In Spain, one of the New Year's Eve traditions includes eating twelve grapes before the stroke
of midnight, one grape for each of the last twelve seconds of the year. Photo courtesy of Camino
Z.
As 2010 arrives through the doorstep, La Liga returns with a vengeance from the winter break
that seemingly flew by so quickly.
Recreativo de Huelva and
Sevilla provided the cupsets of the round so far as they
both finished the first leg ahead of their supposed superior rivals. In yesterdays tie at the Camp
Nou,
Barcelona and Sevilla both had grounds for complaint regarding the performance of
referee
Alfonso Burrull as Bojan and
Diego Capel had goals incorrectly chalked off,
whereas the penalty awarded to Sevilla appeared to occur outside of the box.
Y el Atlético de Madrid sigue dando de que hablar. En su nuevo tropiezo ahora en la Copa del
Rey por 3 a 0 en casa del Recreativo Huelva, el defensa Ujfalusi se acredita mucho la derrota a su
persona debido a la expulsión que sufrió al minuto 20, el Atlético sigue en picada, Liga, Copa y
de la ya eliminada Concachampions.
They're human after all. Having swept everything placed infront of them last season, they have
fallen at the first hurdle in 2010 after succumbing to an aggregate defeat by
Sevilla in the
Copa del Rey. The match was an absolute thriller
and a firm response to those who proclaimed the cup a dead duck last week when only a total of
90,000 spectators turned up to all the cup ties combined (not enough to fill the Camp Nou).
(video gol highlights)
COPPA DEL RE, RISULTATI OTTAVI (ritorno):
Mercoledi 13
Siviglia - Barcellona 0-1 (19'st Xavi)
Getafe - Malaga 5-1 (15'pt e 4'st Soldado, 30'pt Rafa, 8'st Pedro Leon (G), 18'st Juanmi (M), 36'st
Parejo (G)
Osasuna - Hercules 1-0 (3'st Masoud)
Racing - Alcorcon 0-0
Deportivo La Coruna - Valencia 2-2 (10'pt e 29'pt Zigic (V), 4'st Luis Filipe (D), 26'st Juan
Rodriguez (D)
Villareal - Celta de Vigo 0-1 (46'st Trashorras su rig.
