La Liga - Jornada 28 and Jornada 29

Sporting - Deportivo Mar- 20:00
Sevilla - Xerez Mar- 22:00
Almería - Zaragoza Mie- 20:00
Tenerife - Villarreal Mie- 20:00
Valladolid - Espanyol Mie- 20:00
Racing - Mallorca Mie- 20:00
Barcelona - Osasuna Mie- 20:00
Valencia - Málaga Mie- 22:00
Getafe - R. Madrid Jue- 20:00
Atlético - Athletic Jue- 22:00

Midweek fixtures in Spain this week!

Sporting-Deportivo and Atlético-Athletic are the two games to look the most appetizing to me. Madrid drby on Thursday as well.

Kick off in about an hour!

Aranzubia sent off for Depor.

HT Sporting 1 Deportivo 0

Bilic puts the home team in front.

1-1 Equaliser from Adrian.

Last minute penalty for Sporting...

Diego Castro puts it just beyond the reach of Manu Fernandez.

Sevilla

Xerez get a goal a minute into injury time from a throw in. A disgraceful result from them.

Well, not surprisingly Sevilla have sacked Manolo Jimenez. Elimination from the CL and a bad run in the league was too much for Del Nido. Just looking at the league standings...if Barcelona and Real Madrid win midweek, Sevilla will be 26 pts off the pace. That really is unexcusable for the team that Sevilla have put together.

El Sevilla contactó con Aragonés para sustituir a Jiménez

Según anunció José Ramón de la Morena en el programa 'El Larguero' de la Cadena SER, el Sevilla contactó en la mañana de este martes con el ex seleccionador español Luis Aragonés con la intención de ofrecerle ser el nuevo entrenador del equipo hispalense. Además, se han manejado otras opciones de dentro del club para sustituir al actual técnico, Manolo Jiménez.

Los últimos resultados cosechados por el Sevilla, tanto en Liga como en Champions League han dejado a Manolo Jiménez en la cuerda floja como entrenador del club del Sánchez Pizjuán. El resultado cosechado en la noche de este martes ante el Xerez (empate a uno) como equipo local, complica aún más la situación del técnico al frente del equipo.

El madrileño ya entrenó durante dos temporadas al club sevillano. Su llegada se produjo en 1993 y los buenos resultados le hicieron permanecer dos años como técnico hispalense.

http://www.as.com/futbol/articulo/sevilla-contacto-aragones-sustituir-jimenez/dasftb/20100324dasdasftb_3/Tes

deserved, i really expected a lot from them this season

Messiah wrote:deserved, i really expected a lot from them this season

Yeah, I have defended Jimenez in the past but this season he's really not done enough with the team he has.

Saw around 35-40 mins of the game last night...Sporting are a handy side, with some decent players in attack like Bilic and De Las Cuevas. Also get the feeling that Gregory is arguably more important than Botia as the leader of their defense. Only 600k euros or something from the Portuguese league I heard. Good buy

I was never really convinced by Aragones so it will be interesting to see what he does with this team. Despite the fact that im not a big fan of Jimenez I wouldn't have fired him unless there were some problems in the dressing room. They should have waited until summer because they aren't exactly in free fall and I still expected them to get 4th place.

They aren't in free fall, but he was already under pressure and some of the recent results are shocking: 1-2 at home against CSKA, 1-1 at home against Xerez, etc. I think the firing was inevitable.

4th is not a given either...Mallorca still aren't showing signs of fading away (although funnily enough it's Sevilla who are one of the few sides that won in Mallorca).

kas wrote:Saw around 35-40 mins of the game last night...Sporting are a handy side, with some decent players in attack like Bilic and De Las Cuevas. Also get the feeling that Gregory is arguably more important than Botia as the leader of their defense. Only 600k euros or something from the Portuguese league I heard. Good buy

yes he is , but botia is a 21 year old, that was playing 3rd division football a year a go.

Marca say that Aragones is close to signing for Sevilla. Apparently they were also considering Laudrup and Bernardo Schuster.

Jaime wrote:Marca say that Aragones is close to signing for Sevilla. Apparently they were also considering Laudrup and Bernardo Schuster.

So what the hell hapened?
They turned it down or what and they went to ask Aragones?

Super De La Red wrote:

Jaime wrote:Marca say that Aragones is close to signing for Sevilla. Apparently they were also considering Laudrup and Bernardo Schuster.

So what the hell hapened?
They turned it down or what and they went to ask Aragones?

No I think those were the three names that Monchi came up with and in the end the directors settled on Aragones.

45' Almeria 0 - 0 Zaragoza
45' Barcelona 0 - 0 Osasuna
45' Racing Santander 0 - 0 Mallorca
45' Tenerife 0 - 0 Villarreal
45' Valladolid 0 - 0 Espanyol

Seriously?

Nilmar scores right at the break.

I swear I wasn't thinking of the Barca 0-0 thread.

FT Almeria 1 Zaragoza 0
FT Barcelona 2 Osasuna 0
FT Racing 0 Mallorca 0
FT Tenerife 2 Villarreal 2
FT Valladolid 0 Espanyol 0

Apparently after 3 hours of meetings Sevilla and Aragones have failed to reach an agreement. They are going to continue negotiations for 24 hours.

It's too bad they can't/won't bring Juande back. His Sevilla was a side to reckon with.

FT Valencia 1-0 Malaga

First half goal from David Villa is enough for the three points.

Luis Aragonés dice "no" al Sevilla

Luis Aragonés y el Sevilla tampoco llegaron hoy a un acuerdo y el técnico madrileño le dijo "no" al club hispalense. Después de que ayer el entrenador y el club dejaran para hoy los deberes, finalmente Luis no será el técnico del Sevilla. La principal diferencia entre ambas partes fue la duración del contrato.

Aragonés, campeón de Europa con la selección española en junio de 2008, quería continuar una temporada más, aparte de la presente, y el Sevilla no se lo garantizó.

Tras la negativa del técnico de Hortaleza, se hará cargo del equipo Antonio Álvarez, un hombre de la casa. Álvarez, que fue ayudante de Jiménez y ahora era miembro de la secretaría técnica, dirigirá al Sevilla en Villarreal.

http://www.marca.com/2010/03/25/futbol/equipos/sevilla/1269518779.html

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TOMAHAWK LITE!

Pipita missed a opportunity in the start. But wins a good freekick (handball) just outside the box. Polaroid scores a fine goal

CR69!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!