3-0 Torres (4-1 on aggregate)
La Liga 2017/18
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Atletico Madrid, Formentera (Bilbao out as well!) and Las Palmas are through as well.
Bilbao is going.
Just been knocked out of Copa Del Rey by Formentera who scored 96th minute goal.
It's odd as you look at their team and it's still pretty decent. Maybe a season too far for Aduriz but he still scores for them and Raul Garcia was a beast for Atletico Madrid just a couple of years ago. He dosen't even start for them much these days.
Laporte and Inaki Williams aswell, have these two just stagnated? Laporte could easily be playing for Man.City now and Williams been linked with Liverpool and his style would probably do well in the premier league.
Just been knocked out of Copa Del Rey by Formentera who scored 96th minute goal.
It's odd as you look at their team and it's still pretty decent. Maybe a season too far for Aduriz but he still scores for them and Raul Garcia was a beast for Atletico Madrid just a couple of years ago. He dosen't even start for them much these days.
Laporte and Inaki Williams aswell, have these two just stagnated? Laporte could easily be playing for Man.City now and Williams been linked with Liverpool and his style would probably do well in the premier league.
Formentera have become another Numancia thanks to Athletic. Terrible performance,as Vietto with Atleti.
He missed so many chances.Probably Atleti would be happy getting half of the money that they paid for him.
Marca writes this morning that the signing of Kepa for january is inminent.
http://www.marca.com/futbol/real-madrid/2017/11/30/5a1f19b422601db6388b456d.html
Euskadi is land of good goalkeepers and with his potential 20m€ can be a bargain
Edit: but hours before that COPE said: no transfers in january and Kepa/Courtois Next season
He missed so many chances.Probably Atleti would be happy getting half of the money that they paid for him.
Marca writes this morning that the signing of Kepa for january is inminent.
http://www.marca.com/futbol/real-madrid/2017/11/30/5a1f19b422601db6388b456d.html
Euskadi is land of good goalkeepers and with his potential 20m€ can be a bargain
Edit: but hours before that COPE said: no transfers in january and Kepa/Courtois Next season
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Wonder how long it's been since Bilbao have been knocked out of the CDR this early, it is a tournament they have traditionally been a powerhouse in and always take seriously
Finalist only 2 years ago. How the mighty have fallen.
Alaves, Espanyol, Villareal, Cadiz (Betis eliminato) and Valencia are the last teams to go through.
Betis-Cadiz 0-1
Betis-Cadiz 1-1
Betis-Cadiz 1-2
Betis-Cadiz 2-2
Betis-Cadiz 2-3
Betis-Cadiz 2-4
Betis-Cadiz 3-4
Betis-Cadiz 3-5
Betis-Cadiz 0-1
Betis-Cadiz 1-1
Betis-Cadiz 1-2
Betis-Cadiz 2-2
Betis-Cadiz 2-3
Betis-Cadiz 2-4
Betis-Cadiz 3-4
Betis-Cadiz 3-5
What's wrong with Navas then? Or have Madrid got bored and want a more world renowed keeper?
Navas been a big miss this season, Casilla is not top level standard. Overall he's done well after the flirtation with De Gea, Real Madrid win champions leagues with him between the sticks.
Amazing from Cadiz. Betis aren't having a bad season. I guess they rested too many first team players tonight.
I think Florentino never liked Navas.2 years ago he was excellent but last year his level decreased a bit,besides there are some doubts for his injuries.
For what I heard/read the board is divided between Kepa and Courtois.(Florentino would want Stegen).
Some of them think the option of Kepa can be a bit risky,besides It would be a hostile purchase that would complicate the relationships with Athletic.
Personally I would offer 30(the clause +10 more) to Athletic but do they really need to buy him in January?
Was Kepa in goal for Bilbao last night? I thought he should've come for the corner, guy scored the header from about 4 yards.
How long does Donnammura have left on his contract at Meelan. They will have to sell if they don't make champions league you'd imagine so would've thought Real Madrid would be all over him.
How long does Donnammura have left on his contract at Meelan. They will have to sell if they don't make champions league you'd imagine so would've thought Real Madrid would be all over him.
Betis is on a downward spiral for some time. Lost 5-0 to Eibar a few weeks ago.
I do like watching Quique Setien teams but his managerial idol must be Keegan as defensively solid his teams certainly ain't!
Probably be the same as at Las Palmas who were pretty much safe by February and then gave up in away games from that point and were thumped a few times. Already seems to be happening at Betis.
Also, his teams build momentum but just as easily go out of that momentum and enter bad spells that can be quite prolonged at times.
And they do really have a bad defense. 3-6 vs Valencia, 4-4 vs Sociedad, 0-5 vs Eibar, now conceded 5 from a lower league team. Quite a lot of goals they conceded. But somehow received 0 goals on Bernabeu, that doesn't make any sense tbh.
I guess they are hot and cold, there's no other explanation. How can you receive 2 goals from Camp Nou and Bernabeu visits combined, and receive 5 on Ipurua?Mentality. Las Palmas got 3-3 draw at Real Madrid last season and then lost 3-0 away to Leganes a few weeks later.
"game raising c***s" think is the term the Cafe uses when teams dare to take points off Man. United.
"game raising c***s" think is the term the Cafe uses when teams dare to take points off Man. United.
They concede many goals. That's their main problem.
It wasn't Kepa in goal it was Herrerin. Kepa is a doubt for the Real game with an ankle injury.
Abelardo to Alavés
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Match 14 | 1/4 December
La Liga this weekend.
FRIDAY 1ST DECEMBER
FRIDAY 1ST DECEMBER
- Malaga 20:00 Levante
- Barcelona 12:00 Celta Vigo
- Atlético Madrid 15:15 Real Sociedad
- Sevilla 17:30 Deportivo La Coruña
- Athletic Bilbao 19:45 Real Madrid
- Leganes 11:00 Villarreal
- Getafe 15:15 Valencia
- Eibar 17:30 Espanyol
- Las Palmas 19:45 Real Betis
- Girona 20:00 Alavés
They already sacked De Blasis? Thought he'd do o.k as he got Albania to a major finals.
Aberlado wasn't great at Gijon, tough job to keep them up this year.
Think Malaga will get out of bottom 3, got some good attacking players so that's why I'm worried about Bilbao going into segunda.
I wouldn´t be worried about Athletic. I do not like Abelardo either, what he did in Gijón can´t be very exciting for Alavés fans.
About Las Palmas, I had heard that they were negotiating with Paco Jémez, who left Cruz Azul, although I'm not sure if he can train this season. (According to the union of Spanish coaches, a coach can not train two teams in the same season, but I do not know if it applies in this case). Unfortunately, Deportivo (I am also a follower of Depor) will be in the bottom, although now with Parralo they have improved a bit.
I'd like to disagree and defend Abelardo here, he took the club in an awful situation, got them to the promotion play-off (where they lost) but promoted them directly the next season, and it's not easy promoting in the second division. But his job witn Sporting in 2015/2016 might be the most underrated work anyone in La Liga has done recently, Sporting were flirting with bankruptcy, payments to the players weren't going though and they were sanctioned, with them having to fight to remain in La Liga with basically the same team they fielded in 2nd division and being allowed to only bring 3 sub-23 players on loan (and with a marginal wage cap for a La Liga team, too).
The fact that he managed to stay up in La Liga in those conditions was almost a miracle comparable to Leicester (hyperbole here), it was the same or worse next season where a lot of players left for free and he had to fight relegation with a squad of free transfers and loans on a tight wage cap I believe.
Now, in Alaves it might be another story and probably worse for him, he thrived in Gijon because he was a guy from the club, spent years working with the youth teams (which are like a religion there) and got time to get a project running, he won't have any of those things in Vitoria and joining mid-season with the team last probably will hinder his ability to set foundations at mid/long term, wish at least he does a good enough job even if they get relegated so he gets a chance to try and promote them next season.
Come on
, he was really restricted in options, for example in 15/16 he basically had three bullets to choose for his fight in relegation, he chose Sanabria, Halilovic and Mascarell, and all three of them worked.Deportivo that same season for example, were in the same fight (only 3 points ahead of Sporting) and they had two full magazines to bring into the battle. Navarro, Arribas, Oriol Riera, Luis Alberto, Cani, Mosquera, Cartabia, Fajr or Lucas Perez are guys that give managers a lot more options to do their job, I'd say we need to see Abelardo with a proper chance before we get a good jugdement, Sporting have been a Circus for what, 20 years?
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Real should beat Bilbao based on their shit form.
True. Real have been awful.
I meant Bilbao
Malaga-Levante 0-0 at HT.
0-0 FT.
Yeah I probably was a bit harsh on Aberlado as it's always tough for a side like Gijon at top level. Probably more frustrated they couldn't challenge an awful Valencia for much of last season.I'd like to disagree and defend Abelardo here, he took the club in an awful situation, got them to the promotion play-off (where they lost) but promoted them directly the next season, and it's not easy promoting in the second division. But his job witn Sporting in 2015/2016 might be the most underrated work anyone in La Liga has done recently, Sporting were flirting with bankruptcy, payments to the players weren't going though and they were sanctioned, with them having to fight to remain in La Liga with basically the same team they fielded in 2nd division and being allowed to only bring 3 sub-23 players on loan (and with a marginal wage cap for a La Liga team, too).
The fact that he managed to stay up in La Liga in those conditions was almost a miracle comparable to Leicester (hyperbole here), it was the same or worse next season where a lot of players left for free and he had to fight relegation with a squad of free transfers and loans on a tight wage cap I believe.
Now, in Alaves it might be another story and probably worse for him, he thrived in Gijon because he was a guy from the club, spent years working with the youth teams (which are like a religion there) and got time to get a project running, he won't have any of those things in Vitoria and joining mid-season with the team last probably will hinder his ability to set foundations at mid/long term, wish at least he does a good enough job even if they get relegated so he gets a chance to try and promote them next season.
Come on
Deportivo that same season for example, were in the same fight (only 3 points ahead of Sporting) and they had two full magazines to bring into the battle. Navarro, Arribas, Oriol Riera, Luis Alberto, Cani, Mosquera, Cartabia, Fajr or Lucas Perez are guys that give managers a lot more options to do their job, I'd say we need to see Abelardo with a proper chance before we get a good jugdement, Sporting have been a Circus for what, 20 years?
Alaves also lost a lot of quality from last year, lots of their loans went back and Pellegrino also left. Are you disappointed two of your cantera products are doing little there. Obviously Bojan has had his issues. Just when he was playing really well at Stoke, he did his ACL and that set him back and he's struggling in his loan spells.
Munir is one I'm most disappointed about. Looked decent for Barca and even at Valencia last year he looked like a decent forward. Now bench warming for La Liga's bottom team.
Aspas just opened the scoring vs Barca.Uh!
Always him. 1-1.
Why can't all teams that play against barcelona defend like juventus
Messi is a cheat code. Some of the things he pulls off are just unreal.
Because they are shittier?Why can't all teams that play against barcelona defend like juventus
They're giving Messi waaay too much space
Paulinho makes Messi look like Munitis
1-1 at HT.
Wass fecks up the easiest of cut-backs for 2 wide open teammatea 5 feet from the goal
1-1 at HT.
These days we have to score 1 more than usual to be sure we are not fecked by blind men holding a stick with a flag.