Sevilla Take On The Mighty Madrid This Weekend

There’s only one ‘must watch’ game in La Liga this week and it’s a biggie – Sevilla v Real Madrid in the Sanchez Pizjuan. The Sevillanos look like the only team capable of ruffling the Big Two’s feathers this season, so it should be a great match.

I must admit, though, that Real Madrid whilst not very entertaining look pretty lethal in the box – they only seem to need to put their game together for five minutes and they go two up.

Barça should have no problems dismissing Almeria – they’re the opposite of Madrid. Lovely creative football, millions of chances but they’re not scoring quite as many as they should.

I do think they deserve to go top, though.

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Here are this week’s fixtures

03 Oct 2009
18:00 CET    Tenerife v Deportivo
20:00 CET    Barcelona v Almeria
22:00 CET    Atletico Madrid v Zaragoza
04 Oct 2009
17:00 CET    Getafe v Osasuna
17:00 CET    Sporting Gijon v Mallorca
17:00 CET    Valladolid v Athletic
17:00 CET    Villarreal v Espanyol
17:00 CET    Xerez v Malaga
19:00 CET    Racing Santander v Valencia
21:00 CET    Sevilla v Real Madrid

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Here they are . . .

FC Barcelona have got an interesting game against an erratic Malaga – Iniesta could well start the game if Ibrahimovic is still injured.

26 Sep 2009
18:00 CET Athletic ? : ? Sevilla
18:00 CET Real Madrid ? : ? Tenerife
20:00 CET Malaga ? : ? Barcelona
22:00 CET Valencia ? : ? Atletico Madrid
27 Sep 2009
17:00 CET Almeria ? : ? Racing Santander

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I just went into YouTube to try and find a video of Barça’s magnificent 4-1 victory over Racing on Tuesday (22-09-09). I must admit I had our boy Lionel Messi on my mind.

Nobody seems to have loaded up the goals yet but my attention was caught by this.

The ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC highlights so far this season, Some tasty moments and FOUR goals in FOUR games.

Young Lionel is undoubtedly the King of World Football but Prince Zlatan is growing in stature – if he wasn’t tall enough already.

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Does anyone remember the name of that Cameroon centre-forward who played for us last season?

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1-0 Min 1: Ibrahimovic gets the blaugrana off the mark with a really classy goal. The poise and control necessary to put this one away is the mark of a truly great player.

2-0 Min 16: A work of art from Messi who was quite possibly offside but Who Cares? He seems to beat the defence and goalie without touching the ball.

3-0 Min 20: Dani Alves free kick goes in like a rocket – I’m surprised the post stayed standing.

4-0 Min 41: A great goal from Keita, which just goes to show that you don’t have to be one of the stars to join in the party with this Barça!

4-1 Min 45: Kun takes advantage of a mistake by Busquets to beat Valdés but Atletico still go into the half time break shell-shocked

4-2 Min 85: Forlán beats Valdés with a well-executed shot

5-2 Min 94: Messi just shows he’s the greatest player in the world by taking advantage of an Iniesta pass.

FC Barcelona’s first 40 minutes were just pure genius but the defence showed some weaknesses as soon as Barça had less possession. Still spectacular stuff which makes it well-worth getting FC Barcelona Tickets

Atletico, though, are really up against it, though – only 1 point from the first three games and a disappointing draw against Apoel Nicosia in the Champions League. They’ve got a great side and you can watch Kun, Forlan, Simao and Maxi at Vicente Calderon by buying Atletico de Madrid Tickets

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Barça-Atleti - always a good game!

The big game is very obviously FC Barcelona against Atletico de Madrid at Camp Nou on Saturday, and it’ll be interesting to see what happens. Barça won’t be displeased at taking a point from the Guisseppe Meazza, but Atletico won’t be at all happy with their single point against extremely modest Apoel Nicosia. Barça are obviously the favourites but one never knows with Atletico (especially against Barça) – on paper, they’ve got a great side, perhaps they’ll start to put some decent football together on Saturday.

I doubt whether Xerez will be able to ruffle Real Madrid’s feathers. Despite a lapse of concentration in the second half against FC Zurich, the Merengue Machine looks like its slowly moving into first gear, and La Liga looks even more as if it’s going to be a Barça-Madrid head to head.

We mustn’t forget Sevilla, though, or Valencia who are playing in the Europa Cup tonight. Interestingly, the other two Europa Cup contenders Villarreal and Athletic Club are facing each other on Sunday. This is definitely the game I’ll be watching and I’ll also be watching closely tonight to see how they get on against their respective European rivals.

I’ll also be keeping an eye on Espanyol, who’ll be at La Coruña – they’ve had a bad start to the season and I’m hoping their luck will improve.

Anyway, here’s this week’s games as usual and I’ve also added Wednesday’s just in case I don’t find the time to write another post before then.

19 Sep
18:00 CET Mallorca ? : ? Tenerife
19:00 CET Deportivo ? : ? Espanyol
20:00 CET Malaga ? : ? Racing Santander
20:00 CET Osasuna ? : ? Sevilla
22:00 CET Barcelona ? : ? Atletico Madrid
20 Sep 2009
17:00 CET Almeria ? : ? Getafe
17:00 CET Athletic ? : ? Villarreal
17:00 CET Zaragoza ? : ? Valladolid
19:00 CET Real Madrid ? : ? Xerez
21:00 CET Valencia ? : ? Sporting Gijon

Wednesday’s games

20:00 CET Atletico Madrid ? : ? Almeria
20:00 CET Espanyol ? : ? Malaga
20:00 CET Getafe ? : ? Valencia
20:00 CET Racing Santander ? : ? Barcelona
20:00 CET Sevilla ? : ? Mallorca
20:00 CET Sporting Gijon ? : ? Zaragoza
20:00 CET Tenerife ? : ? Athletic
20:00 CET Villarreal ? : ? Real Madrid
20:00 CET Xerez ? : ? Deportivo

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For La Liga to fulfill its potential as The Best League in the World – with the permission of the EPL – we need to see Sevilla, Atlético, Villarreal and Valencia fighting for more than just Champions and Europa League places. However, after only one game, it looks like this season’s Liga will follow a similar pattern to last year.

Sevilla lost in Mestalla and Atlético got thrashed by Málaga, so I won’t be surprised if Barça and Madrid are ten points clear at the top of the table come December. Let’s hope this doesn’t happen because it’d be very bad news for Spanish Football.

This week we’ll get a better idea of whether La Liga is going to be a two horse race or not. Espanyol-Madrid and Getafe-Barça are two interesting tests for the favourites - debuting in their new stadium and with the memory of Jarque still very present, Espanyol have got a lot of reasons to put up a fight and an unpredictable Getafe are a very tough nut to crack on a good day.

I think most of us agree that Barça start La Liga with a slight advantage over Pellegrini’s Real Madrid because they

Pellegrini has a tough job ahead of him

already play as a team, whereas the Bernabéu boys are as yet a group that relies on flashes of brilliance from individual players. The big question is whether the undeniable quality of Kaká, Cristiano Ronaldo and Benzema will be enough to follow the pace that Barça has already set by winning the two Super Cups.

Comparisons between the two squads are inevitable, and I must admit that I glance down the list of names that make up this Real Madrid side and some of my culé bravado fades. However, it remains to be seen whether this group of superstars will actually work well together as a block.

Barça have signed fewer players, but the three signings are players that were definitely on Guardiola’s Wish List. Chygrynskiy will be key in the centre of the defence, while with Maxwell on one flank and Alves on the other, the backs will be coming up to join the attack even more often than they did last season.

Guardiola ready for the season ahead

Having watched quite a few videos now, there’s no doubt in my mind that Ibrahimovic is a potentially great player but his role in the side will be very different from Samuel Eto’o. He’s more classy and stylish but I doubt whether he’ll score as many goals and he’s still got his work cut out to get himself in the right position for when Messi, Xavi and Iniesta, in particular, start to work their magic.

But the fact remains that Barça only have to adapt their game for one player whilst not even Pellegrini could predict Madrid’s starting line-up in a month’s time. And what’s more the ‘cantera’ factor means that Barça’s theoretical substitutes know the 4-3-3 philosophy like the back of their hands and both they themselves and the fans are confident that should anything go awry, they’ll slot into the first team just like veterans.

Anyway here are this week’s games . . .

12 Sep 2009
18:00 CET Atletico Madrid v Racing Santander
18:00 CET Getafe v Barcelona
20:00 CET Espanyol v Real Madrid
22:00 CET Sevilla v Zaragoza
13 Sep 2009
17:00 CET Deportivo v Malaga
17:00 CET Sporting Gijon v Almeria
17:00 CET Tenerife v Osasuna
17:00 CET Villarreal v Mallorca
19:00 CET Valladolid v Valencia
21:00 CET Xerez v Athletic Bilbao

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In the 2008-09 Champions League campaign, he scored 9 goals in 12 games and this video shows all all of them.

He scored 2 in the first game against  Shaktar Donetsk and two more against FC Basel – one in each match. Then he scored another against Sporting Lisbon. One more against Olympique Lyonnais. There were two more against Bayern Munich.

And then came the best of all – his header in the Champions League Final against Manchester United in Rome.

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Real Madrid 3 Deportivo 2

Game Two Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 September

Espanyol v Real Madrid

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Game Three Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 September

Real Madrid v Xerez

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Game Four Tuesday 22 and Wednesday 23 September

Villarreal v Real Madrid

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Game Five Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 September

Real Madrid v Tenerife

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Game Six Saturday 3 y Sunday 4 October

Sevilla v Real Madrid

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Game Seven Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 October

Real Madrid v Valladolid

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Game 8 Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 October

Sporting Gijon v Real Madrid

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Game 9 Saturday 31 and Sunday 1 November

Real Madrid v Getafe

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Game 10 Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 November

Atlético de Madrid v Real Madrid

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Game 11 Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 November

Real Madrid v Racing de Santander

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Game 12 Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 November

Barcelona v Real Madrid

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Game 13 Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 December

Real Madrid v Almería

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Game 14 Sat 12 and 13 December

Valencia v Real Madrid

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Game 15 Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 December

Real Madrid v Zaragoza

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Game 16 Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 January

Osasuna v Real Madrid

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Game 17 Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 January

Real Madrid v Mallorca

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Game 18 Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 January

Athletic Bilbao v Real Madrid

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Game 19 Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 January

Real Madrid v Málaga

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Game 20 Saturday 30 and Sunday 31 January

Deportivo v Real Madrid

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Game 21 Saturday 6 y Sunday 7 February

Real Madrid v Espanyol

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Game 22 Sat 13 and Sun 14 Feb

Xerez v Real Madrid

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Game 23 Sat 20 and Sun 21 Feb

Real Madrid v Villarreal

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Game 24 Sat 27 and Sun 28 Feb

Tenerife v Real Madrid

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Game 25 Sat 6 and Sun 7 March

Real Madrid v Sevilla

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Game 26 Sat 13 y Sun 14 March

Valladolid v Real Madrid

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Game 27 Sat 20 and Sun 21 March

Real Madrid v Sporting

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Game 28 Tue 23 and Wed 24 March

Getafe v Real Madrid

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Game 29 Sat 27 and Sun 28 March

Real Madrid v Atlético de Madrid

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Game 30 Sat 3 and Sun 4 April

Racing de Santander v Real Madrid

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Game 31 Sat 10 and Sun 11 April

Real Madrid v Barcelona

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Game 32 Tue 13 and Wed 14 April

Almería v Real Madrid

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Game 33 Sat 17 and Sun 18 April

Real Madrid v Valencia

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Game 34 Sat 24 y Sun 25 April

Zaragoza v Real Madrid

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Game 35 Sat 1 and Sun 2 May

Real Madrid v Osasuna

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Game 36 Tue 4 and Wed 5 May

Mallorca v Real Madrid

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Game 37 Sat 8 and Sun 9 May

Real Madrid v Athletic

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Game 38 Sat 15 and Sun 16 May

Málaga v Real Madrid

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ANSWER:

It has to be Real Madrid, doesn’t it? They won the first five European Cups from 1956-1960, which makes a pretty long unbeaten run both home and away. Typically, that run was broken in the 1961 semi-fimals (I think) when they were knocked out by arch-rivals FC Barcelona.

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