La Liga Thread 2013/14

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Osasuna: Fernandez; Damia, Lolo, Loties, Bertran; Arribas, Silva, Sisi, De las Cuevas; Torres, Riera.

Barcelona: Valdes; Montoya, Puyol, Bartra, Adriano; Iniesta, Xavi, Busquets; Pedro, Fabregas, Neymar.

Messi on the bench.

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Cesc booked. :lol:

Tried to use his hand for a goal. What a scrote.

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Osasuna 0-0 Barcelona, HT. Time for Messi to save the day again.

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What a miss from Neymar! :haha:

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Messi still not on. :lol:

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Cesc. :haha:

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Great run from Neymar.

Montoya. :lol:

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Adriano. :haha:

That might be the worst effort of all time.

Messi on, finally. Xavi off.

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Pedro off, Tello on.

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Messi nearly in, surprise he couldn't catch it on the volley.

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Osasuna 0-0 Barcelona, FT! :haha:

Atleti will go top with a win.

[Master Splinter]

Barca :haha:.

Come on Costa you animal.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Espanyol 0-0 Atleti, HT. :(

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Espanyol 1-0 Atleti, Courtois OG! :doh:

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Espanyol 1-0 Atleti, FT! Atleti stay second, Barca a point clear now. :doh:

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Ridiculous result yesteday: Malaga 0-5 Celta Vigo. :haha:

Atleti 3-0 up against Real Betis, Torres with one, David Villa with two. :bow:

Villarreal hammered Valencia 4-1. :rose:

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Atleti 4-0 Real Betis, Diego Costa. :bow:

[Ollie the Optimist]

the spanish media are hammering Bale. one paper called him the worst signing madrid have made :haha:

madrid :haha:
bale :haha:
madrid for selling us Ozil :bow:

[Xhaka Can’t]

Spurs, for making it all happen. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Celta Vigo v Barcelona on tonight at 9pm.

[Munchies]

Celta Vigo v Barcelona on tonight at 9pm.

Barca to win 0-4

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Celta Vigo: Yoel; Mallo, Cabral, Fontas, Aurtenetxe; Oubina, Alex Lopez; Rafinha, Augusto, Nolito; Charles.

Barcelona: Valdes; Alves, Puyol, Bartra, Adriano; Fabregas, Song, Busquets; Pedro, Sanchez, Messi.

[GP]

Charles :lol:

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Celta Vigo 0-1 Barcelona, Sanchez. Though that was a while ago now.

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Celta Vigo 0-2 Barcelona, Yoel OG. Poor old Cesc, brilliant effort, hits the bar, hits the keeper and then goes in.

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Celta Vigo 0-3 Barcelona, Cesc does score this time.

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Cesc off, Iniesta on.

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0-3 is how it finished. Noticeable how Messi's dad has been stationing him a lot futher wide than Guardiola/Tito/Roura. Not sure that's what he expected when he made the call to bring him in. :lol:

[Munchies]

Messi's dad ... :haha: , he does look like it.


Bale to start tonight :popcorn:

[Munchies]

Real Madrid: Diego López; Arbeloa, Varane, Ramos, Marcelo; Illarramendi, Khedira; Bale, Isco, Ronaldo; Benzema.

Sevilla: Beto, Pareja, Carriço, Navarro, Figueiras, Rakitic, Mbia, Alberto, Jairo, Vitolo, Bacca.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bacca. :haha:

[Munchies]

Reyes is on the bench :pal:

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BALE, great goal that

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Yeah he belted that in.

[GP]

Pony performing his one trick.

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Nearly a second from him !

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The only person who passes to Bale is Benzema :lol:

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Real Madrid 2-0 Sevilla, Bale deflected freekick!

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hahahaha , deflected goal for Bale !

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Pelanty to Real Madrid.

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Real Madrid 3-0 Sevilla, Ronaldo. :lol: Never a chance of letting Bale get his hat-trick.

[Munchies]

penalty to Real hahahaa

Corrupt ref !

[Munchies]

Real Madrid 3-0 Sevilla, Ronaldo. :lol: Never a chance of letting Bale get his hat-trick.

:haha:

[Master Splinter]

Ronaldo does a De Guzman :bow:.

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Pelanty to Sevilla!

[Munchies]

Pen to sevilla

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Real Madrid 3-1 Sevilla, Rakitic.

[Munchies]

Nothing in that pen, 3-1

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Real Madrid 3-2 Sevilla, CHEWBACCA!!!

[Munchies]

:haha:

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That was a great chance to make it 3-3 with a better pass, Real can't defend for shit , Arbeloa is cack

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It should be 3-3!

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As it is, Real Madrid 4-2 Sevilla, Benzema.

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Real Madrid 5-3 Sevilla, Ronaldo with his second, then Rakitic with his second. :haha:

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Real Madrid 6-3 Sevilla, Ronaldo hat-trick.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pelanty for Sevilla! :haha:

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Rakitic skies it.

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Mbia sent off! :haha:

[Munchies]

Bring Reyes on !

Haven't seen him play in yearsssss

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Real Madrid 7-3 Sevilla, Benzema with his second. What a mental game.

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BENZEMA !

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Khedira :doh:

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Reyes is on !!!

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And maybe could have had an assist.

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Real Madrid 7-3 Sevilla, FT.

Crazy game. :bow:

[Munchies]

What a save at the end :bow:

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Bale had a great game :tiphat:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Friday, 1st November 2013
Barcelona v Espanyol, 20:00

Saturday, 2nd November 2013
Real Sociedad v Osasuna, 15:00
Almeria v Real Valladolid, 17:00
Rayo Vallecano v Real Madrid, 19:00
Sevilla v Celta Vigo, 21:00

Sunday, 3rd November 2013
Getafe v Valencia, 11:00
Atletico Madrid v Athletic Club, 16:00
Levante v Granada, 18:00
Malaga v Real Betis, 20:00

Monday, 4th November 2013
Elche v Villarreal, 21:00

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Barcelona: Valdes; Alves, Pique, Mascherano, Montoya; Iniesta, Xavi, Busquets; Sanchez, Messi, Neymar.

Espanyol: Casilla; Rodriguez, Sidnei, Moreno, Fuentes; Torje, Sanchez, Abraham, Lopez; Garcia, Bifouma.

A real Bif!

Also, Cesc. :lol:

[Munchies]

He benched ?

:lol: at Bif

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Yeah he is.

Dani Alves. :lol:

Neymar showed little bit burst there.

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Sanchez goes for placement, Casilla saves.

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Amazing pass from Xavi through to Neymar but Neymar wrongly given offside.

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No yellows yet, not sure what league this ref thinks he is in.

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Commentator just said it's been 230 minutes since Messi's last goal. :o

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Sanchez cuts off Messi's pass to Neymar. :haha:

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Great turn from Neymar.

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Dani Alves' cross. :haha:

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Messi freekick, not on target. :lol:

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Alves. :haha:

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Dani Alves' attempt at covering. :doh:

Valdes denies Sergio Garcia with his feet.

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Iniesta hammers it, Casilla saves. Dani Alves smacks the post!

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Fuentes booked.

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0-0 HT.

Barca. :lol:

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Dani Alves' crossing is little bit off today.

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Messi header, great save from Casilla.

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So close from Neymar.

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Barcelona 1-0 Espanyol, Sanchez tap-in! Neymar assist.

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Mascherano booked. :faint:

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Messi freekick, not far wide.

Sanchez off, Pedro on.

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Mascherano booked. :faint:

Good, he;s a cunt

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Iniesta off, Cesc on.

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Barcelona 1-0 Espanyol, FT.

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Rayo Vallecano 0-3 Real Madrid, Ronaldo just got his second, Benzema with the other goal.

20 for Ronaldo this season. :haha:

[Munchies]

Bale :bow:

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Pelanty to Rayo. Here we go again!

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Poor guy got subbed straight after his mistake :(

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Clear pen, Pepe u moron !!!

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Rayo 1-3 Real Madrid, VIERA!!!!!

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Scored

1-3

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Another pelanty to Rayo! Holy shit!

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Insane from Marcelo.

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OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

PEN !!!!

hahahahaa

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RAYO 2-3 Real Madrid, VIERA!!!! :haha:

Real Madrid's defending is so funny.

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2-3 !!!

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RAYO 2-3 Real Madrid, VIERA!!!! :haha:

Real Madrid's defending is so funny.

Every time :lol:

They need to spend a fair bit on their defence, its awful !

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That shud be a red !

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Every time :lol:

They need to spend a fair bit on their defence, its awful !

This is exactly what happened in the previous Galactico regime, post-success.

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Carvajal off, Arbeloa on. Just the cool head you need. :unsure:

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Arbeloa comign on

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What a save from Diego Lopez to deny Bueno! Saved on to the post.

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Hits the post 1

nearly 3-3 !

[GP]

The refs in spain are ridiculous.

at 1-0 Rayo had a perfectly good goal disallowed.

[Munchies]

The refs in spain are ridiculous.

at 1-0 Rayo had a perfectly good goal disallowed.

And Carjaval should of been sent off !!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Gah so close to 3-3 again!

[Munchies]

So so so so so close that

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Marcelo booked. What are Real Madrid on?

[Munchies]

Should be another pen

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Marcelo booked. What are Real Madrid on?
Ask Dr Fuentes.

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Ask Dr Fuentes.

I don't think these are drugs he'd prescribe.

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How didn't that go on target? :blink:

[Munchies]

:doh:

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

I don't think these are drugs he'd prescribe.

Ask Kolo?

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Kolo. :lol:

Ronaldo so close to getting his hat-trick.

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Header only just wide! Come on Rayo. Last minute now.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Rayo 2-3 Real Madrid, FT. Rayo really unlucky. Best team in Madrid tbf.

[Munchies]

Just saw the goals again, now that Bale has left the Spuds, I actually see how good of a player he is. Knew he was good before, but he has the potential to be alot better. He made both goals, and is starting to get used to the play style

[Syn]

He's an amazing player, but he joined the worst club he possibly could for his career. He's a one man battering ram maverick. Everything needs to go through him. And at R Madrid he is never likely to be the main man at least until Ronaldo retires.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Real Madrid against Real Sociedad at 3pm.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Real Madrid: Lopez; Arbeloa, Varane, Pepe, Carvajal; Khedira, Alonso, Modric; Bale, Benzema, Ronaldo

Real Sociedad: Bravo; C Martinez, Mikel, I Martinez, Angel; Markel, Elustondo, Prieto; Vela, Seferovic, Griezmann

[GP]

Come on Vela

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Real Madrid 1-0 Real Sociedad, Ronaldo. :faint:

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2-0, Benzema.

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3-0, Ronaldo pelanty.

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4-0, Khedira. :wacko:

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Real Madrid 4-1 Real Sociedad, Griezmann.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

5-1, Ronaldo hat-trick. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Real Betis: Sara, Steinhofer, Santamaría, Villar, Martínez, Montel, Vadillo, Torres, Molina, Verdu, Lopez.
Subs: Andersen, Amaya, Matilla, Florido, Rosello, Rodríguez, Gerard.

Barcelona: Valdes, Alves, Bartra, Puyol, Montoya, Song, Xavi, Fabregas, Pedro, Messi, Neymar.
Subs: Pinto, Iniesta, Alexis, Mascherano, Tello, Roberto, Adriano.

Referee: Jose Gonzalez

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Villarreal 1-1 Atleti with not long left.

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And 1-1 is how it finished.

Reading a lot of obituaries for Messi now he has dared to go four league games without scoring. :rose:

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Great save from Valdes to deny Molina.

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And another great one from Valdes!

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Messi off injured, Iniesta on.

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It was a fairly lousy challenge on Messi that put him out.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Real Betis 0-1 Barcelona, Neymar! FIFA goal.

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Real Betis 0-2 Barcelona, Pedro!

Well that will be that. :lol:

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Real Betis 0-3 Barcelona, Cesc with a tap-in.

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Real Betis 0-4 Barcelona, Cesc with his second.

[Marc Overmars]

Messi out for potentially 2 months with a hamstring injury.

The beginning of the end. :rose:

[Master Splinter]

Do not forget we have also Cisc who can play there.

Or Neymar, who will probably step up and become a bit of a freak.

[Munchies]

Messi out for potentially 2 months with a hamstring injury.

The beginning of the end. :rose:

How many games has Messi played for the past few years ? He has barely gotten any rest , and has always been rushed back , the Bayern game springs to mind last season.

[GP]

Besides, he doesn't have the help of a certain Dr. Fuentes like Ronaldo does.

[GP]

Gareth Bale got a new dog.

http://assets0.ordienetworks.com/misc/dog%20wtf.gif

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Saturday, 23rd November 2013
Barcelona v Granada, 15:00
Real Sociedad v Celta Vigo, 17:00
Almeria v Real Madrid, 19:00
Atletico Madrid v Getafe, 21:00

Sunday, 24th November 2013
Levante v Villarreal, 11:00
Rayo Vallecano v Espanyol, 16:00
Elche v Valencia, 18:00
Sevilla v Real Betis, 20:00

Monday, 25th November 2013
Malaga v Athletic Club, 21:00

[Penguin]

Gareth Bale got a new dog.

http://assets0.ordienetworks.com/misc/dog%20wtf.gif

:lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Barcelona 1-0 Granada, Iniesta pelanty.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

2-0, Cesc pelanty.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

3-0, Sanchez.

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4-0 Pedro. :lol:

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Real Sociedad 4-3 Celta Vigo. Vela with all four goals for Sociedad! :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Almeria 0-1 Real Madrid, Ronaldo. :haha:

[Master Splinter]

Vela :bow: :bow:.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Hoping it was a quadruple chip.

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Ronaldo off injured. :blink:

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Almeria 0-2 Real Madrid, Benzema.

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Almeria 0-3 Real Madrid, Bale. Well done to him.

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Almeria 0-4 Real Madrid, Isco!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

0-5 Morata, with the Vela chip.

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Atletico Madrid 7-0 Getafe. :blink:

Raul Garcia with two, Lopo OG, David Villa with two, Diego Costa and Adrian Lopez with the goals.

Diego Costa's was a great overhead kick but loses points for it only being the fifth goal. Even so. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Friday 29th November 2013
Getafe 1-0 Levante, FT
Villarreal 1-1 Malaga, FT

Saturday 30th November 2013
Elche V Atletico Madrid, 15:00
Celta Vigo V Almeria, 17:00
Real Madrid V Real Valladolid, 19:00
Espanyol V Real Sociedad, 21:00

Sunday 1st December 2013
Real Betis V Rayo Vallecano, 11:00
Granada V Sevilla, 16:00
Valencia V Osasuna, 18:00
Athletic Club V Barcelona, 20:00

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Elche 0-2 Atleti, FT. Koke and Diego Costa with the goals. 40 points for them already this season. :wacko:

Real Madrid: Lopez, Pepe, Ramos, Benzema, Bale, Marcelo, Alonso, Carvajal, Modric, Di Maria, Isco.

Valladolid: Marino, Valiente, Rossi, Rueda, Guerra, Larsson, Sastre, Pena, Rubio, Bergdich, Alcatraz.

Still 0-0 currently.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Benzema. :lol:

Opens the space up, sends the shot way wide.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Real Madrid 1-0 Real Valladolid, Bale! Di Maria cross, poorly pushed out from Marino, easy header for Bale.

Wales for Euro 2016 tbf.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Real Madrid 2-0 Real Valladolid, Benzema! Great cross from Bale.

[Munchies]

Bale is a great player, was a fan of his at Spuds, but always hoped he done shite there. That pass to Benzema was class !

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Disallowed goal for Benzema, would've been another assist for Bale. Benzema wasn't anywhere near offside. :lol:

[Munchies]

:lol:

Sell Ozil, get in Bale and Isco. Bale is their leading assist creator now also.

Doesn't seem to be that much of a clanger now, apart from all that government cash they spunked.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Real Madrid 3-0 Real Valladolid, Bale with his second! Easy for him.

For Real Madrid, it'll be solely judged on whether they win anything, if they don't, then it'll be considered a fuck-up in Spain. After all, they are still third.

[Munchies]

One fewer than Spuds total goals now :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Marcelo. :haha:

I think his shot went behind him and out wide. Impressive.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Real Madrid 4-0 Real Valladolid, Bale hat-trick!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

And 4-0 FT.

[Syn]

Weird...almost as if media and the Real Madrid fans jumped the gun. He's a terrific signing. Hard to justify a £86m price tag but there's little doubt he's a world class player.

Ramsey CM, Bale (basically) upfront. Need a quality GK and CB and Wales might be decent at International football.

[Munchies]

Weird...almost as if media and the Real Madrid fans jumped the gun. He's a terrific signing. Hard to justify a £86m price tag but there's little doubt he's a world class player.

Ramsey CM, Bale (basically) upfront. Need a quality GK and CB and Wales might be decent at International football.

And get rid of their shit manager :good:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Athletic Club: Iraizoz, Iraola, Balenziaga, Rico Moreno, Gurpegi, Laporte, Susaeta, Iturraspe, Toquero, Herrera Aguera, Muniain.

Barcelona: Pinto, Montoya, Pique, Mascherano, Adriano, Busquets, Xavi, Iniesta, Cesc, Alexis, Neymar.

This kicks off in ten minutes. :popcorn:

Toquero. :bow:

What a legend.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Great save from Iraizoz to deny Neymar.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Iniesta. :cloud9:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Muniain a couple of yards out, scuffs it to Pinto!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Neymar can't stay on his feet. :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Rancid pass from Cesc.

Interesting that there has been so much backlash to the style Barcelona are playing with now under Tata - the directness. I'm blaming Cesc for this tbf.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Toquero with a telling clearance. As you'd expect.

Very few of the Barca players can stay on their feet. Iniesta one of the few that can.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

0-0 HT. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Neymar. :haha:

He had a stinker today.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

http://wwwdelivery.superstock.com/WI/223/1848/PreviewComp/SuperStock_1848-409627.jpg

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Messi. :bow:

Come back, all is forgiven.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Athletic Club 1-0 Barcelona, MUNIAIN!!!

This happened a while ago but GW died.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Iniesta off, Pedro on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sanchez. :haha:

Jesus christ, that has to be the worst cross of all time.

[LDG]

Athletic Club 1-0 Barcelona, MUNIAIN!!!

This happened a while ago but GW died.

:haha:

Fake excitement :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Athletic Club 1-0 Barcelona, FT! :haha:

Barca stay top but Atleti are now with them on 40 points, Real Madrid on 37.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

I think I speak for everyone when I say: Come on Atletico!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Some Copa Del Rey Fourth Round 1st Legs:

Olimpic 0-0 Real Madrid. :haha:

Sant Andreu 0-4 Atletico Madrid

Girona 1-1 Getafe

Celta Vigo 1-0 Athletic Club

Recreativo Huelva 1-0 Levante

Cartegna 1-4 Barcelona

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Osasuna 2-1 Real Madrid currently. :blink:

Sergio Ramos sent off again. :haha:

Riera with Osasuna's goals, Isco for Real Madrid.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Osasuna 2-2 Real Madrid, Pepe.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Osasuna 2-2 Real Madrid, FT. :lol:

Barcelona play Villarreal at 7pm, will go five points ahead of Marketing if they win.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pelanty to Barca. Bit weak.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Barcelona 1-0 Villarreal, Neymar.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Barcelona 1-1 Villarreal, Musacchio! :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Barcelona 2-1 Villarreal, Neymar with his second. Tap-in.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Barcelona 2-1 Villarreal, FT.

Marketing. :lol:

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

This is not a criticism but the last manager Benitez knew he would not be the manager for the next year and he was chasing results," Mourinho told the Evening Standard. "He was not worried about the building of a team with a certain style.

Hmm... and that's coming from him as well.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Atleti 1-0 Valencia, Diego Costa. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

2-0, Raul Garcia.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

3-0, Diego Costa pelanty. :lol:

[Transplanted Gooner]

Real Madrid and Barcelona to face European Union investigation

Real Madrid and Barcelona are among seven Spanish clubs to be investigated over alleged illegal state aid.
The Spanish foreign ministry announced that the European Commission will also begin proceedings against Osasuna, Athletic Bilbao, Valencia and Elche.
Hercules, who play in the second tier, are also under investigation.

"The government will fight to defend Spanish clubs because they're also part of the Spanish brand," said foreign minister Jose Manuel Garcia Margallo.
The proceedings could take months to conclude and will be officially announced on Wednesday added Margallo, who denied the clubs had broken EU rules.
He said Barcelona, Real Madrid, Osasuna and Athletic Bilbao are accused of contravening European Union rules because they are still owned by their members and had benefited from favourable tax treatment.
The Commission was also probing Real over their training facilities and Bilbao over aid they received for the construction of their new stadium, which opened this season, he added.
Valencia, Elche and Hercules were being investigated because of help the three clubs received from the regional government in the form of loans and bank guarantees.
BBC Sport (http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/25410320)

So, a 20 quid fine each then ?

[Munchies]

Real Madrid and Barcelona to face European Union investigation

Real Madrid and Barcelona are among seven Spanish clubs to be investigated over alleged illegal state aid.
The Spanish foreign ministry announced that the European Commission will also begin proceedings against Osasuna, Athletic Bilbao, Valencia and Elche.
Hercules, who play in the second tier, are also under investigation.

"The government will fight to defend Spanish clubs because they're also part of the Spanish brand," said foreign minister Jose Manuel Garcia Margallo.
The proceedings could take months to conclude and will be officially announced on Wednesday added Margallo, who denied the clubs had broken EU rules.
He said Barcelona, Real Madrid, Osasuna and Athletic Bilbao are accused of contravening European Union rules because they are still owned by their members and had benefited from favourable tax treatment.
The Commission was also probing Real over their training facilities and Bilbao over aid they received for the construction of their new stadium, which opened this season, he added.
Valencia, Elche and Hercules were being investigated because of help the three clubs received from the regional government in the form of loans and bank guarantees.
BBC Sport (http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/25410320)

So, a 20 quid fine each then ?

They'll just offset it to the people through tax :lol:

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Atleti 0-1 Levante, Ivanschitz. :lol:

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1-1, Godin.

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Atleti 2-1 Levante, Future Arsenal legend, Diego Costa. :bow:

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Atleti 2-2 Levante, Pedro Rios! :wacko:

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Atleti 2-1 Levante, Future Arsenal legend, Diego Costa. :bow:

He never looked like scoring.

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Scuffed volley tbf.

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Atleti 2-2 Levante, Pedro Rios! :wacko:

Definition of against the run of play that was. Pretty sweet goal.

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Pelanty. An abortion of a challenge.

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Pelanty to Atleti!

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Great penalty from Costa. Keeper went right way, but Costa lifted it.

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Diego Costa. :bow:

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It was a penalty it doesn't count.

I don't think you've got involved in that circus of a thread Maccy, do you think he's just a OSW?

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Great penalty from Costa. Keeper went right way, but Costa lifted it.

On second viewing not that great!

looked better on my screen. Lucky keeper didn't save it.

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23 goals before Christmas. :wacko:

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RED CARD

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RED CARD

Levante's Juanfran sent off

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Juanfran sent off for Levante. :lol:

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Ruben. :haha:

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Diego Costa misses a great chance to get his hattrick. Couldn't get his foot wrapped around the ball.

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Athletico Madrid go top of La Liga

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Atleti go three points clear. Getafe - Barcelona on at 4pm tomorrow, annoyingly clashing with Swansea - Everton.

Valencia - Real Madrid at 8pm.

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Getafe 1-0 Barcelona, Escudero!

Getafe: Moya, Valera, Rafa, Alexis, Roberto Lago, Borja, Mosquera, Pedro Leon, Sarabia, Diego Castro, Ciprian.
Subs: Lisandro Lopez, Lacen, Lafita, Gavilan, Colunga, Codina, Sergio Escudero, Michel.

Barcelona: Pinto, Alves, Pique, Mascherano, Jordi Alba, Busquets, Iniesta, Sergi Roberto, Fabregas, Pedro, Alexis Sanchez.
Subs: Oier, Adriano, Dongou, Tello, Bartra, Montoya, Song.

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Getafe 2-0 Barcelona, Lisandro! :haha:

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Good time to put money on barca?

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Real/Barca :haha:

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Good time to put money on barca?

No Messi, Neymar or Xavi. And Pinto in goal. Wasted money IMO.

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No Messi, Neymar or Xavi. And Pinto in goal. Wasted money IMO.

Cheers.

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Easy pass for our mate Marica to make, fucks it up.

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Sanchez. :lol:

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Getafe 2-1 Barcelona, Pedro.

Great goal.

Me. :haha:

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Sergi Roberto should have made it 2-2.

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Getafe 2-2 Barcelona, what a goal from Pedro. :blink:

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Getafe 2-3 Barcelona, Pedro hat-trick!

WTF? :haha:

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lol just lol @ syn