La Liga and Copa del Rey 21/22 season . . .

[dunkman]

Alavés vs Real Madrid 1:4
Celta vs Atlético Madrid 1:2
Barcelona vs Real Sociedad 4:2
Valencia vs Getafe 1:0
Sevilla vs Rayo Vallecano 3:0

Barcelona didn't miss Messi too much, and I doubt he would help on recovery walking on defense. It seems the team still didn't improve on defense. But 4 goals vs a quality team is promising.

Also, Madrid making 4 is good news, perhaps Ancelotti found a recept for more goals with the same squad.

[lefty]

Alavés vs Real Madrid 1:4
Celta vs Atlético Madrid 1:2
Barcelona vs Real Sociedad 4:2
Valencia vs Getafe 1:0
Sevilla vs Rayo Vallecano 3:0

Barcelona didn't miss Messi too much, and I doubt he would help on recovery walking on defense. It seems the team still didn't improve on defense. But 4 goals vs a quality team is promising.

Also, Madrid making 4 is good news, perhaps Ancelotti found a recept for more goals with the same squad.
Played a more direct, vertical fottball
I love Zidane but with him it was pretty much 8767449485 passes only to cross cross cross :lol

[dunkman]

Athletic Bilbao vs Barcelona 1:1
Atlético Madrid vs Elche 1:0
Levante vs Real Madrid 3:3
Granada vs Valencia 1:1
Sevilla plays tomorrow

Atlético alone with 6 points.

[lefty]

https://twitter.com/barcauniversal/status/1429025389880426500

[lefty]

Oh and Madrid gifted Levante those 3 goals WTF :lol

[dunkman]

Oh and Madrid gifted Levante those 3 goals WTF :lol

The defense is horrible. Vinicius already made 3 goals in two games, the same 3 goals he made in the league in each of the last two seasons.

[dunkman]

Getafe vs Sevilla 0:1

And Sevilla toppled Atlético for the #1 spot. No goals received so far . . . Lopetegui is definitely quite good after all. Kept Sevilla into contention last season until last couple of games. Plus they made a solid roster, with limited resources compared to the big 3.

[dunkman]

So far, Madrid, Valencia and Atlético are on top with 10 points after 4 games. Sevilla and Barça could catch though, have a game less and 7 points.

Bordalás only coached small teams to promotion and good seasons in first division, never had so much talent like now in Valencia.

[dunkman]

Madrid alone on top with 13, followed by Atlético with 11, Valencia and Real Sociedad with 10. Barça with 7, but with 2 games less, could catch-up the leaders.

Good win by Madrid at Mestalla. Last minutes heroics by Vini Jr and Benzema, after key substitutions by Ancelotti (Camavinga and Rodrygo). Vini and Benzema with 5 goals in 5 games so far.

Atlético vs Athletic 0:0, double yellow card as substitute for João Felix, the second for protesting. Antoine Griezmann still struggling a lot to find the goal.

[dunkman]

Real Madrid vs Mallorca 6:1 (hat trick by Asensio, 2 by Benzema and 1 by Isco)

Curiously Asensio was protesting last few days for lack of playing time. Ancelotti said he like when players want to play and keep training hard.

Madrid stays at the top, with Atlético shadowing with 2 less points.

Getafe vs Atlético de Madrid 1:2, two late goals by Suárez saved the situation.

Sevilla vs Valencia 3:1, it was within the possibilities to lose visiting Sevilla, that’s now third, with Valencia forth.

Barcelona vs Granada 1:1, Barça dropped some points at home, and Koeman may be sacked, though it would be more of a surprise if Barça started doing well. Barça still has 2 games to play, but now can’t catch Madrid even winning both games.

[lefty]

Madrid's defense is MEH (for the moment, I think it'S a matter of time and chemistry) but offensively it's going very well

Asensio actually played well as a midfielder

[dunkman]

Defense isn't good at all, but Ancelotti somehow managed to average 3.5 goals over 6 games with the same forwards Zidane has at disposition.

I remember Ancelotti wanted to try playing Ramos as forward during his first stint. So using Asensio as midfielder doesn't come as surprise. He always dropped bombs from distance with amazing skill. Long term, not sure how will go with divided balls, dribbling and the precision in passes.

Karim now needs only around 30 goals to be all time #2 Real Madrid's scorer, passing Raúl. Not bad for a 9 that "doesn't have much goal" . . .

[dunkman]

Espanyol vs Real Madrid 2:1
Atlético de Madrid vs Barcelona 2:0, goals by Lemar and Suárez.

Both Real Madrid and Atlético share the first place with 17 points in 8 games.

Real Sociedad has 16 and will take the lead if they win their game, visiting Getafe that’s playing now.

Sevilla has 2 games to play with 14 points, so they could get to the #1 spot.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

I don’t know about Barca re-signing Dembele. When he plays he’s usually good but he’s so god damn injury prone, we don’t need another Umtiti situation on our hands.

[dunkman]

I don’t know about Barca re-signing Dembele. When he plays he’s usually good but he’s so god damn injury prone, we don’t need another Umtiti situation on our hands.

He was young when Barça made the deal with Dormunt and Barça had a lot of money from Neymar. I would guess he was insured. I think if they could find a taker for his salary, he would have been shipped somewhere already, so my guess they will just let his contract expire. If Dembele accepts €2-3M x season, maybe. But is still much better to have a more limited player that you can mostly count on.

It’s the injury, then recovery, then subpar performance while returning to rhythm, then the player is not the same anymore, then another injury . . . terrible.

[dunkman]

The derby of Sevilla:

Betis vs Sevilla 0:2

Sevilla closely shadowing Real Madrid, their coach is Lopetegui, probably still has blood in the eye by the way got sacked from Real Madrid, after sacrificing his job with the Spanish NT.

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Atleti dropped some points in Mestalla:

Valencia vs Atlético Madrid 3:3

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Real Sociedad is temporarily leading La Liga, with +1 point but Real Madrid and Sevilla have another game to play. Last time Real Sociedad won la liga, was in early 80’s.

[dunkman]

Madrid vs Seville 2:1

Goals by Karim and Vini. Rafa Mir scored for Seville.

Madrid is 4-points clear of second Atlético, that won 1:4 at Cádiz.

[dunkman]

The derby madrileño:

Real Madrid vs Atlético de Madrid 2:0

Golazos by Benzema (volley) and Asensio.

Real Madrid clear 13 points from Atlético Madrid, already has half the league in the pocket.

[lefty]

Vini with 2 assists

[dunkman]

Vini with 2 assists

Vini became a top forward quickly. Even Asensio and Jovic are showing signs of life. This Real Madrid may do well this season, it will be interesting to see how it goes in Champions League.

[lefty]

Vini became a top forward quickly. Even Asensio and Jovic are showing signs of life. This Real Madrid may do well this season, it will be interesting to see how it goes in Champions League.

Yeah I have Bayern, Liverpool, Chelsea and City so far as favorites to win the CL but Madrid is gonna be a problem if they keep this up

[DAF86]

Refal Madrid at full display, even with VAR. Disgusting, tbh.

[lefty]

Refal Madrid at full display, even with VAR. Disgusting, tbh.

lol Varcelona

[dunkman]

Refal Madrid at full display, even with VAR. Disgusting, tbh.

And what about the 4 penalties against Madrid at Mestalla last season?

I agree it was severe, but there was contact on Casemiro, Valencia can’t really complain. Besides, they got a penalty too and the game ended 4:1, it wasn’t even close.

Madrid was just superior in second half, the first goal of Vini fooling both centrals near the small area and the second goal of Karim just show world class talent. Other teams would do anything to have that kind of players.

[dunkman]

The semi-final of the Super Copa

Barcelona vs Real Madrid 2:3

It’s interesting that despite not being in a great moment, Barça tends to always find some extra motivation for the clásico.

Atlético de Madrid vs Athletic Bilbao is the other key of the SC.

[dunkman]

Atlético de Madrid vs Altético de Bilbao 1:2

Le colchonero side is not passing by a good moment. The Super Copa final will be Real Madrid vs Atlético de Bilbao, the old clásico.

[dunkman]

Athletic Bilbao takes Real Madrid out of the Copa del Rey. Interesting enough, Real Madrid has never won the treble Liga, Copa and Champions, typically la Copa missing.

For the Copa the teams left are: Athletic, Rayo Vallecano, Real Betis and Valencia. For the Athletic it would be their first big title since ‘84, for Betis even much more wait and Rayo never won a big title. Valencia did win the Copa recently, I think the 18/19 season.

Barcelona vs Atlético Madrid 4:2 and Barcelona slowly enter into Champions League spots for next season. Ridiculed for not signing world best players in the transfer market, Xavi still managed to get some results.

Atlético got pushed to Europe League spot, being a big team by any standards, Simeone is just doing something wrong or the players lack intensity after winning last season league. Simeone will need to at least make semi finals of the champions league to avoid being sacked.

[dunkman]

Copa de Rey semi-finals:

Athletic Bilbao vs Valencia (1:1, 0:1)
Rayo Vallecano vs Real Betis (1:2, 1:1)

Final will be Valencia vs Real Betis.

Great to see the players of smaller teams running and playing like there’s no tomorrow trying to win a mayor honour for their teams. Rayo Vallecano was near of pulling a surprise in Seville.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Loving Xavi so far

[dunkman]

Loving Xavi so far

He’s doing much better than Koeman, bringing back the usual Barça game. It seems the roster has more quality than initially thought, but what they miss a world class striker. A lot is being said about Haaland joining the team.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

He’s doing much better than Koeman, bringing back the usual Barça game. It seems the roster has more quality than initially thought, but what they miss a world class striker. A lot is being said about Haaland joining the team.

Would be shocked if Haaland joined us, tbh. But man, if you guys get Mbappe we are fucked :lol

[dunkman]

Would be shocked if Haaland joined us, tbh. But man, if you guys get Mbappe we are fucked :lol

What’s worrying about Haaland is that he’s still young and has a lot of injuries. MBappé is something in between the two Ronaldo’s (Ronaldo Nazario and Cristiano Ronaldo) with some characteristics from both players.

[Canyonero]

Holy fucking shit, what a shitshow by RMAO :lmao

[lefty20]

I don't know much about Soccer, but I feel like RMA are playing like a bunch of gutless worms.

[Bynumite]

lol liga really did barca a solid and saved them from themselves when they kicked midget to the curb :lol

Imagine Lionel Harden was still around further plunging barca into the red and TOSBagging all over the pitch :lol


Chemo therapy was a success. Barca looking like themselves again with teamleader Xavi at the wheel :tu

[Canyonero]

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This Barça + the alpha GOAT :wow

[dunkman]

This was the type of result that the Madrid should have avoided at all costs. 9 games to go, with Barcelona shadowing at 9 points distance but with 10 games to play. If it affects the spirit of the team, it may get close at the end.

[Canyonero]

Nah this league was already secured by RMAO, there's now way they lose this thing.

[dunkman]

There a visit to Seville and another one to Atlético Madrid, Barça has easier schedule to the end. Still Real Madrid should be champion.

[lefty]

Madrid got shellacked :lol

I know Benzema didn't play but still...

:lmao Ancelotti's tactics

4-2-4 with Modric as a false 9 and Valverde as a winger :lol

[lefty]

:lol Benzema

[dunkman]

The Copa del Rey Final, played at La Cartuja stadium in Seville ended:

Real Betis vs Valencia 1:1 (5:4)

40 years Betis winger Joaquín was also part of the ‘05 Betis Copa del Rey champion team.

It’s the 3rd time Real Betis wins the Copa del Rey.

[lefty]

https://twitter.com/trackdiego/status/1518397541884350467

[dunkman]

Xavi getting lambasted but he took the team mid-season still made it champions league places, yes he may have been figured out, but Valverde and Luis Enrique played with more talent. Perhaps some humility in press conferences would be of help, though he’s new to coaching.

As long the Camp Nou is full and some bad contracts get off the books, a world class signing or two will help the team a lot.

[lefty]

https://twitter.com/fabrizioromano/status/1518475688994643978

[lefty]

Campeones, bitches

Carlo becomes the 1st coach to win the title in the top 5 leagues

[dunkman]

35 title for Real Madrid, well deserved, with a month to spare. Now the focus is all on the Champions League. Ancelotti has to pull another magic night at Bernabéu, the one against Chelsea was almost a nightmare, and then the final.

[dunkman]

https://twitter.com/fabrizioromano/status/1518475688994643978

Seems like underrated CB improvement, similar to Alaba last season. Except for Militao, no other Madrid CB defends headers.

[dunkman]

In a meaningless game, having Real Madrid already clinched their 35th La Liga title, the Madrid derby ended:

Atlético Madrid vs Real Madrid 1:0

Real Madrid initially fielded mostly reserves and Atlético refused to make a guard of honor for the new champions.

Atlético is closer to assure a spot for the 22/23 champions league season.