Spanish top flight in full force with Tuesday’s fixtures – La Liga Special
Followers of the Primera Division will witness league action on Tuesday September 20, 2011. La Liga is going on in full force after the players returned from the international break. Three games have been scheduled for Tuesday to catch-up with the lost opening
day fixtures.
Bettor.com discusses the contests and the teams involved in this La Liga feature.
Osasuna vs. Sevilla
Following the mauling Osasuna received at the hands of the Catalan giants http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/José-c19246 Luis Mendilibar has a difficult task of raising his players’ morale. The Irunea-Pamplona-based club let in 8 goals without a reply at Camp Nou and became Barcelona’s
whipping boys. Down 5-0 at half-time, the tactician had nothing to look forward to; therefore, Jose Luis Mendilibar thought about the next game instead.
Osasuna welcome an impressive Sevilla to Reyno de Navarra. Los Rojiblancos have earned 7 points from three games. They won at home against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Carlos-c8346 Garrido’s
Villarreal were able to stop their march in the second round of matches. The match between Villarreal and Sevilla ended in a 2-2 draw.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Marcelino-c23540 Gran Toral will be happy with the 2-2 draw; however, he will be looking forward to taking all three points against Los Rojillos.
Real Sociedad vs. Granada
Real Sociedad welcome the newly-promoted side, Granada. The San Sebastian-based outfit stopped Barcelona in their tracks on the second match day of La Liga. However, they were not up to the mark at http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ramón-c30536 Sanchez Pizjuán.
Spanish striker Imanol Agirretxe leads the scoring charts for Sociedad while Antoine Griezmann has also opened his league account. They are worthy opponents at home, and Pep Guardiola’s Barcelona will testify to this statement.
On the other hand, Granada are finally making a return to La Liga after 35 years. So far Granotes are 16th in the Spanish La Liga points table with only three points to their name. They have won only one fixture, against Villarreal, but lost to
Real Betis and Malaga.
It will be an interesting encounter between the two mid-table clubs who are currently the favourites for demotion to Segunda Division.
Villarreal vs. Real Mallorca
Villarreal take on Real Mallorca in the final match of the day. The Yellow Submarine are at the bottom of the table in 19th position following a shocking defeat to Granada over the weekend. They have managed to win only a single point in La Liga
– definitely something below their standards.
Villarreal’s negative 6 goal difference is not a healthy sight and Juan http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Carlos-Garrido-c8443 will be looking to rectify the mistakes against Real Mallorca.
Michael Laudrup’s Mallorca are in the midst of their own problems. The manager has had an altercation with the President in the open and the hierarchy is busy in mending fences.
Going away to El Madrigal is always a tedious task and Laudrup is well aware of that fact. Los Bermellones have lost two of their fixtures against Real Betis and Malaga. However, they still have three points to show after they won their first La Liga fixture
against Espanyol.
The winner of the match is not only going to take the three points but also a big morale boost, which is required by both the teams.
Recently Mallorca have been involved in low scoring games whilst Villarreal are trying to find the domestic form that propelled them to UEFA Champions League qualification last season.
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