La Liga Jornada 25

DINHO!!!!!!!!!

Was not offside, brilliant goal. I was just thinking to myself during the first 10 mins - "this match is quite tight, Sevilla aren't giving us any space in midfield...it's going to take some individual magic for us to score a goal". And Giuly promptly pops up with that amazing run and assist.

Great pass by Hugo Viana, as usual. Not the first time Mori has scored from one of his plays. They seem to work well together.

Luso wrote:Great pass by Hugo Viana, as usual. Not the first time Mori has scored from one of his plays. They seem to work well together.

Was a superb cross.

Penalty on Dinho and red card for Ocio just when Sevilla was getting the upper hand,

Dinho's penalty is saved!!

Oleguerisntthatbad wrote:Penalty on Dinho and red card for Ocio just when Sevilla was getting the upper hand,

Surprise, surprise...

Really bad penalty by the way.. mid in goal and low ..

Jaime wrote:

Oleguerisntthatbad wrote:Penalty on Dinho and red card for Ocio just when Sevilla was getting the upper hand,

Surprise, surprise...

It was a penalty, no doubt that and Ocio was the last man..

Yes, but Villar is paying Ocio as well as the referees...didn't you know?

Yakubu>>>>>>>>>Ronaldinho

at penalties

Was a CLEAR penalty and red card as well, Ocio just threw his leg at Ronaldinho. Bad backpass by Sevilla to put Ocio in a tough situation, but it was Ronaldinho's amazing first touch that really made the chance.

The penalty wasn't that bad, it was excellent keeping by Palop to reach it with his legs.

Iniesta clears a header off the line.. Sevilla doesn't realise that they are a man down..

Kanouté>>>All

Renato off injured.. Martí on..

Oleguer having an absolute shocker, someone wake him up.

btw, it appears we are playing 3-4-3 again, except this time it's a slightly different version. This is what it looks like to me:

Valdes
Oleguer-Marquez-Puyol
Zambrotta-Xavi-Iniesta-Gio
Giuly-Ronaldinho-Messi

Rijkaard has stumbled upon a new, very fluid and flexible, formation.

Kershakov equalises.. again we fail to control Alves..

kas wrote:Oleguer having an absolute shocker, someone wake him up.

he isnt that bad.

Oleguerisntthatbad wrote:Kershakov equalises.. again we fail to control Alves..

And again we drop the intensity and concentration after a goal (and this time being a man up as well).

Superb turn and finish though.

borocooper wrote:

kas wrote:Oleguer having an absolute shocker, someone wake him up.

he isnt that bad.

From my point of view Gio is the problem..

La la la la la la....

Great result, I think they should just end the game right now.

This is all down to Kanouté...all hail the king

Either we need to put a proper LB in, or tell Gio to man-mark Alves.

Jaime wrote:Great result, I think they should just end the game right now.

They should end the season now too, we'll be champions and it'll prevent you falling further down the table

kas wrote:

Jaime wrote:Great result, I think they should just end the game right now.

They should end the season now too, we'll be champions and it'll prevent you falling further down the table

I would actually be ok with that...at least we would make the CL qualifiers.

We need to put on Guddy/Eto'o/Saviola on..

Hmm am I right in thinking we were playing for a draw. To begin with anyway?

Yeah, someone has to pressure that hole in Sevilla's defense. They've already been forced into a change by Renato's injury so Juande won't have much room to change things around.

The 1-1 is tough on us IMO, we mostly controlled the midfield and Sevilla have been completely flat except for Dani Alves, who has been the one creating all their danger and their goal as well. An increase in tempo in the 2nd half and the win is well within our grasp.

TheCrazy58 wrote:Hmm am I right in thinking we were playing for a draw. To begin with anyway?

Not really, I think we just fell into the trap of a false sense of security after being a goal and a man up...Sevilla will certainly play for the draw now though.