Barcelona lose again. Well done Osa, but it won't be enough to save them. Any one of 5 to go down and my pick is the current team in trouble. Failing that, Racing to relegate Getafe, with Osasuna getting a point and Gijon beating Recre.
Congratulations to Forlan for earning the Pichichi, after scoring an incredible 32 league goals. Athletico could well keep hold of their superstars as they successfully qualified for the Champions League, thanks to those very superstars in Diego Forlan and Sergio Aguero.
I've been watching Aguero, and while his record appears considerably inferior to that of his compatriot, he has performed exeptionalyl well. He has scored some wonder goals this campaign. All you have to do is watch him when in possession of the ball and you're stunned by his low centre of gravity that compliments his already magnificant close-control. The fact that he is just 20-years-old and is rated as highly as he is epitomizes how big this Argentine can go.
Have to agree with Kaka, it's more a case of Forlan being incredible than Aguero underperforming. 17 goals is normally a pretty good total but it doesn't look so great when your striker partner has 32.
Surprisingly Betis goes down... Betis completely outclassed Valladolid today, but the bad luck (two bars and an outstanding Asenjo) send them to La LIga 2 Osasuna 2-1 R. Madrid 0-1 Higuaín (11') 1-1 Plasil (15') 2-1 Juanfran (60') Racing 1-1 Getafe 1-0 Toni Moral (34') 1-1 Granero (38') Sporting 2-1 Recreativo 0-1 Ersen Martin (23') 1-1 Barral (58') 2-1 Luis Morán (67') Betis 1-1 Valladolid 0-1 Aguirre (46') 1-1 Oliveira (50') Numancia 0-2 Sevilla 0-1 Armenteros (88') 0-2 Moreno (og) (91') Espanyol 3-0 Málaga 1-0 Tamudo (5') 2-0 Tamudo (44') 3-0 Tamudo, p. (56') Mallorca 2-3 Villarreal 0-1 Cani (28') 1-1 Aduriz (35') 1-2 Llorente (40') 1-3 Llorente (52') 2-3 Webo (89') Deportivo 1-1 Barcelona 1-0 Bodipo (31') 1-1 Etoo (89') Atlético 3-0 Almería 1-0 Agüero (19') 2-0 Raúl García (27') 3-0 Forlán (49') Valencia 2-0 Athletic 1-0 Villa (7') 2-0 Villa (90') Code: P W D L G A Pts. 1 Barcelona 38 27 6 5 105 35 87 2 R. Madrid 38 25 3 10 83 52 78 3 Sevilla 38 21 7 10 54 39 70 4 Atlético 38 20 7 11 80 57 67 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 Villarreal 38 18 11 9 61 54 65 6 Valencia 38 18 8 12 68 54 62 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 Deportivo 38 16 10 12 48 47 58 8 Málaga 38 15 10 13 55 59 55 9 Mallorca 38 14 9 15 53 60 51 10 Espanyol 38 12 11 15 46 49 47 11 Almería 38 13 7 18 45 61 46 12 Racing 38 12 10 16 49 48 46 13 Athletic 38 12 8 18 47 62 44 14 Sporting 38 14 1 23 47 79 43 15 Osasuna 38 10 13 15 41 47 43 16 Valladolid 38 12 7 19 46 58 43 17 Getafe 38 10 12 16 50 56 42 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18 Betis 38 10 12 16 51 58 42 19 Numancia 38 10 5 23 38 69 35 20 Recreativo 38 8 9 21 34 57 33 Top Scorer Forlán (Atlético) 32 Etoo (Barcelona) 30 Villa (Valencia) 27 Messi (Barcelona) 23 Higuaín (Real) 21
I'm absolutely gutted, it's going to be difficult not being able to watch any Betis games next season
For second straight season, a club with a forward line formed by Sergio García and Ricardo Oliveira gets relegated...
He hasn't been scoring as consistantly since the winter break. He was a bit of goals machine earlier on, but since then Forlan has just been insane infront of goal with Aguero being more of a supporting player, feeding Forlan. He's still very young though, i'm sure in the near future he'll become a more rounded and consistant player.
Are Betis the Newcastle of the Spanish League, appointing and firing coaches every 6 months, buying 'reputation' players on high wages who turn out to be average and they like Newcastle have a 50k + capacity stadium. Frightening similarites indeed. Message to any club next season, don't buy Sergio Garcia and Ricardo Oliviera, you will be relegated The Real Betis Relegation sale. Where do you reckon the following will go Ricardo Achille Emana Juanito - Pre Contract with At Madrid Nelson Mehmet Aurelio Sergio Garcia Edu Ricardo Oliviera Capi Mariano Pavone
it's amazing that such squad had been relegated. I'm pretty sad for Betis as their fans are class and pretty loyal. I'd rather wanted Valladolid to go down out of the possibilities (Osasuna, Sporting, Betis, Valladolid and Getafe) I wouldn't mind that Sergio García and Damia come back home...
Unbeilieveable that those players have been relegated, just proves you are never too good to be relegated. Do you think Lopera will sell the club now?
The problem is that now in La Liga II, Betis' value ain't the same than yesterday... but he should sell it
And by all accounts it looks like CD Tenerife will be in la liga next season. :Banana::Banana::Banana:
Actually there're just 4 teams with options to get promoted with 9 points to go, and none of them is already promoted: 1 Xerez 78 2 Tenerife 75 3 Zaragoza 74 4 Hércules 69
Vamos Zaragoza, im off there next year studying, hope they get promotion, i hope Roberto Ayala stays for one more year, would be great to see a legend play before he retires.
