La Liga 2012/13 Season Thread

Well I don't judge players solely on assists and goals anyway so it doesn't really matter, Banega is much more than a "stat padder". You will see when he leads Argentina to a World Cup.

Pellegrini confirms that he is leaving Malaga.

Thiago starts

still i watch madrid, real s. looking good

Juan Carlos Valeron has announced he will retire at the end of the season. The Spanish Zidane. Legend.

So Valencia have nudged ahead of la Real for the 4th CL place. Still up for grabs though. Last fixtures for the two are Sevilla-Valencia and Deportivo-R. Sociedad. Valencia probably have the advantage since Sevilla have nothing to play for whilst Deportivo are still in a relegation battle.

4 Valencia 37 19 8 10 64 50 65
5 R. Sociedad 37 17 12 8 69 49 63

At the bottom of the table, any combination of the last four can still go down on the last day.

17 Deportivo 37 8 11 18 47 69 35
18 Celta Vigo 37 9 7 21 36 52 34
19 Zaragoza 37 9 7 21 36 59 34
20 Mallorca 37 8 9 20 39 70 33

Fixtures on the last day are:

Deportivo-R. Sociedad
Celta-Espanyol
Zaragoza-Atlético
Mallorca-Valladolid

Deportivo are the only club facing an opponent with anything to play for. But they are also the only club that hold their own destiny. If they win, they are safe. All of them are playing at home as well which is interesting. Mallorca obviously have to win. In the case they win and Deportivo draw Deportivo have the goal average tie breaker since they won 1-0 and 2-3 in their head to head meetings. Celta and Zaragoza are tied at the moment and if they were both to win Celta has the goal average tie breaker. If Deportivo loses, and both Celta and Zaragoza draw (assuming Mallorca do not win) then it then it gets very tricky. I don't remember how the tie is broken if there are three teams all tied on points. Anyhow, should be a last day with plenty of drama.

Spain have not won as much since Fuentes, claims Italy’s anti-doping chief



http://www.goal.com/en/news/12/spain/2013/05/28/4010385/spain-have-not-won-as-much-since-operacion-puerto-claims?source=breakingnews&ICID=HP_BN_14


he has a point

What the fuck, Spain has not won has much since when 2011?

ok you won the EURO 2012 and the Handball tournament

BUT

BARCA DECLINED
Madrid DECLINED
LA LIGA DECLINED
Cycling DECLINED (contador the cheatOr)
NADAL DECLINED his body coundn`t handle it anymore IT SEEMS

Elche, of course, are already promoted. The rest of the promotion battle is shaping up like this:

2 Villarreal 40 19 14 7 64 38 71
3 Almería 40 21 8 11 70 48 71
4 Girona 40 21 7 12 72 53 70
5 Alcorcón 40 20 6 14 53 51 66
6 Ponferradina 40 19 7 14 53 46 64
7 Las Palmas 40 17 12 11 60 53 63

Villarreal have moved in to second place although still tied on points with Almeria and Girona is just one behind. Second through 4th have at least guaranteed a place in the playoff.

La liga managerial merry-go-round already in motion....

1. Real Madrid - vacant
2. Barcelona - Tito Vilanova (?)
3. Atletico - Diego Simeone
4. Valencia - Ernesto Valverde (6 month contract expires in June, being linked with Athletic and Barcelona)
5. Real Sociedad - vacant
6. Malaga - vacant
7. Betis - Pepe Mel
8. Rayo - Paco Jemez (just renewed through 2015)
9. Sevilla - Unai Emery
10. Getafe - Luis Garcia (being linked with Wigan job)
11. Levante - Juan Ignacio Martinez
12. Espanyol - Javier Aguirre
13. Athletic - vacant
14. Valladolid - vacant
15. Granada - Lucas Alcaraz
16. Osasuna - Jose Luis Mendilibar

José Mourinho chants

Essien scores and celebrates with Daddy

100 points

What an amazing goal by Banega

:yikes:The awkward moment when i realize that RM have conceded more goals in La Liga than us this season

And now it's Banega scoring a great goal and moments later he converts a penalty as well, 2:1 for Sevilla. And now red card for Jonas as well.

Banega Superstar can't even deliver the CL for Valencia!

So happy to see Real Sociedad make the CL. I think they have a much better job of keeping their team together than Valencia. Just have to find a proper replacement for Montanier.

Sad to see Depor heading back to the second division but they are in a real mess. Wish both of the Galician sides could have stayed up but happy for Celta Vigo. They will have a big job to replace Aspas next year but hopefully they can consolidate and move onwards.

Balack was Coward wrote:Well I don't judge players solely on assists and goals anyway so it doesn't really matter, Banega is much more than a "stat padder". You will see when he leads Argentina to a World Cup.

Gago is preferred for Argentina.

Banega is excellent though. I would LOVE him at Spurs.

Just saw That ronaldo finish the season with "only" 34 goals in la liga, has he now return to a "normal" level are is this season just a dip in form.

Juppista wrote:Juan Carlos Valeron has announced he will retire at the end of the season. The Spanish Zidane. Legend.

He and Luque...and that Deportivo team.

Great stuff.

ESPN la liga team of the season

http://m.espn.go.com/general/blogs/blogpost?blogname=tacticsandanalysis&id=1485

Pretty good team,wouldn't have oil there though, would have the kid from R.S their instead.

Adriano is a big no as well.

Also no varane Madrid conceded more goals than us which is pretty shocking, he was something else for about 10 games, but has return to a normal level over the past couple of games.

Godin or Miranda

Juppista wrote:La liga managerial merry-go-round already in motion....

1. Real Madrid - vacant
2. Barcelona - Tito Vilanova (?)
3. Atletico - Diego Simeone
4. Valencia - Ernesto Valverde (6 month contract expires in June, being linked with Athletic and Barcelona)
5. Real Sociedad - vacant
6. Malaga - vacant
7. Betis - Pepe Mel
8. Rayo - Paco Jemez (just renewed through 2015)
9. Sevilla - Unai Emery
10. Getafe - Luis Garcia (being linked with Wigan job)
11. Levante - Juan Ignacio Martinez
12. Espanyol - Javier Aguirre
13. Athletic - vacant
14. Valladolid - vacant
15. Granada - Lucas Alcaraz
16. Osasuna - Jose Luis Mendilibar

Valverde will not be continuing on in Valencia. Looking like he will be the new Athletic manager.

Meanwhile Djukic who just left Valladolid is be linked with the Valencia job.

And Argentine Gerardo Martino with REal Sociedad.

Btw, Montanier signed a few 3 years contract with Rennes. They are one of the biggest underachievers in France for years, maybe it will be him who will finally change it.

Also, Villarreal defeated Barcelona B 3:0 yesterday, with around 10k Yellow Submarine fans going to Catalunya to watch game live. Barcelonad had a lot of good scoring opportunities in 1st half, but Juan Carlos had an amazing game.

Villarreal needs a win or a draw (0:0 or 1:1) against Almeria next week to win back a promotion to Primera. Hopefully they will finish a job at El Madrigal.

Llorente steps downs as president of Valencia and will be replaced by Amadeo Salvo.

Djukic presented as the new manager of Valencia.

http://www.whoscored.com/Blog/iumflskdvkwzvspwm4gmaq/Show/League-Focus-WhoScoreds-La-Liga-Team-of-the-Season

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