La Liga - Week 33

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Bodhisopha

Sky not showing any live games today?

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Bodhisopha wrote: »

Sky not showing any live games today?

Nope - I presume they have concluded that the title race is over - Madrid match will be over by the time they broadcast it.

gimmick

Any streams for the big 2 matches?

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gimmick wrote: »

Any streams for the big 2 matches?

Madrid

Barça

HalloweenJack

Atleti should be beating Levante tomorrow night. Levante have been doing well but Atleti, on their day, are better. Hopefully, Costa will keep up his good run.

redout

Madrid resting most of the players it seems - Only Casillas and Carvalho started wednesdays match.

gimmick

Thought as much. Pity Barca do not have the same luxury. Though I do expect Thiago, Keita and Affellay to start.

Hope Valencia make mince meat out of them. A small injury to Casillas which would keep him oiut for, ohhhh, 10 days would be nice as well

Headshot

whats the full team for the Valenica v Real Madrid match please

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Headshot wrote: »

whats the full team for the Valenica v Real Madrid match please

Casillas, Carvalho, Albiol, Garay, Lass, Nacho, Granero, Higuaín, Kaká, Canales, Benzema

Guaita, Banega, Madura, Miguel, Stankevicius, Mata, Ricardo Costa, Mathieu, Soldado, Topal, Pablo

Headshot

lucky I didnt bet on Valenica :pac:

That's a strong team by Real, they have some squad

redout

Benzema just smashed the bar from about 8yds out.

Madrid starting to dominate.

Observation - Canales I reckon wont last at Madrid.

There midfield is too strong and young enough to see to that.

He will have to go out on loan next season for his own sake.

1 - 0

Benzema

gimmick

Keeping in mind this game started at 5 and Sky aint showing it til 7.30 for some reason Valencia Real

0-1 Real B. Benzema

Raskolnikov

lolerskatz from the keeper on that one

redout

Comical stuff from Valencia

2 - 0

Higuain

CR 7

That was just hilarious.

Match fixing for sure.

gimmick

Thats game over FFS.

He could do some serious damage over the 2 CLasicos

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Kaka 3-0.

Unleash the CR7, I'd say. He could easily get 5 today.

gimmick

Im no longer wasting my BB allowance watching that ROT.

Bit of pressure on Barca now at 7.

Raskolnikov

Sevilla-esque performance from Valencia - pathetic.

CR 7

Higuain 4-0.

Crowd are not happy.:pac:

An Citeog

Madrid absolutely devastating in attack.

gimmick

Thats all Barca need is a very confident Real going into the semis.

Did Valencia think they had this game won because of the 2nd string line up? Idiots.

Raskolnikov

Park Ji Sung wrote: »

Higuain 4-0.

Crowd are not happy.:pac:

Can you blame them? If these players aren't even going to try, why don't they trot off at half time and stop wasting peoples time? If I was chairman, I would be hand one a fine of one weeks wages and refunding all the fans who had to pay to watch their team play this cack.

Blatter

Madrid players look seriously fired up. Kaka is such a wonderful player, would love to see him feature in the Champions league games with Barca. Not sure that will happen though.

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SOCCER4LIFE wrote: »

Madrid players look seriously fired up. Kaka is such a wonderful player, would love to see him feature in the Champions league games with Barca. Not sure that will happen though.

Why would they drop Ozil ?

Arguably there best player this season.

gimmick

Could be the end of Emerys reign as well. Which would be daft, but thats Spanish football for ya

CorkMan

It's great that Higuaín is scoring again, oh and Kaká plus Benzema Bring on C.Ronaldo, he could get a hat-trick I reckon.

Does anyone have a reliable stream? (in either English or Spanish)

redout

Guard of honour for winning the Copa

That has got to be a first.

Winning the league is pretty much customary - never seen it for a cup win.

CorkMan

The way it is looking at the moment Real could skin Barca alive over the 2 legs. Hope they do.

An Citeog

CorkMan wrote: »

It's great that Higuaín is scoring again, oh and Kaká plus Benzema Bring on C.Ronaldo, he could get a hat-trick I reckon.

Does anyone have a reliable stream? (in either English or Spanish)

This was working very well for me in the first half: http://www.veetle.com/index.php/channel/view#4b3a31f6e460c

Commentators are fairly headwrecking though!

flahavaj

CorkMan wrote: »

The way it is looking at the moment Real could skin Barca alive over the 2 legs. Hope they do.

Calm down.

An Citeog

CorkMan wrote: »

The way it is looking at the moment Real could skin Barca alive over the 2 legs. Hope they do.

I think the size and strength of Madrid's squad is really showing now. Barça already had a fairly small squad and with the amount of injuries they have, Pep doesn't have the luxury of being able to rest players as he'd like.

Blatter

redout wrote: »

Why would they drop Ozil ?

Arguably there best player this season.

I'm not suggesting they drop Ozil. I'd like to see Kaka being used as a substitute for either Ozil or Di Maria if they are not having a desired impact. Going on the last two games it looks like Adabayor is the impact player he likes from the bench.

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An Citeog wrote: »

I think the size and strength of Madrid's squad is really showing now. Barça already had a fairly small squad and with the amount of injuries they have, Pep doesn't have the luxury of being able to rest players as he'd like.

Somewhat agree - Barça were blessed for the first half of the season injury wise.

The second half they havent been near as fortunate though they have run away with the league, final of Copa and Semi of Champions so can we really play that card ?

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Higuatrick.:cool:

An Citeog

The commentator on my stream just called Miguel fat!:D

Also, Kaka in this form is an absolute joy to watch!

anyone got the barca team?

speedboatchase

Seen a tweet that read "Not a great advertisement for La Liga" and completely agree. Not competitive at all when 2nd go 5-0 up away to 3rd after 53 mins

CorkMan

An Citeog wrote: »

The commentator on my stream just called Miguel fat!:D

Also, Kaka in this form is an absolute joy to watch!

Ditto. :cool:

gimmick

speedboatchase wrote: »

Seen a tweet that read "Not a great advertisement for La Liga" and completely agree. Not competitive at all when 2nd go 5-0 up away to 3rd after 53 mins

Erra, If Arsenal did that to Chelsea people woild big it up as a great "anything can happen in the Prem".

Take it for what it is - a Real Madrid masterclass.

It happens in football fro time to time

dreamers75

Embarrassing defending by Valencia.

Dunno how its only 6

flahavaj

gimmick wrote: »

Erra, If Arsenal did that to Chelsea people woild big it up as a great "anything can happen in the Prem".

Take it for what it is - a Real Madrid masterclass.

It happens in football fro time to time

Arsenal aren't 17 points ahead of Chelsea however.

redout

Barça lineup:
Valdés, Alves, Mascherano, Milito, Maxwell; Thiago, Busquets, Keita; Villa, Jeffren, Afellay

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dreamers75 wrote: »

Embarrassing defending by Valencia.

Dunno how its only 6

That won't last long now...

gimmick

redout wrote: »

Barça lineup:
Valdés, Alves, Mascherano, Milito, Maxwell; Thiago, Busquets, Keita; Villa, Jeffren, Afellay

Jesus, that line up is asking for trouble. Masch & Milito as CBs?

flahavaj wrote: »

Arsenal aren't 17 points ahead of Chelsea however.

Fair point

Headshot

I have a feeling Villa will bag 1 or 2

gimmick

With respect Headshot - your feelings have done nothing to instill any confidence in me lately

redout

6 - 3

The comeback is on :pac:

CR 7

Ronaldo won't be happy. Valencia wait til he comes on to remember they're playing a game today.

CorkMan

redout wrote: »

Barça lineup:
Valdés, Alves, Mascherano, Milito, Maxwell; Thiago, Busquets, Keita; Villa, Jeffren, Afellay

Real Madrid have won, if Barca lose then it is down to 5 points. There is still 5 matchdays left after today...

I'm not saying anything for certain, but if Barca do lose..Osasuna can be a tough side.

Plus Real Madrid have a bigger squad, they can put the same team out next week before the 2nd Semi while Barca will still be stretched.