Primera Liga 2009-10 – Week One
Spain’s fabulous Primera Liga kicked off the 2009-10 season this weekend.
With Champions League winners FC Barcelona preparing to slug it out with Real Madrid’s New Galacticos, we were are set for a thrilling season.
It’s very early days yet, so conclusions are difficult to come to. Mostly predictable with a couple of eyebrow raisers.
Real Madrid 3 Deportivo 2
Zaragoza 1 Tenerife 0
Valencia 2 Sevilla 0
Athletic Bilbao 1 Espanyol 0
Malaga 3 Atletico Madrid 0
Mallorca 2 Xerez 0
Osasuna 1 Villarreal 1
Racing Santander 1 Getafe 4
Almeria 0 Valladolid 0
Barcelona 3 Sporting Gijon 0
PRIMERA LIGA WEEK ONE BLOW BY BLOW
Real Madrid 3 Deportivo 2
As all the bars round our way haven’t signed up for the new football channels yet. I had to listen to this on the radio. A pretty disappointing game by all accounts. Depor equalised in the first minute of the second half and I was quite looking forward to winding up my merengue mates, but the Blancos managed to scrape an unconvincing win.
Zaragoza 1 Tenerife 0
I quite enjoyed the twenty minutes I saw of this, but its difficult to draw any conclusions as they’re both recently promoted.
Valencia 2 Sevilla 0
A serious upset for Sevilla but I expect them to bounce back. When it comes to Valencia, one never knows what to expect. Kanoute’s sending around half-time was crucial.
Athletic Bilbao 1 Espanyol 0
Having already played the Spanish SuperCup and a couple of Europa League games, Athletic are more ‘rodado’ than Espanyol. I expect some good things from both these sides in 2009-10.
Malaga 3 Atletico Madrid 0
Now this is a real turn up for the books but Malaga had a good season in 08-09 so I’m not surprised – I’ve been fancying them for some time, as a matter of fact. On the other hand, Atletico are in the Champions League so the Colchoneros are going to be feeling pretty downtrodden.
Mallorca 2 Xerez 0
Very early days yet but I think Xerez are going to have difficulties in the top tier. They had a player sent off and everything fell apart.
Osasuna 1 Villarreal 1
Good result for Osasuna and Camacho sounded pretty chuffed on the radio. Senna got injured – Villarreal lost it – par for the course.
Racing Santander 1 Getafe 4
A great win for the unpredictable Getafe (Real Madrid’s B Team!) – an excellent hat-trick from Soldado.
Almeria 0 Valladolid 0
Insanely dull, apart from a five minute spell in the middle of the second half when the ball just wouldn’t go in for Almeria. Hugo Sanchez will be hopping mad, because Valladolid look like a candidate for relegation.
Barcelona 3 Sporting Gijon 0
Well, Barça start as they mean to go on by beating Sporting 3-nil. Goals from Keita, Bojan and the first one from Ibrahimovic. Very nice to see a forward line made up of Ibrahimovic, Bojan and Pedro for the first time – Barça’s youth system is just amazing!
International Break
This happens every season and drives me nuts every season – there’s one Liga game and then an immediate break for internationals. I like international football but I’ve been Liga-less for three months so it’s pretty frustrating. Grrrrrrrrr!
Great win for Málaga but just check this for the Málaga v Atlético ticket prices!!
FONDO – 50 euros
GOL – 50 euros
PALCOS FONDO Y GOL – 80 euros
TRIBUNA SECTOR 1 – 100 euros
TRIBUNA SECTOR 2 – 75 euros
TRIBUNA SECTOR 3 – 70 euros
TRIBUNA SECTOR 4 – 65 euros
PREFERENCIA SECTOR 1 – 70 euros
PREFERENCIA SECTOR 2 – 65 euros
Málaga can get away with it because more than 2/3rds of their capacity is taken by season-ticket holders but 50 euros cheapest is a bit of a liberty!
They put their prices up against Real Madrid and the other big teams – although THEIR story is that they reduce them for the normal games!!
Interesting you should say that because Malaga have been being very ‘difficult’ about allotting tickets.
At the moment, apart from the Barcelona game (cheapest ticket €150, by the way), we’re having to wait until 10 days before the game before they OK our quota.
It’s well-worth clicking through to the Sales Site and expressing your interest, though – I get a copy of your email but you will be dealt with by the delactable Roser at Main Event.
It definitely seems that success has gone to their head!!!!