2. Then Atléti take over with a close 1-0 win over Malaga.
But, he who laughs last, laughs longest.....Barca swamp Gijón 6-0 with Suarez getting four for the second time this week! He now moves THREE goals ahead of Cristiano in the Pichichi race.
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