[ESP] Primera Liga 2006/2007 (9 Viewers)

Azzurri7

Pinturicchio
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Dec 16, 2003
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Real Madrid will snatch the title right in front of Barcelona´s nose. And I´m glad they will do it. I didn´t expect this as they were in a big crisis but now they finally found their consistancy. Watch out, Barcelona!
I'd pay to see that cunt called crap loosing his first year title:toast:
 

Azzurri7

Pinturicchio
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Dec 16, 2003
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And again we should have kept Maresca at Juventus.
He's a brilliant player. Many people do underrate him because they havent seen enough of him. but watching lot of matches of Enzo, I can say he's a brilliant player who plays with his head rather than legs.
 

Bjerknes

"Top Economist"
Mar 16, 2004
116,107
He's a brilliant player. Many people do underrate him because they havent seen enough of him. but watching lot of matches of Enzo, I can say he's a brilliant player who plays with his head rather than legs.
And on top of that, he's a far better player than the likes of Blasi, Giannichedda or many other ridiculous players Capello fielded instead. If those players along with someone such as Olivera can play at Juventus, surely Maresca should not be sacrificed. The management really screwed up with that one... there was no reason to bench him and give him away.
 

Maresca

Senior Member
Aug 23, 2004
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And on top of that, he's a far better player than the likes of Blasi, Giannichedda or many other ridiculous players Capello fielded instead. If those players along with someone such as Olivera can play at Juventus, surely Maresca should not be sacrificed. The management really screwed up with that one... there was no reason to bench him and give him away.
Actualy we still miss such a player in midfield. A player with good skills and passes.
He never got a real chance with juve... What a terrilbe day it was as we took Crap..
 

sateeh

Day Walker
Jul 28, 2003
8,020
And on top of that, he's a far better player than the likes of Blasi, Giannichedda or many other ridiculous players Capello fielded instead. If those players along with someone such as Olivera can play at Juventus, surely Maresca should not be sacrificed. The management really screwed up with that one... there was no reason to bench him and give him away.
Blasi and Gianni are two very different players than Enzo.
Actualy we still miss such a player in midfield. A player with good skills and passes.
He never got a real chance with juve... What a terrilbe day it was as we took Crap..
i dont know why everyone here is blaming capello for the Enzo situation.Enzo didn't have the best of seasons before he came in, and he had a different idea and didn't think he would fit in his system.
He didn't keep him and put him on the bench as that would've been unfair.
And what about the previous coaches who didn't give him a full chance until that horrid 2004 season.

Am happy for Enzo, hes a great talent with great passoin but he was never going to carry this club's midfield on his shoulder.
 

Bisco

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Nov 21, 2005
14,418
Copa del Rey Report: Heroic Getafe Humiliate Abject Barcelona

Getafe 4-0 Barcelona
6-5 on aggregate

Nobody, not even the most fanatic Real Madrid fan, could have predicted the script. Everyone, including Frank Rijkaard, watched open-mouthed as Barcelona refused to turn up against Getafe, being pummelled 4-0 at El Coliseum

It was a semi-final that was supposed to be in the bag, as Barcelona headed to the Coliseum de Alfonso Perez with a 5-2 advantage from the first leg.

Rijkaard even rested the likes of Thuram, and Messi, despite the Marquez and Deco being injured. After all, Getafe needed to win by three goals.

Well, they won by four, scoring twice either side of the break, with Güiza leading the charge with a superb brace!

What is worse for Barcelona is that the 4-0 score-line did not flatter Getafe one bit!

It was not even due to goals scored against the run of play! It was simply sheer humiliation, from start to finish, for Frank Rijkaard and his boys.

After a dominant 30 minutes in which Getafe repeatedly threatened and saw Güiza come close thrice, in form midfielder Casquero - who also put in a great display over the weekend - opened the scoring in the 37th minute, latching onto a cleared corner and crashing a volley past Jorquera from 25 yards out.

Barcelona had looked rattled throughout, and were still refusing to find their bearings. There might have been nothing for them panic over just yet, but there was six minutes later, as Güiza poked in from close range after Zambrotta practically teed up a cross for him, to make it 2-0 in the 43rd minute, and a very nervous half-time for the Catalans.

Oleguer, Edmilson and Sylvinho had all been shambolic, and Rijkaard's decision to play his fringe players was clearly backfiring. But then again, the likes of Puyol and Zambrotta had done no better. The attackers had hardly covered themselves in glory either, having failed to register a single shot on target.

Things improved just a bit after what must have been a half-time verbal walloping from Rijkaard. They had some half-chances, but failed to make much of it, and Getafe were still the likelier to score.

The writing was firmly on the wall when Vivar Dorado made it 3-0 in the 70th minute, but just in case there was any doubt, man of the match Güiza put the tie to bed with his second and Getafe's fourth three minutes later.

Barcelona needed two goals, but didn't seem bothered to put in an honest effort. Rash challenges were the order of the day for the frustrated Catalans, as they endured the remaining 15 minutes of the game, before going off the pitch with their tails firmly between their legs.

Ronaldinho and Eto'o had virtually disappeared, Zambrotta looked nothing like a World cup winner, and Xavi and Iniesta - usually on the money - were simply marked out of the game. Messi, the man who has been in red hot form, was not even on the bench. It would be fair to say it was a really messy night!

The result sees Getafe earn a historic Cup final against Sevilla at the Bernabeu, while Barcelona go home in shame, hoping and praying that this does not ruin their La Liga campaign as well.

Getafe: Luis García; Contra, Alexis, Belenguer, Paredes; Cotelo, Casquero, Celestini, Vivar Dorado; Maris, Güiza.

Barcelona: Jorquera; Zambrotta, Oleguer, Puyol, Sylvinho; Edmílson, Xavi, Iniesta; Giuly, Ronaldinho, Eto'o.

Goals: 1-0, Casquero (37'); 2-0, Güiza (43'); 3-0, Vivar Dorado (70'); 4-0, Güiza (73').
 

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