The Spanish top flight domestic football saw plenty of action on the weekend with several controversial plays affecting the turn out of the scheduled fixtures.
Football in the Iberian Peninsula saw differing fates for the Big 2, namely Real Madrid and Barcelona. The Capital based club had a good outing against Getafe in the first half but let the match slip through their fingers in the second half. Barcelona, on
the other hand had a contrasting turn of events.
La Blaugrana were put to test by Osasuna in their La Liga fixture at the Reyno de Navarre with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Joseba-Llorente-c19475 getting the proceedings underway with his 17th minute strike. However, the hosts stumbled to pressure after the interval, conceding
2 goals in 5 minutes from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296 to lose their grip on the tie.
The encounters of the duo were starkly different as plenty of drama was on show. There were expulsions, cries about fouls, questioning the legitimacy of goals left standing by the referee and slander by players.
In the game at the Pamplona, there was real tension as Tito Vilanova was ejected for protesting angrily to referee Muniz Fernandez. La Blaugrana manager was upset at the match official for his failure to signal a foul on Busquets, which was worth punishable
according to his standards.
Interestingly the first expulsion of Guardiola as coach of Barcelona also came against Osasuna, however, at that time it was at the Nou Camp, during the 2007/08 season.
Another action that raised got attention was Joseba Llorente’s goal. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Carles-Puyol-c8331 playing him on, the Real Sociedad loanee was in the clear for his goal.
The same cannot be said about Lionel Messi’s first goal of the night. Build-up of the goal saw http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alexis-Sánchez-c4979 in an offside position; however, the cries of Osasuna players were waved away by Muniz.
On the other hand, Real Madrid’s defeat at the hands of Getafe have questionable incidents on its own. The second goal by El Geta saw http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Adrián-Colunga-c3712 handle the ball. Play could have been stopped but was allowed to continue as it was totally an involuntary
action.
Nevertheless, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fabio-c13152 Coentrao takes the cake for his antics after being sent off while on the bench. The Portuguese versatile footballer was deservedly given his marching orders as he used foul language against the referee.
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