Showing posts with label La liga. Show all posts
Showing posts with label La liga. Show all posts

10 January 2016

Marca Names Zizuo's First Madrid Win As "Hand Of Zidane"

Popular and respected Spanish football website Marca.com has come out in support of Zidane as the much viewed outfit as labelled his first debut as "hand of Zidane"

Hand of Zidane is easy to interpret, what they mean is simple.... the superb tactics of Zidane is now a delight at Madrid but how long will that last? for eternity or a short space of time?

Zinedine Zidane enjoyed a successful debut as Real Madrid manager with a 5-0 victory over Deportivo on Saturday night at the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu in Madrid.Gareth Bale scored a hat trick which was book-ended by Karim Benzema goals in what was a straightforward win for Los Blancos.Zidane gave little-used Isco a start in his first match in charge, as the former Málaga man joined Toni Kroos and Luka Modric in the midfield.

03 January 2016

Valencia vs Real Madrid Preview: Head To Head, Match Facts & Statistics

Valencia have only won one of their last twelve league games against Real Madrid (D4 L7).

At the Mestalla, Valencia have only one win against Real Madrid in the last six games (L5), but it was the last game they had in January 2015 (2-1).

In these six games, Valencia have conceded 21 goals, an average of 3.5 goals per game.

Atletico Madrid 1-0 Levante: Watch The Goals & Highlights

                   

02 January 2016

Atletico Madrid vs Levante Preview: Head To Head, Match Facts & Statistics

Atlético Madrid have won nine of ten games against Levante at home in the top tier. Levante  have only managed to earn points once away at Atletico Madrid, in a 0-0 draw in 2005.

That 0-0 draw was the only one in twenty La Liga games between the two teams. The only Filipe Luis' own goal in La Liga was against Levante on May 2014.

Levante have lost in eight of the last nine trips to Madrid (W1), the last two by the same result: 3-0.

Espanyol vs Barcelona Preview: Head To Head, Match Facts & Statistics

The last time Espanyol won against Barcelona in La Liga at home was on January 2007 (3-1 at Olímpico de Montjuic).

The last three la Liga games between these two teams at Power8Stadium have seen an Espanyol player being sent off.

Leo Messi's debut was at Espanyol on October 16th 2004, age 17 and 114 days, the youngest player at the time to make his debut for Barcelona.

12 December 2015

Barcelona 2-2 Deportivo: Visitors Hit Two Late Goals To Earn Draw At Camp Nou

After Messi and Rakitic scored on home soil for Barca it looked sealed for a victory but the visitors stunned the players and fans after scoring two late goals in the 77th & 86th minutes to share the spoils.

History repeated itself as Deportivo came back from a two-goal deficit to draw 2-2 with Barcelona at the Camp Nou, spoiling Barcelona’s Club World Cup send-off.

In last season’s fixture between the two teams at the Camp Nou, coming in the final week of the season, Barcelona jumped out to a two-goal lead only to see Deportivo rally late with two goals to claim a precious point that kept them in the first division.

Getafe 1-1 Real Sociedad: Watch The Goals & Highlights

                

11 December 2015

Getafe vs Real Sociedad Preview: Head To Head, Match Facts & Statistics

Getafe have gone two home league games in a row without a defeat (W1 D1).

Getafe have scored in four consecutive La Liga gamesfor the first time since the last four games of the 2013-14 season.

Real Sociedad have won two league games away from home this season, as many as in the whole of last season.

18 October 2015

Real Sociedad 0-2 Atletico Madrid: Diego's Men Cruise In Away Victory

Antoine Griezmann once again returned to haunt his former club as Atletico Madrid ground out a 2-0 Liga win over nine-man Real Sociedad on Sunday.

Griezmann, who netted when Atletico won by the same scoreline in the two teams' meeting in the Spanish capital last season, scored a stunning ninth-minute solo effort at the Anoeta.

The contest fell some way short of such excellence thereafter, with Diego Simeone's men struggling for fluency as they tasted victory for the first time in four outings across all competitions.

26 September 2015

Messi Forced Out Of Las Palmas Game Due To Knee Injury

European champions Barcelona suffered a huge blow as Lionel Messi was forced off with a knee injury just 10 minutes into their La Liga meeting with Las Palmas on Saturday.

Messi clashed with Las Palmas defender Pedro Bigas as he tried to turn the ball home inside the area and suffered a blow to his left knee in the process.