Alexander Puzik sums up the sixteenth round of the championship of Spain.

Warm-up of Barcelona in front of El Clasico, another fiasco in Valencia, a difficult victory for Atletico over an outsider, unreal Lionel Messi's bad luck, a thriller in the Canary Islands, a record of Jesus Navas - about this and much more in the results of the 16th round. Examples.

Tour results:.

SPAIN. LA LIGA, 16 TOUR 15 DECEMBER 2017 22:00 Sevilla 0: 0 Levante 16 DECEMBER 2017 -: - Leganes -: - Real Madrid 17:15 Athletic 0: 0 Real Sociedad 19:30 Eybar 2: 1 Valencia 21:45 Atletico 1: 0 Alaves 17 DECEMBER 2017 13:00 Girona 1: 0 Getafe 17:15 Celta 0: 1 Villarreal 19:30 Las Palmas 2: 2 Espanyol 21:45 Barcelona 4: 0 Deportivo 18 DECEMBER 2017 22:00 Malaga 0 : 2 Betis Valencia catastrophically not enough benches "Bats" a little calmed their fans in the last round, when after the fiasco in Getafe they were able to beat Selta in their field. Let that match and was not ideal for Valencia, but victory is a victory. In this round it was also clear that it would be easy for the Marcelino team, because they had to play on the road with Eibar, who in the last rounds finally found his game and confidently walked to the zone of the League of Europe. Moreover, last season Armourers both defeated Valencia.

Unfortunately for Marcelino, all these factors have also been added to the fact that now he can not set the strongest composition. To the injuries of the main centerbacks Garay and Murillo was added the disqualification of Dzadza, and Gedesh, although he got into the application, could not play at full strength and left only for the last 15 minutes. Such problems resulted in the fact that the Levantine had another nondescript match, but, unlike Selta, Eibar was able to maximally punish Valencia. In general, the game was equal, there was a lot of fighting on the field, but the language did not turn to say that there is a team in the field that is the contender for the highest places.

Of the entire composition of Valencia, a few flattering words can only be said about Santi Mina and Dani Parejo. The young Spaniard went out again and scored. Santi hits the gate every 70 minutes in the Example, but with the naked eye you can see that he is not ready to play at the same pace all 90 minutes. This season, he will have to be content with the role of the wild joker. Parejo at his usual level. Leader.

The global conclusion of the match - Valencia, catastrophically lacks players who, if necessary, could painlessly replace the main performers. A simple example. At the place of Gedesh in the match against Abar out Andres Pereira, who during the match a couple of times changed positions with Nacho Gil. As a result, both players completely failed the match.

As for Abar, this team can only be praised. 13 points out of 15 possible for the last rounds - an excellent result of the Mendilibar team. Eibar finally regained the form of last season and now the team, which was recently considered one of the main contenders for the flight, becomes a real candidate for the Europa League. A little more in Valencia. Much will depend on whether the club can strengthen the team in the next transfer window. This is necessary at least for competition, although at the same time it is clear that the increase in the course of the season is often very, very difficult. Marcelino again finds himself in a difficult situation, although three weeks ago he was literally wore in his arms.

Barcelona: a good signal in front of El Clasico "Blaugranas" before the most important match of the first round of the La Liga in his field took Deportivo. It is clear that the whole intrigue was about how much the hosts will score in the end and whether Leo Messi will be able to beat the legendary record of Gerd Muller today. As a result, Barca scored four, but there were periods in the match, when the guests were scared. The score is 4: 0 already devastating, but if you take into account that Deport five times saved the frame, the referee did not count the net goal, Messi did not score a penalty, and also 4-5 real moments were not realized, what would be the final score if the Barcelona players were a little luckier this evening.

By the game itself. Finally, Barca episodically showed a bright and spectacular football, which the viewers like. It is clear that much allowed the opponent, but this season there were matches against the weaker teams and then the field was despondent. This time the game was very good, Barca created a moment by moment and constantly stumped the opponent's defense. A few words about the uncommitted goal. Luisito decided to strike the worker and the ball crossed the goal line, but blind people in yellow T-shirts again stole from Barca's goal. I do not want to write about this anymore, because obscene language can break out.

Separately we note the scoring of Paulinho. The Brazilian twice in the match was in the right place at the right time and brought the number of goals in La Liga to six. Best result among all playing midfielders in La Liga. I think that now no one will remember how skeptical about this transfer in the press and even among the fans of Barca. Paulinho fully works out the funds invested in him.

And we can not fail to mention the terrible bad luck of the best player in Barcelona. Leo in this game three times got into the frame of the gate, did not realize the penalty kick, and also missed 2-3 good moments. It seems that there was no such a non -art in his career at all. However, Messi had a good fight, gave an assist and earned one of the highest scores after the match.

The victory at KCM should help Real Madrid Last week, Real Madrid won the fifth trophy for the calendar year. 3inadin 3idan led the team to the eighth trophy for twenty-three months and for quite short as for the coach the period was able to reach the second place in the won titles in the history of Real Madrid. It's hard to fit in your head, will not you agree? However, despite all the positive, the negative is no less. At the moment, "creamy" occupy the fourth place in the standings of La Liga, and behind Barca is 11 points (but there is a match in hand). At the same time, the team's game is very, very far from ideal.

Now the situation is that, in the case of a fiasco in El Clasico, Real's fight for the title in the Example will be over. At 99%. In this regard, the victory at the Club World Cup came at an opportune moment. Players received an excellent charge of positive emotions, forgot about the problems in the championship for a while and the atmosphere in the locker room probably improved and tension was relieved. The next trophy should relax players a little and instill confidence in them, however, at the same time, players will understand that the upcoming match with Barcelona is of great importance for them.

Real Madrid, in order to return to the championship race, you must definitely win. On another result and speech can not be.

Sevilla loses grip Levante after a disastrous match in the last rounds managed to take away points from the team claiming prizes - Sevilla. Yes, and on the road. It is clear that the "Nerviots" more owned the ball and beat more on goal, but after the final whistle did not leave the feeling that the guests deserved this one point. It seems that the mechanism of Seville after the humiliation in the last round at the Bernabeu has lost important details and now can not work the way it used to.

Footballers of Seville for a long time fumbled with the ball, while making even more than three touches, made the wrong decisions, and the team simply looked disassembled. Hanso and Ben Yedder probably had the worst matches of the season and sometimes the impression was that the Andalusians are playing in the minority. Only Correa and Banega can distinguish - the left flank was less active, and these players tried to lead the team.

Sevilla, no matter how loudly it sounded, with similar matches drives itself to a dead end. Valencia began to lose points, and the "nerves" can not take advantage of this even in the match with Levante. On Real Madrid, it is not necessary to stare - the main fight for the fourth place will probably take place with Valencia and, most likely, everything will be decided literally in the last rounds.

Atletico: there are a lot of problems, but the victories on the schedule "Mattresses" are already on the Wanda Metropolitano can not please their fans with a beautiful game. Atletico's away victories with "little blood" and on the class have already ceased to amaze, but such a game on his field looks at least strange. We can say that Alaves after the arrival of Abelardo turned into another team, but how could it be that he was ready to play less than equals with the annual contender for the championship and the Champions League?.

One statistical fact, which will show the harsh reality for Atletico - the "fox" for 90 minutes deal more strikes on the gate than the hosts.

Fortunately, El Nino managed to save the team after the substitution, and then the loss of points in a match is unlikely to be understood by the fans and calmly reacted to it. By the way, this goal was for Torres first in this season and 122-m in the striped T-shirt.

Grismann has already stopped playing in the usual football for himself and often departs on the field number. Suitcases in Barcelona are already surely going to, and his place is preparing to take Diego Costa. Super motivated and furious Diego Costa. Well, enjoy the game the Frenchman will already be in the matches for Barcelona. It seems that the transition is inevitable. And Atletico, despite the arrival of Diego Costa and Vitolo, you need to work hard in the transfer market.

One line:.

Las Palmas and Espanol gave a real thriller in the Canary Islands. Guests in the first half calmly scored two goals, but in the second half too relaxed and almost lost. In the last desyatiminutku the hosts scored twice, and on the 95th minute the captain of the "canaries" Jonathan Vier did not realize a penalty. Espanol must only blame himself - the game won turned into a real horror.

Celta without its leader Iago Aspas in Balaidos lost to Villarreal. The game was equal and the "Celts" just scored on the goal, but that evening the fortune accompanied the guests. Thanks to this victory, the "yellow submarine" finally interrupted the four-legged series without victories.

Girona again successfully played against the team from the capital region. After the victory over Real Madrid and a draw with Atletico Catalans defeated a team from the suburbs of Madrid - Getafe. Winning goal on the account of the best scorer, Stuani.

Betis finally broke off a string of setbacks and beat Malaga out. Last time "cucumbers" won a visit in September. Then he was beaten by Real Madrid.

The Basque derby between Athletic and Sociedad this time failed. For the first time in 17 years, the teams could not please the public with goals. And there were practically no moments.

Tour player:.

Interesting facts of the tour:.

14 - In this season, Messi 14 times got into the frame of the gate.

145 - Simeone entered the top 20 coaches in the number of wins in the championship of Spain.

1 - Deportivo won only 1 of the last 13 guest matches in La Liga - in October at Las Palmas with a score of 3: 1.

200 - Messi has given 200 assists in a T-shirt of Barcelona in all tournaments.

0 - Ernesto Valverde did not lose any of the 6 previous matches of La Liga against Deportivo as manager. Last defeat of this club, he suffered in January 2015 with a minimum score of 0: 1.

2 - Leo Messi became the second player in 12 years in Barcelona, ??who in one year failed to score three penalties.

23 - Barcelona does not lose 23 league games in La Liga - the longest current unbeaten series in Spain.

1 - Joaquin held his 469th game in the Example, overtaking Iker Casillas, who scored 468 matches. By this indicator, the Spanish winger ranks first among the players who performed in the Spanish championship in the 21st century.

4 - Christian Stuani in this round scored the fourth goal in the gate of Getafe for his career - more from him did not suffer any other club.

11 - Alaves scored 11 strikes at the gates of Atletico and did not score at the same time. For the first time since 2003, the team failed to score with so many strikes.

2 - Jonathan Viera for the first time in his career did not realize two penalty shots in a row.

1 - Barcelona lost only 1 of 15 previous matches of La Liga against Deportivo.

10 - Atletico in the first half of the match with Alaves made 10 fouls - a record for Vanda Metropolitano.

6 - Goalino scored more goals than any other midfielder in La Liga.

Midfielders with the most points in the system goal + pass this season.

8 - Gonzalo Gedes 3 + 5 8 - Paulinho 6 + 2 7 - Isco 4 + 3 7 - Marco Asensio 4 + 3 7 - Andres Guardado 1 + 6 1 - Athletic lost only 1 of the last 8 matches of La Liga against clubs from the Basque Country - in May with a minimum score of 0: 1 Alaves. In 4 out of 8 of these matches, he did not miss a single goal.

188 - Real Sociedad scored 188 goals at the goal of Athletic in La Liga - more than anyone else (this round was without goal).

1 - Fernando Torres scored the first goal for Atletico this season.

2 - Valencia lost two and the last three matches without Gonzalo Gedesh in the lineup.

0: 0 - For the first time in the 21st century, Athletic and Real Madrid played a goalless draw.

0 - For the first time in 14 years in the first half of the derby between Athletic and Sociedad there were no strikes on target.

3 - Fornals took part in Villarreal's 3rd and 4th goals (one goal and two assists).

0 - Celta did not win any of the 4 previous matches against Villarreal in La Liga (1 draw, 3 losses) and for these 4 meetings she did not score a single goal.

1 - Seville never lost a house in a calendar year.

300 - The match against Valencia was for coach Eybara Jose Luis Mendilibar 300th in the Example.

The teams that scored the most goals this season in La Liga:.

9 - Betis;.

8 - Celta and Valencia.

The teams that missed most of the heads in this season of La Liga:.

8 - Malaga and Celta;.

7 - Betis.

416 - Jesus Navas became the record holder of Seville in the number of matches.

2 - Sevilla for the first time in two seasons could not score in two matches of the championship in a row.

18 - This season, already 18 goals of Valencia were scored by Spanish players - only in the Real Sociedad the Spaniards scored the same number of goals.

5 - Eibar does not lose 5 rounds in a row, although before that he could not win 7 duels in a row.

0 - The last time Celta scored Villarreal in 2015.

3 - Eibar won the last 3 matches of La Liga against Valencia, conceding only one goal, although before that he did not win any of the four fights.

0 - Girona has not lost any of the 3 home matches of La Liga against clubs from the capital region, beating Real Madrid and Getafe, and also having drawn with Atletico.

11 - This season, Celta has already missed 11 goals after drawing the standards - the most in the tournament.

7 - 70% of goals Girona in home games of the season were scored by Stuani (7 of 10).

Quotation of the tour:.

If the player comes up to me and says: "Coach, I have a chance of a lifetime and I want to leave the club", then if he gave himself away in the matches for the team, as Grizmann did, I will tell him: No problem Attendance:.

Stadium Seating Capacity Santiago Bernabeu 81 044 Camp Nou 99 354 Barcelona - Deportivo 4: 0 53 607 53.96% Wanda Metropolitano 67 703 Atletico - Alaves 1: 0 49,937 73.76% Ramon Sanchez Pisjuan 45,500 Seville - Levante 0: 0 25,803 56.71% El Madrigal 24,890 Anoeta 32,076 San Mames 53,332 Athletic - Sociedad 0: 0 45,504 85.32% Cornella El Prat 40,500 Mendizorroa 19,840 Ipoorua 7,083 Eybar - Valencia 2 : 1 5,219 73.68% La Rosaleda 30,044 Malaga - Betis 0: 2 22,488 74.85% Mestalla 55,000 Balaidos 31,800 Celta - Villarreal 0: 1 18,215 57.28% Gran Canaria 31,250 Las Palmas - Esp aniol 2: 2 14 020 44.86% Benito Villamarine 54 000 Riasor 34 600 Butareke 10 958 Coliseum Alfonso Perez 17 393 Montilivi 13 286 Girona - Getafe 1: 0 10 095 75.98% Ciudad de Valencia 55 097 Results of PremiosMARCA2017:.

Leo Messi with "Trofeo Picici" and the prize for the best player of the season.

Eibar coach Jose Mendilibar is recognized as the best entrenador Examples 2016/17.

Jan Cloud with "Trofeo Zamora" - the most reliable goalkeeper of La Liga 2016/17.

Iago Aspas recognized as the best Spanish scorer 2016/17.

Iniesta is recognized as the best Spanish player of La Liga 2016/17!.

Humor of the week:.

Real this year conquered all the peaks. Is it time to conquer the Galaxy?.

Perez: "What, we already have an arbiter for El Clasico? No, even though it's Christmas, you can not wrap it in a gift box ...".

Grizmann decided to joke, and then had to apologize.

Ronaldo smoker.

Where did you see goals there? Well, in fact.

Ricky Kaka - the last before the era of Messi and Ronaldo.

Schedule for the next round:.

SPAIN. LA LIGA, 17 TOUR 19 DECEMBER 2017 22:30 Levante -: - Leganes 20 DECEMBER 2017 20:30 Getafe -: - Las Palmas 22:30 Real Sociedad -: - Sevilla 21 DECEMBER 2017 20:30 Eibar -: - Girona 22 : 30 Alaves -: - Malaga 22 DECEMBER 2017 20:30 Betis -: - Athletic 22:30 Espanyol -: - Atletico 23 DECEMBER 2017 14:00 Real Madrid -: - Barcelona 17:15 Valencia -: - Villarreal 19:30 Deportivo -: - Celta Tournament table:.

# 19 DECEMBER 2017 AND H H P ZAR A DIFFERENCE ABOUT 1 Barcelona 16 13 3 0 42 7 35 42 2 Atletico 16 10 6 0 25 7 18 36 3 Valencia 16 10 4 2 36 16 20 34 4 Real Madrid 15 9 4 2 30 11 19 31 5 Sevilla 16 9 2 5 19 19 0 29 6 Villarreal 16 7 3 6 23 20 3 24 7 Girona 16 6 5 5 20 22 -2 23 8 Betis 16 6 3 7 25 29 -4 21 9 Eybar 16 6 3 7 18 28 -10 21 10 Getafe 16 5 5 6 20 16 4 20 11 Real Sociedad 16 5 5 6 28 28 0 20 12 Leganes 15 6 2 7 12 14 -2 20 13 Celta 16 5 3 8 27 24 3 18 14 Athletic 16 4 6 6 16 19 -3 18 15 Levante 16 3 8 5 15 22 -7 17 16 Espanyol 16 4 5 7 13 21 -8 17 17 Deportivo 16 4 3 9 18 31 -13 15 18 Alaves 16 4 0 12 12 25 -13 12 19 Malaga 16 3 2 11 13 30 -17 11 20 Las Palmas 16 3 2 11 13 36 -23 11 Alexander Puzik, Football. ua Ask the author, as well as express criticism (preferably constructive), you can at the relevant conference of our site.

Author: Alexander Puzik.