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The highlight of this EUROPA LEAGUE game between Austria Vienna& Spanish Club Athletic de Bilbao
was the pitch invasion by "hooligans"that stopped the match in the 2ºhalf for about 30 minutes.
Apart fromthe flares & the numerous objects thrown onto the pitch the behaviourneeds to be
punished, something we hope UEFA will do.
REAL MADRID defeated OLYMPIQUE OF MARSEILLE 1-3 to secure top spot of Group C & avoid the stronger
teams in the nextstage. Apart from an excellent Spanish defence ( Pepe, Ramos, Albiol& company),
backed by a disciplined midfield (Xavi & Lass), it wasCristiano Ronaldo that unbalanced, surprised,
gave spark & scoredtwo goals.
VALENCIA CF managed to defeat Italian Club GENOVA 1-2 in a busy& hard fought match. The Spaniards
finish on top of their EuropaLeague Group table & go into the next phase.The Italians at home were
a tough nut, even though Valencia scoredfirst in the 46 th min via BRUNO, however veteran striker
CRESPOequalized for Genova in the 51st min.
Round 15 of "La Liga" had a game put forward to allow FC BARCELONA to travel & participate in the
World Clubs Cahmpionships. Barça managedto win a hard earned game against XEREZ 0-2 with goals
from HENRY(47th min) & IBRAHIMOVIC ( 92nd min). Watch the action in the belowvideo:Apart from this
there was EUROPA LEAGUE action with VALENCIACF defeating LILLE 3-1 with two goals from JOAQUIN & a
goal
Great news finally for ATLETICO DE MADRID fans who witnessed how their team managed to take their
second straight victory witha 0-2 result over XEREZ.(marca.com)The "dynamic duo" of DIEGO FORLAN &
SERGIO AGUERO eachmanaged to score in the 27th min & the 65th respectively. The teamplayed much
better as compared to other games & there is a hint thatthey are psychologically managing to get
out of
SEVILLA FC culminated its great Champions League Group trayectorywith a 1-0 victory over GLASGOW
RANGERS in their Group G match.The 7th min goal by KANOUTE via a penalty was enough to give the
home team the victory & the Top spot of their group.In the other match with Spanish representation,
FC BARCELONA had a more difficult time to achieve their 1-2 victory over DYNAMOOF KIEV.
Spanish League - La Liga - has given the following results for Round14, that include controversy,
plenty of goals & a serious injury to atop player.VALENCIA CF lost 2-3 to REAL MADRID with the
latter playing itsbest "Liga" game to date without Kaká & Ronaldo. The bad news wasthe knee injury
to Real defender PEPE who will be out for the restof the season & will most likely miss the World
Cup.
It could not have happened at a worst moment. Just when REALMADRID are beginning to find their
ideal 11 they lose their Bestdefender PEPE for the rest of the season. The Portugues
Internationalis in a "Football state of grace" & falls foul to an awkward landing tobe diagnosed
with torn knee ligaments that will require an operation,6 month recovery period & will miss the
World Cup in South
ATHLETIC DE BILBAO managed to qualify for the next stage of theEUROPA LEAGUE even though the German
side WERDER BREMENdid an authentic demolition job in the 1ºst half scoring three goals:Pizarro
12th min; Waldo 20th min & Rosenberg 35th minThe only real local highlight was the debut of another
youngster inthe 2ºhalf for Bilbao called AURTENETXE ( not Ramalho as expected).
Three games played in Round 15 of "La Liga" with plenty of goals ina cold winter night of Football
across Spain.REAL MADRID defeated REAL ZARAGOZA 6-0 in a "white-wash" thatshowed all the
limitations of the visiting team & all the fire-power thatthe home team has in its arsenal.HIGUAÍN
started things early in the 3rd min with his goal, followedby two goals in the space of 2 mins (
25th & 27th) by
Round 15 of the Spanish Liga continued today to conclude & take atwo week Xmas break to see it come
back with all the action the2nd of Jan 2010.VILLAREAL put out the RACING "fire" with a 2-0 victory
withgoals from LLORENTE in the 50th min & ROSSI in the 72nd min.The win gives Villareal much needed
points while Racing fall backinto their "nightmare", something the latter has two weeks tothink
