QF Copa del Rey

tonight the quarter final stage for the Copa del Rey gets underway. Real Madrid have been unlucky not to get here, and Valencia had been thoroughly outplayed by Getafe in the previous round. Favourites must be Barcelona and Sevilla even if there are some proper cup teams lining up to meet them:

Zaragoza is the "black beast" or "Angstgegner" of the azulgrana, having knocked them out at this stage in the previous two seasons and losing finalists last year.
Betis won the cup two seasons ago and are now lining up to eliminate their city rivals Sevilla, who are riding high in the league, as opposed to the Béticos, who can now have one over them and renew one of the fiercest football rivalries in the world.

the games:

Getafe - Osasuna (20:00h local time)
Deportivo - Valladolid (20:00h)
Barcelona - Zaragoza (22:00h)
Sevilla - Betis (21:00h Thursday)

these are games played in home and away rounds, btw.
The second leg will be at the end of the month, right squeezed inbetween the Liverpool games for Barça.


betting odds:

FC Barcelona 2.25
FC Sevilla 3.65
Real Zaragoza 7.00
Deportivo La Coruna 13.00
Getafe 13.00
Osasuna 15.00
Betis 19.00
Valladolid 31.00

I wouldn't bet on Sevilla, Barcelona or Valladolid with these odds.

I have a feeling in my waters that Valladolid will knock Depor out

are you going to the game, LSR, or are you only going when RM visit?

toon h wrote:are you going to the game, LSR, or are you only going when RM visit?

Na i dont tend to watch Depor games unless we play them or they play against big teams, besides its foooking freezing !

La Saeta Rubia wrote:

toon h wrote:are you going to the game, LSR, or are you only going when RM visit?

Na i dont tend to watch Depor games unless we play them or they play against big teams, besides its foooking freezing !

Are you from Galicia??!!

HT Deportivo 0 Valladolid 1 (Manchev)
HT Getafe 2 Osasuna 0 (Guiza, Alexis)

update:

Depor 1 - Valladolid 1

Getafe 3 - Osasuna 0

Getafe will practically seal their place in the semis if they can manage to keep a clean sheet. Goals from Guiza (10'), Alexis (38') and Maris (62').

What do you guys think of this Alexis? Great prospect it seems and destined for greater things.

Valladolid look to get an excellent result. Pablo Alvarez managed to equal the score on the night though for Depor.

Deportivo are now ahead 2-1 (Rivera).

toon h wrote:
What do you guys think of this Alexis? Great prospect it seems and destined for greater things.

His buyout clause is only 7 m. euro or something like that. I'd love to have him at Real Madrid next season, we need to stop buying defenders from Italy!

Jaime wrote:

toon h wrote:
What do you guys think of this Alexis? Great prospect it seems and destined for greater things.

His buyout clause is only 7 m. euro or something like that. I'd love to have him at Real Madrid next season, we need to stop buying defenders from Italy!

he'll be snapped up for sure. The only question will be by whom?

toon h wrote:

Jaime wrote:

toon h wrote:
What do you guys think of this Alexis? Great prospect it seems and destined for greater things.

His buyout clause is only 7 m. euro or something like that. I'd love to have him at Real Madrid next season, we need to stop buying defenders from Italy!

he'll be snapped up for sure. The only question will be by whom?

We've been the only big team linked with him..

so far, TM, so far...

Barcelona line up with:

Jorquera,
Oleguer, Puyol, Márquez & Zambrotta
Xavi, Edmílson & Deco
Iniesta, Ronaldinho & Saviola

against Zaragoza's:

César; Diogo, Sergio F., G. Milito, Juanfran; Piqué, Zapater; D'Alessandro, Oscar, S. García; D. Milito

I think Aimar was injured. Nice to see Diogo back after the 5 match ban.

im pretty sure we wont get him because rarely do we make such a sensible deal. i figure that if we still have cappello it will be someone from italy.

the game is on TV3 here, so I'll be logging off in a moment.

see you guys later...

BTW: Did you know Sport think Cristiano Ronaldo will come to Barça? If they say so, it must be true...

Adios Toon H.

final scores:

Getafe 3 - Osasuna 0
Depor 4 - Valladolid 1

a couple of late strikes must surely seal the round for Depor. Getafe seem to have 1,5 legs in the semis...

What's Alexis' nationality?

I think Getafe are looking very good for the Cup this year, with a good defence you'll always do well in knockout competitions.

I think Alexis is Spanish, no?

Depor 4-1 looks like me waters were wrong as always

@ Calidade

Alexis is Spanish.

@ Oleguer

I'm not from Galicia but i live here yes

As for our game against Zaragoza, we're certainly looking lively and dominating the play. No goals yet though, approx. 30 mins gone.

Shit finish by Iniesta when he was 1v1 with the goalkeeper.

Ahh, penalty given to us, I think...

Oh, never mind, it was just a yellow to Diogo for abusing the ref. No penalty.

Iniesta should have scored that ... Whats with the Poo Camp ? Its empty !

La Saeta Rubia wrote:Iniesta should have scored that ... Whats with the Poo Camp ? Its empty !

You know how it is, nobody cares about the Copa. Plus it looks quite cold there.

Zambrotta has been absolute class.

What a save by Jorquera ! Gutted !

Ufff off the post, unlucky Zaragoza, whats that the second shot off th epost for them

La Saeta Rubia wrote:What a save by Jorquera ! Gutted !

Yeah, quality Showing Txiki what he thinks of Ustari rumours

(though no doubt in the 2nd leg he'll make a mistake...he makes one every 2 or 3 games on average, but is solid the rest of the time).


Zaragoza getting into the game now, shot off the post. We don't have any good final balls, despite our possession in the last third of the pitch.