La Liga Superthread 2019/20

NIMAN · 11-11-2019 10:10pm

La Liga are marketing themselves so well these days (or selling out, whichever way you wanna look at it).

Between staggered kickoffs all weekend for the Asian market, now this:

https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2019/1111/1090162-spanish-super-cup-will-be-played-in-saudi-arabia/

lertsnim · 11-11-2019 10:35pm

That has nothing to do with La Liga who themselves are critical about the move.

Harry Palmr · 14-11-2019 5:48pm

Spanish state telly declines to bid for Super Cup nonsense

“RTVE will not join the bidding to buy the rights to broadcast the Spanish Super Cup in Saudi Arabia because this country violates human rights, especially women’s rights in the area of sport,” said Jesús Álvarez, RTVE’s head of sport. “It’s a country where until very recently women couldn’t go to watch football. Human rights are fundamental to this corporation, which has made a big push for women’s sport in the last few years.”

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/nov/14/spanish-state-tv-shuns-super-cup-in-saudi-arabia-over-human-rights-fears

MisterAnarchy · 21-11-2019 4:58pm

Bale has surely played his last game for Real after posing with a flag that displayed "Wales. Golf. Madrid. In that order"

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50499844

Stupid thing to bite the hand that feeds you

The Nal · 21-11-2019 5:13pm

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

Bale has surely played his last game for Real after posing with a flag that displayed "Wales. Golf. Madrid. In that order"

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50499844

Stupid thing to bite the hand that feeds you

Nah he'll be booed a bit in the first game back and then play all season.

NIMAN · 23-11-2019 12:47pm

Naw he won't. He'll be gone in January if Madrid can find anyone offering any money.

Unless of course Bale holds out to keep picking up the handy wage.

If he knew about the flag and the message, I have to say it was very disrespectful.

And he missed the last 6 Madrid games with injury, but ok to play for Wales. Giggs Mk2.

retalivity · 23-11-2019 1:48pm

Barca 1down at ht away to bottom of the league leganes. Been pretty poor as well

ERG89 · 23-11-2019 2:40pm

Barca are blessed with that second goal. Not exactly something from the training ground.

Mr.Nice Guy · 23-11-2019 8:32pm

Yet another draw for Atletico as they're held away at Granada. Their 7th in 14 games which is the joint-highest. Betis meanwhile grabbed a 93rd minute winner at home to Valencia.

Looking forward to Real Madrid vs Sociedad this evening from 8. Sociedad won this fixture last season and they're playing some good stuff. I'm sure Odegaard will be looking to impress against his parent club. Hopefully a few goals in it.

Mr.Nice Guy · 23-11-2019 9:03pm

1-0 Sociedad. Ramos with a terrible pass back and Willian Jose nips in to score.

Mr.Nice Guy · 23-11-2019 9:39pm

Benzema equalises for Madrid. Haven't been at their best in this game, the home side. Sociedad being brave in their approach.

Curious to see if Bale gets on at some stage. His name was loudly jeered when it was read out, to no one's surprise.

1-1 at half-time which feels like a fair scoreline. Sociedad started strong and pressed high but as the half wore on were mostly in their own half. Odegaard looking good for the away side. Young Rodrygo not in the game so far for Madrid. Hazard's been disappointing.

Mr.Nice Guy · 23-11-2019 10:06pm

2-1. Madrid have turned it around. Valverde's shot takes a big deflection and beats the keeper. Maybe Bale won't be needed tonight.

Mr.Nice Guy · 23-11-2019 10:25pm

Bale comes on for the final 20 odd minutes.

Whistles. Curses. Middle fingers. In that order. :pac:

Mr.Nice Guy · 23-11-2019 10:33pm

3-1 Madrid. That might be the result. Bale involved in the move as his cross headed down by Benzema and finished off by Modric. Madrid fans still jeering his every touch.

Full-Time: It ends 3-1 to Madrid. Deserved win in the end. They stepped it up in the second half and Sociedad had no answer. Benzema very good as usual. Hazard a lot better in the second half, resembling his old self. Bale was a lot more effective in his late cameo than Rodrygo. Some of the fans did applaud his efforts but it was mostly jeers. I'd play him against PSG on Tuesday based on the evidence of this game. Ramos had more than one lapse in concentration and he'll need to do a lot better against Paris.

Mr.Nice Guy · 24-11-2019 11:14pm

Watched the Valladolid/Sevilla game which the away side won 1-0. Banega scoring a pen having had his first one saved; Masip saved his original spot kick but VAR correctly showed he was way off his line. Sevilla's Ocampos was sent off near the end for losing his cool with the ref. Was a poor quality game in truth. Thought Sevilla's Diego Carlos was the MOTM as he was very strong in defence. Sevilla up to third now, a point off top spot.

Surprised that Celta Vigo won away at Villarreal. That's a big result for them, although they're still third from bottom. Aspas with a brace.

lassykk · 25-11-2019 3:44pm

I think Bale is brilliant... He literally doesn't give a toss at this stage about his relationship with anyone in Madrid but when he plays for Madrid he does well and by all accounts is very professional in training.

Mr.Nice Guy · 01-12-2019 12:57am

Great goal scored by Odegaard today for Sociedad in their 4-1 win over Eibar.

https://twitter.com/ElevenSports_PT/status/1200913488618696704

He also got an assist in the game. He's developing into a top player.

Madrid beat Alaves 2-1 to go 3 points clear for the time being. Courtois was dropped for Areola which I think has been on the cards for a while now.

Atletico vs Barca the big game tomorrow evening. Atletico's last two games in that fixture have finished 1-1 and they love their draws this season so it could be another close one. Hope Atletico win to keep the race fairly open.

eagle eye · 01-12-2019 3:05pm

Athletic club up by one at half time via a penalty scored by Raul Garcia. Williams looks sharp so here's hoping they can get a few more to jump Sociedad on goal difference.
Sevilla got the win earlier.

irishguitarlad · 01-12-2019 4:11pm

Forgot to post yesterday. Betis had a good win yesterday away to Mallorca that puts them closer to the top 10 and further away from the relegation places. Fekir's goal is worth checking out for those that have not seen it.

Mr.Nice Guy · 01-12-2019 6:10pm

Watched Espanyol vs Osasuna and the home side were a shambles. Decent first half and they led 1-0 at the break but collapsed early in the second half concededing two goals. They then got a lifeline with Osasuna going down to ten men, only for the ten men to add another two goals. Final score was 4-2 to the visitors with Espanyol fans going mad at the end. Was impressed by Osasuna's Chimy Avila and Pervis Estupinan.

ERG89 · 01-12-2019 6:17pm

Atletico vs Barcelona is on at 8 o'clock tonight. Humming and hawing about watching it as neither have been exactly fun to watch when I seen them this season.

Mr.Nice Guy · 01-12-2019 8:41pm

Teams are in:

Atletico Madrid XI: Oblak; Trippier, Felipe, Hermoso, Saul; Correa, Herrera, Thomas, Koke; Felix, Morata.

Barcelona XI: Ter Stegen; Roberto, Pique, Lenglet, Firpo; Rakitic, de Jong, Arthur; Messi, Suarez, Griezmann.

I'd be worried for Atletico with that defence. Gimenez is a big loss. Saul preferred at LB to Lodi. I think Oblak will need a strong performance if they're to get a result.

Mr.Nice Guy · 01-12-2019 9:42pm

Ter Stegen has been Barca's best player. Made two big saves.

super_furry · 01-12-2019 10:28pm

How the hell does Pique get away with that? Shocking decision to let him stay on the pitch.

ERG89 · 01-12-2019 10:28pm

If that's given as a foul how is that not a second yellow??

Mushy · 01-12-2019 10:30pm

super_furry wrote: »

How the hell does Pique get away with that? Shocking decision to let him stay on the pitch.

Ridiculous.

And now a booking for this? Shambolic by the ref

Mr.Nice Guy · 01-12-2019 10:30pm

Lahoz taking the mick. Should have booked Rakitic in the first half and didn't.

RugbyLover123 · 01-12-2019 10:30pm

2 awful decisions there. Really really bad. And that ref is usually ok anytime I've seen him in CL.

Mushy · 01-12-2019 10:37pm

This commentator would want to get his tongue out of Barcas hole.

Mr.Nice Guy · 01-12-2019 10:44pm

MESSIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

Thought he should have played it to Griezmann but he knew what he was doing.

Mushy · 01-12-2019 10:44pm

Messi goal. Well taken, lovely play.

Those commentators are terrible though

ERG89 · 01-12-2019 10:48pm

Messi wins it for Barca & the hapless Valverde. Atletico are a shadow of what they were though, absolutely no quality going forward when Felix went off.

Mushy wrote: »

Those commentators are terrible though

Don't know who the other lad is but I'd rather eat a kilo of salt than talk to Graham Hunter.

RugbyLover123 · 01-12-2019 10:51pm

Mushy wrote: »

Messi goal. Well taken, lovely play.

Those commentators are terrible though

The sound is awful. They sound like they’re in a container. All way to close to the mics too

Mr.Nice Guy · 01-12-2019 10:57pm

Massive 3 points for Barca to go back top. Harsh on Atletico who defended better than I expected. Thought Hermoso had a good game. Ter Stegen's saves turned out to be significant and I reckon Barca should have been down to ten men too.

TomSweeney · 02-12-2019 10:59am

ZZZZZZZZ Barca have the league won since August ... joke of a competition.

Only one decent team in that whole league, no wonder they win it literally every single year.

bot43 · 02-12-2019 12:18pm

Messi has scored that exact same goal at least 150 times in his career I reckon. Cut in from the left, 1-2, curler inside the post. He is pure class.

irishguitarlad · 02-12-2019 3:15pm

TomSweeney wrote: »

ZZZZZZZZ Barca have the league won since August ... joke of a competition.

Only one decent team in that whole league, no wonder they win it literally every single year.

How about Liverpool in the Prem?

Mr.Nice Guy · 02-12-2019 9:50pm

irishguitarlad wrote: »

How about Liverpool in the Prem?

Top 5 leagues so far:

Liverpool - 8 point lead - no defeats.

PSG - 5 point lead (w/ game in hand) - 3 defeats.

Gladbach - 1 point lead - 3 defeats.

Inter - 1 point lead - 1 defeat.

Barcelona - level with Madrid - 3 defeats.

Which one looks to have the worst competition?

Mr.Nice Guy · 06-12-2019 11:07pm

Another draw for Atletico as they have a stalemate with Villarreal. They're 6th as it stands. That's 8 draws in the league which is the highest of any team. Only 1 win in their last 8 matches. There's been some speculation that Simeone's job could be under threat. Think they'd be mad to get rid of him.

NIMAN · 06-12-2019 11:13pm

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Top 5 leagues so far:

Which one looks to have the worst competition?

Away you wi' your facts.

ERG89 · 07-12-2019 3:59pm

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Another draw for Atletico as they have a stalemate with Villarreal. They're 6th as it stands. That's 8 draws in the league which is the highest of any team. Only 1 win in their last 8 matches. There's been some speculation that Simeone's job could be under threat. Think they'd be mad to get rid of him.

They look a bit of a mess right now. Not all of it leaves Simeone blameless either.
I don't get why he occasionally plays Saul at left back, Koke hasn't really played well for a few years, Lemar is basically not being used, Felix is struggling to flourish with the style they play like most creative players do & anyone with a brain cell knew a team relying on Diego Costa, Angel Correa & Alvaro Morata for goals would struggle to score.
They made a lot of changes this summer but most named above are there longer than 6 months.

Skylinehead · 07-12-2019 9:50pm

That Suarez goal was just ridiculous.

And Messi being Messi but that's par for the course.

Skylinehead · 07-12-2019 10:45pm

There's the inevitable hat trick.

A Dub in Glasgo · 08-12-2019 12:21am

https://twitter.com/FootballJOE/status/1203419846282764290

Mr.Nice Guy · 08-12-2019 1:07am

Messi has normalised his genius. Just another incredible day at the office.

dfx- · 08-12-2019 2:44pm

Messi's first would normally be goal of the game anywhere else. A remarkable strike, almost massaged from distance and little set up right into the top corner. His second is the repeat of the winner at Atletico and the last second winner at the Bernabeu a few years ago.

https://twitter.com/LaLigaEN/status/1203449880586395649

irishguitarlad · 08-12-2019 2:58pm

Joaquín has scored a brilliant hat-trick here in the first half against Bilbao. Not bad for a 38 year old. Game is 3-1 at half time.

irishguitarlad · 08-12-2019 3:55pm

We survived, 3-2. Thank fúck.

Mr.Nice Guy · 16-12-2019 12:55am

Top two held to draws this weekend in what were two tough away fixtures. Madrid's point at Valencia was dramatic as Courtois came up in the dying seconds for a corner and got on the end of the cross. Keeper saved and Benzema tucked in the rebound. Benzema has been immense this season. I think he's the only one that has a chance of pipping Messi to the POTS award.

Both Barca and Madrid are on the same points going into Wednesday's game at the Camp Nou. Set up to be a cracker.

Kingdom Bhoy · 18-12-2019 8:23am

Is El Clasico on Virgin Media in Ireland tonight?

La Liga Superthread 2019/20

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