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m4nunited

07-08-2009, 05:10 PM

RCTI Stop Tayangkan Liga Spanyol
Doni Wahyudi - detiksport

Jakarta - Kepindahan banyak bintang dunia ke Real Madrid sepertinya tak akan bisa dinikmati penggila bola tanah air. RCTI yang dalam beberapa tahun terakhir rutin menyiarkan Liga Spanyol, stop menayangkan siaran tersebut musim ini.

"Benar, season berikutnya Liga Spanyol tak lagi tayang di RCTI. Kebetulan kontraknya habis musim lalu dan kami tidak memperpanjang," ucap Direktur Programing RCTI, Harsiwi Achmad, dalam perbincangan dengan detiksport, Jumat (7/8/2009).

Disebutkan Harsiwi, ada beberapa alasan yang membuat stasiun televisi swasta tertua di tanah air itu tak lagi menanyangkan siaran langsung pertandingan Raul Gonzales, Diego Forlan dan Lionel Messi cs. Selain harga hak siar yang semakin mahal karena harga terus meningkat, jam tayang pertandingan yang dinihari WIB juga jadi faktor utama menyetop program tersebut.

"Kebetulan haknya habis musim lalu (2008/09). Kita ditawarkan untuk renew, tapi kemudian ada beberapa pertimbangan. Yang pertama adalah harganya yang terlalu mahal, untuk tayangan dinihari. Jam tayangnya juga tak mendukung rating. Selain itu di Indonesia minat terhadap La Liga bisa dibilang paling rendah," sambung Harsiwi.

Disinggung soal banyaknya pemain bintang yang kini merumput di "Tanah Matador", Harsiwi menyebut hal tersebut tak otomatis membuat kompetisi tersebut menjadi lebih gemerlap. Yang jelas keputusan untuk tak melanjutkan tayangan Liga Spanyol diambil sebelum Madrid membangun Los Galacticos jilid keduanya.

"Mereka meminta harganya minimal naik 30% (dibanding kontrak sebelumnya). Padahal di kontrak berdurasi tiga tahun yang kami beli sebelumnya, meski harganya fix, namun setiap tahun juga ada kenaikan."

"Selama ini kami tak punya sponsor utama untuk menayangkan Liga Spanyol. Semua biaya ditanggung sendiri oleh RCTI. RCTI pure melakukan pembiayaan sendiri untuk menayangkannya dengan cost yang sampai berdarah-darah," lanjut dia bergurau.

Sebelumnya RCTI membeli hak siar Liga Spanyol dari agensi SportFive, meski tahun ini distributor tak lagi sama. Di stasiun televisi mana tayangan Liga Spanyol bisa disaksikan, hingga kini belum diketahui karena beberapa stasiun televisi swasta terestrial masih melakukan proses penawaran.

Meski kehilangan siaran Liga Spanyol, RCTI terus melanjutkan komitmennya untuk menayangkan kompetisi antarklub papan atas Eropa, Liga Champions. Kompetisi yang musim lalu dimenangi Barcelona tersebut akan tetap berada di RCTI sampai musim 2011.

"Liga Champions aman di RCTI. Kami sudah perpanjang kontraknya, mulai dari 2009 sampai 2011," pungkas Harsiwi. ( din / a2s )

angga_depitianto

07-08-2009, 06:23 PM

marsel david

08-08-2009, 09:49 AM

waah EPL kemaren2 semper ga ada yang menyiarkan...
Serie A masih 50 : 50
sekarang La Liga bakal menghilang juga dari dunia pertelevisian Indonesia..
lama2 nonton bola di tv lokal ga akan ada yang gratis nih...

Red Army

08-08-2009, 04:21 PM

sepakbola mulai menjadi industri yg serius di Indonesia.
gratis kayaknya menjadi masa lalu deh...

marsel david

09-08-2009, 01:36 PM

berita duka dari La Liga nih..

Minggu, 09/08/2009 04:24 WIB

Kapten Espanyol Meninggal Dunia
Narayana Mahendra Prastya - detiksport

Daniel Jarque (Reuters)
Coviciana - Espanyol tengah berduka menyusul kepergian kapten tim Daniel Jarque yang meninggal dunia akibat serangan jantung. Pemain itu ditemukan oleh rekan-rekannya meninggal di dalam hotel.

AFP pada Minggu (9/8/2009) dinihari memberitakan Jarque meninggal di sebuah hotel di Coviciana, Italia tempat tim menginap selama menjalani tur pra-musim di Negeri Pisa itu.

Pemain berusia 26 tahun itu diketahui oleh rekan-rekannya meninggal, setelah mereka menyadari sang kapten tidak muncul pada saat makan.

Espanyol melalui situs resminya mengkonfirmasi meninggalnya Jarque. "RCD Espanyol merasa sangat berduka. Kami mengajak Anda semua untuk berbagi dengan keluarga Dani Jorquera yang kini tengah berada dalam kesedihan."

Dalam situs resmi klub, Espanyol mengatakan bahwa Jarque sempat mendapatkan pertolongan medis. "Pertolongan medis dengan mengikuti prosedur CPR dan sebagainya telah dilakukan. Namun jantung pemain tidak memberikan respon dan akhirnya ia meninggal dunia."

Jarque dilahirkan pada 1 Januari 1983. Ia mengawali karirnya di tim yunior Espanyol pada tahun 1995. Enam tahun di sana, ia masuk tim senior di Espanyol B. Mulai tahun 2002, Jarque masuk tim senior Espanyol.

Pemain bernomor punggung 21 ini ditunjuk sebagai kapten Los Periquitos musim depan, menggantikan Raul Tamudo. Namun sayang, takdir sudah berkata lain. Selamat jalan, Jarque. ( nar / din )

tumpal_oneunited

09-08-2009, 02:57 PM

Liat aksi Kaka, CR9, Messi, Ibra dimana yak...?? 8->
Lama-lama Udah ga ada yang gratisan lagi neh.....

marsel david

11-08-2009, 07:44 PM

Kematian Jarque Cemaskan Pemain Spanyol
Fajar Pratama - detiksport

Reuters
Barcelona - Kematian Dani Jarque merupakan satu dari sejumlah kasus serupa yang menimpa pemain Spanyol dalam beberapa tahun terakhir. Hal itu pun mengundang kekhawatiran besar para pemain dari "Negeri Matador".

Jarque yang merupakan kapten dari Espanyol ditemukan meninggal dunia di salah satu hotel di Italia pada akhir pekan silam. Pria berusia 26 tahun itu terkena
serangan jantung.

Ini bukan pertama kalinya kasus penyakit jantung menimpa pemain Spanyol. Dua tahun silam, pemain Sevilla, Antonio Puerta, meninggal di tengah-tengah laga karena sebab yang sama.

Sementara musim lalu, gelandang Real Madrid, Ruben de La Red mendadak tergeletak di tengah permainan, namun nyawanya tertolong. Sejauh ini dokter belum bisa menemukan penyebab dari kejadian itu.

Menurut kapten Sevilla, Andres Palop, yang merupakan satu dari sejumlah saksi yang menyaksikan peristiwa tragis yang menimpa Puerta, dirinya merasa cemas terhadap kejadian yang menimpa Jarque.

"Ini merupakan kehilangan besar. Sekali lagi ini menimpa pemain muda, yang masih memiliki masa depan panjang membentang di depannya. Saya tidak ingin melihat kejadian seperti ini lagi, tapi ternyata terjadi lagi," tukasnya seperti dilansir Reuters.

"Hal ini mulai membuat Anda khawatir. Kami melakukan tes medis, namun belum juga dapat mendeteksi kasus ini. Kami berharap mereka dapat mengkhususkan permasalahan untuk mencoba mengembangkan pendeteksian sehingga hal seperti ini tidak perlu terjadi lagi."

Apa yang diutarakan oleh Palop diamini sepenuhnya oleh gelandang Villareal, Santi Cazorla, dan pemain Liverpool, Albert Riera. Kedua pemain internasional Spanyol itu juga merasa khawatir terhadap rentetan kejadian naas yang menimpa rekan-rekan senegaranya.

"Ini aneh, terdapat banyak kasus dalam waktu yang dekat. Ini membuat Anda berpikir bahwa hal semacam itu bisa terjadi pada biasa saja," ujar Cazorla.

"Tentu saja hal ini merupakan sesuatu yang menjadi keprihatinan kami. Mereka mengatakan bahwa tidak mungkin untuk memprediksi permasalahan ini, karena tidak ada tanda-tanda sebelumnya, dengan pengecualian pada apa yang terjadi pada De la Red," tukas Riera.

( roz / roz )

angga_depitianto

12-08-2009, 02:22 AM

bener juga yaa,,,
setelah puerta ditaun 2007,,
trus de la red yang masih selamat,,
sekarang jarque..
ada apa dengan sepakbola spanyol??

finza_13

18-08-2009, 07:28 PM

Selasa, 18/08/2009 15:24 WIB

Mahal, Indovision Tak Tayangkan La Liga
Arya Perdhana - detiksport

Jakarta - Setelah mendapatkan hak siar pertandingan Liga Inggris dan Liga Italia, Indovision ternyata tidak tertarik membeli hak siar Liga Spanyol. Faktor biaya jadi hambatan utama.

Liga Italia menjadi jualan teranyar Indovision setelah akhir pekan kemarin stasiun televisi berbayar ini dipastikan mendapatkan hak siar Liga Inggris. Tetapi tampaknya La Liga tidak masuk dalam rencana mereka.

"Cukup Liga Italia dan Liga Inggris saja. Lagipula sudah ada Liga Champions," tukas Corporate Secretary Indovision Aria Mahendra Sinulingga menjawab pertanyaan detiksport, Selasa (18/8/2009).

Liga Spanyol musim ini dipastikan berlangsung meriah dengan kehadiran bintang-bintang kelas wahid seperti Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka dan Karim Benzema di Real Madrid atau Zlatan Ibrahimovic di kubu Barcelona.

Namun kemeriahan La Liga terancam tidak dapat dinikmati pencinta sepakbola di Indonesia karena RCTI, pemegang hak siar musim lalu, memutuskan tidak membeli hak siar musim 2009-10. Indovision yang masih satu induk dengan RCTI mengaku tidak akan mengambil alih hak siar itu.

"Kalau sayang, tidak juga ya. Sepakbola itu mahal. Jadi, tidak akan ada satu operator yang menguasai seluruh liga. Itu sangat mahal. Dilihat dari penjualan juga tidak memungkinkan," papar Aria.

"Jadi, kami harus selektif memilih mana yang akan ditayangkan," pungkasnya.

Red Army

20-08-2009, 07:16 PM

bukan krn mahalnya tp krn jam tayang kurang bersahabat, gile aja tiap malam minggu begadang :(

marsel david

20-08-2009, 07:36 PM

yaaa.... jadi la liga disiarin dimana donk...

hendiplast

28-08-2009, 03:36 PM

Soal La Liga, TvOne Masih Nego
Rossi Finza Noor - detiksport

Jakarta - Usaha TvOne untuk menayangkan Liga Spanyol belum membuahkan hasil. Negosiasi mereka dengan pihak pemegang hak siar La Liga masih belum menemukan kata sepakat.

Musim lalu La Liga tayang di RCTI. Namun mereka stop menayangkannya musim ini karena beberapa sebab. Selain harga hak siar yang semakin mahal karena harga terus meningkat, jam tayang pertandingan yang dinihari WIB juga jadi faktor utama menyetop program tersebut.

Mengingat banyaknya pemain bintang yang kini berlaga di Liga Spanyol, seperti Kaka dan Cristiano Ronaldo, tentunya banyak yang mengharapkan siaran gratis Liga Spanyol di tanah air. Usaha itulah yang kemudian tengah dirintis TvOne.

Namun demikian, belum ada kata deal dari negosiasi antara TvOne dan pihak distributor. Aqcuisition Manager TvOne Antariksawan Yusuf mengaku pihaknya bernegosiasi melalui perantara pihak distributor asal Australia, FSA Media.

"Belum. Saat ini kita masih nego," ujarnya kepada detiksport. "Kita masih ngomongin soal harga," lanjut dia, meski menolak memberitahukan harga yang tengah dinegosiasikan.

Antariksawan juga mengungkapkan bahwa pihak TvOne masih terus berusaha untuk mencapai kata sepakat. Tadinya ia berharap bahwa kata deal bisa tercapai hari ini.

"Liganya kan mau dimulai akhir pekan ini, ya tadinya kita harap sebelum itu dimulai. Tadinya kita harap deal bisa selesai hari ini, tapi ternyata belum bisa," tukasnya.

zudomiriku

12-09-2009, 02:37 PM

TvOne Siarkan La Liga Pekan Depan
Reky Herling Kalumata - detiksport

Jakarta - Aksi Cristiano Ronaldo bersama Real Madrid akhirnya bisa Anda saksikan. TvOne telah memastikan akan menayangkan Liga Spanyol yang akan dimulai pada pekan depan.

Setelah La Liga lepas dari RCTI, para pecinta sepakbola Spanyol sempat tidak mendapat kepastian TV mana yang akan menyiarkan kompetis tersebut. Namun TvOne akhirnya memastikan bahwa mereka akan menyiarkan La Liga tersebut.

"Kontraknya belum ditanda tangani secara resmi tapi mengenai harga kita sudah deal. Jadi sudah 99 persen siap menayangkan La Liga," kata Acqusition Manajer TvOne Antariksawan Jusuf saat dihubungi detiksport, Sabtu (12/9/2009).

Sebelumnya dikabarkan TvOne sudah akan menyiarkan pertandingan La Liga antara Espanyol kontra Real Madrid Minggu dinihari (13/9/2009). Namun TvOne memastikan bahwa mereka baru akan menayangkan laga La Liga pekan depan.

"Kita mundur menayangkan La Liga menjadi minggu depan karena masalah termin pembayaran saja. Waktunya sangat mempet antara distributor di Australia dengan pihak Spanyol. Jadi kita tunda dulu hingga pekan depan," jelas Antariksawan.

TvOne rencananya akan menayangkan tiga pertandingan pada hari Minggu hingga Senin dinihari. Sedangkan hari Sabtu, TvOne telah lebih dulu menayangkan dua pertandingan Premiership.

"Sabtu kita sudah punya dua pertandingan Liga Inggris. Jadi rencananya hari Minggu kita menayangkan pertandingan secara live pada pukul 22.00 dan 24.00, serta pertandingan pada dinihari," terangnya.

Red Army

12-09-2009, 02:51 PM

asikk...dapat liat CR lagi...hehehe
terutama El Clasico yg super vuanas...

Ucup Carrick

12-09-2009, 03:19 PM

syukurlah...bisa liat barca dan madrid...

tumpal_oneunited

12-09-2009, 06:52 PM

akhirnya...bisa nonton liga spanyol juga...
mantabss... :thumbup:
thanx tv one.. :happy:

Red Army

15-09-2009, 04:03 PM

Barca & Madrid bersaing ketat dlm jumlah gol di detiap pertandingannya, La Liga gak mengenal selisih gol untuk penentuan juara

marsel david

17-09-2009, 06:39 PM

TvOne Belum Pasti Siarkan La Liga Pekan Ini
Reky Herling Kalumata - detiksport

AFP
Jakarta - Para pecinta sepakbola Liga Spanyol tampaknya masih harus bersabar. TvOne belum dapat memastikan bisa menayangkan pertandingan aksi klub-klub Spanyol di akhir pekan ini.

TvOne memang telah mendapatkan hak siar menayangkan pertandingan La Liga. Namun ada kabar tidak sedap yaitu bahwa jadwal penayangan yang seharusnya dilakukan pada akhir pekan ini terancam mundur.

"Dekodernya baru sampai dari Spanyol pada hari Sabtu. Jadi kita belum bisa memastikan tayang Minggu ini atau tidak," kata Acqusition Manajer TvOne Antariksawan Jusuf saat dihubungi detiksport, Kamis (17/9/2009).

Antariksawan mengungkapkan bahwa dekorder tersebut dibutuhkan untuk menangkap siaran pertandingan yang dikirim lewat satelit. Dia menegaskan, bahwa ini hanya masalah teknis saja karena masalah hak siar memang sudah oke.

"Kemungkinan kita menerima dekoder tersebut pada hari Sabtu dan mungkin kita akan mengecek kembali untuk siaran. Tapi kemungkinan bisa tayang Minggu ini atau tidak kita belum berani memastikan," tukasnya. ( key / a2s )

nu_reccayasha

22-09-2009, 09:05 AM

Capdevila: Villarreal Akan Hentikan Madrid
Selasa, 22/9/2009 | 00:57 WIB

VILLARREAL, KOMPAS.com - Bek Villarreal, Joan Capdevila, optimistis timnya bisa mengatasi Real Madrid dalam lanjutan Divisi Primera, di Stadion El Madrigal, Rabu (23/9). Menurutnya, itu akan menjadi momen bagus untuk memulihkan kepercayaan diri sekaligus menandai kebangkitan Villarreal.

Villarreal baru saja menderita kekalahan 2-3 dari Athletic Bilbao, Minggu (20/9). Hasil itu membuat mereka memperpanjang rekor tak pernah menang sejak Divisi Primera musim ini bergulir. Mereka pun tersendati di peringkat ke-17 dengan dua poin dari tiga laga.

"Betul bahwa kami belum mendapat awal yang baik musim ini, (menyusul) raihan dua angka dari tiga laga musim ini dan ini adalah kemunduran bagi aspirasi tim," ujarnya.

"Sekalipun kami tidak menang dari Athletic (Bilbao), pertarungan melawan Real Madrid datang di waktu yang baik. Aku yakin, bila mengalahkan mereka (Madrid), secara psikologis, kami akan mendapat lebih," tambahnya.

Bila mampu merealisasikan ambisi itu, Villarreal akan menjadi tim pertama yang mengganjal laju Real Madrid. Sejak Divisi Primera musim ini digelar, Madrid tercatat selalu menang. Terakhir, mereka membantai tim promosi, Xerez, 5-0.

nu_reccayasha

22-09-2009, 09:48 AM

La Liga Bukan Milik Barca & Madrid
Selasa, 22 September 2009 - 08:11 wib
Fetra Hariandja - Okezone

BARCELONA - Bila publik sepakbola dunia ditanya klub mana yang bertarung memperebutkan gelar juara La Liga. Pasti dalam pikiran Anda terbesit nama dua klub yaitu Barcelona dan Real Madrid.

Arsitek El Barca Josep Guardiola langsung memenantahkan penilaian Anda tersebut. Guardiola menyatakan perebutan gelar juara La Liga bukan hanya dilakukan timnya dan Los Galaticos.

Bahkan kedua klub diklaim Guardiola tidak bisa disebut sebagai kandidat utama yang akan memenangkan gelar.

Hingga pekan ketiga ini, hanya Atletico Madrid yang mampu menyamai perolehan angka Madrid dan Barca yaitu sembilan poin. Sedangkan Valencia dan Sevilla baru mengantongi tujuh poin.

"Masih terlalu dini mengatakan La Liga akan menjadi duel antara kami dan Real Madrid. Kami telah mulai dengan baik di La Liga dan Liga Champions. Tapi itu terlalu dini. Tanda baiknya adalah kami memiliki ruang untuk memperbaiki kelemajan," kata Guardiola kapada AS, Selasa (22/9/2009).

Guardiola menegaskan satu-satunya kendala timnya meraih gelar adalah jadwal pertandingan yang padat.

"Kalender akan menjadi salah satu musuh utama kami. Kami sudah tahu, tidak ada Rabu yang bebas. Tahun lalu maish sama, sepuluh dan lima belas tahun yang lalu juga sama. Barca selalu mengalami hal ini," pungkasnya.

nu_reccayasha

24-09-2009, 08:16 AM

Piatti Buyarkan Kemenangan Atletico
Narayana Mahendra Prastya - detiksport
Kamis, 24/09/2009 03:42 WIB

Madrid - Atletico Madrid masih belum berhasil menorehkan kemenangan pertamanya musim ini. Kali ini aktor penjegal Atleti adalah pemain sayap Almeria Pablo Piatti. Alhasil, Atleti harus puas bermain seri 2-2.

Atletico Madrid menjamu Almeria dalam laga lanjutan Liga Spanyol, Kamis (24/9/2009).
Atletico punya kesempatan membuka skor melalui titik putih di menit ke-18 usai Diego Forlan diganjal Fernando Soriano. Namun eksekusi yang dilepas striker asal Uruguay itu melenceng dari sasaran.

Tim tamu membuka skor di menit ke-26 lewat sebuah serangan balik. Umpan Albert Crusat sukses dituntaskan oleh Pablo Piatti untuk merobek gawang tuan rumah.

Dua menit berselang, Cleber Santana mencetak gol penyama. Setelahnya, tim berjuluk Los Colchoneros itu terus menekan. Namun hingga babak pertama berakhir, skor tetap sama kuat 1-1.

Forlan menebus kesalahannya 11 menit selepas jeda. Memanfaatkan bola sodoran Jose Jurado, Forlan kali ini sukses merobek gawang tim tamu dan membuat kedudukan menjadi 2-1 bagi Atletico.

Piatti kembali menjadi momok bagi pasukan Abel Resino. Semenit menjelang laga ditutup, winger Almeria ini mencetak gol keduanya sekaligus mengubah skor menjadi 2-2.

Di masa injury time, Atletico yang mendominasi laga dengan 61 persen penguasaan bola gagal menambah skor. Angka 2-2 bertahan hingga peluit akhir ditiupkan.

Hasil ini membuat Los Colchoneros terkunci di peringkat kedua dari dasar klasemen sementara dengan poin dua, hasil dari dua kali seri dan dua kali kalah.

sir_al_ex_85

24-09-2009, 09:30 AM

woww....Ronnie semakin merajalela.

Satu golnya saat melawan Villareal membukukan rekor sempurna buat Madrid so far.

He's a player that can make history.

Salute

:happy::happy::happy::happy::happy:

hendiplast

26-09-2009, 10:50 AM

Guardiola Dukung Florentino Perez

http://www.kompas.com/data/photo/2009/09/17/0528386p.jpg

BARCELONA, KOMPAS.com - Pelatih Barcelona, Josep "Pep" Guardiola mendukung rencana Presiden Real Madrid, Florentino Perez dan Federasi Sepak Bola Spanyol (LFP) memajukan jadwal pertandingan Divisi Primera supaya bisa bersaing dengan Premier League. Menurutnya, ini akan semakin meningkatkan kualitas kompetisi, tidak hanya di lingkup lokal, tetapi juga internasional.

Divisi Primera diakui masih menjadi salah satu liga paling diminati dunia. Sayang, karena pertandingan digelar malam di Spanyol atau dini hari untuk negara lain, termasuk Indonesia, tayangan ini sepi penonton. Hal ini menjadi alasan stasiun televisi negara lain untuk tidak menayangkan siaran itu.

Keadaan itu disadar betul oleh LFP. Karenanya, mereka pun berniat memajukan jam tayang menjadi pukul 15.00 waktu setempat atau sekitar pukul 20.00 WIB, sehingga pertandingan mereka bisa dinikmati oleh lebih banyak orang di seluruh dunia, terutama di wilayah Asia dan Timur Jauh.

Usulan itu awalnya dikemukakan oleh Presiden Real Madrid, Florentino Perez. Ia menilai, kehadiran bintang-bintang top seperti Ricardo Kaka dan Cristiano Ronaldo di Divisi Primera merupakan barang dagangan laris. Menurutnya, sayang bila potensi itu tak tergali hanya karena masalah jadwal.

Perez berkaca kepada Premier League yang meski sedang kering bintang, tetap mendapat sambutan lebih luas karena jam pertandingan mereka lebih toleratif terhadap perbedaan waktu dunia. Ia memperhitungkan, bila Spanyol bisa mengikuti jadwal laga Inggris, maka dengan adanya Ronaldo dan Kaka, Spanyol berpeluang merebut pasar Premier League dan mengukuhkan diri sebagai liga terbaik.

Saran itu sendiri masih diperdebatkan. Pasalnya, perubahan jadwal otomatis mengubah keseharian kerja klub di semua jajaran. Namun, menurut Pep, bila itu baik, maka sebaiknya dicoba, karena, pada akhirnya, keuntungan akan dirasakan oleh klub dan, tentu saja, Spanyol.

"Bila bermain pukul 15.00 dirasa sesuai oleh presiden Real Madrid, (maka bisa dicoba). Bila mereka berpikir ini adalah saat yang tepat untuk menciptakan sumber (pemasukan) dari pasar mana pun, itu tidak apa-apa. Kita punya cukup pemain yang mampu bermain pukul 15.00. Bila ini menguntungkan setiap klub, maka lakukan saja," ungkapnya. (SPRT)

tumpal_oneunited

26-09-2009, 11:20 AM

nah gitu donk..
kalo jadwal la liga kek liga inggris..
kan lebih bersahabat bwt negara2 di asia..
jd ga trlalu malem2 bgt kalo mo nonton la liga..

zudomiriku

05-10-2009, 01:43 PM

Umur 16 Tahun Sudah Bikin Gol di La Liga
Andi Abdullah Sururi - detiksport

Valladolid - Sebuah rekor baru tercipta di pertandingan La Liga pekan keenam, Minggu (4/10/2009). Seorang pemain remaja dari Athletic Bilbao kini tercatat sebagai pencetak gol termuda di level top Liga Spanyol .

Adalah Iker Muniain si pencetak rekor baru tersebut ketika ia mencetak gol terakhir dalam laga Bilbao di kandang Valladolid, yang berkesudahan 2-2.

Di menit 77, pemain bernomor punggung 27 itu, yang baru turun ke lapangan di menit 63, menyambar sebuah bola liar di kotak penalti Valladolid dan menggetarkan gawang Jacobo Sanz.

Gol itu dibuat Muniain dalam usianya yang belum genap 17 tahun. Ia baru akan sweet seventeen pada 19 Desember mendatang. Situs resmi Bilbaio menyebut bahwa Muniain menjadi pemain termuda yang pernah mencetak gol di level La Liga.

Oom Panda

05-10-2009, 02:00 PM

good for him, cuman jangan sampai jadi sumber ekspos media aja.. ntar malah ga berkembang...

ferly_Liemz

23-11-2009, 02:38 PM

Senin, 23/11/2009 05:01 WIB

Valencia & Villarreal Sama-sama Menang
Fajar Pratama - detiksport

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Jakarta - Valencia berhasil masuk ke empat besar Liga Spanyol setelah menekuk Osasuna 3-1. Kemenangan juga diraih Villarreal yang membungkam Real Valladolid dengan skor serupa.

Dalam laga yang digelar di Estadio El Sadar, Senin (23/11/2009) dinihari WIB, Valencia berhasil mengamankan tiga angka melalui gol-gol yang masing-masing dillesakkan oleh David Villa, Davild Albelda, dan Carlos Marchena. Namun di pertengahan babak kedua Osasuna berhasil memperkecil kedudukan melalui Masoud Shojaej.

Dengan hasil ini Valencia berhak menempati posisi empat La Liga dengan 24 poin, tertinggal satu angka dari Sevilla yang tepat berada di atas mereka. Ada pun puncak klasemen diduduki oleh Real Madrid dengan nilai 28 dan dikuntit Barcelona yang hanya tertinggal satu angka.

Pada saat bersamaan Villareal berhasil memperbaiki peringkatnya ke urutan 11 setelah berhasil meraih kemenangan dari Valladolid dengan skor 3-1. Honorato da Silva Nilmar menjadi bintang kemenangan 'Kapal Selam Kuning' dengan sepasang golnya di menit tujuh dan 48.

Giuseppe Rossi berhasil mencetak gol ketiga Villarreal di menit 57 sebelum akhirnya Diego Costa dari Valladolid menggetarkan jala gawang Villarreal untuk memperkecil kedudukan.

Hasil lengkap Liga Spanyol Senin (23/11/2009) dinihari WIB

Espanyol 0 - 2 Getafe
Mallorca 3 - 1 Almeria
Villarreal 3 - 1 Valladolid
Xerez 0 - 0 Sporting Gijon
Malaga 1 - 1 Zaragoza
Osasuna 1 - 3 Valencia

zudomiriku

24-03-2010, 04:16 PM

Adios, Jimenez
Andi Abdullah Sururi - detiksport

Sevilla - Berakhir sudah kerja sama panjang Manuel 'Manolo' Jimenez dengan Sevilla. Pria 46 tahun itu diputuskan diberhentikan secara sepihak oleh klub tersebut, menyusul hasil jelek tim didikannya.

Jimenez dipecat tak lama setelah Los Rojiblancos ditahan 1-1 oleh tim promosi Xerez dalam lanjutan Liga Spanyol, Rabu (24/3/2010) dinihari WIB, di kandangnya sendiri.

Itu adalah kali ketujuh berturut-turut di semua kompetisi, termasuk lima di La Liga, Sevilla tak mampu memetik kemenangan. Mereka disingkirkan CSKA Moskow di babak 16 besar Liga Champions minggu lalu, serta masih di luar garis zona Eropa di klasemen domestik, terpaut satu angka dari tim peringkat empat, Mallorca.

"Direksi Sevilla FC memberhentikan Manolo Jimenez pada Selasa malam," demikian pernyataan klub dalam situs resminya.

Lebih lanjut disebutkan bahwa kendali latihan di hari Rabu ini akan diserahkan kepada pelatih kebugaran Ramon Orellana dan Ignacio Oria, sampai direksi memutuskan siapa yang akan menukangi Luis Fabiano dkk.

Hampir sepanjang karirnya Jimenez bekerja di kompleks Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan. Semasa aktif sebagai pemain -- berposisi bek kiri -- ia membela Sevilla selama 17 tahun (Sevilla B 1981-984, Sevilla 1984-1997). Hanya satu kali ia memperkuat tim lain, Real Jaen, tapi itupun hanya satu tahun (1997-1998) sebelum pensiun.

Setelah gantung sepatu Jimenez kembali ke klubnya dan menjadi pelatih tim B dari 2000 sampai 1997. Sepeninggal Juande Ramos yang direkrut Tottenham Hotspur, ia diangkat sebagai pelatih kepala tim senior.

Di tangan Jimenez Sevilla tidak memperoleh trofi apapun. Capaian terbaiknya adalah peringkat tiga La Liga musim 2008/2009.

rondwisan

20-05-2010, 09:00 AM

Atletico Madrid gagal meraih Double Winner setelah kalah 0-2 dari Sevilla pada final Copa del Rey semalem
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Cup glory for Sevilla
Soccernet - May 20, 2010, 8:18 AM UK

Goals from wingers Diego Capel and Jesus Navas earned Sevilla a Copa del Rey final victory over Atletico Madrid and their first trophy since 2007 at the Nou Camp on Wednesday.
The goals came early and late in the game, with Capel's strike giving Antonio Alvarez's side a dream start after five minutes and Navas' effort clinching the game in stoppage time.

Defeat ended Atletico's hopes of a historic cup double following the Europa League final win over Fulham last week.

Between the two goals, they were the better side, but were unable to break down a Sevilla side which claimed their fifth Copa del Rey success.

The Nou Camp was a sea of red and white - the colours of both teams - for the match, but it was Sevilla's followers who first had reason to cheer.

The Andalusians came close after just three minutes, when Navas got away down the right flank and set up Frederic Kanoute, who shot wide.

It was an early sign of how dangerous Sevilla could be on the break and in their next foray forward, Alvarez's side took the lead.

Navas saw his shot blocked and the ball fell to Capel, who curled an exquisite left-footed shot into the corner past a despairing David De Gea.

Atletico, who just a week ago ended a 14-year trophy drought with an extra-time win over the Cottagers, needed a response, and they almost found one straight away.

Just three minutes after Sevilla's opener, Atletico bombarded their opponent's goal with three shots in the space of a few seconds, but the Andalusians somehow managed to survive.

Aguero, Forlan and finally Tiago all saw their efforts blocked.

Luis Perea's shocking mistake then let in Sebastien Squillaci after 25 minutes, but the Frenchman's shot was tame and De Gea saved comfortably.

Atletico were enjoying the majority of the possession, though, and ended the half on top. Aguero headed wide with an open goal gaping after Palop had flapped at a corner.

The Sevilla keeper had saved well from Forlan before that, while the Uruguay striker also failed to hit the target from another decent opportunity.

But Atletico struggled to find their rhythm again early in the second period. Tiago tested Palop from distance early on, but Sevilla were soaking up the pressure quite comfortably after that and should have gone two ahead just short of the hour mark when Kanoute's clever back-heel found Alvaro Negredo unmarked with just De Gea to beat, but the Spain striker shot straight at the Atletico keeper and the chance was lost.

Players and coaches were then involved in a brawl on the touchline following Perea's sliding tackle on Capel in which he got both ball and man.

When the game got back under way, Atletico dominated. Forlan, Aguero and Raul Garcia all came close, but Sevilla were defending bravely and still looked dangerous on the break. Atletico threw everything at the Andalusians in the closing stages and that left space at the back.

Navas exploited that space, racing forward, taking the ball around De Gea and firing the ball past Alvaro Dominguez who was on the goalline.

The goal sparked wild celebrations and a pitch invasion as Sevilla, who clinched Champions League qualification in dramatic fashion at the weekend, celebrated a victorious end to the season.

rondwisan

19-07-2010, 03:28 PM

A-Z of Spanish football

A is for… Anti-Madridismo
Loudly boasting the world’s greatest players whilst armed with a giant chequebook, a sycophantic media and a self-professed ‘universalism’, Real Madrid’s mission is to ‘evangelize’ the world. Which not only makes them Spain’s most loved club, but also its most loathed. Already the alleged ‘government’s team’ and cheating recipients of refereeing favours, these days preening, arrogant Madrid are even more unpopular. Anti-Madridismo has become a defining feature of Spanish football, not just at Atletico and Barça. If you can see Madrid away, do. And brush up on your swearing before you go.

B is for… Bocadillo
Never mind the scarf, hat or replica shirt, it’s the bocadillo and the pet food [see ‘S’] that truly marks the Spanish football fan. All over the country, fans arrive at games armed with a giant bocadillo (French bread sandwich) wrapped in tinfoil like a silver baton, and ready to observe the strictest etiquette: nobody touches their bocadillo until half-time (not a single second before). That whistle is the cue for everyone to rip greedily at the foil. Open too soon, too late, or go without and you’ll be forever marked out as an amateur or a foreigner. Or, worse still, both.

C is for… Cantera
Spanish fans always seem to be banging on about rock-face excavation, for cantera means quarry but also refers to locally-mined talent or a club’s youth-team. Athletic Bilbao only use players from the cantera vasca (Basque quarry; those born or brought up, in footballing terms, in the Basque Country), while Real Madrid’s policy is often referred to as cracks y cantera (superstars and quarry).

D is for… Día Después, el
Now in its 14th year, Monday nights wouldn’t be the same without El Día Después (The Day After), the show that revolutionized football coverage and made producer, director and presenter Michael Robinson Spanish television’s biggest star. Part-Fantasy Football League, part-Football Focus and part-Match of the Day, El Día Después is a brilliant celebration of the politics, culture, society, theatre and madness of Spanish football. A show that puts everything else [see ‘E’, especially] to shame.

E is for… Estudio Estadio
Spain’s painfully ’70s Sunday night round-up and tackfest, a national institution despite ‘trendy’ graphics that might, just, have looked avant-garde when the programme first aired over 30 years ago. Hosted by the wet Juan Carlos Rivero and the cheesy Iñaki Cano with his brilliantly bushy moustache, it’s also the home of uber-interviewer and camera-lover Quique Guash – the self-styled players’ friend with the kind of nuclear orange tan normally reserved for stiletto tottering 45-year-olds at a Doncaster disco.

F is for… Fútbol sala
Why do Spaniards have such silky skills and tiny balls compared to the lump-and-hoof, battling English? Maybe the ubiquitous fútbol sala is the key – virtually non-contact, technique-dominated five-a-side with handball-style goals and a ball that doesn’t bounce or lift; that can’t be hoofed or headed; that one ex-Oviedo star aptly described as, ‘like a pudding’.

G is for… Galáctico
Inspired by Real Madrid’s out-of-this-world superstars, galáctico has become the most overused word in Spain and an infuriatingly easily wheeled-out headline. According to the sports press, there is a ‘Galactic Welcome’ every time Madrid’s players arrive anywhere, president Florentino Pérez's daughter getting hitched was a ‘Galactic Wedding’ and the club's healthy economic state was, really, a ‘Galactic Superavit.’

H is for… Hijo de puta
Son of a bitch; a phrase you’ll need to really enjoy any match and certainly the first thing you’ll learn, as David Beckham can testify. According to one overcome writer, Becks “arrived barefoot, like Christ” only to depart like Beelzebub nine months later having tried out his one bit of Spanish on a linesman. And been sent off.

I is for… I Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You
Spanish fans might have some comedy chants, but there are few real songs, aside from the official club hymns, which – Atlético apart – nobody actually sings during the match. One the Spanish do enjoy, though, is I Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You, adapting the ‘I love you baby’ chorus to Rob-er-to Caaaar-los or any other suitably named player.

J is for… Jornada
The jornada (lit. working day) is the latest round of games. So, Jornada 7 is the seventh week of the season; like UEFA speak’s ‘Match Day 7’ only without sounding completely stupid.

K is for… King’s Cup
(Copa del Rey). Spain’s devalued Cup competition is experiencing something of a revival, thanks to Madrid’s recent habit of getting to the final. And losing. Their defeat to Deportivo, on their 100th birthday and in their own stadium with Depor fans singing ‘happy birthday to you’, was an Anti-Madridista’s dream come true.

L is for… Lo que el ojo no ve Or
‘What the Eye Doesn’t See’. The most emblematic section of El Día Después [see ‘D’], where cameras catch what you didn’t – like the linesman who told a player to ‘go and take it up the arse!’

M is for… Maletín
The star of every season’s final weeks. As teams with nothing to play for face the direct rivals of teams with a lot to play for, the infamous maletín (suitcase) makes a sneaky appearance. Supplied by an interested third party, the suitcases are there to encourage otherwise unmotivated teams to try a little harder and are, so the allegations go, stuffed with food, wine and cigars. And sometimes even bundles of cash.

rondwisan

19-07-2010, 03:31 PM

N is for… Newspapers
Spain’s best-selling newspaper – by miles – is the sports daily Marca, shifting well over two million copies. Meanwhile, AS, Sport and El Mundo Deportivo, also sports (ie football) dailies, outsell most real newspapers too. Marca and AS make no secret of their preferences, dedicating eight pages a day to their beloved Real Madrid and sniping at their rivals, while Sport and Mundo Deportivo do the same for Barça. Even if there’s nothing much to say: when Madrid travelled to freezing Moscow, Marca helpfully published some photos of woolly gloves, scarves and hats.

O is for… Olé
OK, so everyone’s doing it these days – if and when their side manages to string a couple of passes together – but the Spanish started it. And they say it right. Olés aren’t the only thing taken from bullfighting, either: football stadiums also meet extreme brilliance and complete rubbish with a pañolada or hanky wave.

P is for… Peña
Even the most useless Spanish clubs have countless peñas, or supporters’ associations, usually based in a local bar with hams hanging from the ceiling and often named after a player (who’s then expected to donate shirts and turn up smiling at least once a year). In a country with a limited culture of away travelling, peñas based in enemy territory are often the only ones supporting their team, while they also arrange trips, show the games on telly, and dish out tickets. A great place to watch the match if you can’t get in.

Q is for… Quiniela
Spain’s football pools. Spanish dictator General Franco was one famous winner and so would Iker Casillas’s dad have been – had his son only remembered to post the coupon.

R is for… Real
As in Real Madrid. Just don’t call them that – Real on its own means nothing more than ‘royal’ and Madrid are not alone, far from it. There are Reals from Oviedo, Mallorca, and just about everywhere else. No one is simply Real: Madrid are ‘el Real’, but normally just Madrid, while ‘la Real’ are Real Sociedad [de Fútbol] (Royal Football Society), never just Sociedad. And while we’re at it, a few more pointers – place names tend to get dropped where the title is snazzy and not just ‘Real’ (Zaragoza, Valladolid, Betis) or unless someone else got there first. So, it’s Deportivo (which is simply Spanish for Sporting) not La Coruña, while poor Deportivo Alavés are just Alavés (ie from Alava province). Likewise, it’s Celta not Vigo, Rayo (bolt of lightning/stripe) not Vallecano (from Vallecas), and Racing rather than Santander. Athletic are from Bilbao while Atlético are from Madrid. Oh, and finally, there’s no such thing as the Primera Liga. The Spanish haven’t yet gone in for this ridiculous tournament name-change business – it’s La Liga and/or Primera (Division).

S is for… Sunflower seeds
Pipas in Spanish. Every ground is littered with empty sunflower seed shells. Skillfully shelled, separated and scoffed by Spaniards, sunflower seeds take some getting used to and most Brits give up, defeated and whining about rabbit food. But the Spanish can’t get enough: when Valencia visited Manchester United, Trafford’s pet shops sold out. Honestly.

T is for… Tosh
John Benjamin Toshack – Spaniards call him JB – has become a legend, even altering the official Spanish dictionary with his comedy habit of translating English idioms into Spanish. Literally. Like the time he got sacked for saying that pigs would fly over the Bernabeu, or when he had the poor, confused hacks hacking at their wrists with his bread and butter, water off a duck’s back and headless chickens.

U is for… Ultras
Normally wise to avoid this lot, even if all too often they’re the only ones making any noise. Every club has its ultras – hard core fans, usually with a political edge and sometimes (although not as often as the press would have it) a taste for fisticuffs. Amongst the most famous are Real Madrid’s Neo-Nazi Ultra Sur and Barça’s Catalan Nationalist Boixos Nois – the self-styled ‘Crazy Boys’ who spelt their own name wrong and accidentally became the ‘Boxwood Boys’.

V is for… Vinny Samways
Really. Vinny Samways is a superstar at Las Palmas, where he played for six years. Like Eric Wimp eating a banana, England’s Skinny Sideways underwent a dramatic transformation in Spain, where he was sent off on his debut and became a hardman, a headcase hero to thousands. Has just signed for Algeciras and owns a football bar in Marbella.

W is for… Wembley
Yes, Wembley. It’s not all white horses, people on the pitch and Stanley Matthews; Wembley is also very special for FC Barcelona, whose museum boasts an old team bench and turnstile. For it was there in 1992 that Ronald Koeman’s free-kick secured Barça’s only European Cup – a record that puts the Catalan ‘giants’ on a par with Aston Villa.

X is for… Xabi
Alonso and Hernández, two of Spain’s brightest young creative midfielders, with touch, vision and pretty passing … and, let’s face it, it was either them or Xylophone.

Y is for… Ye-Ye
As in She Loves You, Ye[ah], Ye[ah]. A Beatles-inspired transliteration, Real Madrid’s Ye Ye Team won the 1966 European Cup, becoming the first in a long line of strangely enduring nicknames – the father of Madrid’s Emilio Butragueño-led ‘Vulture Squad’, Johan Cruyff's Barcelona ‘Dream Team’ and the current galácticos.

Z is for… Zamora
Every year Spain’s statistically best goalkeeper is presented with the Zamora award named after Ricardo Zamora, the Divine One. So famous was Zamora, who played for Barça, Madrid and Espanyol, that Stalin allegedly said of Spanish President Niceto Zamora in 1931: ‘Wasn’t he a goalkeeper?’ While the best goalie is the Zamora, the season’s top scorer is the Pichichi, but P was already taken.

Hilman-Bukan-Superman

21-07-2010, 12:02 AM

Luis Fabiano Isyaratkan Bertahan

Bola.net - Luis Fabiano mengisyaratkan bahwa dirinya mungkin akan tetap bertahan di Sevilla dan telah menolak adanya negosiasi lanjutan antara dirinya dengan beberapa klub lain.

Aksi pemain yang turut membela Brasil di Piala Dunia lalu ini membuat klub-klub Eropa lainnya tertarik untuk menggunakan jasanya, sebut saja antara lain Manchester City, Manchester United dan AC Milan.

Namun Fabiano juga tidak menampik kemungkinan ia akan tetap bertahan di Sevilla dengan menandatangani kontrak baru, dan itu akan menjawab spekulasi mengenai masa depannya.

"Memang benar ada beberapa klub tertarik kepada saya, tetapi saya belum mengadakan negosiasi lebih lanjut dengan klub lain. Saya sangat bahagia di Sevilla dan saya tidak pernah mengatakan bahwa saya akan ke Manchester United atau Milan. Mereka memang klub besar, tetapi Sevilla juga merupakan klub terbaik di Eropa," jelas pemain yang mencetak 3 gol di Afrika Selatan lalu.

Ia mengisyaratkan kemungkinannya untuk menandatangani kontrak barunya dengan Sevilla. Ia menuturkan, "Apakah saya akan menandatangani kontrak baru dengan Sevilla? Agen saya sedang bernegosiasi dengan presiden, tapi tidak ada tekanan sebab kami masih punya banyak waktu."

Ia menambahkan, "Saya harus kembali ke pelatihan pada tanggal 26 Juli nanti, dan saya sangat ingin segera kembali bekerja. Dalam Liga Champion musim lalu kami tidak melakukannya dengan baik, tapi kami akan masuk kualifikasi pada bulan Agustus nanti, dan kami harus memastikan bahwa kami memperoleh hasil 100% kemenangan di tingkat grup." (espn/fjr)

Hilman-Bukan-Superman

05-09-2010, 12:34 AM

Rangkuman Transfer Musim Panas: La Liga 2010-2011

Bola.net - Bursa transfer musim panas telah resmi ditutup pada 31 Agustus malam waktu setempat, dan sejumlah klub telah berhasil memanfaatkannya untuk menambal kekuatan mereka di berbagai lini.

Hal yang sama juga terjadi untuk 20 yang berkompetisi di La Liga Primera Division, dan klub paling sibuk di bursa transfer tentu saja dua tim papan atas yang selalu bersaing: Barcelona dan Real Madrid.

Barcelona lebih banyak mengandalkan kekuatan penggawa lama mereka yang sudah teruji kemampuannya, namun tak urung mereka juga merasa perlu untuk menambah amunisi di lini tengah dan depan. Alhasil, David Villa dan Javier Macherano pun didatangkan ke Camp Nou.

Sementara seteru mereka, Real Madrid pun tak mau kalah. Selain memboyong beberapa pemain untuk menambah gugusan bintang mereka, satu figur paling penting telah didatangkan ke Bernabeu: pelatih baru Jose Mourinho yang pernah mengecap sukses bersama Porto, Chelsea dan Inter Milan.

Bagaimana dengan klub lainnya? Berikut rangkuman transfer La Liga Primera 2010/2011:

ALMERIA
Pemain Masuk: Marcelo Silva (Danubio), Diego Valeri (Porto), Miguel Angel Luque (Barcelona B), Michael Jacobsen (Aalborg), Jose Leonardo Ulloa (Castellon), Stanley Okoro (Heartland FC).
Pemain Keluar: Chico (Genoa, 5 juta euro), Domingo Cisma (Racing Santander), Guilherme (Real Valladolid, pinjaman), David Rodriguez (Celta Vigo), Fernando Soriano (Osasuna, bebas transfer), Quillo (Recreativo Huelva).

ATHLETIC BILBAO
Pemain Masuk: Mikel San Jose (Liverpool, 3 juta euro), Mikel Balenziaga (Numancia, pinjaman).
Pemain Keluar: Joseba Etxeberria (pensiun), Armando (pensiun), Fran Yeste (Al Wasl, bebas transfer).

ATLETICO MADRID
Pemain Masuk: Fran Merida (Arsenal, bebas transfer), Diego Godin (Villarreal, 10 juta euro), Filipe (Deportivo Coruna, 12 juta euro), Mario Suarez (Real Mallorca), Diego Costa (Real Valladolid, pinjaman), Tiago (Juventus, pinjaman diperpanjang).
Pemain Keluar: Pablo Ibanez (West Bromwich Albion), Mariano Pernia, Eduardo Salvio (Benfica, pinjaman), Jose Manuel Jurado (Schalke 04, 11 juta euro).

BARCELONA
Pemain Masuk: David Villa (Valencia, 40 juta euro), Adriano Correia (Sevilla, up to 13.5 juta euro), Javier Mascherano (Liverpool, 22 juta euro)
Pemain Keluar: Yaya Toure (Manchester City, 29 juta euro), Dmytro Chygrynskiy (Shakhtar Donetsk, 15 juta euro), Thierry Henry (New York Red Bulls, bebas transfer), Rafael Marquez (New York Red Bulls, bebas transfer), Martin Caceres (Sevilla, pinjaman), Aleksandr Hleb (Birmingham City, pinjaman).

DEPORTIVO LA CORUNA
Pemain Masuk: Aythami (Xerez, kembali dari masa pinjaman), Michel (Valencia, pinjaman), Urreta (Benfica, pinjaman), Saul (Elche, bebas transfer), Ruben Perez (Atletico, pinjaman).
Pemain Keluar: Filipe (Atletico, 12 juta euro), Sergio Gonzalez (Levante), Brayan Angulo (pinjaman selesai), Mista (Toronto), Ruben Castro (Real Betis), Rodolfo Bodipo (Vaslui, pinjaman).

ESPANYOL
Pemain Masuk: Jesus Datolo (Napoli, pinjaman), Felipe Mattioni (Mallorca), Sergio Garcia (Real Betis), Aldo Duscher (Sevilla, bebas transfer).
Pemain Keluar: Fernando Marques (Parma), Nico Pareja (Spartak Moscow, 10 juta euro), Raul Tamudo (Real Sociedad, bebas transfer), Ben Sahar (Hapoel Tel Aviv, pinjaman), Moises Hurtado (Olympiakos)

GETAFE
Pemain Masuk: Adrian Colunga (Recreativo Huelva, 2.5 juta euro), Angel Arizmendi (Real Zaragoza), Borja Fernandez (Real Valladolid), Ivan Marcano (Villarreal, pinjaman), Victor Sanchez (Barcelona, pinjaman), Pablo Pintos (Lazio).
Pemain Keluar: David Belenguer (Real Betis, bebas transfer), Roberto Soldado (Valencia, 10 juta euro), David Cortes (Hercules, bebas transfer), Pedro Leon (Real Madrid, 10 juta euro), Adrian Gonzalez (Racing Santander).

HERCULES
Pemain Masuk: Cristian Pulhac (Dynamo Bucharest), David Cortes (Getafe, bebas transfer), Abel Aguilar (Udinese), Matias Fritzler (Lanus, pinjaman), Olivier Thomert (Le Mans), Nelson Valdez (Borussia Dortmund, 3.8 juta euro), Mohamed Sarr (Standard Liege), Piet Velthuizen (Vitesse), David Trezeguet (bebas transfer), Royston Drenthe (Real Madrid, pinjaman).
Pemain Keluar: Jorge Alonso (Real Valladolid, bebas transfer).

LEVANTE
Pemain Masuk: Gustavo Munua (Malaga), Xavi Torres (Malaga, pinjaman), Sergio Gonzalez (Deportivo Coruna), Nano (Real Betis, bebas transfer), Javi Venta (Villarreal, bebas transfer), Asier del Horno and Nacho Gonzalez (Valencia, pinjamans), Felipe Caicedo (Manchester City, pinjaman).
Pemain Keluar: Javi Guerra (Real Mallorca).

MALAGA
Pemain Masuk: Eliseu (Real Zaragoza, kembali dari pinjaman), Rodrigo Galatto (Litex Lovech), Sebastian Fernandez (Banfield, 3.5 juta euro), Javier Malagueno (Indios Ciudad Juarez), Sandro Silva (Botafogo), Edinho (PAOK), Rondon (Las Palmas, 3.5 juta euro), Kris Stadsgaard (Rosenborg).
Pemain Keluar: Fernando, Milan Stepanov (Porto, kembali dari pinjaman), Roberto Santamaria (Las Palmas), Valdo (Espanyol, kembali dari pinjaman), Victor Obinna (Inter Milan, kembali dari pinjaman), Xavi Torres (Levante, pinjaman), Gustavo Munua (Levante).

OSASUNA
Pemain Masuk: Dejan Lekic (Red Star Belgrade), Damia Abella (Real Betis, bebas transfer), Fernando Soriano (Almeria, bebas transfer), Asier Riesgo (Real Sociedad), Lolo (Sevilla), Nelson (Real Betis, pinjaman).
Pemain Keluar: Cesar Azpilicueta (Olympique Marseille), Dady (Bucaspor), Andres Fernandez (Huesca), Jokin Esparza (Huesca), Ludovic Delporte, Roversio (Real Betis).

RACING SANTANDER
Pemain Masuk: Francis (Xerez), Domingo Cisma (Almeria), Kennedy Bakircioglu (Ajax Amsterdam), Henrique (Barcelona, pinjaman), Ariel Nahuelpan (Coritibia), Alexandros Tziolis (Siena), Adrian Gonzalez (Getafe), Waldo Ponce (Universidad Catolica, pinjaman), Markus Rosenberg (Werder Bremen, pinjaman).
Pemain Keluar: Sergio Canales (Real Madrid, 4.5 juta euro), Xisco (Newcastle United), Nasief Morris (Apollon Limassol), Luis Garcia, Mohamed Tchite (Standard Liege).

REAL MADRID
Pemain Masuk: Angel Di Maria (Benfica, 25 juta euro), Pedro Leon (Getafe, 10 juta euro), Sergio Canales (Racing Santander, 4.5 juta euro), Sami Khedira (VfB Stuttgart, 12 juta euro), Ricardo Carvalho (Chelsea, 8 juta euro), Mesut Ozil (Werder Bremen, 15 juta euro).
Pemain Keluar: Christoph Metzelder (Schalke 04, bebas transfer), Raul (Schalke, bebas transfer), Guti (Besiktas, bebas transfer), Royston Drenthe (Hercules, pinjaman), Rafael van der Vaart (Tottenham Hotspur, dirahasiakan), Marcos Alonso (Bolton Wanderers)

REAL MALLORCA
Pemain Masuk: Jonathan de Guzman (Feyenoord, bebas transfer), Fernando Cavenaghi (Bordeaux, pinjaman),
Pemain Keluar: Aritz Aduriz (Valencia, 4 juta euro), Mario Suarez (Atletico Madrid), Borja Valero (Villarreal, pinjaman), Felipe Mattioni (Espanyol), Alhassane Keita (Real Valladolid, pinjaman).

REAL SOCIEDAD
Pemain Masuk: Joseba Llorente (Villarreal, 2.5 juta euro), Raul Tamudo (Espanyol, bebas transfer), Paco Sutil (Eibar), Jeffrey Sarpong (Ajax), Diego Ifran (Danubio).
Pemain Keluar: Franck Songo'o (Real Zaragoza, kembali dari pinjaman), Asier Riesgo (Osasuna).

REAL ZARAGOZA
Pemain Masuk: Nicolas Bertolo (Palermo, pinjaman), Marco Perez (Boyaca Chico, pinjaman), Leo Franco (Galatasaray, bebas transfer), Matteo Contini (Napoli), Franck Songo'o (Real Sociedad, kembali dari masa pinjaman), Pablo de Barros (Gimnastic Tarragona, kembali dari masa pinjaman), Adam Pinter (MTK Budapest).
Pemain Keluar: Humberto Suazo (Monterrey, kembali dari pinjaman), Eliseu (Malaga, kembali dari pinjaman), Ruben Pulido, Angel Arizmendi (Getafe), Adrian Colunga (Recreativo Huelva), Jermaine Pennant (Stoke City, pinjaman), Francisco Pavon (Arles).

SEVILLA
Pemain Masuk: Tiberio Guarente (Atalanta, 5.5 juta euro), Mouhamadou Dabo (St Etienne, bebas transfer), Luca Cigarini (Napoli, pinjaman), Alexis Ruano (Valencia, 5 juta euro), Martin Caceres (Barcelona, pinjaman)
Pemain Keluar: Adriano Correia (Barcelona, up to 13.5 juta euro), Tom de Mul (Standard Liege, pinjaman), Marc Valiente (Real Valladolid), Marius Stankevicius (kembali dari pinjaman), David Prieto (Tenerife, pinjaman), Ernesto Chevanton (Lecce), Sebastien Squillaci (Arsenal), Aldo Duscher (Espanyol).

SPORTING GIJON
Pemain Masuk: Sebastian Eguren (Villarreal), Nacho Novo (Rangers, bebas transfer), Alberto Botia (Barcelona, pinjaman), Gaston Maximiliano Sangoy (Apollon Limassol).
Pemain Keluar: Francisco Maldonado (Cartagena), Kike Mateo (Elche), Diego Camacho, Pedro.

VALENCIA
Pemain Masuk: Aritz Aduriz (Real Mallorca, 4 juta euro), Tino Costa (Montpellier, 6.5 juta euro), Roberto Soldado (Getafe, 10 juta euro), Mehmet Topal (Galatasaray, 6 juta euro), Ricardo Costa (Lille), Sofiane Feghouli (Grenoble), Marius Stankevicius (Sampdoria, pinjaman)
Pemain Keluar: David Villa (Barcelona, 40 juta euro), David Silva (Manchester City, 30 juta euro), Nikola Zigic (Birmingham City, 7 juta euro), Carlos Marchena (Villarreal), Alexis Ruano (Sevilla, pinjaman)

VILLARREAL
Pemain Masuk: Borja Valero (West Bromwich Albion, pinjaman), Carlos Marchena (Valencia), Jozy Altidore (Hull City, kembali dari masa pinjaman)
Pemain Keluar: Damian Escudero (Boca Juniors), Joseba Llorente (Real Sociedad, 2.5 juta euro), Robert Pires, Ariel Ibagaza (Olympiacos, bebas transfer), Sebastian Eguren (Sporting Gijon), Ivan Marcano (Getafe, pinjaman), Diego Godin (Atletico Madrid, 10 juta euro), Javi Venta (Levante, bebas transfer), David Fuster (Olympiakos).

rondwisan

27-09-2010, 04:31 PM

wah udah musim aja yaa pemecatan pelatih ... :hammer::hammer:
baru juga berapa match ... :crazy::crazy:
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Sevilla sack coach Alvarez, turn to Manzano
ESPNsoccernet - September 27, 2010

Sevilla have sacked their coach Antonio Alvarez after their 2-0 loss at Hercules on Sunday, replacing him with Gregorio Manzano in a bid to get their season back on track.

Alvarez led the side to a Copa del Rey triumph and Champions League qualification last season but after losing to Braga in the Champions League play-off and capping off an underwhelming start to their domestic campaign with defeat at the newly promoted giant-killers, Sevilla decided to dismiss Alvarez.

Sevilla are yet to win at home in four matches in all competitions, including a disappointing 1-0 Europa League loss to Paris St Germain. The failure to fire at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan is believed to have weighed heavily in the club's decision to get rid of Alvarez.

Former Mallorca coach Manzano will take charge for the club's daunting visit to in-form Borussia Dortmund in the Europa League before they meet Atletico Madrid in Seville on October 3.

Manzano steered Mallorca to an impressive fifth place last season but the club were unable to agree to terms for a new contract, meaning it was only a matter of time before another club pounced as Sevilla have done.

Diego

27-09-2010, 04:36 PM

hercules terus menuai perhatian yah, abis barca, sevilla di bal bal......

rondwisan

27-09-2010, 06:04 PM

ada ini yang Oom Diego ...
Nelson Valdez (Borussia Dortmund, 3.8 juta euro), David Trezeguet (bebas transfer), Royston Drenthe (Real Madrid, pinjaman).

rondwisan

12-11-2010, 01:50 PM

Barca and Real agree Monday night Clasico date
Soccernet - November 11, 2010

The first 'Clasico' of the season between Barcelona and Real Madrid will take place on a Monday night, the Spanish league has confirmed.

The two heavyweights will meet at the Nou Camp on November 29 to avoid a clash with the Catalan elections which take place in Barcelona a day earlier.

A statement on Real's official website confirmed the news. It read: "The football league has announced the matchday 13 clash between Barcelona and Real Madrid will be played on November 29 at 2100 local time.

"This is due to the 13th round coinciding with the elections for the parliament of Catalonia and the security problems that would create.''

Barca beat Real home and away in their Clasico encounters last season, with Zlatan Ibrahimovic scoring the winner in a 1-0 victory at the Nou Camp, before goals from Lionel Messi and Pedro gave Pep Guardiola's side a crucial 2-0 win at the Bernabeu to catapult them towards the Primera Division title.

The big two in Spain are again dominating La Liga this season; Jose Mourinho's Madrid are a point clear of Barca at the summit after winning eight of their opening 10 matches.

Meanwhile, Barca defender Gabriel Milito is expected to be out for up to six weeks with a thigh injury picked up in Wednesday's Copa del Rey victory over Ceuta.

The Argentina international scored early in the 5-1 win but then had to leave the field seven minutes before the break and was replaced by Eric Abidal. Milito has been plagued by injuries during his time at the Nou Camp and now faces a battle to play again before the winter break.

rondwisan

22-12-2010, 11:27 AM

hihihi ..., kompakan nih hasilnya ..., draw ... ;))
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Barca and Deportivo held to Copa draws
ESPNsoccernet - December 21, 2010

Barcelona were held to a goalless draw at home by Athletic Bilbao in the first leg of their Copa del Rey last-16 tie while the local derby between Valencia and Villarreal also finished 0-0.

The only one of the three cup ties played in Spain on Tuesday to produce any goals was the clash between Segunda Division Cordoba and top-flight Deportivo La Coruna, who shared a 1-1 draw.

The match at the Nou Camp pitted the two most successful sides in Copa del Rey history against each other - Barca having 25 crowns to Athletic's 23 - and was a repeat of the 2009 final which the Catalan side won 4-1.

Barca went into the encounter averaging more than four goals a game in winning their last 10 successive fixtures, but they could not find even one breakthrough tonight despite playing most of their star names, with Xavi, Andres Iniesta and Pedro Rodriguez starting and David Villa and Lionel Messi appearing as second-half substitutes.

Pep Guardiola's men dominated but Bojan Krkic and Iniesta were both denied by Athletic goalkeeper Gorka Iraizoz in the first half before Xavi volleyed a decent opening after the break and Villa had an effort ruled out.

Gerard Pique then had a great chance right at the end to earn his side a narrow advantage to take to San Mames when Messi picked out his run into the box, but the Spain international volleyed wide with his less-favoured left foot and Athletic were able to congratulate themselves on a job well done.

Further down the east coast of Spain at the Mestalla, hosts Valencia will also feel they should have built some sort of lead for their return leg against neighbours Villarreal.

Unai Emery's side had the Yellow Submarine on the back foot for much of the game but Aritz Aduriz, Pablo Hernandez, Juan Manuel Mata - who hit the post - and Ricardo Costa failed to make the most of the chances that fell their way.

Villarreal, who are five points and one spot above fourth-placed Valencia in La Liga, had a few opportunities of their own, including a decent opening late on for Nilmar, who was denied by home custodian Vicente Guaita when clean through.

In Tuesday's other match, Cordoba - one of only two remaining non-top flight club left along with Real Betis - played out a 1-1 draw with Deportivo La Coruna in testing conditions at a rain-drenched Estadio El Arcangel.

Depor took the lead with a 17th-minute penalty when Riki, who was adjudged to have been brought down by Cordoba goalkeeper Alberto Garcia, sent the home custodian the wrong way from the spot.

However, Cordoba drew level 20 minutes from time when Depor goalkeeper Manu made a mess of trying to punch clear a Jonathan Sesma free-kick, allowing Pepe Diaz to tap the ball in at the near post.

The remaining five last-16 first legs will be played on Wednesday night, with the return legs scheduled for the first week of next year.

rondwisan

23-12-2010, 08:46 AM

Hat-trick duo lead Real rout
Soccernet - December 23, 2010

Karim Benzema and Cristiano Ronaldo both scored hat-tricks as Real Madrid hammered Levante 8-0 in the first leg of their Copa del Rey fifth round tie.

Madrid were 4-0 up at the break thanks to two from Benzema and a goal apiece from Mesut Ozil and Ronaldo. Benzema completed his hat-trick in the 69th minute and Ronaldo followed suit with goals in the 72nd and 74th minutes before Pedro Leon added an eighth in stoppage time.

There were eight goals too at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan, where Sevilla twice came from behind to beat Malaga 5-3. Alejandro Alfaro opened the scoring for Sevilla after 11 minutes, but a double from Jose Salomon Rondon turned things in Malaga's favour before Alvaro Negredo levelled.

Quincy Owusu-Abeyie gave Malaga the advantage going into the break, but Ndri Romaric scored twice after the restart and Diego Capel rounded off the scoring eight minutes from time.

Almeria claimed a slender first-leg advantage as they beat Real Mallorca 4-3 thanks to Leonardo Ulloa's hat-trick. Ulloa twice gave the hosts the lead in the first half, but they were pegged back first by Jonathan De Guzman, then Victor. Goals from Kalu Uche and Ulloa made it 4-2 before Pierre Webo pulled one back to give Mallorca hope in the second leg.

Elsewhere, Simao Sabrosa's penalty gave Atletico Madrid a 1-0 win over Espanyol, while goals from Miku and Pedro Rios handed Getafe a 2-1 win at Real Betis, who pulled one back late on through Jorge Molina's spot-kick.

bucay deathbat

23-12-2010, 02:13 PM

versi Indonesia yg madrid vs levante :D

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Kamis, 23/12/2010 06:01 WIB
Copa del Rey
Benzema & Ronaldo Hat-trick, Madrid Bantai Levante
Meylan Fredy Ismawan - detiksport

Madrid - Real Madrid menang besar 8-0 atas Levante di babak 16 besar Copa del Rey. Karim Benzema dan Cristiano Ronaldo jadi bintang dengan sama-sama mengukir hat-trick dalam pertandingan ini.

Dalam pertandingan yang dilangsungkan di Santiago Bernabeu, Kamis (23/12/2010) dinihari WIB, Madrid menurunkan hampir semua pemain pemain utamanya. Cristiano Ronaldo yang sempat dikabarkan tidak fit ternyata dimainkan sebagai starter.

Duel Madrid versus Levante berlangsung berat sebelah. Madrid begitu dominan dan unggul empat gol di babak pertama lewat gol Karim Benzema (dua gol), Mesut Oezil, dan Cristiano Ronaldo.

Di babak kedua, Madrid masih terus menggempur Levante dan sukses menyarangkan empat gol lagi lewat Benzema, Ronaldo (dua gol), dan Pedro Leon.

Kemenangan besar ini akan memudahkan tugas Madrid di leg kedua yang akan digelar di kandang Levante. Pertandingan kedua akan dilangsungkan pada 5 Januari 2011 mendatang.

Jalannya Pertandingan

Madrid langsung unggul saat pertandingan baru berumur lima menit lewat Karim Benzema. Aksi solo Benzema di lini pertahanan Levante diakhiri striker Prancis itu dengan tendangan kaki kanan yang menjebol gawang Gustavo Munua.

Los Blancos cuma butuh empat menit untuk menggandakan keunggulan. Mesut Oezil sukses mengkonversi umpan Cristiano Ronaldo menjadi gol dan membuat Madrid memimpin 2-0.

Benzema mencetak gol keduanya di menit ke-31. Ia sukses mengejar umpan terobosan yang gagal dihalau bek Levante. Setelah mengelabui Munua, pemain 23 tahun itudengan mudah menjaringkan bola ke gawang kosong. Madrid unggul 3-0.

Gol Ronaldo di menit ke-45 membuat Madrid menutup babak pertama dengan keunggulan empat gol. Berawal dari kesalahan bek Levante, bola berhasil direbut Benzema yang kemudian mengumpankannya ke Ronaldo. Tanpa kesulitan berarti, pemain asal Portugal itu melesakkan bola ke gawang Munua.

Dominasi Madrid masih berlanjut di paruh kedua. Benzema sukses membuat hattrick di laga ini lewat golnya di menit ke-69. Angel Di Maria yang menusuk dari sayap kanan sukses melepaskan umpan silang ke muka gawang Levante. Benzema yang menyambut umpan Di Maria tanpa kesulitan menjebol gawang Munua.

Tiga menit berselang, gawang Levante kembali bobol. Kembali Di Maria berperan dalam terciptanya gol ini. Umpan pemain asal Argentina ini bisa dikonversi Ronaldo menjadi gol.

Ronaldo ikut membuat hattrick setelah mencetak gol di menit ke-74. Usai bertukar umpan dengan Benzema, CR7 dengan mudah menggetarkan jala gawang Levante.

Pesta gol Madrid atas Levante ditutup oleh Pedro Leon lewat golnya di menit akhir laga. Leon sukses me-rebound tendangan Alvaro Morata yang sebelumnya ditepis Munua.

Susunan pemain:
Madrid: Casillas; Pepe, Albiol, Marcelo, L. Diarra; Alonso, Granero (M.Diarra 75'), Oezil (Pedro Leon 75'), Di Maria, C.Ronaldo; Benzema (Morata 77')

Levante: Munua; Ballesteros, Del Horno, Robuste, Cerra; Sergio (Ruben 58'), Juanlu (Valdo 69'), Pallardo, Xavi Torres; Xisco Munoz, F.Caicedo (Stuani 46')

http://www.detiksport.com/sepakbola/read/2010/12/23/060102/1531196/75/benzema-ronaldo-hat-trick-madrid-bantai-levante

zudomiriku

08-02-2011, 01:25 PM

Messi vs CR7 untuk Sejarah Baru El Pichichi
Doni Wahyudi - detiksport

Lionel Messi dan Cristiano Ronaldo tak cuma bertarung mengusung klubnya jadi juara. Keduanya kini terlibat dalam kompetisi paling seru sepanjang sejarah Liga Spanyol untuk memperebutkan status El Pichichi.

Demikian klaim yang ditulis harian olahraga Spanyol Marca, menyusul serangkaian hasil pertandingan di pekan 22 Liga Spanyol akhir pekan kemarin. Dalam laga yang melibatkan Barcelona dan Real Madrid, nama Messi dan Ronaldo kembali jadi pusat perhatian.

Messi mencetak tiga gol ke gawang Atletico Madrid yang memberi The Catalans kemenangan 3-0. Sementara CR7 dua kali merobek jala Real Sociedad untuk memberi Los Merengues keunggulan 4-1.

Dengan masing-masing gol yang dibuat tersebut, Messi dan Ronaldo kini berbagi puncak daftar pencetak gol dengan jumlah 24. Mereka jauh mengungguli pesaing terdekatnya, David Villa yang "baru" membuat 14 gol.

Meski kompetisi masih panjang, hampir bisa dipastikan kalau pertarungan memperebutkan status El Pichichi kini hanya tinggal menyisakan dua pemain terbaik dunia itu. Dengan rataan gol yang luar biasa, keduanya juga punya peluang mencatatkan rekor jumlah gol terbanyak dalam satu musim yang sebelumnya dipegang Telmo Zarra dan Hugo Sanchez dengan 38 gol.

"Yang menjadi tantangan buat saya adalah mengalahkan 38 gol milik Hugo dan Zarra. Tentu saja (selain) menjadi salah satu top skorer saya memilih menjuarai Liga Champions," sahut Ronaldo beberapa waktu lalu.

Sebagai perbandingan statistik, Messi mencetak 24 gol di La Liga dari 19 penampilan, di mana dalam jumlah tersebut dia mampu juga menciptakan 14 assist. Sementara 24 gol Ronaldo tercipta dari 22 penampilan, plus mengkreasikan enam assist dalam jumlah laga tersebut.

Siapa yang akhirnya mampu mematahkan rekor top skorer La Liga dan membawa pulang gelar El Pichichi?

zudomiriku

23-02-2011, 10:47 AM

Newspaper Actually Photoshops Out Player To Make Play Appear Offside

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We take it for granted that our local media outlets are going to be homers, and that's generally fine. We're fans, and we want to get coverage from our perspective. But no one can complain about Hawk Harrelson after seeing how a Spanish paper airbrushed a crucial player from a photo to make an erroneous point.

The top image appeared in Monday's edition of AS, a sports daily based in Madrid. AS has long been known to be in Real Madrid's corner, and the story concerned Real's rivals, Barcelona. On the play in question, there was debate whether Barcelona's opening goal was onside. From that top image, it appears Dani Alves was well past the last defender, meaning the score should not have stood.

But enterprising Barca fans found their own screengrab, and what do you know: the real last Athletic Bilbao defender, Koikili (red arrow) was "mysteriously" removed from the shot, making the call a lot less egregious.

AS apologized today, sort of. "We apologise for the error in the computer graphics in the 1-0 incident," the correction read. If true, if this was somehow a computer error, we should be more concerned about this than about Watson: not only are the machines self-aware, but they're Real Madrid bandwagoners too.

http://bleacherreport.com/tb/b8fmB

Andi Istiabudi

15-03-2011, 12:52 PM

"Sepakbola Spanyol Bebas Doping"
Achmad Firdaus - Okezone

MADRID - Sekretaris Negara Spanyol bidang olahraga, Jaime Lissavetzky membantah keras tudingan adanya penggunaan doping dalam sepakbola Spanyol. Lissavetzky menegaskan, sepakbola Spanyol bersih dari doping karena terus memeranginya dan mematuhi aturan yang telah dikeluarkan FIFA maupun UEFA.

“Sepakbola Spanyol bersih (dari doping),” ungkap Lissavetsky. Kami terus mengikuti setiap pedoman yang telah dikeluarkan FIFA dan UEFA, untuk urusan yang satu ini (doping),” sambungnya sebagaimana dikutip Marca, Selasa (15/3/2011).

Sebelumnya, publik Spanyol sempat digemparkan dengan pemberitaan Stasiun Radio Spanyol, Cadena Cope yang baru-baru ini yang menyindir salah satu klub elit La Liga, Barcelona. Dalam sebuah acara, mereka menyebut bahwa pihak El Barca memiliki koneksi dengan dokter yang memiliki latar belakang keruh atau kotor. Dengan kata lain, Cadena Cope secara tak langsung menyebut para pemain El Barca tidak sepenuhnya bebas dari doping.

Kubu Barca sendiri kabarnya telah melakukan bantahan tegas terhadap kabar ini. Klub asal Catalan yang dipimpin Sandro Rossell tersebut bahkan mengancam bakal menempuh tindakan hukum untuk menyelesaikan permasalahan ini.

Meski begitu, kabar ini sempat menyita perhatian sejumlah klub La Liga. Real Madrid misalnya, klub terkaya di dunia bahkan diisukan sempat meminta federasi sepakbola Spanyol (RFEF) untuk lebih memberikan perhatian lebih serius dalam hal standar doping. Namun, Lissavetsky juga membantah kabar ini.

“Saya belum berbicara dengan Florentino Perez (presiden Real Madrid) tentang tuduhan ini. Di Spanyol, kami selalu memerangi doping di setiap bidang olahraga. Seorang perwakilan FIFA bahkan mengatakan kepada saya bahwa Spanyol merupakan salah satu negara yang berada di garis depan dalam memerangi doping,” jelasnya.

“Sejauh ini, saya belum menerima komplain dan sama sekali tidak menerima permintaan dari pihak Real Madrid atau pun klub lain untuk mengubah peraturan soal doping,” tutupnya. (acf)

Source : http://bola.okezone.com

zudomiriku

15-04-2011, 04:43 PM

Five Reasons Real Madrid Can Whitewash Barcelona

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Real Madrid and Barcelona are set to meet four times in the space of 18 days, in what's being billed as the 'El Clasico World Series,'

The great rivals meet in La Liga on Saturday, at the Bernabeu, before attentions turn to next Wednesday's Copa del Rey final in Valencia.

And then it gets really interesting. A Champions League semi-final over two legs, culminating in what promises to be a tumultuous crescendo at Camp Nou.

Most will expect Barcelona to triumph on all fronts, but there's growing evidence that Real won't let that happen.

Is it possible that Jose Mourinho's team could whitewash the series? Maybe, and here's why...

1. Cristiano Ronaldo Is Back to His Best
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Cristiano Ronaldo is back to his best, and is looking every bit the player who dominated for Manchester United.

He's scored 40 times this campaign and has been hugely influential. What's more, he's enjoying himself.

The expression and trickery has returned, and he'll be desperate to prove a point against Lionel Messi of Barcelona.

Messi is the undisputed king of soccer right now. But Ronaldo wants his throne back

2. Madrid Are Defensively Solid
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Jose Mourinho's team are a highly organized defensive unit. They've conceded just three times in their last 10 games and are far better prepared to withstand a Barca barrage than they were back in November 2010.

They lost 5-0 in the Camp Nou when the teams last met, but it won't happen again.

Sami Khedira and Xabi Alonso have gelled, and they are now well-versed in shielding the back four.

Barcelona won't find it that easy to break them down.

3. Mesut Ozil Is Growing in Confidence
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When Mesut Ozil joined Real Madrid, some suggested the young German international would flatter to deceive.

Having excelled at the World Cup, the pressure was on to justify his transfer fee in front of the most fickle fans in football.

But Ozil has reacted brilliantly. He's adapted quickly to the Spanish game and been one of Madrid's key players this season.

His work rate and creativity will frighten Barca.

4. Barcelona Could Be Suffocated Under Weight of Expectancy
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We all know how good this Barcelona team are. With the likes of Xavi, Andres Iniesta and Lionel Messi at their disposal, they're capable of giving any team on the planet a hammering.

But with all this talk of greatness, comes huge expectancy. And expectancy can soon turn to frustration if things don't go Barca's way in the El Clasico World Series.

Pep Guardiola will know he's got a team of world beaters playing for him, but he'll know this crop won't be around forever. And he'll be terrified of wasting another opportunity to take the Champions League.

If Barca don't click on Saturday, it could set the tone for all four matches.

5. The Mourinho Factor
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Jose Mourinho will have relived that 5-0 loss at Camp Nou hundreds of times since November.

It was The Special One's worst-ever defeat in management, and dealt a rare blow to his pride.

But there's nobody better in the game to motivate his team for revenge, and nobody more capable of derailing the Barca bullet train.

He did it with Inter Milan last season, and he'll fully believe he can do it again with Madrid.

Don't underestimate him...

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/665398-el-clasico-world-series-five-reasons-real-madrid-can-whitewash-barcelona#/articles/665398-el-clasico-world-series-five-reasons-real-madrid-can-whitewash-barcelona

zudomiriku

19-04-2011, 05:48 PM

Top 10 Players Who Never Reached Their Potential with Madrid and Barcelona

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Starting this weekend, fans of football will get to witness four El Clasico matches before the end of the year. The league meeting at the Bernabéu, The Copa del Rey Final, and a home-and-away tie in the Champions League semi-finals.

Some of the most talented professionals have graced the Camp Nou and the Bernabéu. Ronaldo, Beckham, Rivaldo and Ronaldinho are examples of the types of talent associated with these historic and dominant sides.

The illustrious history of these two clubs is well known, and their style of play and market appeal spans the globe.

However, as highly regarded as these clubs are, Madrid and Barcelona for some reason or another also boast a high record for having young and promising players fail to live up to their potential.

Maybe its the pressure, the price tag, or in some cases the attitude of the player. Some of the most sought-after youngsters have donned the colors of Madrid and Barcelona, only to fail to live up to the hype.

At one point or another, many of these players were considered "the next big thing," only to be found playing in Greece or Turkey sooner rather than later.

One thing is certain, after leaving for greener pastures in Spain, many players found out the cold hard truth. The grass is not always greener on the other side.

Here is the list of the top 10 players who never quite made it with Madrid and Barcelona.

Ricardo Quaresma – Barcelona 2003-2004
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Ricardo Quaresma joined Barcelona in 2003 from Sporting Lisbon after mesmerizing audiences with his trickery and flair. A string of promising performances prompted Barcelona to spend 6 million on the gifted 20-year-old.

Under the guidance of Frank Rijkaard, Quaresma failed to replicate the same form in his native Portugal.

The egotistical Portuguese felt that his time under Rijkaard was being jilted, which prompted Quaresma to declare that he would not be willing to play for Barcelona as long as Rijkaard was in charge.

Quaresma's power play did not pay off, as he was sent back to Portugal to play for FC Porto the following summer.

After four years of his self-absorbed and arrogant performances, Inter Milan overpaid by about 18.6 million to land Quaresma. Quaresma spent much of his time from 2008-2010 rotting in the reserves in Italy, and a brief cameo on Chelsea's bench.

Often the question surrounding Ricardo Quaresma is "what could have been?" Unfortunately, many will never see the 27-year-old's potential.

Currently playing for Besiktas in the Turkish league, Quaresma can now be found entertaining easily amused fans with YouTube highlights, and a barrage of step-overs.

Jonathan Woodgate: Real Madrid 2004-2006
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Jonathan Woodgate signed for Real Madrid in August 2004 for a transfer fee of £13.4 million. Many viewed this as a surprise, simply because Woodgate was constantly injured during his time at Leeds United and Newcastle United. At the time of his transfer, Woodgate was also injured.

Woodgate failed to make any appearances for Real Madrid during his first year, as injuries kept him sidelined.

Woodgate got around to making his debut on Sept. 22, 2005, in a league match against Athletic Bilbao. The game didn't go very well for him, and he embarrassed himself by scoring an own goal and was later sent off for a second bookable offense.

In the summer of 2006, Woodgate was signed by Middlesbrough for a one-year loan deal. The following summer, the deal was made permanent.

In July 2007, Woodgate was voted the worst signing of the 21st century by users of the website of Spain's leading sports daily Diario Marco, polling 37 percent of the votes cast.

Juan Román Riquelme- Barcelona 2002-2003
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After seven seasons with Boca Juniors, Barcelona decided to purchase the 20 year old Argentinian for a fee reported to be around 11 million.

Then coach Louis van Gaal described Riquelme as a "political signing." The move was a failure and was a signing that came from within the club, not his, and he treated the new arrival with indifference. On the rare occasions Riquelme played, it was usually out of position on one of the flanks.

It is hardly Riquelme's fault for failing to find his form in Barcelona, but when he did play he never recaptured the form which saw Barcelona seal his signature.

Riquelme described his move to Villarreal the following year as a rescue to him and his career.

Michael Owen- Real Madrid 2004-2005
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After making a name for himself as one of the greatest English strikers of the modern game at Liverpool, Michael Owen failed to replicate the same form at Madrid.

Owen often drew criticisms for his lack of form and constant injuries. Owen was often relegated to the bench despite scoring 16 goals in 45 games.

The arrival of Julio Baptista and Robinho put speculation around Owen's future in doubt. The summer of 2005 Owen was sold to Newcastle United and has still failed to recapture the form of his early years for England and Liverpool.

Alexandr Hleb – Barcelona 2008 – Currently on Loan at Birmingham
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Alexandr Hleb had what every footballer could want. A lucrative contract, and an important role in a top team. However, Hleb bought into the hype and believed he was better than he actually was. The lure of trophies, fame and success prompted Hleb to make a decision he must surely regret.

At Barcelona Hleb was not a star, and had no important role in the team. He has since then joined Stuttgart and Birmingham City on loan deals, where he has still failed to feature regularly. Hleb has bemoaned his decisions to leave Arsenal and expressed his regret in leaving the north London club.

Barcelona still owns Hleb's contract, but he is unlikely to return to the Blaugranes.

Thomas Gravesen – Real Madrid 2005 -2006
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Danish tough tackling midfielder Thomas Gravesen, joined Madrid following the 2000 European Championships. A successful spell for Everton prompted Madrid to move for the holding midfielder.

Gravesen took his new found role at Madrid, and went slightly over board with it. With Madrid Gravesen racked up 17 yellows and two red cards. It's safe to say Gravesen ended up being slightly crazy and often took his destructive role to the next level.

Los Blancos eventually ended their interest in the ruthless, borderline reckless Dane. Gravesen sealed his own fate when he cracked Robinho in a pre-season training session. The following day Gravesen found himself in a different atmosphere and climate, employed by Celtic.

Fabio Rochemback – Barcelona 2001 – 2005
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Brazilian footballer Fabio Rochemback joined Barcelona following a string of impressive performances at Sport Club Internacional in Brazil. Rochemback possed the ability to shoot from anywhere on the pitch, and he often did which prompted Barcelona to spend 8 million to acquire his services.

19 year old Rochemback was billed as being the successor to Pep Guardiola, however things failed to take off for the attacking Portuguese play-maker.

A loan spell at Sporting Lisbon and a stint with Middlesbrough, before returning back to Sporting Lisbon, took Rochemback to Gremio in Brazil where he is currently still trying to hit the target from anywhere on the pitch.

Julio Baptista – Real Madrid 2005 -2008
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Julio Baptista, or "the Beast", made a name for himself as a attacking midfielder at Sevilla, his 50 goals in two seasons, and physical fitness prompted Madrid to pay 20 million to land the promising young Brazilian.

At the Bernabeu, the Beast was often played out of position, and was forced to make room for the more marketable Galacticos like Zinedine Zidane and Guti.

After a string of unimpressive performances for Madrid, Baptista's career failed to pick up again despite transfers to Arsenal and Roma. Baptista has now come full circle to La Liga, but now back with relegation battling Malaga

Geovanni – Barcelona 2001 – 2003
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Geovanni was full of promise and potential, but the 21 million Barcelona shelled out on the talented 21 year old failed to materialize into anything.

The Brazilian midfielder fell off the radar before he enjoyed the best years of his footballing career playing for Hull City seven years later.

Antonio Cassano- Real Madrid 2006-2008
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Antonio Cassano had a history of trouble at Roma but his performances often allowed him remain in good standings. Madrid still decided to gamble on the 23 year old Cassano in hopes that they would be able to unlock the Italians potential.

However, four months into his tenure with the club, he began gaining weight due to poor eating habits. Madrid began fining him for every gram he remained over his playing weight.

Following his weight fines, he was suspended for disrespecting then coach Fabio Capello. Numerous public outbursts about Real Madrid, saw president Ramon Calderon state that Cassano's behavior had become disastrous and unacceptable, and that Cassano would soon be departing the club

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/663614-the-top-10-players-who-never-reached-their-potential-with-madrid-barcelona#/articles/663614-the-top-10-players-who-never-reached-their-potential-with-madrid-barcelona

zudomiriku

20-04-2011, 05:15 PM

El Clasico World Series: 10 Reasons Barcelona Have the Beating of Real Madrid

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Billed as the greatest match in the world, past Saturday’s El Clasico, the first of four encounters between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid was everything but entertaining. Quite frankly, the match was more akin to FC Barcelona’s bittersweet victory against Inter Milan in the knock-out stages.

One can argue with Jose Mourinho’s tactics, Blanco’s icon Alfredo di Stefano did, but at the end of the day he achieved what he was aiming for, avoiding defeat against FC Barcelona. Nevertheless, it is kind of perplexing seeing the world’s most expensive team ever assembled playing like a bottom feeder club. Perhaps it was an unspoken admission of inferiority.

Taking all into account, I do wonder how Cristiano Ronaldo & Co. claim that Real Madrid is the best club in the world when they have:

a) Not won a single trophy with the club

b) Are part of a squad that plays like Stoke City when facing Arsenal FC

I assume we will never find out what goes on in their mind. Maybe their situation is similar to that of the Miami Heat, hyped into the stratosphere but unless they win the Championship it’s a wiser policy to be quiet. LeBron James or Kobe Bryant—I go with the latter. Bryant might be arrogant but L.J. is disconnected from reality (“The Decision” anyone)?

Even so, there’s still three Clasico’s to be played and a goal fest is still very much in the cards, despite the fact that Jose Mourinho is Los Blanco’s manager.

Here are 10 reasons why FC Barcelona holds the advantage over Real Madrid.

The Mental Aspect
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Although Pep’s winning streak came to a halt with Saturday’s boring draw, he remains unbeaten against any Real Madrid manager.

Of Madrid’s regular starting XI only Casillas, Pepe, Sergio Ramos and Marcelo know a time pre-FC Barcelona humiliations.

In stark contrast, every current FC Barcelona, except newbie Ibrahim Afellay, was part of a squad that trashed Real Madrid.

Disjointed Performance
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In past Saturday’s encounter Real Madrid had a couple of half-chances, but out of those almost none were the result of a team move.

Cristiano Ronaldo once again excelled at what he does best, channeling his inner John Wayne, meaning he shot from every possible angle.

Perhaps someone should tell him to watch Unforgiven with Clint Eastwood instead.

The Mad Men
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If there was a stand-out performer in Real Madrid’s ranks, it had to be Pepe.

Even though he isn’t really comfortable with the ball at his feet. he did stifle the creative juices of both, Xavi and Iniesta. By any account, that is no mean feat.

However, Pepe and his Blancos cohort, Sergio Ramos, are known to be rather short-tempered.

The latter has broken Madrid all-time record for red cards in less than six years with the club, look no further than the Clasico in November 2010.

While Pepe….well, Pepe can go off at any time. Besides, he has the body-control of a six year old. Expect one of the two, or both to receive a red card over the remaining three games.

The Santiago Bernabeu Audience
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Maybe the continued admiration of FC Barcelona’s brand of football throughout the world has caused the Madrid fans to turn a blind eye to their team’s latest performance in their quest for silverware.

But accepting four games of anti-football?

That would be a stretch, even for the most ardent Merengue. At one point or another Madrid fans will pull out the white handkerchiefs.

Playing FC Barcelona is hard enough; being booed by the home crowd is even harder.

The Camp Nou
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What else is there to say, if there’s a venue that is an absolute nightmare for Real Madrid, it’s the Camp Nou.

Before and after Clasico’s, being a Madrid player or fan anywhere near the Camp Nou is nothing short of madness.

Not even foreign ministers need as much security as Real Madrid and its personnel when they visit FC Barcelona. Foreign objects have been known to defy the rules of gravity and fly at the team bus, players and the pitch.

Culé have quite the reputation for even canceling out the noise of landing airplanes. Now imagine being a Madrid player.

El Jefe
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Anything Pepe can do, Javier Mascherano can do a lot better.

The Argentine captain has showed considerable improvement over his last few outings in a FC Barcelona shirt and I’m assuming he can only become better.

He does however remains, arguably, the best tackler in football, period.

If FC Barcelona is lacking a physical element in their game, El Jefe provides plenty.

As Cristiano Ronaldo, and all of the Premier League, can attest, Javier Mascherano is not known for taking prisoners. He is a superb tackler and knows how to play a neat pass or two if he has to.

Pepe can defend; Mascherano can defend and then some.

Carles Puyol
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It is quite a testament to Puyi’s influence in the FC Barcelona team.

Carles Puyol is far and away the weakest player on the ball in Barca’s ranks.

However, without him FC Barcelona’s defense looks like a rather fragile construct. It’s no coincidence that they conceded a penalty after Puyol left the pitch.

If Xavi makes his teammates better players, then Carles Puyol makes them even more confident. The only Barca defender with as much passion is sidelined; Eric Abidal.

Madrid's Arrogance
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Credit where credit is due: Jose Mourinho made Inter Milan treble-winners. But none of his players were quite as arrogant as his current crop of Madrid superstars.

Not a week goes by where a Madrid player doesn’t feel inclined to champion the Merengues as the best team in the world. But so far it has always backfired on them.

Sergio Ramos back in 2009 “…we will beat FC Barcelona in the Santiago Bernabeu”. Result: 2-6

Marcelo in April 2010 (he always predicts a Madrid victory) “…we will win against Barca”. Result: 0-2

Cristiano Ronaldo before the Clasico in November “…let’s see if they (FC Barcelona) can beat us 8-0”. Result: 5-0

Personally, I do hope to hear another of these ill-advised forecasts.

David Villa
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El Guaje was one of the heroes in the 5-0 thrashing of Real Madrid back in November 2010.

But for the better part of 2011 he is trying to emulate his predecessor Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

Perhaps he is trying to outdo his personal streak of 11 games without scoring (he is at 10 now) but since the next Clasico is to be played in his former home, the Mestalla, one wouldn’t bet against him to break end his drought.

And once the floodgate is open, the goals will come again.

Déjà Vu
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In 2008 FC Barcelona had lost their opening game too, only to achieve the treble in this very campaign.

They also entered April as league leaders and faced the prospect of a Champions League Final against none other than Manchester United.

As it stands, Manchester United are well-equipped to defeat overachievers Schalke 04 and progress to the final.

Maybe it is fate, maybe just a pure coincidence but not even Hollywood could come up with such a storyline (and there have been some very bad sequels in recent history).

If FC Barcelona defeats Real Madrid in both cup competitions, I suggest that every Culé buys a copy of Boyz II Men’s “End of the road” for their Real Madrid friends.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/670302-el-clasico-world-series-10-reasons-barcelona-have-the-beating-of-real-madrid#/articles/670302-el-clasico-world-series-10-reasons-barcelona-have-the-beating-of-real-madrid

rondwisan

26-04-2011, 09:26 AM

Dubai group completes Getafe takeover
Soccernet - April 25, 2011

Royal Emirates Group have completed their purchase of Primera Division side Getafe.

The deal was confirmed by the Dubai-based group in an open letter by their managing director Dr Kaiser Rafiq on the club's website.

There had been speculation last week that the club would be renamed 'Team Dubai' as part of the takeover deal, but both parties confirmed that their identity will remain unchanged.

zudomiriku

26-04-2011, 02:13 PM

Dubai group completes Getafe takeover
Soccernet - April 25, 2011

Getafe sold to Royal Emirates Group, will be called ‘Team Dubai’

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After a bit of mystery, it has been revealed that the UAE-based holding company chaired by Sheikh Butti Bin Suhail Al Maktoum of The Emirates' ruling family has bought 14th-place La Liga side Getafe. Which means the club will go from having Burger King as a shirt sponsor to the latest football acquisition of the region to host the 2022 World Cup in what seems like a truly fitting progression of these modern times.

But that's not all -- it seems the club is in for a name change, too. From Reuters:

The Royal Emirates Group is to buy the Primera Liga club Getafe for about €90m (£80m), the Dubai firm has announced, reacting to reports linking it to the purchase of a Spanish club.

"It is Getafe … we will announce it in a big way tomorrow [Thursday]," Suleiman al-Butti, the project manager of REG, said.

REG, an investment firm chaired by Sheikh Butti Bin Suhail al-Maktoum, said in statement the club would be named "Team Dubai", although it was not clear whether that would become the team's official name.

I'd say there's no way "Team Dubai" will become the club's official name, but who knows anymore. With a member of the Qatari ruling family buying Malaga, the Qatar Foundation becoming Barcelona's new shirt sponsor next season and now REG gobbling up Getafe, keep an eye out for the emirates' future acquisitions, which will include: Buying Spain's World Cup trophy, renaming La Liga "League Dubai," and sponsoring Gerard Pique's love interests. Actually, "Sheikh Butti" would probably be an awesome stage name for Shakira.

UPDATE: Here's what appears to be the club's new crest...

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So, yeah, they pretty much just slapped a "Team Dubai" on the bottom of it.

http://bleacherreport.com/tb/b94kk

theater of dream

03-05-2011, 12:37 PM

zudomiriku

05-05-2011, 03:48 PM

The atmosphere between Real and Barca is now so poisonous it will be a wonder if the Nou Camp grass doesn't wither and die

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Jose Mourinho spent yesterday getting into character.

Record numbers of journalists and crowds of onlookers turned up for his Nou Camp press conference.

But the Real Madrid boss didn’t show.

Hundreds of fans waited outside the Rey Juan Carlos Hotel and in its lobby for Mourinho and his side to arrive.

But when the team bus finally rolled up outside, there was nobody on it. It was like the Marie Celeste.

Mourinho and his players had been smuggled into the hotel through another door.

Rumours that a fleet of laundry skips had been sighted being wheeled into the service entrance could not be corroborated.

So, overnight, the world’s most visible, most narcissistic, most *attention-seeking football coach turned into the Scarlet Pimpernel.

As the poisonous build-up to Tuesday night’s Champions League semi-final second leg tie between Madrid and bitter rivals Barcelona grew even more unsavoury, nobody knew where Mourinho was – but everyone was still talking about him.

The great vanishing act was the perfect preparation for Mourinho’s role this evening in this increasingly unedifying melodrama.

Sent off last week during his side’s ill-tempered, fractious 2-0 defeat at the Bernabeu, he is * banned from all contact with his players during the return game.

But we have been down this road before with the Special One, remember.

He faced a similar *restriction as manager of Chelsea in 2005 and speculation has always been rife that he found a way around it.

The story is that he was wheeled into Chelsea’s dressing room for the Champions League quarter-final tie with Bayern Munich at Stamford Bridge in a skip full of kit.

Yesterday, of course, everyone was wondering whether he will attempt to evade the ban at the Nou Camp.

Someone suggested he might disguise himself as the fourth official.

With Mourinho, anything is possible.

And with this tie, too, everything is possible.

It did not seem feasible, for instance, that the atmosphere between the clubs could grow any more strained than it was after the first leg.

Mourinho, after all, has already hinted that a cadre of top European referees favour Barcelona and that even Barca’s decision to wear the Unicef logo on their shirts works in their favour with Uefa.

He has ridiculed the decision in the first leg to send off Pepe for an apparent foul on Dani Alves and claimed that Madrid are victims of a grand conspiracy.

But things got even worse yesterday. No, really.

When he stood in for Jose at the press conference, Mourinho’s assistant, Aitor Karanka, did his best to emulate his boss by accusing Barca’s Sergio Busquets of being racist.

The Real website played a video of Busquets appearing to cup his hand in front of his mouth and say ‘mono, mono’ (monkey, monkey) to Madrid’s Marcelo during the first leg.

Barcelona’s brilliant midfielder, Xavi - one of the players exempt from criticism of play-acting last week - did his best to talk about tactics and his anticipation of the game, but could not resist a few jibes at Mourinho.

“I am no one to judge the Real coach’s behaviour,” he said. “We always try to talk about football and I have a feeling there has been little spoken about football.

“Of course, Real has its own weapons, its own coach, a *controversial coach, as he’s always been. But we try to talk about football a bit more, not things that are no good for football.

“It is another type of football that Madrid play. I think the football we all like is attacking and *adventurous. Fans want to see a team going for goal, not a defensive team waiting in the back.”

One final thing: the match will be refereed by Frank de Bleeckere, one of the officials Mourinho accused of having shown favouritism towards Barcelona.

So the stage is set. The poison has been so liberally spread across the Nou Camp that it will be a wonder if the grass does not wither and die.

“We are lucky that, tomorrow, it finishes,” said Pep Guardiola, the softly-spoken Barcelona coach who is so often the antidote to Mourinho’s madness. “Everything finishes. We have a game at 8.45pm, then everything finishes.

"I try to forget it, to focus on what we did in the first game and what we have to correct.

“They have a coach who wants to knock us out. That is the reality. Everything else is theatre.”

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BARCA v REAL 2011: THE STORY SO FAR

Four El Clasicos in 18 days started with a Saturday night showdown in the league on April 16 at the Bernabeu, with Real Madrid needing a win to have any chance of regaining the title.

Real fans were thirsting for revenge after a 5-0 rout at the Nou Camp in November but it looked like a lost cause early in the second half when Raul Albiol was sent off moments before Lionel Messi put Barca in front from the penalty spot.

Eight minutes from time however, *Cristiano Ronaldo snatched a point with a spot-kick.

Four days later, round two was under way with the Spanish Cup final at Valencia’s Mestalla stadium.

Ronaldo missed a glorious chance to win the game in 90 minutes but made amends in the first period of extra time with the only goal of the game, a sublime header which gave Real their first Spanish Cup since 1993.

During the celebrations, Real dropped the trophy from the upper deck of an open-top bus and the vehicle ran it over - See video here .

One week later, it was back to the Bernabeu for a *Champions League semi-final first leg and a game which quickly turned into a disgrace.

Real hid behind the ball and did everything possible to kill the game while the visitors faked injuries, Dani Alves making so much of a *challenge from Pepe that the Real player was sent off.

Messi provided the game’s two highlights, the second of his goals a thing of beauty as he went past four defenders before beating Iker Casillas.

http://bleacherreport.com/tb/b9h1m

fadilbedil

12-05-2011, 07:23 AM

selamat kepada barca yang memastikan gelar juara ke 21 =D>
semakin mendekati torehan gelar madrid

VaDLi

22-05-2011, 07:24 AM

Klasemen Terakhir La Liga (Spanyol)

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sekali lagi, Congrats buat Barcelona.

Congrats pula buat CR7 dengan raihan golnya :thumbup:
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ferly_Liemz

22-05-2011, 09:08 AM

Timpang bgt point posisi 2 dan 3 ke bawah ...
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fadilbedil

22-05-2011, 11:38 AM

sedih nih denger berita super depor degradasi ,padahal awal tahun 2000 sempet ngerepotin barca dan madrid

Super Depor Terdegradasi

Jakarta - Deportivo La Coruna berhasil menjuarai Liga Spanyol di tahun 2000. Namun kekalahan di pekan terakhir musim 2010/11 memaksa Super Depor terdegradasi ke Divisi Dua.

Adalah kekalahan 0-2 atas Valencia yang membuat Depor harus menerima nasib buruk meninggalkan La Liga Primera. Makin menyesakkan, hasil tersebut mereka dapat justru saat bermain di kandang sendiri, Stadion Riazor, Minggu (22/5/2011) dinihari WIB.

Sebelum pertandingan tersebut Deportivo sesungguhnya berada dalam posisi aman, urutan 17 dengan poin 43. Mereka unggul satu angka atas Real Zaragoza sebagai klub teratas di zona merah.

Namun saat Manuel Pablo dkk tak mampu meraih poin atas El Che, di pertandingan lain Zaragoza menundukkan Levante dengan 2-1. Depor pun duduk di posisi 18 klasemen akhir dengan poin 43 atau kalah dua poin atas Zaragoza di atasnya.

Menemani Deport terdegradasi adalah Hercules (posisi 19, poin 35) dan Almeria (posisi 20, poin 30).

Sebagai juara, runner up dan penghuni posisi ketiga, Barcelona, Real Madrid dan Valencia berhak langsung lolos ke Liga Champion. Sedangkan Villarreal yang menempati urutan empat harus terlebih dulu melewati babak play off kompetisi antarklub terbaik Eropa tersebut.

Sevilla yang finis di posisi lima dan Athletic Bilbao di urutan enam mendapat tiket ke babak play off Liga Europa. Sedangkan Atletico Madrid di posisi tujuh klasemen akhir berhak masuk ke babak kualifikasi tiga Liga Europa.

http://www.detiksport.com/sepakbola/read/2011/05/22/062040/1644034/75/super-depor-terdegradasi?b99110270

Diego

22-05-2011, 11:54 AM

syg banget,pdhl dl main dikandang depor ni neraka banget.......

fadilbedil

22-05-2011, 12:15 PM

syg banget,pdhl dl main dikandang depor ni neraka banget.......

bener om,real madrid aja sempet 10 tahun ga pernah menang di riazor
jadi ingat depor dengan roy makaay dan diego tristan nya
semoga musim depan bisa balik lagi

zudomiriku

24-05-2011, 11:14 AM

La Liga 2010/2011 dalam Statistik
Andi Abdullah Sururi - detiksport

Barcelona kembali jadi juara Spanyol, sembilan adalah jumlah gol terbanyak dalam satu pertandingan, 19 menit adalah waktu yang dibuat Roberto Soldado untuk membuat hat-trick tercepat.

Berikut ini statistik kompetisi yang dilansir Soccernet:

- Juara: Barcelona
- Runner up: Real Madrid
- Liga Champions: Barcelona, Real Madrid, Valencia (peringkat 3), Villarreal (4)
- Liga Europa: Sevilla (peringkat 5), Athletic Bilbao (6), Atletico Madrid (7, karena juara dan runner up Copa del Rey lolos ke Liga Champions)
- Terdegradasi: Almeria (20), Hercules (19), Deportivo La Coruna

- Kemenangan kandang terbesar: Real Madrid 7-0 Malaga, Real Madrid 8-1 Almeria
- Kemenangan tandang terbesar: Almeria 0-8 Barcelona
- Skor tim tertinggi: 8 (Almeria 0-8 Barcelona, Real Madrid 8-1 Almeria)
- Skor agregat tertinggi: 9 (Valencia 3-6 Real Madrid, Real Madrid 8-1 Almeria)

- Kemenangan beruntun terbanyak: 16 game (Barcelona)
- Tak terkalahkan beruntun terbanyak: 31 game (Barcelona
- Kekalahan beruntun terbanyak: 7 game
- Tak pernah menang beruntun terbanyak: 11 game

- Kemenangan terbanyak: 30 (Barcelona)
- Kemenangan paling sedikit: 6 (Almeria)
- Kekalahan paling sedikit: 2 (Barcelona)
- Kekalahan terbanyak: 21 (Real Sociedad)
- Seri paling banyak: 14 game
- Gol terbanyak: 102 (Real Madrid)
- Gol paling sedikit: 31 (Deportivo La Coruna)
- Gol kebobolan paling sedikit: 21 (Barcelona)
- Gol kebobolan terbanyak: 70 (Almeria)
- Clean sheet terbanyak: 19 game (Barcelona)
- Clean sheet paling sedikit: 3 game (Almeria)
- Paling sering tidak mencetak gol: Deportivo La Coruna (21 kali)

Top skorer:
1. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 40 gol
2. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) 31
3. Sergio Aguero (Atletico Madrid), Alvaro Negredo (Sevilla) 20 gol

Assist:
1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) 18
2. Mesut Oezil (Real Madrid) 17
3. Dani Alves (Barcelona) 15

- Gol pertama: Fernando Llorente (Athletic Bilbao), vs Hercules, menit ke-45 detik ke-54, 28 Agustus 2010
- Penalti pertama: Ruben Suarez (Levante), menit ke-8 detik ke-57, vs Sevilla, 28 Agustus 2010, gol.
- Gol tercepat: Detik ke-23, David Barral (Sporting Gijon), vs Hercules, 15 Januari 2011
- Gol terlama: Menit ke-90 + 5, detik ke-17, Roberto Soldado (Valencia), vs Deportivo La Coruna, 21 Mei 2011.
- Gol bunuh diri pertama: Ernesto Galan (Espanyol), untuk Getafe, menit ke-61 detik ke-48, 29 Agustus 2010.

- Gol terbanyak oleh satu pemain di satu pertandingan: 4
1. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid), vs Racing Santander, 23 Oktober 2010
2. Roberto Soldado (Valencia), vs Getafe, 2 April 2011
3. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid), vs Sevilla, 7 Mei 2011.

Jumlah hat-trick: 14
- Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid, 6 kali)
- Lionel Messi (Barcelona, 2 kali)
- Luis Fabiano (Sevilla, 1)
- Roberto Soldado (Valencia, 1 kali)
- Diego Costa (Atletico Madrid, 1 kali)
- Gonzalo Higuain (Real Madrid, 1 kali)
- Emmanuel Adebayor (Real Madrid, 1 kali)
- Sergio Aguero (Atletico Madrid, 1 kali)

Hat-trick tercepat: Roberto Soldado (Valencia), vs Getafe, dalam selang 19 menit 51 detik, pada 2 April 2011

fadilbedil

19-06-2011, 03:51 PM

Granada Lengkapi Tim Promosi La Liga 2011/2012

Valencia - Tiga tiket promosi ke La Liga musim 2011/2012 seluruhnya sudah memiliki pemilik. Granada menjadi klub terakhir yang naik kasta usai menyingkirkan Elche di babak play-off.

Granada menahan tuan rumah Elche 1-1 dalam babak play-off leg kedua yang berlangsung di Stadion Martinez Valero, Elche, Valencia, Minggu (19/6/2011) dinihari WIB. Di leg pertama kedua tim bermain imbang 0-0.

Granada membuka skor di menit ke-28 lewat pemain depan asal Nigeria Odion Ighalo. Tuan rumah mencetak gol penyama delapan menit menjelang bubaran lewat Jordi Xumetra.

Skor 1-1 bertahan hingga pertandingan ditutup. Dengan keunggulan gol tandang, maka tim Granada berhak untuk lolos ke La Liga musim 2011/2012. Ini kali pertama tim berjuluk El Grana tersebut berkompetisi di kasta tertinggi di Spanyol sejak terakhir kali melakukannya 35 tahun silam.

Granada finis di posisi kelima Segunda Division musim 2010/11 dengan 68 poin, satu poin di bawah Elche yang menduduki posisi empat besar. Dalam play-off putaran pertama, Granada menyingkirkan Celta Vigo sementara Elche mengatasi Real Valladolid.

Tim besutan Fabriciano Gonzales melengkapi jatah tiga tim yang promosi ke La Liga 2011/2012. Mereka menyusul jejak Real Betis dan Rayo Vallecano.

http://www.detiksport.com/sepakbola/read/2011/06/19/052200/1663209/75/granada-lengkapi-tim-promosi-la-liga-2011-2012?b99110370

Trezz Kiko

20-07-2011, 10:03 PM

Daftar Nominasi Terbaik-Terbaik La Liga 2010-2011

Bola.net - Dewan Teknis dari Penghargaan Liga Sepak Bola Profesional dari La Liga BBVA, LFP, baru saja mengumumkan nominasi untuk peraih penghargaan pemain terbaik musim 2010-2011 lalu.
Dari lima posisi yang dinominasikan, dua seteru abadi La Liga, Real Madrid dan Barcelona menyumbangkan pemain mereka untuk tiap posisi tersebut. Untuk posisi pemain bertahan, Barca malah menyumbangkan dua nama pemainnya.

Nominasi pemain terbaik la Liga BBVA 2010-11 dari tiap posisi:

Penjaga gawang:
-Iker Casillas (Real Madrid)
-David de Gea (Atletico Madrid)
-Victor Valdes (FC Barcelona).

Pemain Bertahan:
-Abidal (FC Barcelona)
-Dani Alves (FC Barcelona)
-Marcelo (Real Madrid)

Gelandang Bertahan:
-Xabi Alonso (Real Madrid)
-Xavi Hernandez (FC Barcelona)
-Javi Martínez (Athletic Bilbao).

Gelandang Serang:
-Andres Iniesta (FC Barcelona)
-Mesut Ozil (Real Madrid)
-Borja Valero (Villarreal).

Penyerang:
-Sergio Aguero (Atletico Madrid)
-Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona)
-Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid).

Sementara untuk pendatang baru terbaik, tiga pemain yang mendapatkan nominasi adalah: Griezzman (Real Sociedad), Iker Muniain (Athletic Club), Ruben Perez (Deportivo)

Penghargaan di atas akan dinilai oleh juri yang terdiri dari pelatih tiap klub La Liga Primera. Sedangkan para pemain, suara mereka akan menentukan bagi pemenang penghargaan Pemain Terbaik dan Pelatih Terbaik. Untuk penghargaan BBVA Fair Play fans lah yang memilih melalui badan persatuan suporter La Liga, Aficiones Unidas.

Pihak LFP belum memutuskan kapan pengumuman ini akan diselenggarakan karena masih menunggu hasil dari voting tersebut.

www.bola.net

zudomiriku

20-08-2011, 12:19 AM

Real Madrid Coach Jose Mourinho Isn't Ruining Spanish Football

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In the aftermath of last night's explosive Clasico, Barcelona defender Gerard Pique laid blame for the all-out brawl that marred the Super Copa clash against Real Madrid firmly at the door of Jose Mourinho.

The Spanish World Cup winner, having safely made it off the pitch and into the post-match press conference, claimed that the Real Madrid coach is "wrecking Spanish football."

He added: "People are looking for culprits but they are in Madrid. Someone needs to get the video, analyze it and say who is to blame."

Strong words, yet it's difficult to see sense in them.

On the face of it, blame for the incident would appear to lie chiefly with the hot-headed Marcelo, for his horrific lunge on Cesc Fabregas. It was both unnecessary and dangerous, and could easily have put the debutant on crutches. The Brazilian paid instantly for his indiscretion and was quickly sent to the dressing room.

That should have been that. But it wasn't.

Fingers should also be pointed at the players and staff of both teams who escalated the situation with their petty reactions to the initial tackle. Mourinho was certainly among those perpetrators, but to lay the blame solely on him is unfair. It was a mass brawl. Has anyone ever successfully taken part in a one-man mass brawl?

Clearly what Pique meant was that it is Mourinho's perceived rough-and-ready tactics when facing the artisans of Barcelona that are killing the game.

However, that is also an unfair accusation. It's highly doubtful that Mourinho communicated to Marcelo, either before or during the match, to go out and break someone's leg. The wing-back acted on his own accord, plain and simple. No manager can account for that.

As for the tactics that Madrid have recently employed against Barcelona: As long as they are within the laws of the game, Pique can have no complaints. For 90 minutes at the Camp Nou, Madrid played within the laws of the game.

Barcelona are on such a level that even the best teams cannot play them at their own game. A different approach is required, as Mourinho and Madrid know. So, too, do Alex Ferguson and Manchester United.

Robust? Spoiling? Cynical? Perhaps a bit of all three. But let's not forget that Barca, for all their wonderful football, are no strangers to a touch of cynicism themselves. Sergio Busquets and Javier Mascherano, anyone? Even Lionel Messi has not escaped accusations of taking the odd dive.

Interestingly, Pique himself admitted it had been a fantastic game until the bust-up, so we can safely say it was an isolated incident, uncharacteristic of the 90 minutes of play that preceded it.

"We hope that on Thursday everyone will be talking about a great game of football and not the melee," he said.

Sorry Gerard, no chance.

He's right, though—it certainly was a corker of a match—so how exactly can Mourinho be accused of killing the Spanish game?

If anything, Spanish football has received a shot in the arm since he arrived at the Bernabeu. He may wind people up the wrong way at times, but there is no doubt he makes things a little more interesting.

At the moment, the intensity between the two clubs is incredible. Their rivalry is at its scintillating peak, as is the quality of the football being played. The next Clasico has become a must-see event. How can that be bad for Spanish football?

Barcelona are undoubtedly the best team in the world at the moment. Mourinho, as the coach of their biggest rivals, is tasked with doing what he can to change the balance of power. Any less than that and he would be neglecting his duties.

Clearly, he already has Barcelona rattled and the season hasn't even started yet.

It's about time the champions got used to him and stopped bleating about how he is "wrecking" the game.

He is not. Spanish football has never been more compelling.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/810500-real-madrid-coach-jose-mourinho-isnt-ruining-spanish-football

Redsbusby

25-08-2011, 11:49 PM

Sbg penikmat tontonan bola berasa ada yg kurang 1 persen tanpa liga spanyol nih, tp yg bigmatch doank :peace:

Liga Spanyol Optimistis Akhiri Pemogokan

Madrid, detiksport - Otoritas liga Spanyol optimistis dapat menemukan kesepakatan untuk mengakhiri pemogokan para pemain, menyusul pembicaraan panjang yang kembali dilakukan dengan Asosiasi Pemain Sepakbola Spanyol (AFE).

Saat ini para pemain di divisi satu dan dua Spanyol--termasuk bintang macam Lionel Messi dan Cristiano Ronaldo--sedang melakukan mogok sedari akhir pekan lalu sehingga menunda start musim kompetisi untuk kali pertama dalam 27 tahun terakhir.

Agar pemogokan tak berlanjut sampai pekan ke-2, pembicaraan pun terus dilakukan. Yang teranyar dilakukan oleh perwakilan para pemain dan wakil-wakil klub dalam sebuah pertemuan yang berjalan 12 jam sampai dengan Kamis (25/8/2011) pagi waktu setempat.

"Saya harap kami bisa mengakhiri pemogokan ini, jika kami memiliki kapasitas dan peluang untuk mencapai kesepakatan," kata Presiden Liga Sepakbola Profesional (LFP) Jose Luis Astiazaran di AFP.

Menurut Astiazaran, yang berdiri di bawah panji LFP yang mewakili klub-klub, menyatakan kalau kedua kubu sudah mendapatkan kemajuan besar dalam diskusi panjangnya. Tetapi kedua pihak bersepakat untuk beristirahat dulu sebelum melanjutkan bahasan.

"Saya cukup optimistis besok kami akan terus bekerja dan mencapai kesepakatan," ujarnya.

Senada dengannya, Luis Gil selaku juru bicara dari AFE juga mengakui adanya perkembangan bagus dari pembicaraan maraton tersebut. "Kami sudah bekerja berjam-jam dan panjangnya waktu sudah mengarah ke kemajuan."

"Saya pikir kami sudah bekerja keras. Kami akan berada di sini selama yang dibutuhkan," tegas Gil.

Redsbusby

25-08-2011, 11:58 PM

Baru aja posting berita kesepakatan yg hampir terjadi, dlm hitungan menit uda muncul kesepakatan sebenarrnya nih :hammer:

Aksi Mogok Berakhir, Liga Spanyol Dimulai Akhir Pekan Ini

Madrid, detiksport - Liga Spanyol musim 2011/2012 dipastikan akan dimulai pada akhir pekan ini. Pihak asosiasi pemain (AFE) akan mengakhiri aksi mogok setelah mencapai kesepakatan dengan pengelola liga (LFP).

Kesepakatan tersebut tercapai pada hari ini setelah pihak liga menjamin pembayaran utang gaji lebih dari 200 pemain senilai 72 juta dolar. Pihak liga juga mengizinkan pemain yang gajinya tidak dibayarkan selama tiga bulan untuk memutuskan ikatan kontrak dengan klub.

"Kami sudah mencapai kesepakatan yang kami yakini benar-benar memuaskan," terang ketua AFE, Luis Rubiales, yang dikutip Yahoosports.

"Aksi mogok sudah dihentikan oleh asosiasi pemain. Ini adalah usaha dari kedua belah pihak, kedua pihak sudah memberikan alasan dan saya sangat senang bahwa pada akhirnya bola akan dimainkan," timpal Presiden LFP, Jose Luis Astiazaran.

Dengan tercapainya kesepakatan ini, maka pertandingan pekan kedua Liga Spanyol musim 2011/2012 bisa digelar pada akhir pekan ini. Primera Division akan kick-off pada hari Sabtu (27/8/2011) di mana Sporting Gijon akan bertemu Real Sociedad dan Real Madrid menghadapi Real Zaragoza.

Barcelona baru akan bermain pada hari Senin (29/8/2011). Sang juara bertahan dijadwalkan meladeni tantangan Villarreal.

Redsbusby

08-09-2011, 01:46 PM

Sebenernya tergantung apa definisi masing masing orang sih untuk ngatain kalo di spanyol emang 2 tim ini doank yg main.. dalam artian sedikit kejutan yg terjadi... beda dgn liga inggris... IMO

Alves: La Liga Bukan Liga Sampah

Barcelona, detiksport - Dominannya Barcelona dan Real Madrid memunculkan anggapan bahwa Liga Spanyol kurang kompetitif. Namun bek Barcelona Dani Alves tidak setuju dengan anggapan itu. Apa katanya?

Anggapan tersebut diutarakan oleh Presiden Sevilla Jose Maria del Nido menyusul kemenangan besar yang diperoleh dua raksasa itu di pekan pertama Liga Spanyol. Barca memetik kemenangan telak atas Villarreal 5-0 sementara Madrid menggilas Real Zaragoza 6-0.

Del Nido bahkan tak segan menyebut bahwa Liga Spanyol merupakan liga sampah karena kurang kompetitif dengan hanya Barca dan Madrid yang sanggup bersaing untuk memperebutkan trofi juara.

Persaingan antara Barca dan Madrid diyakini bahkan semakin meruncing setelah terjadinya sejumlah insiden kontroversial ketika kedua tim saling berhadapan.

Alves sangat tidak setuju dengan penilaian mantan bosnya tersebut. Pemain bertahan yang memperkuat Sevilla selama enam tahun itu menilai kalau yang membedakan hanyalah perbedaan kualitas pemain yang dimiliki Barca dan Madrid dengan tim lainnya.

"Aku pikir dia cuma mempertahankan perhatiannya dan kami harus menghormati itu. Dia mungkin melakukan itu untuk alasan yang tepat tapi aku selalu menghormatinya. Satu hal yang aku tidak sepakat adalah klaim dia mengenai La Liga adalah liga sampah. Aku tidak setuju," sahut Alves di Soccerway.

"Aku telah berada di klub lain dan aku tahu bagaimana sulitnya berkompetisi melawan Madrid dan terutama melawan Barcelona. Tapi itu bukan berarti (liga ini) adalah sampah atau buruk," sambungnya.

"Perbedaannya hanya dua tim ini (Barca-Madrid) sekarang punya pemain yang tim-tim lain tidak punya. Bagiku, hanya itu perbedaannya," tandas defender Brasil itu.

alpben

08-09-2011, 08:30 PM

Trezz Kiko

11-09-2011, 11:51 AM

Berharap De Gea menang!!
wkwkwk

ya walaupun menang sebagai pemain athletico, kita paling tidak juga sdikit bangga :D

alpben

11-09-2011, 04:58 PM

ya walaupun menang sebagai pemain athletico, kita paling tidak juga sdikit bangga :D

Tepat sekali
hahaha
walau gimanapun dia tetap Rising Star kita
hhe!!! :ui3::ui2::peace:

MIN

22-09-2011, 12:25 AM

Valencia's Rami for man-to-man job on Messi

Valencia's French centre-back Adil Rami says the only way to stop Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi is to try a spot of man-to-man marking.

"I think you'd have to put a quick and gifted player on Messi who would follow him wherever he goes. We'd lose a player -- but then so would they," Rami told Wednesday's El Pais daily.

Spanish league leaders Valencia host Barcelona on Wednesday evening.

Rami, who joined Valencia in the summer after winning the French title with Lille, meanwhile admitted he had his work cut out to survive in La Liga and said his technique required improvement.

"I know I can put the team in difficulty owing to my technical level being only there or thereabouts. That can be dangerous sometimes," Rami said when asked if he had any weaknesses.

"People say I am impressive physically but I am only doing my work -- that is, defend well and do more if the opportunity presents itself."

Source: http://www.football.co.uk/barcelona/valencia_s_rami_for_man-to-man_job_on_messi_rss1854217.shtml

Andi Istiabudi

22-09-2011, 05:34 PM

Mungkin cara ini bisa ditiru klub Indonesia dalam menggaet sponsor :D

Belum Dapat Sponsor, Valencia Pasang Akun Twitter di Kostum Pemain

http://klimg.com/bola.net/library/p/valencia-tw-afp.jpg

Bola.net - Ada hal unik yang dilakukan Valencia pada pertandingan jornada keempat La Liga 2011-12 ketika menghadapi juara bertahan Barcelona, Kamis (22/9) dini hari WIB.

Pada pertandingan di stadion Mestalla yang berakhir imbang 2-2, Roberto Soldado dkk memakai kostum dengan tulisan @valenciacf.

Benar, itu bukan logo atau sponsor baru Valencia, tapi merupakan akun Twitter resmi klub berlogo kelelawar tersebut.

Pada tiga laga sebelumnya di awal musim ini, tak ada tulisan atau logo sponsor di bagian depan kostum Valencia, seperti halnya sejumlah tim La Liga lain yang juga belum mendapat sponsor, seperti Villarreal, Sevilla, hingga Atletico Madrid.

Selain mendekatkan diri dengan suporternya melalui Twitter, tentunya Valencia juga ingin mendapatkan jumlah pengikut (follower) lebih banyak lagi mengingat saat berita ini ditulis jumlah follower @valenciacf masih 35 ribuan, jauh dari jumlah follower Rio Ferdinand, Wayne Rooney, atau Cristiano Ronaldo yang telah menembus angka jutaan.

Belum dipastikan sampai kapan Valencia akan memasang nama akun Twitter mereka di kostum pemain, apakah hanya bersifat temporer hingga mendapat sponsor, atau bersifat permanen hingga akhir musim.

Sebuah cara unik yang bisa ditiru tim-tim lain yang ingin menggandeng sponsor dan mendekatkan diri dengan fans mereka.

Bagaimana, ada tim di Indonesia yang juga tertarik mengikuti ide Valencia? (dt/zul)

Source : http://www.bola.net

MIN

23-09-2011, 07:56 PM

'Falcao, Penyerang Terbaik Dalam Sejarah Atletico'

Kekaguman pelatih Atletico Madrid, Gregorio Manzano pada penyerang barunya, Radamel Falcao seakan tak pernah habis, terutama untuk pengaruh besarnya pada klub dalam waktu yang amat singkat.

Los Rojiblancos menguras kocek mereka senilai 40 juta euro demi mendatangkan Falcao dari Porto musim panas ini demi mengisi kepergian Sergio Aguero dan Diego Forlan.

Dan penyerang timnas Kolombia itu sudah menebusnya dalam waktu yang amat singkat -ia sudah melesakkan enam gol dalam tiga laga terakhir Atletico di semua ajang.

"Ia pencetak gol handal untuk bisa dinikmati fans kami dan juga sepak bola Spanyol," sanjung Manzano.

"Anda harus merunut sejarah Atletico Madrid ke belakang untuk menemukan pemain yang, dalam tujuh hari, sudah menciptakan begitu banyak peluang, upayanya membentur tiang atau golnya dianulir, serta sudah begitu efektif dalam waktu teramat singkat."

"Kami tak terkejut jika ia mencetak begitu banyak gol, karena ia sudah melakukan itu sepanjang karir profesionalnya, namun kami sungguh terkejut dengan cepatnya ia menyesuaikan diri."

"Juga, lebih dari kinerjanya, Anda harus menghargai kerendahan hatinya, ia rekan setim yang hebat dan ruang ganti tim menyukai serta menghormatinya. Saya yakin ia akan bersaing ketat dengan pencetak gol hebat lainnya di liga macam Lionel Messi dan Cristiano Ronaldo."

Sumber: bola.net

MIN

25-09-2011, 10:02 PM

Manzano: Mustahil Bermain Lebih Baik dari Barcelona

Pelatih Atletico Madrid, Gregorio Manzano akui kekuatan Barcelona. Ia menilai tim manapun kemungkinan akan sangat mustahil bermain lebih bagus dari skuad Pep Guardiola.

Pernyataan yang disampaikan Manzano ini sendiri merujuk pada penampilan timnya saat melawan Barcelona, di Nou Camp, Minggu (25/9) dini hari WIB. Pada laga tersebut, timnya harus menelan kenyataan pahit. Mereka digilas dengan skor telak 5-0.

"Kami menghadapi tim Barcelona, yang saat ini memang sedang dalam irama permainan yang sangat baik," kata Manzano seperti yang dikutip dari Goal.com. "Mereka memiliki pemain yang hebat, yang mampu menampilkan berbagai cara."

"Setiap tim di dunia tidak mungkin akan mampu memenangkan penguasaan bola, secara fisik itu tidak mungkin. Untuk dapat meraih kemenangan di sini (Nou Camp) dengan situasi yang sama, Anda harus melakukan kinerja yang sangat baik," sambungnya.

Atas hasil ini, tim berjuluk Los Rojiblancos itu pun kini bercokol di peringkat kedelapan klasemen La Liga Spanyol. Sementara Barcelona kian menanjak dengan menduduki tangga kedua.

Sumber: bolanews.com

Sheyro_07Seven

26-09-2011, 02:09 AM

Barca Lanjutkan Kerjasama dengan Qatar Foundation

Barcelona - Tarik-ulur soal berlanjut atau tidaknya kerjasama Barcelona dengan Qatar Foundation akhirnya terjawab. Dewan Direksi klub memutuskan untuk meneruskan kesepakatan yang sudah tercapai tersebut.

Barcelona untuk kali pertama sepanjang sejarah berdirinya memutuskan menerima uang dari sponsor utama yang terpampang di depan jersey-nya. Kesepakatan tersebut tercapai pada Desember 2010 lalu, dengan nilai yang disebut-sebut sebagai terbesar sepanjang sejarah yakni senilai 171 juta euro.

Kesepakatan tersebut kemudian mengundang pro dan kontra. Fans klub berjuluk The Catalans tersebut sempat membuat petisi yang meminta deal dengan Qatar Foundation dibatalkan. Sementara di jajaran dewan juga terjadi perbedaan pendapat.

Namun setelah dilakukan voting dalam rapat dewan pada Sabtu (24/9/2011) malam waktu setempat, disepakati kalau kerjasama keduanya akan terus berlanjut. Itu berarti hingga lima tahun ke depan seragam Barca masih akan terpajang Qatar Foundation.

Dikutip dari AFP, sebanyak 697 suara memutuskan untuk melanjutkan kerjasama tersebut. Sementara 76 menentang dan 36 lainnya tak mengambil keputusan.

Qatar Foundation berdiri tahun 1995 dan merupakan organisasi non-profit yang memfokuskan diri pada pendidikan, penelitian dan pengembangan komunitas terutama di Timur Tengah.

Secara finansial Barca butuh meneruskan kerjasama dengan Qatar Foundation. Musim lalu klub juara Liga Champions tersebut merugi sebesar 79,6 juta euro dan memiliki utang 442 juta euro.

http://detiksport.com

Sheyro_07Seven

26-09-2011, 02:12 AM

Guardiola: Barca Bukan Tak Terkalahkan

Barcelona - Pelatih Barcelona, Pep Guardiola, menyebut timnya bermain lebih baik daripada Atletico Madrid. Meski demikian, dia menegaskan bahwa Barca bukanlah tim yang tak bisa dikalahkan.

Anak buah Guardiola memamerkan superioritasnya kala bertemu Atletico di Camp Nou, Minggu (25/9/2011) dinihari WIB. Klub Catalan itu menghajar Los Colchoneros lima gol tanpa balas.

"Hari ini kami lebih baik daripada Atletico Madrid," ucap Guardiola di AS.

Meski musim ini skuad asuhannya belum pernah kalah, Guardiola menilai tim mana pun sebenarnya punya kans untuk menundukkan timnya.

"Hari ini kami lebih baik, menerima pujian, tapi kami bukannya tak terkalahkan. Tentu saja tim mana pun bisa menang," katanya.

"Kami bermain bagus, mendapatkan pelajaran soal konsentrasi, tapi mulai besok kami harus membuktikan hal tersebut," lanjutnya.

"Mari kita lihat apakah kami bisa menjaga pola ini. Itulah tantangan kami pada tahun ini," tutup Guardiola.

http://detiksport.com

Sheyro_07Seven

26-09-2011, 02:14 AM

Messi yang Tetap Rendah Hati

Barcelona - Penyerang Barcelona Lionel Messi mendapatkan sanjungan dari Pep Guardiola. Tapi, Messi tak besar kepala dan lebih memilih untuk berterima kasih atas bantuan rekan-rekan setimnya.

Messi jadi aktor utama kemenangan Barca atas Atletico Madrid, Minggu (25/9/2011) dinihari WIB. Dari lima gol kemenangan Azulgrana, tiga di antaranya lahir dari kaki Messi. Hebatnya, semua gol Messi tercipta lewat aksi-aksi individu menawan dari pemain terbaik dunia dua kali itu.

Guardiola tentu sudah terbiasa melihat Messi tampil apik dan mencetak tiga gol dalam sebuah laga. Tapi, dia tetap punya sanjungan untuk anak buahnya tersebut.

"Leo sangat cepat dalam jarak dekat. Tapi, Anda harus melihat Leo bermain untuk memahaminya," kata Guardiola yang dikutip Yahoosports.

"Anda cuma harus menemukan ruang untuk memberinya bola," tambahnya.

Meski sudah jadi pahlawan timnya, Messi tetap merendah. Baginya, dia bisa tampil apik berkat bantuan rekan-rekan setimnya.

"Saya harus berterima kasih kepada rekan-rekan saya. Kami sudah menunjukkan bahwa saat bermain baik, kami menikmati sepakbola kami," ucap Messi kepada AS.

"Ini adalah laga yang sulit karena Atletico bertahan dengan baik. Mereka punya tim yang hebat, dan mereka mendapatkan respek dari kami sejak menit pertama. Tapi, gol membuat pertandingan sesuai dengan tujuan kami dan kami dengan cepat mengambil kendali," jelasnya.

http://detiksport.com

demhyt

26-09-2011, 11:50 AM

banyak tim di la liga ini yg bajunya polosan ya?...kasian ndak ada sponsor...:(

Sheyro_07Seven

26-09-2011, 11:58 AM

banyak tim di la liga ini yg bajunya polosan ya?...kasian ndak ada sponsor...:(

bukan gak ada sponsor BroW,.... miskin peminat kali,.... :hammer:

Sheyro_07Seven

26-09-2011, 12:14 PM

Messi di Ambang Rekor Gol Terbanyak Kedua Barca

Barcelona - Trigol Lionel Messi ke gawang Atletico Madrid menambah torehan golnya menjadi 192 gol selama membela Barcelona. Messi tinggal selangkah lagi untuk menyamai rekor gol terbanyak kedua Los Azulgrana.

Messi mencetak hat-trik nomor 12 sepanjang kariernya dengan menghancurkan Atletico lima gol tanpa balas di Camp Nou, akhir pekan lalu.

Dengan tambahan gol tersebut, Messi kini cuma terpaut dua gol saja dari rekor legenda Barca, Laszlo Kubala. Mantan pemain asal Hungaria itu berhasil mencetak 194 gol dalam waktu satu dekade dari tahun 1951 sampai 1961.

Permainan Messi semakin membaik dalam tiga musim belakangan. Di musim ini, pemain berusia 24 tahun itu telah mencetak delapan gol dari lima kali penampilannya atau rata-rata 1,6 gol per pertandingan.

"Aku cukup santai dengan rekor-rekor tersebut. Aku hanya menganggapnya sebuah permainan tapi jelas aku sangat senang menjadi top skorer," tukas penyerang bertubuh mungil itu kepada situs resmi klub.

"Sudah banyak waktu terlewati dan masih juga pemain yang sama (Kubala). Semoga aku bisa melewati statistiknya. Aku ingin terus mencetak sejarah disini," harap Messi.

Pemain terbaik dunia dua kali tersebut berpeluang untuk mensejajarkan diri dengan Kubala tengah pekan ini juga. Messi akan tampil memperkuat Barca saat menghadapi BATE Borisov di lanjutan penyisihan Grup H Liga Champions.

http://detiksport.com

demhyt

26-09-2011, 12:21 PM

bukan gak ada sponsor BroW,.... miskin peminat kali,.... :hammer:

ketimpangan la liga...emang bener tuh jangan2 la liga emang cuma dua tim doang..hufthh

Sheyro_07Seven

27-09-2011, 10:07 AM

Betis Telan Kekalahan Perdana

Getafe - Pemuncak klasemen sementara La Liga, Real Betis, menelan kekalahan perdana musim ini. Betis ditaklukkan 0-1 oleh Getafe.

Pada pertandingan yang berlangsung di Stadion Coliseum Alfonso Perez, Selasa (27/9/2011) dinihari WIB, Betis sebenarnya tampil lebih menguasai permainan. Hal ini terlihat dari total penguasaan bola mereka yang sampai 61%.

Namun, Getafe tercatat lebih banyak membuat tembakan. Tercatat, mereka melepaskan 12 tembakan dengan lima di antaranya tepat sasaran. Alhasil mereka pun berhasil meraih keunggulan atas sang tamu.

Gol Getafe tercipta di menit 31 ketika Diego Castro, yang berada di dalam kotak penalti, melepaskan tendangan kaki kanan keras. Inaki Goitia tak mampu menghalaunya dan bola menusuk ke bagian tengah-atas gawang Betis.

Kiper Getafe, Miguel Moya, tampil bagus dan melakukan tiga penyelamatan di babak kedua, ketika Betis mulai berusaha bangkit.

Ini adalah kekalahan pertama bagi Betis di musim ini. Namun, posisi mereka sebagai pemuncak klasemen La Liga dengan nilai 12 tetap tidak tergoyahkan.

Sementara bagi Getafe, ini adalah kemenangan pertama mereka musim ini. Posisi mereka pun naik ke urutan 16 dengan nilai empat.

Susunan Pemain

Getafe: Moya, Lopo, Diaz, Mane, Valera, Medhi Lacen, Perez, Castro, Pedro Leon (Michel 78), Guiza (Miku 65), Barrada (Sarabia 69).

Real Betis: Goitia, Jose Antonio Dorado, Mario, Perez Nacho, Chica Torres, Iriney, Mati (Benat 45), Montero (Vadillo 72), Sevilla (Molina 55), Jonathan, Santa Cruz.

http://detiksport.com

zudomiriku

27-09-2011, 01:46 PM

Valencia using their Twitter handle as shirt sponsor

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In the absence of a paying shirt sponsor, Valencia decided to take the opportunity for a little self promotion and slapped their Twitter handle on the front of their shirts for their match against Barcelona on Wednesday. This might be the first time a top flight club advertised a Twitter account on their kits and with just under 35,000 followers as of this writing, it seems like they needed to get the word out.

Now that the precedent has been set, it probably won't be long until a company pays a club to put a Twitter handle on their shirts. Or stadium. Or foreheads.

Anyway, now seems like a good time to remind you that Dirty Tackle is also on Twitter.

http://bleacherreport.com/tb/bbjP3

Sheyro_07Seven

27-09-2011, 08:25 PM

Laudrup Mundur Sebagai Pelatih Mallorca

Mallorca - Real Mallorca harus segera mencari entrenador baru, setelah Michael Laudrup yang sebelumnya mengisi posisi itu mengajukan pengunduran dirinya.

Laudrup, yang resmi menangani Mallorca sejak Juli 2010, mengonfirmasikan keputusan tersebut dalam sesi konperensi pers, Selasa (27/9/2011) pagi waktu setempat.

Keputusan mundur mantan bintang Denmark tersebut adalah memburuknya hubungan dengan Lorenzo Serra Ferrar selaku pemilik klub.

"Situasi seperti ini tidak bisa terus berlangsung. Dari saat ini, Mallorca akan jadi seperti apa yang diinginkan oleh Serrar Ferre," cetus Laudrup di ESPN Soccernet.

Tanda-tanda sudah tidak harmonisnya hubungan Laudrup dengan pihak klub Mallorca sudah terlihat setelah ia mengungkapkan rasa frustrasinya terhadap kebijakan transfer klub itu di musim panas. Apalagi Laudrup lantas meradang karena merasa kekurangan pemain depan.

Sebelum pengunduran diri Laudrup, Mallorca sudah memecat Erik Larsen yang merupakan asistennya. Larsen dilengserkan usai mengkritik kebijakan direksi Mallorca.

Sampai dengan jornada 5 La Liga Primera, Mallorca masih berkutat di papan tengah setelah meraih poin enam hasil dari dua kemenangan dan tiga kekalahan.

http://detiksport.com

Sheyro_07Seven

29-09-2011, 08:25 PM

Liga Spanyol Pekan Ini
Misi Barca-Madrid Memulai Tren Positif

Jakarta - Setelah sama-sama tertahan, Barcelona dan Real Madrid sukses bangkit dengan meraih kemenangan pada akhir pekan lalu. Kini, saatnya kedua raksasa itu mulai meneruskan langkahnya di jalur kemenangan.

Setelah ditahan Valencia (22/9), Barca mampu bangkit dengan menggebuk Atletico Madrid 5-0 tiga hari setelahnya. Kemenangan itu membawa Los Cules melesat ke peringkat dua klasemen dengan terpaut satu angka dari Real Betis yang jadi pemuncak.

Pada pekan keenam Liga Spanyol, Barca akan melawat ke El Molinon, Senin (3/10/2011) dinihari WIB guna menghadapi juru kunci, Sporting Gijon.

Memang, Gijon tengah mengalami periode buruk di temporada 2011/12 dengan satu hasil seri dan empat kekalahan pada lima pertandingannya. Namun Los Rojiblancos terbukti selalu berhasil menyulitkan Barca.

Dari lima pertemuan terakhirnya, Barca tidak terkalahkan saat menghadapi pasukan yang dibesut oleh Manuel Preciado. Tapi di laga terakhirnya di markas Gijon (13/02) El Barca cuma memperoleh satu poin usai ditahan 1-1.

Bukti lainnya kalau Gijon cukup sulit buat Barca terjadi di pada tahun 2010 silam. Pada waktu itu Barca yang punya produktivitas gol tinggi hanya mampu sekali menjebol gawang Gijon di masing-masing pertemuannya meskipun berhasil meraih tiga poin.

Di hari yang sama, Madrid akan mencoba mencari kemenangan kedua beruntun di markas dari Espanyol yang kini menghuni posisi 12 di klasemen.

Menurut catatan pertemuan yang dicatat Soccerway, Los Meregues punya rekor apik di El Prat. Lima pertemuan terakhirnya, Madrid menang empat kali dan cuma sekali kalah.

Kekalahan itu pun terjadi lima tahun lalu di mana Iker Casillas dkk. menyerah 0-1. Sedangkan kemenangan terakhir terjadi Februari silam berkat gol tunggal Marcelo di pertengahan babak pertama.

Usai melalui periode cukup sulit beberapa pekan silam, Madrid kini sudah percaya diri kembali pasca membantai tim promosi Rayo Vallecano 6-2 dan ikut terangkat usai kemenangan 3-0 dari Ajax Amsterdam di ajang Liga Champions.

Motivasi Madrid untuk menang semakin berlipat ganda karena tiga poin yang diraih berpotensi mengembalikan mereka ke habitatnya di empat besar.

Satu lagi tim papan atas, Valencia akan mencoba kembali ke jalurnya setelah gagal menang di dua partai La Liga sebelumnya. Granada akan jadi ujian Los Che dalam upaya meraup angka penuh dalam laga yang dilangsungkan di depan pendukungnya sendiri di Mestalla.

Sebagai informasi kedua tim sejauh ini belum pernah berjumpa dalam kompetisi apapun.

Memainkan partai lebih dahulu, Betis akan menjamu Levante pada Minggu (2/10) malam WIB. Tiga poin jelas harus diraih oleh mereka jika tidak ingin singgasananya digusur Barcelona yang cuma terpaut satu angka.

Melawan Levante, Betis memang tak punya catatan pertemuan yang bagus. Namun setidaknya, Betis cukup percaya diri lantara di perjumpaan terakhirnya sukses melipat lawan 4-0 di Segunda Division.

Sementara itu Villarreal akan menjamu Real Zaragoza di El Madrigal. "Si Kapal Selam Kuning" tengah terpuruk di posisi 15 usai hanya meraup satu kemenangan, satu dua seri dan dua kali kalah.

Berbekal rekor kandang yang bagus kontra Zaragoza dengan empat kali menang dari lima perjumpaan terakhirnya, Villarreal harus bisa mendapat poin penuh untuk menjauhkan diri dari zona merah.

Jadwal Pertandingan Liga Spanyol pekan ini

Sabtu, 1 Oktober 2011
Osasuna vs Real Mallorca
Villarreal vs Rea Zaragoza
Racing Santander vs Rayo Vallecano

Minggu, 2 Oktober 2011
Valencia vs Granada
Malaga vs Getafe
Real Sociedad vs Athletic Club
Real Betis vs Levante
Atletico Madrid vs Sevilla

Senin, 3 Oktober 2011
Sporting Gijon vs Barcelona
Espanyol vs Real Madrid

http://detiksport.com

zudomiriku

04-10-2011, 10:37 AM

Valencia's Sergio Canales taken out by referee's slide tackle

Spanish referee Eduardo Gonzalez has become a Granada hero after slide tackling Valencia star Sergio Canales during their 1-0 defeat at the Mestalla.

Even though Granada lost Saturday’s La Liga clash courtesy of a Canales strike, the man in the middle made sure he’d go down in Spanish folklore for possibly being the first ref to take out a player with a sliding lunge.

With Valencia on the attack, the ball was laid off to the dangerous Canales, and with the Granada defence on the back foot, official Gonzalez thought he’d lend a helping hand by taking out the on-loan Real Madrid midfielder 30 yards from goal.

Of course, the ref’s hilarious lunge was unintentional, and after his slip, he apologized to the remarkably calm 20-year-old.

Canales had previously scored with a low shot from outside the area in the fourth minute, and although that gave Los Che the victory they needed to keep them top of La Liga, Malaga’s 3-2 win over Getafe later in the day knocked them down to second on goal difference.

Slide tackle referee Valencia vs Granada by greekgoalsellas

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http://bleacherreport.com/tb/bbm58

zudomiriku

07-10-2011, 02:35 PM

A shocking tackle you won’t have seen: Toni Doblas (Xerez) seriously injures Ion Velez (Girona)

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The dying seconds of the Segunda Division match between Xerez and Girona on Monday produced a shocking tackle and injury that is not for the squeamish amongst you.

Girona striker Ion Velez chased a ball into the box only to be caught by a horrific challenge from Xerez keeper Toni Doblas.

The Xerez custodian caught Velez knee-high with a studs-up challenge and caused serious inury with the Girona striker expected to be out for a year with ligament damage.

Incredibly, Doblas got away with it completely. The referee failed to award a foul, penalty or even card the keeper but played on with a goal kick.

Xerez won the match 2-1 and the challenge as well as the injury have been featured across all the major Spanish websites.

http://bleacherreport.com/tb/bbmH9

Sheyro_07Seven

14-10-2011, 01:42 PM

kayakNya perlu di juluki The New Aguero deh,.....;)

Bersama Atletico, Falcao Makin Komplet

Madrid - Radamel Falcao harus banyak belajar sejak bergabung dengan Atletico Madrid. Penyerang asal Kolombia itu mengaku senang karena hal itu telah membuatnya jadi pemain yang makin lengkap.

Falcao tiba di Atletico pada musim panas ini usai dibeli dari Porto seharga 40 juta euro. Dia jadi tumpuan baru di lini depan Los Colchoneros setelah kepergian Sergio Aguero dan Diego Forlan.

Di Atletico, Falcao lebih sering dipasang sebagai penyerang tunggal oleh pelatih Gregorio Manzano. Meski peran baru ini menuntut Falcao untuk banyak belajar, dia mengaku senang.

"Saya belajar bersama dengan rekan-rekan di Atletico dan kami membuat sebuah garis besar yang saya gunakan dan bekerja dengan baik, jadi saya sangat senang," seru Falcao kepada EFE.

"Jelas, Anda harus sangat rajin bergerak untuk menemukan ruang dan menerima bola tanpa terkawal. Tapi, saya (mulai) terbiasa dengan hal itu," katanya.

http://detiksport.com

Sheyro_07Seven

17-10-2011, 09:59 AM

wah salut neh bwt Levante,.... \m/

Geser Madrid, Levante Tempel Barca

Valencia - Levante masih belum berhenti mengukir hasil positif. Kemenangan 3-0 atas Malaga membuat mereka menggeser Real Madrid dari peringkat kedua klasemen sekaligus menempel Barcelona yang duduk di puncak.

Bertanding di Ciudad de Valencia, Minggu (16/10/2011), Levante sudah memimpin saat laga berumur 14 menit. Tembakan kaki kiri Jose Barkero dari jarak dekat bersarang di gawang Malaga setelah sebelumnya membentur bek lawan.

Malaga harus melanjutkan laga dengan sepuluh pemain sejak menit ke-27 setelah kiper Wilfredo Caballero dikartu merah wasit.

Unggul jumlah pemain membuat Levante di atas angin. Mereka bisa menambah dua gol lewat Juanlu pada menit ke-31 dan Arouna Kone pada menit ke-41.

Kemenangan ini mengangkat posisi Granotes ke peringkat kedua klasemen sementara dengan koleksi 17 poin dari tujuh partai, unggul satu poin atas Madrid yang harus rela turun ke posisi ketiga. Mereka punya poin yang sama dengan Barca, tapi kalah selisih gol.

Sementara itu, Malaga menghuni peringkat kelima dengan raihan 13 poin.

Susunan pemain:
Levante: Munua, Nano, Ballesteros, Juanfran, Javi Venta, Farinos, Fuente (Pallardo 79'), Juanlu (El Zhar 66'), Valdo, Kone, Barkero (Estrada 70')

Malaga: Caballero, Mathijsen, Demichelis, Monreal, Gamez, Maresca (Ruben 29'), Toulalan, Isco, Cazorla (Fernandez 45'), van Nistelrooy (Rondon 45'), Joaquin

Hasil pertandingan lain:
Rayo Vallecano 0-1 Espanyol
Zaragoza 2-0 Real Sociedad

http://detiksport.com

Sheyro_07Seven

17-10-2011, 10:02 AM

liliput yg sedang ingin menjadi besar,.......... \m/

'Liliput' Levante Berusaha Tetap Realistis

Valencia - Levante sedang mengawang-awang. Dengan target realistis menghindari degradasi, kini Levante malah menghuni papan atas klasemen dan jadi jadi seperti liliput yang berada di tengah-tengah raksasa.

Dibandingkan dengan klub-klub La Liga Primera lain yang cukup bergelimang uang, Levante cukup pantas dikategorikan sebagai klub kecil.

Klub yang bermarkas di Valencia itu bahkan hanya menghuni sebuah "rumah", stadion Ciutat de Valencia, yang berkapasitas sekitar 25 ribu orang. Bandingkan dengan klub sekota, Valencia, yang bermarkas di Mestalla, sebuah stadion megah yang dapat menampung 55 ribu penonton.

Bandingkan juga anggaran Levante musim ini yang dicatat Reuters hanya sebesar 20 juta euro (sekitar Rp 245 miliar) dengan anggaran klub ambisius Malaga, yang sangat aktif di bursa transfer musim panas lalu, sebesar 150 juta euro (sekitar 1,8 triliun).

Akan tetapi, perbedaan anggaran 7 kali lipat lebih itu tak ada artinya di giornata 7 La Liga Primera. Levante tetap bisa menundukkan Malaga, yang kehilangan salah satu pemainnya saat tengah ketinggalan satu gol, dengan skor 3-0.

Berkat kemenangan tersebut, Levante sukses menempati posisi dua klasemen sementara, menggeser klub raksasa Spanyol Real Madrid ke peringkat tiga.

Dengan poin 17--unggul satu angka dari El Real--Levante bahkan memiliki koleksi poin setara dengan sang pemuncak klasemen, Barcelona, klub raksasa Spanyol lainnya yang musim ini ditaksir memiliki anggaran sekitar 500 juta euro, atau 25 kali lipat dari Levante. Levante dan Barca untuk sementara hanya terpisahkan selisih gol usai tujuh laga saja.

Berada di tengah-tengah dua raksasa semenjulang Barca dan Madrid, yang juga seteru berat dan secara tradisi merupakan tim-tim terkuat kandidat peraih gelar juara, Levante pun sudah seperti liliput saja.

Pun demikian, bukan tidak mungkin pula si liliput ini terus memberikan kejutan-kejutan lain, meski entrenador Juan Ignacio Martinez langsung mewanti-wanti timnya agar tetap menjejak bumi dan fokus kepada target realistis yang bahkan relatif tak terlalu muluk-muluk: bertahan di La Liga Primera musim depan.

"Kami harus menikmati ini tapi kami tahu liga masih panjang dan kami sangat mungkin akan kehilangan poin-poin nanti. Kami akan mencapai bidikan kami yakni 42 poin (untuk menghindari degradasi) pada bulan April, walau semoga saja saya keliru tentang hal itu," tuturnya merendah seraya berharap.

http://detiksport.com

Sheyro_07Seven

18-10-2011, 09:20 AM

semakin seru ja neh tim2 La Liga,.... :-bd

Menang Lagi, Bilbao Perbaiki Posisi

Bilbao - Athletic Bilbao meraih kemenangan kedua mereka musim ini. Menghadapi Osasuna di kandang sendiri, tim asal Basque itu menang dengan skor 3-1.

Setelah menelan tiga kekelahan dan dua hasil imbang di lima laga perdana, Bilbao baru mulai menuai hasil positif sejak pekan keenam, di mana mereka menang 2-1 atas Real Sociedad. Tren positif itu kemudian berlanjut pekan ini.

Bertanding melawan Osasuna di Estadio San Mames, Selasa (18/10/2011) dinihari WIB, skuad arahan Marcelo Bielsa itu tampil dominan sejak menit pertama. Tiga puluh menit laga berjalan, mereka pun unggul lewat gol Iker Muniain usai memanfaatkan assist dari Fernando Llorente.

Delapan menit berselang, umpan silang dari Andoni Iraola disambut dengan sundulan oleh Llorente di mulut gawang Osasuna. Bola memang masih bisa diblok, tapi kemudian jatuh di kaki Igor Gabilondo yang langsung menceploskan bola ke gawang Osasuna.

Babak pertama berakhir dengan skor 3-0 untuk tuan rumah setelah umpan silang Iraola ditanduk oleh Javi Martinez.

Satu-satunya gol Osasuna dalam pertandingan ini diciptakan di menit 90 melalui eksekusi penalti Javad Nekounam. Tendangan tersebut diberikan lantaran Martinez melakukan handball di dalam boks penalti.

Hasil ini membuat posisi Bilbao naik ke urutan 11 klasemen sementara dengan nilai delapan. Sementara posisi Osasuna merosot ke urutan 15.

Susunan Pemain

Athletic Bilbao: Gorka Iraizoz, Fernando Amorebieta, Borja Ekiza, Oscar, Andoni Iraola, Javier Martinez, Ander Iturraspe, Igor Gabilondo (Jon Aurtenetxe 46), Susaeta (Ander Herrera 81), Fernando Llorente, Iker Muniain (Gaizka Toquero 76).

Osasuna: Andres Fernandez, Sergio, Roversio (Lolo 41), Damia, Marc Bertran, Francisco Punal, Javad Nekounam, Raul Garcia, Roland Lamah, Juan Francisco Martinez (Annunziata 75), Alvaro Cejudo (Ibrahima Balde 62).

http://detiksport.com

zudomiriku

18-10-2011, 10:52 AM

Levante are back and this time they're ready to take on the world

For Levante to be joint top with a team afforded a playing budget 20 times the size is an achievement of absurd proportions

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They're back. The Expendables – bigger, better and older than ever before. And this is their toughest mission yet. First it was promotion. Then it was survival. Now it's the leadership. A bunch of old friends, a motley crew of has-beens and never-really-weres, vaguely familiar faces from a distant and not especially glorious past, thrown together on the cheap for one last job, the most audacious heist of them all. The most barely believable of assaults. Poor, ugly and talentless, it's time for Levante Unión Deportiva to take on the world.

And win.

Valencia won their opening three matches and were a victory away from their best ever start. But Levante are ahead of them. Unbeaten in seven, Sevilla have had their best ever start. But Levante are ahead of them too. Málaga enjoyed their best ever start to the season, coming into this weekend's games with four consecutive wins. But Levante are also ahead of them. Just like they're ahead of Real Betis – who had their best ever start. Real Madrid, Marca proudly claim, have "six golden bullets" – and are on course for their best-ever goal tally. But Levante are ahead of them too.

In fact, Levante are ahead of everyone except FC Barcelona. And they're only behind them on goal difference, even though this has been Barcelona's best start too, with 12 games unbeaten in all competitions. A week ago, one Levante fan told how he had taken a cutting of the league table down to the cemetery and buried it alongside his grandmother. He ought to go back, dig it up and replace it. This week's table looks even better. For the first time in their entire history, Levante have won five games in a row. This Monday morning, they sit joint top of the table. This has never, ever happened before.

It is an achievement of absurd proportions. The only trophy Levante have ever won is the Copa de la República in 1937 during the civil war. They have only spent six seasons in the top flight in their entire history and their best finish is 10th. When they came up in 2004-05, it was the first time in 40 years and they went straight back down; when they returned in 2006-07, they lasted two seasons before going down again – with players on strike and the club in court; and when they came up again in 2010, they expected to go straight back down. Sure, they had drawn with Real Madrid but after 20 games last season they were rock bottom. They had an experienced side but 'experience' tends to be a euphemism for old and the experience most shared was relegation. Now, they were all going to experience it all over again.

Then they started winning. And now they can't stop. Survival came with a run of eight wins in 12 games from January to April. But this is something else again. This is ridiculous. "No," ran the headline in Monday morning's El Mundo, "this is not a joke." It felt like it must be.

After just seven games, Levante have 17 points already, two more that in the whole of the first half of last season. They have conceded the fewest goals in the division and have only been outscored by Madrid and Barcelona. This is the best period in the club's 102-year history. They have beaten Betis, the season's early leaders, they have beaten Real Madrid, and on Sunday they beat Málaga. This summer, Málaga spent almost €60m on players; Levante spent €210,000: €150,000 on Miguel Pallardó and €60,000 for Pedro López. Málaga spent more money on signings this summer than Levante have spent in their entire history. And this weekend Levante were without Xavi Torres because he is a Málaga player and they had applied one of those crapping-yourself-clauses. Levante decided that they could not afford the fee for him to play. It would have cost them €50,000.

That's not all they can't afford. As explained here before, Levante, who are coming out of an administration process, cannot afford to fire up their laptops to track their players. Their sporting director admits to picking off what's left, the Expendables, when other clubs have taken their pick – and "other clubs" includes second division ones. This summer, they spent €1m on Felipe Caicedo – but only so that they could exercise the buy-option and sell him on. Their most expensive player cost €300,000 and their last 50 players have cost a combined total of under €400,000. Each season's wages total €6.5m for the entire squad. Cristiano Ronaldo and Leo Messi alone earn twice that. Their entire budget is €22m. The club they are currently level with, FC Barcelona, have a budget 20 times the size at €461m.

Nor is it just about the money. Not only were Levante without Torres on Sunday, the team they put out was the oldest in La Liga's history, with a combined age of 346. As captain Sergio Ballesteros puts it: "Nano is the young one, the one we send out for bread and whose bald head we slap." Like nine of the starting XI, Nano is still over 30. Just the back four and the goalkeeper are 170. If 19 was the average age of a combat soldier in Vietnam, Levante's average on Sunday was fractionally short of 32. And if you look through the squad list glancing at the bit that says "palmarés", honours, you'll almost invariably see a semi-colon and then nothing. That "ugly, poor and bad at football" was the description offered up by Levante fans themselves – on the day they defeated the self-confessed "rich, handsome and talented" Cristiano Ronaldo and his Real Madrid team. That day, the goal came from the on-loan Aruna Koné. It was his first La Liga goal for four years, only his second ever.

This weekend, Koné got another one as Levante won 3-0. Sure, the goals came from a couple of rebounds and a ludicrous mistake from the Málaga goalkeeper Ruben, replacing Willy Caballero who had been sent off; sure, Málaga were without the vital Julio Baptista, had more possession and could scarcely believe what had happened. But that's fairly normal – only Racing Santander have had less possession this season than Levante, a side that is conscious of its limitations – and Levante are comfortable in that role. Supremely well organised, defensive – although they are starting to play the ball a little more – and swift on the break, happy to employ the "other football" when it suits, there are no pretences about this side. And while they will certainly slip back down the table this certainly cannot be dismissed as a fluke.

Last season, much of Levante's success came through union and the clever psychological work of coach Luis García. But he departed in the summer and so did Caicedo, their top scorer and easily their best player, the most effective striker in the league. That might have been the end; instead, it was an opportunity – the chance for the players to show that they can play a bit too, that it was not just about García. New coach Juan Ignacio Martínez takes a more discreet role, convincing the players that it is about them and that they are actually pretty good at football. He has been even closer to the players than García was. Meanwhile, the age of the dressing room has leant a seriousness and dedication to the club – especially from Ballesteros and Juanfran, who have returned to the club where they began their careers back in the last century.

At 36, Ballesteros is Levante's leader: intelligent, committed, surprisingly sensitive and utterly unpretentious, despite becoming an idol for team-mates and fans – the antihero who seems to embody this team. This weekend, one banner at the Ciutat de Valencia portrayed him in black and white alongside the slogan: "Legend". Halfway through the match a chant went round: "Ballesteros, selección!" And although it may have been partly tongue in cheek, it's not really that ridiculous.

Ballesteros is a man whose reputation is being rightly revised. Softly spoken, strong as an ox, with a neck like Mike Tyson and more kilos than any player in Spain, hurt by the accusations, he has long been quick to point out that the notion of him as a violent player, some kind of unrefined meathead, is flawed. And that so too is the impression of him as a hulking great oil tanker of a defender, slow and ponderous. Now, at last, people are starting to think he might even be right. Against Madrid he out-sprinted Cristiano Ronaldo and he has committed just six fouls all season – most of those when he has gone forward for set plays. "They used to give me sticks, now they give me carrots," he told El País's Cayetano Ros this weekend.

He was right but for one thing: carrots? Hardly. According to the club doctor, the secret to Levante's success this season is even more simple and somehow even more appropriate: pizza and beer.

http://bleacherreport.com/tb/bbqcw

Sheyro_07Seven

20-10-2011, 02:54 PM

Go Sevilla,.. :D

Liga Spanyol Pekan Ini
Barca Diuji Sevilla, Madrid Berpeluang ke Posisi Dua

Jakarta - Barcelona akan menjalani laga yang berpotensi menyulitkan saat menjamu Sevilla akhir pekan ini. Sementara Real Madrid yang harus melawat Malaga punya kans besar naik ke posisi dua klasemen.

Dengan catatan belum terkalahkan dan meraih lima kemenangan dari delapan pertandingan, Barcelona sesungguhnya tetap jadi unggulan saat menjamu Sevillla di pekan sembila Liga Spanyol, Minggu (22/10/2011) waktu setempat.

Namun Sevilla tak bisa dipandang sebelah mata oleh Barca mengingat di awal musim ini penampilan mereka terhitung cukup imresif. Mereka kini berada di posisi empat dan cuma terpaut dua angka dengan The Catalans.

Barca sendiri punya rekor pertemuan yang sangat baik atas Sevilla terutama jika laga digelar di kandang mereka, Camp Nou. Sebanyak 20 gol berhasil dibuat Xavi Hernandez cs ke gawang Sevilla dalam enam musim terakhir, padahal dalam kurun yang sama gawang mereka cuma jebol tiga kali. Musim lalu di tempat yang sama Barca menang telak 4-0.

Sementara itu di pertandingan lainnya, Real Madrid akan melakukan lawatan ke Malaga. Meski menjalani laga tandang, El Real masih jadi favorit untuk pulang dengan nilai maksimal.

Dalam 10 kunjungan terakhir Madrid tak pernah menelan kekalahan, musim lalu anak didik Jose Mourinho malah unggul mutlak dengan skor 4-0. Tapi Malaga juga tak bisa disepelekan begitu saja oleh Iker Casillas cs karena di pekan perdana mereka bisa meredam Barcelona dengan skor 0-0.

Total dari delapan pertandingan Malaga berhasil meraih empat kemenangan dua hasil imbang dan dua kali kalah. Dengan poin berjumlah 13 mereka berhak duduk di posisi enam klasemen.

Jika bisa memenangi laga tersebut Madrid berpeluang besar naik ke posisi dua klasemen. Soalnya pada pertandingan lain Levante akan menjalani laga sulit saat bertandang ke Villarreal.

The Yellow Submarine saat ini memang masih terpuruk dengan menduduki posisi 14 klasemen. Namun Villarreal punya catatan bagus dengan cuma sekali kalah dan memetik enam kemenangan dalam sembilan laga terakhir kontra Levante.

Jadwal Liga Spanyol Pekan ini

Sabtu (22/10/2011)
Racing Santander v Espanyol
Sporting Gijon v Granada
Málaga v Real Madrid
Barcelona v Sevilla FC

Minggu (23/10/2011)
Sporting Gijon v Granada
Real Betis v Rayo Vallecano
Real Sociedad v Getafe
Atlético Madrid v Mallorca
Osasuna v Real Zaragoza
Valencia v Athletic Bilbao
Villarreal v Levante

http://detiksport.com

Sheyro_07Seven

21-10-2011, 09:02 AM

kyak laguNya band di negara kita aja pelan-pelan sajo,.... :D

Jelang Malaga vs Madrid
Los Blancos Ingin Pelan-pelan Saja

Madrid - Real Madrid tengah menemukan performa terbaiknya selama ditangani Jose Mourinho. Namun Mourinho enggan terlalu memikirkannya dan hanya ingin terus membawa Los Blancos meraih kemenangan.

Madrid sebenarnya mengawali musim ini dengan baik. Kemenangan 6-0 atas Real Zaragoza dan 4-2 atas Getafe membuat mereka duduk di puncak klasemen.

Namun di pekan ke-4 dan ke-5, Madrid mengalami penurunan performa, kala ditundukkan Levante 0-1 dan imbang 0-0 dengan Racing Santander. Mereka pun terlempar dari lima besar.

Performa itu mulai kembali lagi di minggu ketiga September kala mereka menggasak Rayo Vallecano 6-2, menang 3-0 atas Ajax Amsterdam, membungkam Espanyol 4-0, menggasak Real Betis 4-1 dan terakhir melumat Lyon 4-0 di matchday 3 Liga Champions.

Selain produktivitas gol yang kembali meningkat, para pemain pun mulai unjuk terutama di lini depan di mana Karim Benzema dan Gonzalo Higuain bergantian mencetak gol saat dipercaya menjadi starter.

"Aku tidak tahu apakah kami sedang berada di momen terbaik sejak aku melatih di sini," ujar Mourinho keheranan seperti dilansir Soccernet.

"Belum lama ini kami kehilangan lima poin di liga. Aku lebih suka kami mengalami peningkatan di berbagai aspek, namun kini kami tengah berada di saat yang sangat positif," sambungnya.

Laju apik Madrid akhir pekan ini akan diuji tim kaya baru, Malaga, di La Rosaleda. Musim lalu di tempat yang sama, El Real menang telak 4-0. Bisakah mereka mengulanginya sekaligus mendekatkan diri dengan Barcelona di puncak klasemen.

"Kini kami sedang melalui pekan-pekan sulit. Kami bertemu Malaga, Villarreal dan Real Sociedad tanpa jeda. Kini kami harus melihat seperti apa laga-laga tersebut sebelum berbicara soal tren bagus kami," tutupnya.

http://detiksport.com

Sheyro_07Seven

22-10-2011, 12:14 PM

buktikan Ruud,..!!!!! pst bisa,..... :beer:

Ruud Van Nistelrooy: Waktunya Membuktikan Diri, Malaga!

Striker Malaga Ruud van Nistelrooy menyatakan ambisinya untuk meraih hasil maksimal saat timnya akan kedatangan tamu Real Madrid pada lanjutan La Liga Spanyol dinihari nanti WIB.

Mantan striker Madrid ini juga menyerukan saat ini menjadi kesempatan penting buat publik maupun pemain Malaga untuk menunjukkan kemampuan terbaiknya.

"Ini menjadi kesempatan khusus buat orang Malaga, terutama juga para pemain Malaga yang akan tampil melawan Madrid," kata Nistelrooy.

"Ini merupakan tantangan besar karena mereka sejauh ini bermain bagus dan telah mencetak banyak gol. Jadi saya rasa pertandingan ini akan sulit."

Ucapan Nistelrooy ini merujuk pada performa pasukan Santiago Bernabeu yang telah mengoleksi catatan lima kemenangan beruntun dari semua kompetisi. Dari laga itu, tercatat Madrid telah mampu menyarangkan 21 gol.

"Namun demikian kami juga tak kalah bagus. Memang kekalahan yang terjadi dari Levante telah membuat kami kembali berpijak ke bumi dan melecut motivasi kami lagi untuk bisa menang."

Menyinggung apakah Nistelrooy bakal melakukan selebrasi jika membuat gol ke gawang Madrid?

Pemain asal Belanda ini menjawab,"Saya tak punya rencana melakukan selebrasi jika membuat gol. Saat ini yang saya pikirkan bagaimana berkonstrasi pada persiapan untuk pertandingan nanti."

http://goal.com

Sheyro_07Seven

22-10-2011, 04:54 PM

wahhh,..masalah neh bwt permainan A.Madrid,.... :-t

Lawan Mallorca, Falcao Diragukan Tampil

Madrid: Pelatih Atletico Madrid Gregorio Manzano tengah harap-harap cemas. Atletico mengumumkan tidak tahu pasti apakah bisa Radamel Falcao fit bermain melawan Real Mallorca dalam laga lanjutan La Liga di Estadio Vicente Calderon, Minggu (23/10).

Striker internasional Kolombia itu mengalami cedera di leher saat Atletico ditundukkan Udinese 0-2 pada ajang Liga Europa, Kamis (20/10). Falcao memang tetap disertakan dalam skuat, tapi keputusan memainkannya atau tidak akan ditentukan Manzano hingga menit terakhir sebelum batas akhir waktu penetapan.

Absennya Falcao akan menjadi pukulan telak buat Atletico. Mantan bintang FC Porto itu merupakan pemain tersubur Los Colchoneros usai mengoleksi enam gol di semua kompetisi. Juanfran juga diragukan tampil akibat masalah hamstring. Namun Manzano juga mendapat kabar gembira. Sebab, Arda Turan, Eduardo Salvio, Silvio, dan Antonio Lopez diberi lampu hijau untuk bertanding setelah sempat diganggu cedera ringan.

Atletico tengah berambisi membuktikan ketajaman setelah gagal menciptakan satu gol pun dalam tiga laga terakhir. Mereka berada di urutan kedelapan klasemen sementara La Liga dengan sembilan poin. Mallorca sendiri berada di urutan ke-12 dengan delapan poin.

http://liputan6.com

Sheyro_07Seven

23-10-2011, 09:13 AM

ha,.ha,..Messi terNyata bisa membantu RM yach,...... :-j :)) :D

Hasil Lengkap La Liga 2011-12: Messi Dorong Real Madrid ke Puncak Klasemen

Barcelona - Hasil pertandingan Sabtu, Minggu dini hari WIB, membuat perubahan signifikan pada klasemen La Liga. Real Madrid sukses menggusur Barcelona dari puncak klasemen.

Pasukan Madrid tanpa kesulitan menggulung Malaga empat gol tanpa balas lewat hatrik Cristiano Ronaldo dan sebiji milik Gonzalo Higuain, yang berbuah tiga poin, membuat 'Los Blancos' mengumpulkan 19 angka dari delapan kali main.

Sedangkan Barcelona harus puas dengan hanya tambahan satu poin setelah ditahan imbang oleh Sevilla tanpa gol, yang juga diwarnai dengan gagalnya Lionel Messi mengeksekusi penalti di menit terakhir pertandingan dan dua kartu merah.

Madrid naik dan Barcelona harus puas turun ke posisi dua klasemen dengan 18 poin.

Klub kejutan Levante, yang menduduki peringkat tiga klasemen dengan 17 angka, baru akan bermain hari Minggu malam nanti.

Inilah hasil lengkap La Liga (23/10/2011):
Racing Santanders - Espanyol: 0-1
Sporting Gijon - Granada: 2-0
Malaga - Real Madrid: 0-4
Barcelona - Sevilla: 0-0

http://inilah.com

Sheyro_07Seven

23-10-2011, 09:38 AM

hemm,...tp stidakNya blok tendangan penalty Messi ntu yg bikin salut & perlu dpt pghargaan si Varaz neh,...... :-bd

Javi Varas Menolak Disebut Pahlawan

Bermain di kandang lawan yang lebih diunggulkan, Sevilla mampu menahan imbang Barca 0-0. Varas mendapatkan banyak pujian karena berhasil mematahkan sejumlah peluang emas Barca.

Puncaknya, Varas menggagalkan tendangan penalti Lionel Messi di menit-menit akhir pertandingan. Meskipun begitu, Varas enggan disebut pahlawan.

"Kami bermain dengan penuh determinasi. Hasil ini sesuai dengan kerja keras kami bukan hanya karena jasa satu orang pemain. Pelatih menerapkan taktik dengan baik dan kami menerapkannya dengan sangat baik," tukasnya seusai pertandingan.

"Meraih hasil imbang di Nou Camp bukan hal mudah dan sangat kompleks. Kami mampu mencegah Barca mencetak kemenangan dan ini hasil yang cukup bagus."

Dalam dua gim La Liga Spanyol selanjutya, Sevilla akan bermain di kandang sendiri, di Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan. Varas berharap timnya bisa meraih poin penuh di dua gim tersebut. Sevilla sendiri sementara berada di peringkat keempat klasemen La Liga.

http://goal.com

Sheyro_07Seven

24-10-2011, 11:41 AM

ga2l raih poin penuh neh kalelawar hitam & Atletico,...... :D

Valencia dan Atletico Dipaksa Main Imbang

Jakarta - Valencia gagal memetik kemenangan dan cuma bermain imbang 1-1 saat menjamu Athletic Bilbao. Juga tak mampu meraih hasil maksimal adalah Atletico Madrid yang diredam Mallorca.

Publik Estadio Vicente Calderon, Minggu (23/10/2011) malam WIB malah dibuat terhenyak karena gawang Atletico sudah harus jebol di menit kedua. Adalah Tomer Hemed yang membawa Mallorca lebih dulu unggul.

Sebelum turun minum Los Rojoblancos akhirnya mampu menyamakan kedudukan. Radamel Falcao dengan sempurna mengeksekusi penalti yang diberikan wasit dan mengubah skor menjadi 1-1.

Kubu tuan rumah terus menekan pertahanan Mallorca di sepanjang babak kedua. Namun tak ada gol tambahan tercipta yang membuat pertandingan berkesudahan sama kuat 1-1.

Tambahan satu poin membuat Atletico masih tertahan di papan tengah, tepatnya posisi sembilan dengan total poin berjumlah 10. Sementara Mallorca berada tiga poin di bawahnya dengan poin sembilan.

Pada pertandingan lainnya yang dihelat di Mestalla, Valencia justru nyaris menelan kekalahan. Menjamu Athletic Bilbao, El Che menyudahi pertandingan dengan skor 1-1.

Iker Muniain membungkam publik tuan rumah dengan golnya di menit 72. Sementara gol balasan 'Kelelawar Hitam' dilesakkan Roberto Soldado hanya satu menit sebelum laga tuntas.

Hasil ini membuat Valencia gagal naik ke papan atas klasemen. Skuad besutan Unai Emery sementara tertahan di posisi lima dengan poin 14. Sementara Bilbao berada di urutan 14 engan delapan poin dimiliki.

http://detiksport.com

Sheyro_07Seven

24-10-2011, 11:57 AM

widihh,..Levante,.....makin keren aja neh,.......B-)

Menang Lagi, Levante Gusur Madrid dari Puncak

Villarreal - Levante belum berhenti membuat kejutan. Bertamu ke kandang Villarreal, tim berjuluk Granotes ini menang telak dengan skor 3-0 dan kini menduduki puncak klasemen.

Dalam laga di El Madrigal, Senin (24/10/2011) dinihari WIB, Villarreal sebenarnya lebih menguasai permainan. Namun, mereka tak bisa memaksimalkan peluang dan malah terbunuh serangan balik tim tamu.

Levante unggul dua gol pada babak pertama lewat dua gol Juanlu, masing-masing pada menit 16 dan 43. Kemenangan mereka dilengkapi oleh Arouna Kone pada menit ke-58.

Dengan hasil ini, Levante naik ke puncak klasemen Liga Spanyol dengan koleksi 20 poin dari delapan laga. Mereka unggul satu poin atas peringkat kedua Real Madrid. Adapun Villarreal terpuruk di peringkat ke-16 dengan raihan tujuh poin.

Jalannya Pertandingan

Begitu peluit sebagai tanda pertandingan dimulai tim tuan rumah langsung tampil menekan. Pada menit ketiga, sepakan Giuseppe Rossi dari dalam kotak penalti masih melayang di atas gawang Levante yang dikawal oleh Gustavo Munua.

Keasyikan menyerang, gawang Villarreal justru bobol pada menit ke-16. Sebuah tendangan voli Juanlu memanfaatkan umpan silang Valdo mampu merobek jala gawang tuan rumah yang dijaga oleh Diego Lopez.

Pada menit ke-31, Levante kembali mengancam. Bermain umpan satu-dua dengan Jose Barkero, Valdo gagal mengonversi peluang menjadi gol. Tendangan kaki kirinya masih melenceng di sisi kiri gawang Lopez.

Gol kedua Juanlu saat babak pertama menyisakan dua menit membuat tim tamu semakin memperlebar keunggulan. Diawali sebuah situasi set-piece, tendangan jarak dekat Juanlu memaksa Lopez memungut bola dari dalam gawang untuk kedua kalinya.

Mengejar defisit dua gol, pada babak kedua Villarreal tampil menyerang. Hasilnya, saat babak kedua baru berjalan dua menit tuan rumah langsung mengancam. Sial bagi tuan rumah, tendangan Jonathan De Guzman masih dapat diantisipasi oleh Munua.

Semenit kemudian tendangan pemain pengganti Marco Ruben masih belum mampu menjebol gawang Munua. Bola tendangannya masih membentur tiang kiri gawang.

Setelah sempat gagal pada kesempatan sebelumnya, Kone akhirnya berhasil mencetak gol di menit ke-58. Menang adu sprint melawan Manuel Catala, dia dengan tenang mampu mengecoh Lopez. Skor pun berubah menjadi 3-0 untuk keunggulan Levante.

Sepuluh menit kemudian Ruben kembali mengancam gawang tim tamu. Sial buat Ruben, tendangannya masih melebar di sisi kanan gawang kawalan Munua.

Pada akhir babak kedua, peluang Villarreal melalui sundulan kepala Rossi masih bisa diamankan Munua. Peluang itu jadi yang terakhir dalam pertandingan sebelum peluit panjang berbunyi.

Susunan pemain:
Villarreal: Diego Lopez, Carlos Marchena (Marco Ruben 46'), Gonzalo, Jose Manuel Catala, Christian Zapata, Bruno, Borja Valero, Cani (Gerard Bordas 60'), Hernan Perez (Mario Gaspar 61'), Giuseppe Rossi, Jonathan De Guzman

Levante: Gustavo Munua, Victoriano Nano, Sergio Ballesteros, Juanfran, Javi Venta, Vicente Iborra de la Fuente, Xavi Torres (Farinos 70'), Juanlu, Valdo (Pedro Lopez 81'), Arouna Kone, Jose Barkero

http://detiksport.com

Sheyro_07Seven

24-10-2011, 06:07 PM

waspadalah buat tim besar neh,.... hemmm,...salut bwt Levante,..... :-bd

Cerita Indah Levante Masih Berlanjut

Villarreal - Coba tengok klasemen La Liga saat ini dan mungkin Anda akan terkejut siapa yang ada di puncak. Bukan Barcelona atau Real Madrid, tapi Levante yang masih terus melanjutkan sensasinya musim ini.

Finis di posisi ke-14 musim lalu dan tak melakukan pembelian besar-besaran membuat Levante diprediksi hanya akan finis di papan tengah atau setidaknya berusaha menghindar jeratan degradasi.

Namun nyatanya itu hanya prediksi di atas kertas dan ketika musim baru dimulai, Levante menunjukkan jika jargon "Impossible is Nothing" dalam sepakbola benar-benar ada.

Dari delapan laga yang sudah dihelat, pasukan arahan Juan Ignacio Martinez itu tampil trengginas dan mampu melewati hadangan lawan-lawannya termasuk Madrid di pekan keempat yang dikalahkan dengan skor 1-0.

Enam kemenangan termasuk dari Villarreal dengan skor 3-0 malam tadi, serta dua hasil seri dan belum pernah kalah, membuat Levante kini bertengger di puncak klasemen La Liga dengan 20 poin.

Rekor ciamik lainnya adalah mereka jadi tim yang paling sedikit kebobolan. Baru tiga gol sejauh ini bersarang di gawang Gustavo Munua. 14 gol yang sudah dihasilkan menjadikan mereka tim ketiga paling produktif, di bawah Madrid dan Barca.

Jelas ini merupakan kejutan awal pada La Liga musim ini, di mana klub yang baru tujuh kali merasakan kompetisi kasta tertinggi di Spanyol itu, bisa berada di puncak.

"Kami sedang menjalani momen spesial. Saya senang namun saya tak mau sombong. Dari semua ini, senang rasanya melihat masyarakat Levante merasa bahagia karena mereka pantas mendapatkannya," tutur Ignacio seperti dilansir AFP.

"Apakah ini merupakan prestasi hebat bagi klub seperti Levante memimpin klasemen, kami tahu laga ini (kontra Villarreal) hanyalah satu langkah awal ke depannya dan kami masih harus terus bekerja keras," sambungnya.

"Saya tidak berpikir kami lebih baik dari Villarreal, kami sangat beruntung dengan gol pertama dan setelah itu segalanya berjalan mudah bagi kami," tuntasnya.

Kini tinggal kita tunggu sampai mana klub berjulukan Granotes alias 'Si Kodok' ini mampu meneruskan cerita yang bak cinderella ini.

http://detiksport.com

zudomiriku

25-10-2011, 03:02 PM

The new creators

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Saturday night's the night I like, sang Elton John (that ages me), especially when you've got Malaga v Real Madrid followed by Barcelona v Sevilla on the telly. It sets you up nicely for the in-the-flesh Sunday game, ultimately something of a snooze-fest in Anoeta between Real Sociedad and Getafe (0-0). Perhaps it just paled by comparison, although that should never be the case when it comes to savouring the live experience. Putting your feet up on the sofa and popping open a half-decent Rioja is one thing, but getting down to the local stadium should always be the aesthetic priority.

Perhaps it was the warm south wind blowing around the rafters in Anoeta that dulled proceedings, but the game never got out of first gear. The same could not be said for the two top-billed games on Saturday night. However, I'd like to make some connections between the three games, if you'll bear with me. Last week we were looking at the media punta, and the influence of this type of player on the modern game, particularly in Spain, and although it was never my intention to turn this into a mini-series, the Barcelona-Sevilla game inevitably brought to the fore the related issue of how La Liga goes about its defending too - and the type of player it prefers to employ.

Just to look back for a moment - Villarreal's excellent performance at Manchester City last week, and the injustice of a last-minute defeat that almost surely spells their exit from the competition - raised the general and age-old question of whether it is better to defend by attacking, or defend by defending. When you are 1-1 in the second half, away from home, with plenty of time remaining and facing a side with attacking options galore, do you settle for the point or do you go for broke? My feeling was that Villarreal went for the latter, sensing that they could win the game as Manchester City tired.

Our old friend Borja Valero took over the game in the second half with a display of counter-attacking midfield play that would see him gracing the national side, if there were room for him. But he was helped by his defence, who played a stubbornly high-line - a risky policy unless you have at least one central defender who is fast. Carlos Marchena is many things, but fast ain't one of them. Cristian Zapata is rather more so, and as soon as Villarreal managed to advance their defensive line and play in City's half, they looked as though they could win it. Maybe, in the end, that is the reason why they lost.

Poor Villarreal. Nothing is going right for them this season, although they're not exactly playing badly. It was their subsequent misfortune to come up against the most in-form side in the league, the old men of Levante, who continued their amazing run of form by winning 3-0 in the Madrigal and returning to the top of the table. Barcelona's draw at home to Sevilla means they dropped to third, a point behind behind Real Madrid.

On Saturday night, Sevilla, hailed before the game by Pep Guardiola as the best counter-attacking side in Spain (after Real Madrid), seemed keen on proving him right. Jesus Navas' speed and directness will always make opponents nervous of pushing up the line too far, which explains why Javier Mascherano played almost like a sweeper in the second half, when Sevilla abandoned their counter-attack game and decided to park the bus. Mascherano is playing wonderfully at the moment, and snuffed out most of the occasional fires that came his way, even without Sergio Busquets and Pique as extra protection.

What is Mascherano? A defensive midfielder? Maybe. But when the occasion calls, he's essentially a centre-half, all 1.74 metres of him. His anticipation of the play is first-class, like an Argentinean Bobby Moore, and his passing is simple but effective. He's also very quick, and players like him, who are comfortable on the ball and who float somewhere between the defensive midfielder and the centre-back role, are the new vital ingredient in the post-modern game - as long as there's a big guy around too, to clear those corners.

Sevilla's defensive performance was a more traditional one, and one suspects that it might not have borne fruit without the astonishing performance of Javi Varas in goal. Varas is no spring chicken (he's 29) and can hardly be hailed as yet another up-and-coming Spanish keeper, but after playing second-fiddle for so long to Andres Palop it's nice for him to get his 15 minutes of fame. Oddly enough, he's the first Seville-born goalkeeper to play for the club since the famous Guillermo Eizaguirre, who last donned the jersey in 1936, before the Civil War. The penalty stop from Messi was one thing, but his performance was just one of those days when a goalkeeper is unbeatable. He made at least nine top-drawer stops and diverted the attention from Victor Valdes, whose clean sheet meant that he beat his own previous record of having gone 576 minutes without conceding, in consecutive official matches. Nobody really noticed, however. Sevilla played with two shields (Gary Medel and Jose Campaña or Ivan Rakitic) in front of their centre-backs, but Federico Fazio is another of the new breed, technically a centre-back but with the touch and positioning of a midfielder. Julien Escude can also pass a ball half decently.

It remains to be emphasised that despite all the hat-tricks and thrashings this season, the top four sides are setting out their stalls by virtue of defensive meanness. Levante head the list with three conceded in eight games, followed by Barcelona and Sevilla on four, and Real Madrid on six. Madrid's easier-than-expected dismantling of Malaga, with all the four goals coming in the first half, once again showed the virtue of playing the game in your opponent's territory. Madrid's offensive weaponry is so potent (Higuain and Ronaldo now have 19 goals between them, more than any other side has managed, save Barcelona) that the chances of maximising their possibilities are more than helped by playing 'the high line', to quote that phrase again. With Sergio Ramos at centre-back, where he looks an awesome player, as opposed to an inspired but undisciplined full-back, the ball is played out of defence with some criteria, usually into the feet of Xabi Alonso, who then marks the rhythms like a metronome. Like Pique, Ramos is comfortable on the ball and is perfectly capable of advancing into midfield positions to set up the attack. Pepe is perhaps less gifted in this sense, but is so fast and leggy that the team can afford to risk the high line, because he'll always cover for any lapses.

When a team begins to struggle in a game, it's often because, in coaching parlance, there is too much distance 'between lines'. Most professional footballers can pass a ball from one end of the park to another, but there is little point in doing this if it simply isolates the player receiving the pass. The lines become too stretched, and the cohesion of the team falls apart. This almost always happens when one team has pinned the other into its own half, as Madrid did to Malaga in the first half, and suffocates them with constant pressure, with or without the ball. Madrid have learned something from Barcelona, and are beginning to recover the ball more quickly, hunting in packs.

One of the greatest nightmares imaginable for a La Liga side is the sight of Xabi Alonso standing at ease in the opposition half and directing the play, fed constantly by defenders behind him and hard-working midfield companions in front of him. At least if he's further back you have a chance of reducing his effectiveness, but like Barcelona's Xavi, he is supported by an infrastructure that is dedicated to keeping up the communication between the lines. Without ball-playing centre-backs, this is difficult to sustain. It's also the main reason why Dmytro Chygrynskiy didn't stay long at the Camp Nou and why Manchester Utd looked a more complete side when Rio Ferdinand was fit and at his best.

In Anoeta on Sunday afternoon, the contrast was illuminating. Although Real Sociedad have chosen to staff their defence with two centre-backs who are reasonably comfortable on the ball (Vadim Demidov and Inigo Martinez), everything is relative. Neither of them is really capable of consistently bringing the ball out of defence with either comfort or vision - perhaps the young Martinez will improve in this respect - but the result is inconsistency in the patterns of the build-up, and not enough possession for the midfield players.

The limitations this imposes made the match on Sunday look like something from a darker and more distant planet than the Saturday night fare. For Getafe, a side who always try to play decent football, centre-backs Albert Lopo and Cata Diaz did it slightly better, but not to the extent that the visitors were any better served in the high-line stakes. In the end, the game fizzled out because neither side was more compact than the other, and neither of them had the technical confidence to advance their lines. Neither had a decent media punta either- but that's another story.

The ball-playing central defender is nothing new, I know. It originated with the sweeper concept, where the player would emerge from the ruck and re-set the patterns, 'free' from the restraints of the other positions (hence the libero tag). But these players were there to protect lumbering centre-backs from themselves, to clean up the mess they left behind. Now that the sweepers are history, the centre-backs, like the modern goalkeepers, need to be able to do more with their feet. In La Liga, to challenge for the top four positions without this type of player is now unthinkable. As Gregorio Manzano once memorably observed in a heated press conference, 'If you turn like the Titanic, you'll sink like it as well'.

http://bleacherreport.com/tb/bbBPA

Sheyro_07Seven

25-10-2011, 04:52 PM

wahhh,..Liliput di kepung 2 klub besar neh,.... :D

Liga Spanyol Tengah Pekan Ini
Dua Raksasa Mengintai Liliput

Jakarta - Tengah pekan ini Liga Spanyol akan menggulirkan pekan ke-9. Cerita masih soal Real Madrid dan Barcelona yang membidik posisi puncak yang kini dihuni Levante.

Levante hingga saat ini masih kokoh di puncak klasemen dengan 20 poin. Mengoleksi enam kemenangan dan dua hasil seri, Levante bersama Barca jadi dua tim yang belum terkalahkan hingga saat ini.

Pekan ini Real Sociedad akan bertandang ke Ciutat de Valencia dan menguji sejauh mana ketangguhan Levante. Apakah sensasi masih bisa diteruskan atau terhenti di tengah pekan ini?

Dengan bermodal semangat serta kolektivitas tim dan rekor selalu menang di tiga partai kandang, tanpa pernah kebobolan, 'Si Kodok' punya peluang meneruskan catatan apiknya. Apalagi rekor tandang Sociedad musim ini tak bagus karena cuma menang sekali dan kalah tiga kali.

Real Madrid vs Villarreal

Madrid yang tengah on fire tentunya akan terus berusaha mempertahankan posisinya di papan atas sekaligus memburu Levante di puncak klasemen.

Modal kemenangan 4-0 atas Malaga akhir pekan lalu akan jadi penyuntik semangat yang bagus bagi pasukan Jose Mourinho. Apalagi mereka akan bermain di Santiago Bernabeu dan menghadapi Villarreal yang tengah "terluka".

'Kapal Selam Kuning' sudah empat pertandingan tak pernah menang dan rekor Madrid di kandang musim ini cukup impresif. Jika rotasi yang (mungkin) akan dilakukan Mourinho berhasil , bisa dipastikan tiga poin akan digamit Los Blancos.

Faktor Cristiano Ronaldo yang tengah mengejar gol ke-100 bersama Madrid serta tajamnya Gonzalo Higuain dan Karim Benzema, akan jadi teror untuk barisan pertahanan Villarreal.

Granada vs Barcelona

Kegagalan Barca merebut poin penuh saat melawan Sevilla kemarin adalah kali pertama Barca gagal mencetak gol di musim ini. Maka laga kontra Granada di Estadio Los Carmenes, Rabu (26/10) dinihari WIB nanti akan jadi pelampiasan Lionel Messi dkk.

Ditilik dari kualitas skuad, Granada jelas bukan tandingan Barca. Apalagi mereka kini terpuruk di posisi ke-18 dan baru mencetak dua gol dari delapan laga berlalu.

Maka jika Barca bisa mengembalikan keberuntungannya di lini depan, tak seperti saat melawan Sevilla kemarin, Granada siap-siap jadi santapan empuk bagi lini depan Los Cules.

Tiga poin tentu dibidik untuk menjaga persaingan mereka dengan Madrid dan juga Levante. Posisi mereka ada di urutan ketiga dengan 18 poin.

http://detiksport.com

zudomiriku

01-11-2011, 01:05 PM

Levante are finally dethroned as La Liga becomes a more boring place

At the final whistle in Osasuna, you could have been forgiven for shedding a tear – not just for Levante but for Spanish football too

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It's over. Back to life, back to reality. At last Levante lost and so did La Liga. When the full-time whistle went at the Reyno de Navarra on Sunday, hundreds of Levante fans made their way to the Ciutat de Valencia stadium to welcome back their heroes, waiting for them to return from Pamplona – finally defeated but never forgotten. Meanwhile, all over the country thousands more turned off and tried to forget them, their brief fling over, the drudgery returning. It was good while it lasted. No one expected it to last for so long and no one expected it to reach quite so many. But it did.

Levante are the team that don't buy players on the cheap because they can't afford to; the club whose entire footballing budget for a year could not pay Cristiano Ronaldo for six months, who have spent a grand total of €400,000 on players in four seasons, and whose best paid player earns less in a year than Leo Messi in a fortnight; the team with a captain who is older than the president and heavier too; the club that has only ever won one trophy and that one doesn't even count; the team that are "poor, bad and ugly", even if they do say so themselves. They are football's Expendables and yet they are also the team that forced their way to the top, into people's hearts and on to the agenda.

On Saturday afternoon, Levante boarded an Air Nostrum flight from Valencia to Pamplona. It was striking enough that they weren't going by bus; even more striking were the journalists travelling with them. Sure, the previous week AS had responded to Madrid going temporarily top by splashing a huge yellow "LEADERS!" on their cover and to Levante going properly top the following day by splashing on something about Ronaldo getting a lot of hat-tricks, but they really had become news. On Sunday morning, Marca gave them a double-page spread. During the week, to excited fanfare, Jack Appleman from the New York Times turned up to find out what was going on. What he found was the greatest story in Spain. Rarely had anyone captured the imagination quite like this.

This weekend Barcelona beat Mallorca 5-0 and Leo Messi got his Ted Rogers impersonation all wrong signalling one-two-three after his first goal and going on to score three of them. Real Madrid defeated Real Sociedad, taking them out alone at the top for the first time in a year. Gregorio Manzano survived for another week after Atlético Madrid won 3-1, but won't survive much longer after fans spent the game chanting for him to go. Juan Carlos Garrido took a breath at last as Villarreal won 2-0 against Rayo. There was a much-needed win for Málaga after the referee mistook Romaric's eye for his arm. And Racing Santander had a message for clubs all over the country, winning their first game of the season in the week in which they were left without a president and without a board.

But still Levante mattered. They had created a kind of can-they-really-do it fascination; they were a constant cliff-hanger, leaving everyone waiting for the next jornada. People actually cared and those that didn't pretended they did. For a team that does not even matter in its own city, it was quite something. In the sports desk of one TV station in Madrid, they were crowded round the screen for a game that would normally get barely a passing interest. Next week, the whole country will be watching. This Thursday, next week's kick-off times and dates came out – yes, next weekend's dates came out this Thursday – and the free-to-air "public interest" game had been changed. It was going to be Sevilla. Instead, it was Levante. Everyone wanted to see the revelation – the leaders.

Oh.

Everyone knew that this day would come and Levante's players knew that better than anyone else; it should not have taken this long. So when it did arrive, it had even more of an impact. It took until the 10th game for the team with the smallest budget in the league to be beaten. Not just beaten, but knocked off the top – the position they had miraculously occupied for the first time in their 102-year history. On Sunday afternoon, two scrappy goals in four minutes made it Osasuna 2-0 Levante; come Tuesday morning, once Sevilla have played Granada, Raimon, the groundsman who puts the team flags round the roof of the stadium in league order, like some sort of sad dad with his mug collection, will have to lower the Levante one from the first pole.

"At the kingdom of Navarra stadium, Levante were dethroned," declared Marca. "Levante: back to earth," said AS. They were on the cover of El País and El Mundo. "Levante fall," said el Mundo; "the party's over," said El País. "The dream is over," continued Sport. They always knew it would be: asked if there was room to dream a week ago, Nano responded succinctly: "no." The good news for Levante as they awake, is that they have 23 points – more than half way to their initial goal of survival. Besides, if you put together the second half of last season with the beginning of this season, they are Spain's third best side. This is more than just a fleeting fluke. What it is not, though, is a challenge.

After 10 games, Levante have won seven, drawn two and, now, lost just one. It is still not enough to lead the league. In fact, it is not even enough to take second place. And that is the point. Raimon will not just bring Levante's flag down from the first poll; when he comes to raise it again, it will go up the third. Ahead of them, Raimon will raise up the usual suspects: Real Madrid and Barcelona. It was not just that Levante were the unlikeliest of leaders that made them attractive but the fact that they were not Madrid or Barcelona. The rest of Spain needed a team to break up the behemoths. It needed a little joy, something unexpected. Something completely different. Something else. Someone else.

Yet on the other side of the divide, Levante were celebrated too. Madrid and Barcelona could feel safe in lauding them precisely because they knew that they would not stay there. They could be indulged for a bit, just so long as they didn't get ideas above their station and there was little chance of that. Levante were the little kid whose hair they could patronisingly ruffle: Very good. Now, budge. The attitude would have been different if it had been Valencia out on top – not just because it would have lacked the romance but because it might have posed a threat. Besides, when it came the deeper issues, Levante's success was helpful: a stick with which to beat Sevilla's president, José María del Nido, the man leading a revolution against inequality in the league and the dominance by the big two. See, they said, this proves that it's not all about Madrid and Barcelona; there's no need for a redistribution of wealth.

It proved nothing of the sort. Madrid and Barcelona have both had wobbles; both have been confronted with the only thing in Spain even more ridiculous, overblown and abused by the media than the Duchess of Alba's face: the word 'crisis'. And yet, 10 games into the season, they stand first and second again, a solitary defeat between them in 20 games, 32 goals each – at least 15 more than anyone else in the division. They have the best defences too. It was always going to happen but you clung to the hope of delaying the inevitable. When Levante lost, you could almost hear the correspondents packing up and leaving Levante behind, never to go back; TVs being switched off with a shrug. That's that, then.

As the final whistle went at the Reyno de Navarra, you could have been forgiven for shedding a tear - not just for Levante but for La Liga too. Everything is back to normal this morning. And it's nowhere near as fun.

Results: Valencia 3–1 Getafe, Villarreal 2–0 Rayo, Barcelona 5–0 Mallorca [5-0 is now the most common scoreline at Camp Nou under Pep Guardiola. Messi is on 13 goals this season], Real Sociedad 0–1 Real Madrid [that's 10 now for Higuaín], Sporting 1–1 Athletic, Osasuna 2–0 Levante, Racing 1–0 Betis, Atlético 3–1 Zaragoza [Good grief, Zaragoza are bad], Málaga 2–1 Espanyol. Tonight: Sevilla-Granada.

• Atlético Madrid's fans were not just chanting for Gregorio Manzano to go, they were also chanting for Luis Aragonés to come. Worse, much worse, was that at the south end of the stadium, they also launched into a chant of "[Real Madrid full-back] Marcelo, you're a monkey".

http://bleacherreport.com/tb/bbMGa

akhirnya Levante mengalami kekalahan pertamanya, 'kembali ke bumi'. tp ini merupakan hasil yg membanggakan bagi tim kecil sekelas Levante sampai saat ini. target mereka cuma lolos degradasi, syukur2 bisa lolos ke Eropa

zudomiriku

02-11-2011, 04:44 PM

Cristiano Ronaldo vs. Lionel Messi: Who's Been Better so Far This Season?

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While Spain's La Liga remains in the shadow of the English Premier League as Europe's dominant footballing attraction, Spain does possess two of the best footballers in the world today.

Dissecting Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo's contribution to their respective sides so far this season comes down to their performances in the goals department. After all, that is at the top of their to-do list as Barcelona's and Real Madrid's principal forwards.

Delving a little further into the performances of each player suggests that there is a significant improvement, or progression, to their individual game. No longer should we look to these players simply as goal machines but rather as far more complex footballers who can deliver on so many different levels.

Cristiano Ronaldo, first and foremost, has been a wonderful revelation this season.

The Portuguese forward has developed his game far beyond the ego-driven, showboating, yet, wholly-entertaining figure that arrived in Spain from English shores. What we have now is a far more well-rounded team player.

Ronaldo has thus far picked up five league assists to complement his 10 league goals. But rather than being the player who spearheads an attack, Ronaldo has seemingly linked arms with the rest of the Madrid offense and formed a very successful hammer blow to opposition defences.

His pass to set up Karim Benzema's goal earlier in the season against Getafe was not only a moment of genius but also a highlight of the technical prowess. It was a moment of brilliance that maybe a year or so ago we would not have associated with Ronaldo but rather someone like Xavi Hernandez or Andres Iniesta.

Ronaldo's performances so far this season suggest that he is very much enjoying his footballing and the supporting cast he has at his disposal.

Teammates like Gonzalo Higuain and Mesut Özil will always bring the best out of any player, but as one of Europe's finest talents and second only to Messi, it seems Ronaldo has pulled the rest of his teammates up to his level and are forming a far more lethal attack on Barcelona's title reign.

Lionel Messi, similarly, is the first player we look to on Barcelona's team sheet.

Here is another who has picked up right where he left off last year and has continued to stun opposition defences into submission and dazzle the world's football audience.

Messi, most recently, displayed one of his most outstanding performances against Czech Republic's FC Viktoria in the Champions League where he, despite not scoring, showed the world he still had a number of new tricks in his locker.

The little Argentine also managed to assist a wonderfully-crafted goal through Iniesta and continues to show that along with his phenomenal dribbling ability and composure in front of goal, he can also go toe-to-toe with the best passers in the world.

Yet with all his ability and his status as a modern footballing deity, one must ask the question: is he as integral to Barcelona as Cristiano Ronaldo is to Madrid?

It's widely accepted that Xavi is the engine inside the Barcelona machine; one that keeps the rest of the team ticking. This is a responsibility that will eventually fall to Thiago Alcantara via Cesc Fabregas.

Ronaldo brings life to the rest of the Madrid attack line. Without him or his important co-stars, Xabi Alonso and Mesut Özil, Madrid begin to lack a little of the bite that has seen them outperform Barcelona this past weekend in the league.

Though at the same time, Barcelona continue to threaten through the likes of David Villa, Iniesta, Fabregas, and, of course, the marauding Dani Alves.

Yes, it's always going to be detrimental to either side's hopes of winning if you take their most productive star player out of the equation. But while Ronaldo has been assisting and scoring to ensure his side go above their rivals, Messi is yet to score away from the Nou Camp this season.

Being a part of 62 per cent of your side's goal thus far is a great achievement and goes on to further support how vital Messi is to the success of his club. But being unable to convert away from home must surely go against you if you're looking to pip your closest rival for personal accolades.

Two footballing greats who, arguably, have yet to reach the height of their powers.

A personal battle between the two continues to rage alongside the fierce rivalry between their two elite clubs.

At this stage in the season, the upper hand will go to the man who, with a game in hand, is two points behind Barcelona in the league standings, and who has guided his team to the only 100 per cent record so far in the Champions League—Cristiano Ronaldo.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/911736-cristiano-ronaldo-vs-lionel-messi-whos-been-better-so-far-this-season

Andi Istiabudi

02-11-2011, 05:40 PM

Seperti musim-musim sebelumnya, favorit juara La Liga menurut saya tetap Barcelona, hehehe ...

zudomiriku

08-11-2011, 12:01 PM

The decline of the Club Star

Argentine striker Gonzalo Higuain started his first La Liga match for Real Madrid on a cold January evening in 2007 against Zaragoza. Back then he was just 19 years old and, despite his young age, huge expectations surrounded his arrival at the Bernabeu as €13 million appeared a big price tag for an unproven, virtually unknown striker.

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Gonzalo Higuain has made his mark

Madrid started off strongly and, after only nine minutes, a cross from the right found Higuain in scoring position. He tried a first-time volley with his right foot, but badly squandered the chance, only half connecting the ball and the Bernabeu responded to the miss with overwhelming silence, only broken by a low murmur of disapproval that would follow the Argentinean for some seasons to come.

I was watching the match live in the broadcasting booth of a large Spanish radio network, located in the privileged position of the Madridistas' media zone. Raul, the network's play-by-play man, narrated in a strong, disappointed tone, emphasising Higuain's wrong body positioning when he hit the ball. ''That was a LEFT foot volley, muchacho'', were his final words before going to a quick commercial break. After turning his microphone off, he told the other commentator and myself: 'Verdict: He's s**te'.

Shocked at the harshness of his judgment, I offered a mild 'Come on, that was his first play', but he quickly countered: ''That's not my opinion, it's the Bernabeu's. Supporters don't have time for this. No left foot, poor body language, terrible teeth... What does he want, four years to develop and rebuild his smile?''

Almost five years later, with 88 goals scored, 183 matches played, four domestic titles and a distinctively beaming smile, Gonzalo Higuain looks indeed like an infinitely more accomplished player. Including his moment of beauty during Real Madrid's 7-1 rout of Osasuna on Sunday afternoon, he's scored 11 times in 11 matches so far this season.

However, for a decent part of these last five years, Raul was right. Most of the Bernabeu faithful took the Argentinean with more than a pinch of salt, despite his key performances in several matches that led the club to silverware, such as his impressive form in the final sequence of matches of the title-winning 2007-08 season.

To a sizeable number of Madridistas, Higuain's speed, ability to find open spaces, and scoring prowess couldn't make up for some glaring misses and technical flaws, even if these appeared like understandable points for development among the growing capabilities of any top striker in his early twenties.

Against the harsh verdict of many, the Argentinean ended up earning himself those years of growth that the Bernabeu didn't seem keen to grant him when he arrived, a quite similar case to that of team-mate Karim Benzema, although the Frenchman seems to have evolved at a faster pace.

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Raul Tamudo made himself an Espanyol legend

Since the new century started, talented young players like Higuain find it increasingly difficult to earn enough chances to grow in their respective squads. More than in any other period, immediate impact has become a must for them to get recurring playing time and avoid getting sold to another team. Believe it or not, this trait is not the prerogative of the Madridistas - although they do have a long list of promising players who got burned and were then sold or loaned before being given the chance to shine elsewhere, as Sergio Canales and Pedro Leon can easily testify.

In this era of agents running the show, clubs creating investment funds, sheiks-come-sporting-directors, clubs and players splitting image rights deals, and companies investing in portfolios of players, Gonzalo Higuain belongs to an increasingly harder-to-find category of players: the Club Stars.

Leaving aside the top two teams for a second, up to less than a decade ago, one could point to one player (the hereafter called 'Club Star') in several clubs that complied with the following characteristics: a) had been developed by that same club since his early twenties; b) had become a bigger footballer with his team's successes and failures; c) had a few shots at earning caps with his international team; d) as a result, embodied the image of their respective clubs like no other signing possibly could.

With this concept I am not referring to the jugadores de club (club players) - those dependable, loyal workers who pledged themselves to fulfil their otherwise average careers with one specific club - but rather to those such as the iconic Raul Tamudo for Espanyol, Gaizka Mendieta for Valencia, Javier de Pedro for Real Sociedad, Julen Guerrero for Athletic or Francisco Narvaez 'Kiko' for Atletico de Madrid, using the 1999-00 season as an example. Teams with 'Club Stars' usually had a chance to win silverware back then, either in La Liga or the Copa del Rey, and were usually the toughest competitors for Real Madrid and Barcelona.

What used to be the rule a few years ago has now become a rarity, and this is not only a product of the uneven distribution of TV rights. Sadly enough the system, and especially its main actors, now favour impatience and quick sales over calm and development opportunities for young players. Most Primera Division clubs have now enthusiastically joined the intermediary chain that fosters a constant pilgrimage of players among teams and hardly reinforces the clubs' chances of creating a cohesive core of players.

Barcelona have obviously stuck to a different approach, with huge investment in home-grown players, no matter their nationality. One of them, a certain Lionel Messi, rescued them from an almost certain defeat on Sunday in Bilbao, earning Barcelona the draw that Phil Ball predicted last Friday. Needless to say, the Catalans are not immune to their fair share of dodgy signings, but their youth teams' philosophy significantly restricts the damage they would inflict on themselves by killing the career of promising youngsters.

It's clear that Barcelona's Club Stars' would be: Xavi Hernandez, Andres Iniesta, Carles Puyol, Victor Valdes, Pedro and Lionel Messi, while Real Madrid would have Iker Casillas, Sergio Ramos and Gonzalo Higuain. But nowadays who else does?

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Jesus Navas grew through the ranks at Sevilla

Obviously Athletic's Basque-only policy rewards them in this respect, as Fernando Llorente, and to a lesser extent Javier Martinez and Iker Muniain could be classified under this tag. Sevilla's Jesus Navas qualifies as well, and stretching the concept we could also include Real Sociedad's Xabi Prieto and Valencia's Pablo Hernandez [although 'stretch' could be an understatement in his case], but after those two quite generous additions it becomes difficult to identify more of these players, who used to be one of the main links between clubs and their supporters, in the current La Liga squads.

Currently at the peak of its powers of recruitment, Spanish football keeps getting recognition. Seven Spaniards figure among the 23 footballers selected for the FIFA Ballon D'Or award - Germany is a distant second, with three - while 13 of those 23 players ply their trade in La Liga. Nonetheless, the embarrassment of riches in the top two clubs continues, while the teams that used to be their rivals keep moving players on in their formative years and copy the impatient approach that only the clubs with deeper pockets can afford.

At some point, the upper middle class of Spanish football needs to get their act together and rediscover their 'Club Stars', those icons that used to lead their teams to glory in the past. Otherwise, we run the risk of repeating this exercise five years from now and we won't be able to find a single one outside the top two.

http://bleacherreport.com/tb/bbVNB

zudomiriku

22-11-2011, 02:47 PM

Cristiano Ronaldo vs. Lionel Messi: Who Will Be the Top Goal Scorer This Season?

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We're at a stage now where you can't talk about one without bringing up the other; Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo go hand in hand, much like their respective clubs Real Madrid and Barcelona. The race for the Pichichi, La Liga's top goal scorer, will undoubtedly fall to either No. 1 and 2 of world football. But it's the manner in which either will get there that will write headlines for the remainder of the season.

In Cristiano Ronaldo we're seeing a player fronting a much-improved Real Madrid from last year. There seems to be a lot less anger on the part of Madrid and more a desire to play the football they know best: counter-attacking in its finest form. Much like their counterparts in Catalonia, it's a brand of football that no other team can perform as well as they do.

The rotation of the front-line has been impressive and consistent. Ronaldo, the ever-present, links up well with any of the strikers on offer at the Bernabeu and continues his almost unrivalled scoring form.

But with all the praise the can be on offer for last season's Golden Shoe winner, the questions and comparisons can never end when the greater prize remains in the hands of Lionel Messi.

Both men have recently hit milestones for their clubs with Ronaldo reaching his 100th goal for Madrid and Messi scoring his 200th for Barcelona. It's almost humorous the way both hit these goal-scoring records at the same time, as if the world didn't already have enough to fuel the Messi vs. Ronaldo debate.

Ronaldo and Madrid are very much on the rise to not only remove the gap between themselves and Barcelona, they're also keen to prove that their £80 million signing can live up to and overtake the phenomenon at the Nou Camp.

This season that gap may be getting smaller and smaller.

The Barcelona attack on domestic glory is more central to Messi's individual game, using his intelligence and ability to unlock opposition defence and create space for others—a more systematic game moving their players strategically rather than the blitzkrieg-like counter-attacking of Madrid.

Does this always come to fruition? No, as we've seen against Sevilla. The greatest team of the modern age simply ran out of ideas and could find no way past Javi Varas. Similarly, Messi, who does hold one more goal this season over Ronaldo, recently went three games without scoring. Of course, he went on to score a hat trick in the fourth game, but that's where the problems arise.

If he's not doing it for Barcelona, then who will?

Madrid don't seem to have that problem. It's a burden of responsibility that does not weigh as heavily on Ronaldo and will perhaps favour him over the course of the season. With two of the finest strikers in world football alongside him and Xabi Alonso pulling the strings in midfield, Ronaldo can feel at ease knowing the goals will come.

Does this favour the Portuguese and allow him greater chance of becoming the top scorer in La Liga? Perhaps if he weren't going head to head with Lionel Messi.

But the difficulties will soon come to the fore for Messi, who so far this season has shown that he is human and is sometimes incapable of doing what we all expect of him.

The Pichichi and overall top goal scorer in Europe will fall to the player with the greater supporting cast—a company of talent who will ease the responsibility to be the best and allow for those at the tip of the sword to shine to their maximum.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/943674-cristiano-ronaldo-vs-lionel-messi-who-will-be-the-top-goal-scorer-this-season

zudomiriku

22-11-2011, 04:44 PM

Spain plays video games after Real Madrid win a thriller at Valencia

The frenetic and controversial climax to Real Madrid's 3-2 win at Valencia led to a familiar war of words in the press

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Valencia players surround the referee during Saturday's match against Real Madrid.
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It all happened so fast you weren't sure if it had happened at all. Not then, not an hour later, not the morning after, not two days on and not that it stopped them. "You can see it clearly on the television," said Gonzalo Higuaín, but you couldn't. For some time, you couldn't see it on television at all, let alone clearly. The only thing you could be sure of was that you weren't sure at all. And yet they'd never been so sure of anything in their lives. So it was that what started as a soldier against mercenaries inevitably ended in an ugly war. And the trenches were dug in familiar territory.

Confused? You're not the only one. So, let's set the scene. It's the biggest game of the season so far. Saturday night: third versus first. Real Madrid travel to Valencia, where the Chés have come to hate the team from the capital – hostile bids, confrontations, controversy and competition, plus a little politics, turning this into the rivalry Mestalla feels most. Real Madrid have won 10 games in a row, scoring 39 league goals in only 11 games, but the fixture list has been kind. Here at last is a proper test: the first game where they may not be favourites, theoretically the hardest trip after the Camp Nou. It's one of those games – and there are fewer and fewer of them – where you can't help getting a little giddy. Genuinely excited.

On the morning of the game, the Valencian newspaper Super Deporte leads with a photograph of Cristiano Ronaldo and Roberto Soldado – whose name conveniently translates as Robert Soldier. The headline shouts: "Soldiers against mercenaries." Because Soldado doesn't get paid and mercenaries aren't soldiers. On Super Deporte's website, a target is placed on Ronaldo's head. El País calls it "legends against giants" and the club encourages fans to carry the seynera – the flag of the Valencian community. Meanwhile, Unai Emery, whose team had Barcelona on the ropes and drew 2-2 with them at Mestalla, is trying to come up with another strategy; so too is José Mourinho.

A swiftly taken free-kick (too quick for the cameras) and a smooth strike from Karim Benzema give Madrid a lead. At half-time, Madrid are comfortable. In the second half, not for the first time, they slip: less intense, less aggressive, less advanced. But Sergio Ramos scores a header with 19 minutes to go and it's all over. Only it's not: it is instead the first of four goals in11 minutes. Soldado makes it 2-1. Valencia are getting on top – Madrid's possession slips to 34% in the second half, their shots dry up – and the game gets edgy. Ten players get yellow cards – and Pepe and Lassana Diarra aren't among them. Mourinho and Jordi Alba are gesturing and shouting at each other. The defender, Mourinho seems to say, is a "clown".

Soldado's goal gives hope but it is torn away three minutes later. A Valencia corner, a big hoof, goalkeeper Diego Alves dashes out to head it away but misses it, Ronaldo goes past him and scores from a tight angle. 3-1. Mourinho sprints down the touchline and leaps on to the back of substitute José María Callejón. "The winning horse," declares Marca the next day, but the horse still has to make it to the finishing post and there are more goals to come and hope is restored. Soldado gets another. 2-3. And there are eight minutes left, plus stoppage time.

Then it happens. The last attack arrives just as the clock prepares to strikes midnight. A Tino Costa free-kick on the left, practically a corner. Time for a Hail Mary. Alves is up there, hoping that he won't miss the header this time. Artiz Aduriz leaps, Higuaín gets in front of him, between them they make contact and tumble to the floor. Iker Casillas flies fast, unbelievably fast, the ball smashes against the bar – if the goalkeeper has saved it, which at first it looks like he has, it's an astonishing save. It drops to Soldado, who nudges it goalwards. There's a crowd. Higuaín, on the turf, a few yards out, shifts to his right, and blocks it. It's one of those moments when the commentary consists largely of eh, ee, ooh, ah, wow, erm … and now Valencia's players are surrounding the referee! They are too, screeching at Teixeira Vitienes II – yes, there is a Teixeira Vitienes I – to give a penalty. Instead, he gives a corner.

"I'm sorry," says Higuaín afterwards, "but it hit me in the chest. I stopped it with my ribs and when it hits your ribs it is not handball, is it?"

No. But then he would say that. And some doubt that it did hit his ribs. At home, everyone is waiting for the replay. When it comes, it seems to show that Casillas may not have saved it. It also seems to show the ball hitting Higuaín in the chest. Sport calls it a "Robbery at Mestalla", El Mundo Deportivo talks of "favours to Madrid". The following morning, the Madrid papers barely mention it, preferring to focus on what it means for the title race. "It's games like these that win you leagues," Marca says; AS leads on "that's how you win leagues". Casillas calls it the kind of match "you look back on as significant". They have a point, too. Madrid now have 11 wins in a row and there is a solidity, intensity, variety and voracity about them that makes them look increasingly like favourites for the title.

As the papers are sent, another camera angle appears – this time from La Sexta's pitch-side ENG (Electronic News Gathering) cameraman, whose footage doesn't automatically get fed into the coverage of the game itself. And this time, from this angle, it looks like a clear handball. This time, it looks like a deliberate handball – like Higuaín reached out and slapped the ball wide. Valencia's director of communications, Damiá Vidagany, is furious: "huge penalty", he says on Twitter, "but it's not Ovrebo or Stark". He's talking robbery and conspiracy. "Higuaín lies, Casillas lies, La Sexta lies," he tweets. La Sexta is the channel that showed the game live in Spain. Vidagany tells Cope radio that La Sexta has refused to hand over the image that shows the clear handball and rails against the "disgraceful" coverage and the lack of objectivity of its commentators.

But Mediapro, the company that distributes the footage and handles the Sexta's coverage, does hand it over as normal. Valencia's website uses the footage to show that it was a penalty; so, on Monday morning, does the cover of Super Deporte. For some it is too late, but the new angle suggests that the penalty is clear. The trouble is that soon another, less clear angle emerges which again seems to suggest that it is Higuaín's chest that stops the ball, not his hand. The images are pored over, again and again. On election night – and one Catalan sports newspaper greets the results by declaring that the arrival in power of Mariano Rajoy means more help for Madrid – they're taking sides. On all channels. Politics and sport. Sometimes, both at once.

Those sides are familiar sides. And all the while, standing in the middle is a referee taking the flak – because of course it's his fault that a load of snarling players made the game ugly and he could not see a penalty without any replays that others could not see with them. Some things came very sharply into focus this weekend; the penalty was not one of them – even if they said it did.

And, boy, did they. Sport's cartoon shows a hand dropping a voting slip in the polling booth. "Of course," runs the caption, "in Madrid they reckon he put the vote in with his chest." A poll in AS shows that 58% think it is not a penalty; a poll on Super Deporte says 76% think it is. Their cover leads on the exhibits A, B, and C: photos as evidence. "Indignant!" says the cover. Sports screams "IT WAS A PENALTY!", El Mundo Deportivo calls it a "PENALTI CLARÍSIMO!", with one columnist noting that the referee "closed his eyes so as not to see what he did not want to see".

Oh calm down dear, responds AS, the paper that showed such admirable calm and restraint in reinventing the rules and inventing the ludicrous Villarato theory, which claimed that there is a refereeing conspiracy to aid Barcelona. Its editor started his column with a simple judgement that brokers no argument. "Stop making such an fuss: there was no handball," he says. Despite seeing the additional footage now, the paper's former referee was adamant that it was not a penalty. Just as adamant as the Barcelona and Valencia dailies' experts were that it was. And as for Marca's refereeing expert, a linesman famous for getting it wrong, he says "clearly there wasn't a penalty".

Cearly.

Disclosure: La Sexta is the channel this column works with (but was not commentating on Saturday).

Talking points

• Granada's game should have been wonderful. Last week, Carlos Martins learnt that his little son is seriously ill and needs a bone marrow transplant. His team-mates, both club and country, have rallied round him, donation points were set up round the ground, team-mates have promised to donate, and there were banners in support. And then he only went and scored a beauty to give his struggling side a 2-1 lead. When he celebrated the goal gripping the T-shirt his team-mates had worn in his support, he began to cry and there was a colossal ovation. It was the perfect night; a genuinely touching moment. And then someone threw an umbrella from the stands which hit the assistant referee in the face, drawing blood. Two minutes after Martins' moment, the game was abandoned.

Afterwards, the Granada president Quique Pena was busy trying to deny any blame, noting that the person who threw the umbrella was not a season ticket holder, had been picked up by police, and was armed with an umbrella – on a night when it was raining. Fair enough, you may think, even if it did lack a little grace in its urgency to protest the club's innocence. What was a little less fair enough was his insistence on repeatedly noting that the person who did it was Moroccan, like that makes all the difference.

• Athletic Bilbao beat Sevilla this weekend to make it 11 games unbeaten and also to make a little piece of history: Joan Ramalho became the first black player ever to turn out for the club.

• José Antonio Reyes played a key role for Atlético Madrid and ended up with the fans chanting his name. "That makes me the happiest man in the world," he said. But he shouldn't get too used to it – doing so was largely a way of slagging off the coach Gregorio Manzano and it's not so long ago that Atlético fans' preferred chant was "Reyes, die now!"

• Barcelona's home aggregate score is now 30-0.

Results: Villarreal 1-0 Betis, Barcelona 4-0 Zaragoza, Valencia 2-3 Real Madrid, Real Sociedad 0-0 Espanyol, Sporting 2-1 Getafe, Osasuna 0-0 Rayo, Sevilla 1-2 Athletic, Atlético 3-2 Levante, Granada-Mallorca 2-1, but abandoned after 60 minutes.

Monday night: Racing-Malaga.

http://bleacherreport.com/tb/bc8jA

zudomiriku

23-11-2011, 02:06 PM

Granada Vs Mallorca Suspended after Linesman Gets Hit By Umbrella

Crazy stuff. Apparently La Liga officials are currently considering what action to take after the Granada v Mallorca match has to be suspended.

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http://bleacherreport.com/tb/bc8jF

zudomiriku

30-11-2011, 03:08 PM

Real Madrid fans’ massive derby gambler tifo display

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With all the news of fans setting things on fire over the weekend, we somehow overlooked an example of fans doing something awesome. Before Saturday's Madrid derby, Real supporters unfurled a giant tifo display depicting a cigar-smoking gambler sitting at a roulette table and flanked by two lady friends with a caption reading "all on white."

The image was reminiscent of the artwork for Grand Theft Auto III (and Vice City/San Andreas for that matter). It proved to be a good bet too, since Real beat Atletico 4-1.

Here's a video that gives a slightly better impression of just how humongous this tifo was...

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http://bleacherreport.com/tb/bca2d

zudomiriku

06-12-2011, 02:57 PM

Sevilla fans paying to have tiny photo of themselves on players’ shirts

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Always looking for a new way to squeeze money out of their most loyal supporters, football clubs have found a new racket that could soon become common practice -- letting fans pay to have a tiny picture of themselves worn by the player of their choice.

Taking a cue from the Million Dollar Homepage, Sevilla has become the first top-flight football club to sell small squares within each player's number on the back of their shirts featuring a photo of the buyer for €24.90 ($33.35) each.

The idea of a company called Playing 2, Sevilla fans (or anyone else) can go to its website, select the player they want to wear their mug and the exact spot on the number they want to appear for the entire season.

As mentioned, Sevilla are the first team to utilize this money-making scheme and will soon be joined by fellow Spaniards Granada, with the Welsh Rugby Union team set to hand a UK debut to Playing 2 during the Six Nations.

Despite being only a 2 x 2mm picture (yes, that's right, millimetres) Sevilla have reported a positive reaction from fans, commenting "People do seem willing to pay for the chance to be on the back of their idol,"

Clubs will welcome that positive fan reaction, too — as Playing 2 offers a seriously lucrative source of revenue; with 3,142 photos capable of being crammed into a single number, each digit on a player's jersey is potentially worth over 75,000 Euros.

That won't exactly fund the next €50 million transfer, but if your club is in financial trouble, it could help.

As long as fans are willing to pay for this, it seems like a no-brainer for pretty much every club in the world to jump on board. There just better be someone checking these pictures before they get printed onto the players' shirts so no one sneaks a full moon or a rival club's crest on there. Then again, at 2x2mm, no one would notice anyway...

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That 14 could be filled with butts.

http://bleacherreport.com/tb/bcb4l

zudomiriku

07-12-2011, 01:53 PM

El Clasico: 10 Reasons Real Madrid vs. Barcelona Is Club Football's Biggest Game

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Saturday sees the first league meeting of the season between Real Madrid and Barcelona.

El Clasico has become a biennial football event which no longer grabs the attention of all of Spain; the match between the country's two biggest rivals is now watched the world over.

While fans whose allegiances lie with either Liverpool or Manchester United may disagree, here are 10 reasons why this fixture could be considered the biggest club game in world football.

They Are the World's Two Best Teams
Right now, it is hard to argue that Barca and Real are not the two best teams not only in the Iberian peninsula, but in the world.

While it is true that the rest of La Liga pales in comparison, these two sides also lay waste to all before them in Europe too.

Their semifinal of the Champions League last season was viewed by many as a de facto final played over two legs. Barca won a tight and tempestuous affair, and went on to outclass Manchester United in the final for the second time in three years.

Lione Messi vs. Cristiano Ronaldo
Fittingly for the two best teams in the world today, they each possess one of the two best players among their ranks.

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are both on the three-man shortlist for this season's Ballon d'Or; the other is Messi's teammate Xavi Hernandez.

Messi is looking to win the award for a third straight year while Ronaldo—the world's most expensive player—hopes to reclaim the title he lost to Messi in 2009.

World Cup Winners
A key factor in backing the claim that these two sides are the best in the world is the sheer number of Spain internationals who represent either team.

Between them, Real and Barca provided just five players that ended 44 years of Spanish hurt by winning the 2008 European Championship, but just two years later that figure has swelled to 13 of the squad that confirmed La Furia Roja's status as the greatest team in international football by winning the World Cup two years later.

When they lined up against each other for the season-opening Super Copa de Espana in August, there were 11 world champions on the pitch.

Shared League Titles
Manchester United famously eclipsed their rivals Liverpool in May when they beat their record haul of 18 league titles.

However, their joint total of 37 is nothing compared to Real and Barca, who share 52 between them.

Shared European Cups
Again, the two red rivals are eclipsed by the two old Spanish foes.

Between them, United and Liverpool have won the European Cup eight times (Liverpool's haul of five is a British record).

Compare that to Real and Barca, who have a total of 13.

Real's haul of nine European Cup triumphs—including each of the first five—is easily the record for the competition.

Barca, meanwhile, have won four in all, including three of the last six.

Civil War
The enmity between these two clubs runs much deeper than mere football.

While the rivalry that is held between the cities of Liverpool and Manchester stems from the industrial revolution, Barcelona and Madrid's differences are borne out of the Spanish Civil War.

When these two meet at the Camp Nou the home team are representing not just the city but their entire region against the King's team. There are signs in the ground declaring such things as "Catalonia is not Spain."

Stadia
A factor which adds an extra dimension to these two colossal fixtures is the arenas in which they are set.

Madrid's Estadio Santiago Bernabeu crams a little more than 80,000 spectators into its steep-sided stands, while the Camp Nou in Barcelona lets in nigh on 100,000 supporters in a ground level and file down into a veritable cauldron of a ground.

The atmosphere at either ground may be a little sedate on your average home game, what with both being a popular destination for tourists and casual fans, but come the Clasico there is barely a more vociferous support anywhere in the world.

Managers
As with the FIFA Ballon d'Or, both Barca and Real have their managers on the three-man shortlist for the FIFA Coach of the Year award.

Jose Mourinho is the most successful coach of the last decade, winning league titles in three different countries and the Champions League with Porto and Inter Milan.

Pep Guardiola has only in his fourth season as a coach, but he has already won La Liga three times and the Champions League twice.

There is no love lost between them, with their beef stretching back to Mourinho's Inter beating Guardiola's Barca in their Champions League semifinal in 2010 and accelerating once the Portuguese joined Barca's bitter rivals.

Recent Rivalry
Incredibly, Real and Barca have already met six times in this calendar year.

In a hectic 17-day period in the spring, they clashed in the league (1-1 at the Bernabeu, Raul Albiol sent off), the Copa del Rey final (Real 1-0 Barca, Angel di Maria sent off), and in a two-legged Champions League semifinal (Barca won 3-1 on aggregate, with Pepe getting red-carded in the first leg at the Bernabeu).

Then in August, they met in a thrilling Super Copa de Espana tie which Barca won 5-4 on aggregate. Marcelo was sent off in the closing moments, and the final whistle saw an almighty stramash in which Mourinho was caught poking Barca coach Tito Vilanova in the eye.

Across all of those games, a war of words has been waged between Mourinho and Guardiola that is likely to be stoked up again in preparation for this game. Expect fireworks both on and off the pitch.

Glamour
No disrespect to the North-West of England, but neither Manchester nor Merseyside can boast what you would call a Mediterranean climate.

El Clasico is something far more exotic, with the matches being held in two of Europe's best cities.

Even though Madrid will be colder than many places in southern Europe this weekend, there will still be a frisson of Latin lustre when they kick off against Barca at 10 p.m. local time on Saturday.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/969819-el-clasico-10-reasons-real-madrid-vs-barcelona-is-club-footballs-biggest-game

kalo Barca kalah dalam duel El Clasico sepertinya sulit mengejar Madrid musim ini karena mereka juga harus membagi konsentrasi krn akan berlaga di Piala Klub Antar Dunia

zudomiriku

13-12-2011, 02:25 PM

El Clasico: Real Madrid No Closer to a Cure for Barcelona's Brilliance

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For the best part of 20 minutes, Real Madrid gave the impression they'd found a cure. Jose Mourinho's team were pressing Barcelona with such ferocity that the world's best midfield couldn't find a pass. El Clasico was an orgy of white swarming red and blue.

An estimated 500 million television viewers had been treated to a fabulously frenetic and fascinating opening—sparked into life by a goal after 23 seconds that cast the most assured football outfit in the world as a shivering wreck in the grips of an irresistible revolution. The hype had already delivered, and we were just getting started.

Madrid's early approach was all about tempo and territory, and came straight from the Mourinho playbook that delivered success to Chelsea and Inter Milan. Barcelona love a pass, so stop them passing. And the higher up the pitch you press, the less fluid they become as a result.

Validation for Mourinho's tactics arrived inside a minute. Victor Valdes stuttered under intense pressure and kicked a clearance straight to Angel di Maria. A scramble ensued and Karim Benzema, the poster child of Madrid's resurgence this season, was on hand to smash home the fastest goal in El Clasico history.

Barcelona were on the canvas before they'd thrown a punch, and the rare smell of Catalan blood invited a flourish. Benzema went close with a header soon after; then Cristiano Ronaldo skewed a poor finish wide with Di Maria in a glorious position to his right. Meanwhile, Barca stuck to their script and waited for inspiration.

On 30 minutes they finally found some. Lionel Messi floated past Madrid's heavy artillery, then invited Alexis Sanchez to shoot into the bottom corner and draw the match level. It was a lesson in cutthroat counter-attacking savagery that Madrid could not heed. And for the remainder of the match they would look back on those early opportunities as a lovestruck teenager does the one who got away.

They would also look back on the moment Messi could have been sent off, but in truth a second yellow for his foul on Xabi Alonso would have been harsh. That's not to say it wouldn't have been handed to a player of a lesser, or more violent, reputation. But to cling to that is of no service to the progress Madrid still need to make to turn this most epic of rivalries on its head.

They'd be better served looking at the failures of Ronaldo, who suffered the kind of torrid evening we've seen him have all too often on the biggest stage. Gone was the strutting world-beater, and in his place the greedy, misfiring schoolboy who shoots on site and doesn't appear interested in putting the hard yards in.

If there's one comparison to make between Ronaldo and Messi, the two attacking greats of the modern game, it's that Messi's patience never falters. By his standards this was a peripheral performance, but still he worked hard and still he showed willing in every area of his game. And still he made a telling contribution in providing his team's opening goal.

Barca's second was as ugly as they come—a wild deflection of Xavi's shot taking it past Iker Casillas to put the visitors ahead. Fortune favors the brave, so they say, and to that end you can't deny Barca's enduring football philosophy deserves a slice of luck every now and then. Mourinho cursed it afterwards all the same.

"Football is a game, and details and luck form part of it," Mourinho said. "Without taking anything away from our opponents, luck was the difference.

"When we were 1-0 up we had the chance to go two up with an opening which normally with a player as fantastic as Cristiano Ronaldo would have taken, but we didn't.

"Their second came from a deflection, and no one can see it was anything other than luck. We had another chance at 2-2 and almost immediately they scored a third, which was a psychological blow."

The Special One had missed the point. Xavi's goal was a fluke alright, but Ronaldo's failure to convert his chances was the result of poor execution. And what of Barcelona's superb first and third goals? Luck was nowhere to be seen when Cesc Fabregas stooped to head home Dani Alves' cross and kill the game on 66 minutes.

From there on in Barca reverted to type—hushing the Bernabeu with their slick passing and reinforcing a superiority that has seen Pep Guardiola's team unbeaten in six straight visits to Madrid. The notion that this was Madrid's year destroyed, and Mourinho's miserable El Clasico record continued (just one victory so far for The Special One, in the Copa del Rey final).

Guardiola outclassed Mourinho, Messi outclassed Ronaldo, and Barcelona outclassed Madrid. It's a bitter pill to swallow for Madridistas—the taste of which just won't go away. For that we can only hail the brilliance of Barcelona, and their unswerving belief that football will find a way.

Mourinho's spoiling tactics worked for 20 minutes, but Barcelona go a lot longer than that. And so will their run of success unless The Special One comes upon a more effective antidote.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/979239-el-clasico-real-madrid-no-closer-to-a-cure-for-barcelonas-brilliance

zudomiriku

31-01-2012, 01:58 PM

Carlos Vela gets tackled into a linesman

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In the second half of Real Sociedad's 5-1 win over Sportin Gijon on Sunday, Carlos Vela was tackled from behind by Alejandro Galvez right at the touchline, sending him barreling into the linesman. Everyone was alright and the linesman even helped Vela back to his feet (despite the fact that Vela took out his).

Galvez was booked for starting that little domino effect.

zudomiriku

01-02-2012, 12:45 PM

Infante, Manajer Bank yang 'Lampaui' Messi & Ronaldo
Kris Fathoni W - detikSport

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Miranda de Ebro - Lionel Messi dan Cristiano Ronaldo adalah dua pesepakbola terbaik sejagat saat ini. Keduanya pun memimpin klasemen topskorer La Liga Primera--Ronaldo 24 gol, Messi 22 gol. Tetapi di Copa del Rey, keduanya masih kalah dari Pablo Infante.

Nama Infante mendadak tenar di kancah sepakbola seiring dengan melejitnya Mirandes, sebuah tim liliput pembunuh raksasa di Copa del Rey, yang ia bela.

Berstatus klub level tiga di Spanyol, Mirandes sudah menyungkurkan Villarreal, Racing Santander, dan Espanyol, yang di atas kertas lebih punya kualitas. Di babak empat besar saat ini, Mirandes yang dihadapkan dengan Athletic Bilbao bahkan menjadi satu-satunya yang bukan klub La Liga Primera--dua klub lain adalah Barcelona dan Valencia.

Kisah Cinderela Mirandes itu tak lepas dari aksi Infante yang sudah mengemas tujuh buah gol sejauh ini. Pria 31 tahun itu pun menjadi topskorer sementara.

Menilik para pemain di empat klub yang masih tersisa, para pengejar terdekat Infante baru bikin tiga gol saja. Sedangkan dua pemain terbaik La Liga, Ronaldo dan Messi, masing-masing mencatat tiga dan dua gol--Ronaldo tak lagi bisa menambah gol karena timnya, Real Madrid sudah tersingkir.

Di awal musim ini, boleh jadi tak banyak yang ngeh dengan nama Infante. Tapi ia langsung jadi buah bibir setelah memastikan Mirandes ke semifinal berkat gol dramatis yang ia cetak di menit injury time ke gawang Espanyol pekan lalu.

Gol Infante itu disambut gegap gempita pendukung Mirandes di stadion Miranda de Ebro yang berkapasitas 6.000 penonton. Ia pun dipanggul dan disanjung bak seorang pahlawan.

Hanya selang beberapa jam kemudian Infante sudah balik ke rutinitasnya. Ya, sepakbola memang bukan profesi utamanya, karena sehari-hari ia berprofesi sebagai manajer bank.

Rasa lelah yang sudah pasti masih mendera tak menghambatnya menekuni aktivitasnya di bank. Tapi setibanya di lokasi kerja, ia lantas menemui sesuatu yang berbeda. Di sana ia langsung disambut kamera-kamera televisi dan kerumunan awak media.

"Aku ada di sini tujuh jam per hari, (dari pukul) 8 sampai 15.00. Baru di sore hari aku melakoni profesiku yang lain," ucap Infante kepada suratkabar lokal Deia yang dikutip Reuters.

Mencoba tetap rendah hati, Infante tak mau silau dengan sorotan mendadak terhadap dirinya. Ia ingin tetap menjejak bumi seraya menegaskan bahwa apa yang sudah dicapai Mirandes musim ini bukanlah berkat kerja kerasnya semata.

"Perhatian media ini adalah buah dari kerja keras semua pihak di klub. Mungkin aku mendapat sorotan terbesar, tapi aku menerimanya sama dengan yang lainnya, yakni dengan tenang," tutur pria berkepala plontos itu.

Masih dengan merendah, Infante pun bersikap realistis dengan kans timnya saat menghadapi Bilbao di semifinal, yang leg I-nya akan dihelat, Rabu (1/2/2012) dinihari WIB. Bilbao, yang punya dua pemain timnas Spanyol yang ikut serta di Piala Dunia 2010 lalu, Fernando Llorente dan Javi Martinez, tetap ia sebut sangat diunggulkan atas Mirandes.

"Kami tahu mereka favorit. Aku akan bilang mereka punya peluang 99 persen untuk menang dan 1 persen buat kami, tapi kami punya harapan dan antusiasme, dan takkan menyerah dengan mudah," seru Infante.

Dengan anggaran operasional nyaris 60 kali lebih kecil dari Bilbao--anggaran Mirandes 1,2 juta euro sedangkan Bilbao punya anggaran sekitar 60 juta euro--Mirandes memang sangat liliput di hadapan Bilbao.

Entah apakah si liliput itu akan bisa menumbangkan satu raksasa lagi untuk mencapai partai puncak. Tetapi apapun hasilnya, Infante cs sudah pasti telah bikin bangga 40 ribu orang penghuni kota Miranda de Ebro yang jadi tempat Mirandes bermarkas.

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http://www.detiksport.com/sepakbola/read/2012/01/30/174152/1829744/75/infante-manajer-bank-yang-lampaui-messi-ronaldo

sayang dinihari tadi Mirandes kalah 1-2 lawan Bilbao