Alexander Puzik sums up the twenty-seventh round of the championship of Spain.
Barcelona made a huge step to the championship, Real before PSG calmly figured out with Getafe, Maxim Koval was disgraced in his first match for Deportivo, and Levante fired his coach - about this and much more in the outcome of the 27th round of the Spanish Examples.
Tour results:.
SPAIN. LA LIGA, 27 TOUR 03 MARCH 2018 14:00 Villarreal 0-2 Girona 17:15 Sevilla 2: 0 Athletic 19:30 Deportivo 1: 1 Eibar 19:30 Leganes 2: 0 Malaga 21:45 Real Madrid 3: 1 Getafe 04 MARCH 2018 13:00 Levante 1: 1 Espanyol 17:15 Barcelona 1: 0 Atletico 19:30 Real Sociedad 2: 1 Alaves 21:45 Valencia 2: 0 Betis 05 MARCH 2018 22:00 Celta 2: 1 Las Palmas Barcelona - champion?.
Could you imagine about a year ago that the word "pragmatism" will be more and more often next to Barcelona? Roughly speaking, the "championship duel" at the Camp Nou against Atletico will be a battle of two pragmatic visions of football. That magic Barcelona will turn into an ideally trained warrior, programmed to act strictly according to plan? You can treat this in different ways, but the main thing in football - this is undoubtedly the result, and to this day Valverde his style gives almost maximum. And while this result is, the coach may not pay attention to criticism from the media or fans for primitive and sometimes cowardly football.
At the Camp Nou, everything went exactly as many thought. It was a typical tactical battle between two strong coaches and two top teams. Simeone tried to surprise Barcelona with a high pressure from his players, but the hosts were ready for this and for a long time "mattress" was not enough, because "blue-garnet" could easily overcome this pressure, forcing the opponent to run a lot. El Cholo was only hoping for Grizmann's tenacity and the charge of Diego Costa, but Barcelona's players turned them off and for the whole match they did not allow to create any moment.
For the sake of justice, it is worth saying that Barcelona did not have moments in general. But while the Catalans are playing Leo Messi, such matches will be won. And the rival will not do anything about it. Leo scored with a free kick in the third game in a row and this eased the task as much as possible "blue-pomegranate". Roughly speaking, they were even satisfied with a draw, so after a goal they scored, they spat on the attacking game and tried to take the most responsible action in defense. Simeone tried to risk, releasing Correa instead of Vrsalco, because of which Partei went on the defensive, and the midfield "kolchoneros" in the person of Angel acquired a creative football player instead of the destroyer. It did not work. Like the exit of Gameiro instead of Gaby. One hit on goal in 90 minutes - with this indicator you can hope to win at Kapm Know?.
It is obvious that Simeone until the last hoped that Barca can play adventurous and will unfold, but this was originally a utopia. Valverde will not do anything like that in such an important match. And in any other, whether you like it or not. This is not the philosophy of Ernesto and the current Barcelona. As a result, we have eight points difference between the first and second team and eleven rounds to the end. On this, perhaps, the championship race can be considered complete. Atletico can save the season victory in the Europa League and for certain this will be emphasized, because in La Liga now "mattress" will be quite boring. Is that Real Madrid will start to reduce the gap and then there will be a fight for second place. Well, Barca will have a difficult path in the Champions League.
Real: easy and confident Zidane continues to experiment in La Liga and does not hesitate to try different options. The coach's actions this season lead to the fact that to anticipate the composition of "creamy" even for the most seemingly obvious match is almost impossible. Here and this time Zidane again released Llorente, although the expected release of Kovacic. It was not Vasquez and Asensio. It was clear that before the most important game against PSG players of Real will not "climb their skins out," but to act "through the sleeves" the second match in a row was an unacceptable pleasure.
This evening everything went according to the plan of Real. Team Zidane met resistance from the side of the team with excellent defense, but in the end there were practically no problems. Despite the fact that the "cream" was not particularly active on the field, even in the first half they managed to score twice with the efforts of Bail and Ronaldo. In the second half, the guests made it easier for the hosts, when they stayed with ten men and the more unexpectedly their goal appeared. Nacho "brought" a penalty (which, rather, was not), and Portillo confidently realized it. Long Getafe was not happy, because Ronaldo scored the third goal - 3: 1. This game once again proved that the defeat of Hispaniola does not mean anything. The current Real if desired can easily achieve results in such matches, and it was this component that the team lacked in the first part of the season.
Another great fight was held by Cristiano Ronaldo. Two beautiful goals and the status of the best duel player. Also note Karim Benzema. In the play Karim is incredible, and it was proved once again. Episodes very well looked Gareth Bale, but the ideal is still very, very far away. Again, Theo tried, but again nervousness and self-doubt prevented him from demonstrating his best qualities. It takes time for the player. An ambiguous match was held by Isko. Often overdid the ball, sometimes clipped, but, at the same time, a good aggravation and occasionally was very active.
Catastrophe Maxim Koval Ukrainian goalkeeper Deportivo Maxim Koval finally waited for his chance and made his debut for a new team. Max is "pickled" on the bench, he did not get in the application due to an injury, but an hour before the start of the match Deportivo - Eibar from Spain came good news - Koval first time will be released in the first team Clarence Seedorf. The Dutchman finally entrusted our goalkeeper with a place in the start, but he will regret about it 11 minutes after the start of the meeting. And this will not be his only disappointment. Let's start in order.
In the eyes of Maxim there was excitement when he went out to the football field, but this was not surprising. The first match in the new team, try not to worry. However, this nervousness did not leave him with a starting whistle, and this is already a clear sign of unprofessionalism. As a result, a terrible mistake already in the 11th minute of the meeting, when Maxim for some reason went to interception, did not have time to the ball and allowed Takashi Inui to hit the empty goal. Even then, in the eyes of Koval could be seen despair, but this, alas, was not the worst that happened to him this evening.
At the end of the first half, Maxim began to correct an oversight of the defender, who nearly let the opponent to the goal, but the keeper let go of the ball too much and was forced to foul. In the end - a desperate jump in the legs and a straight red card in the 39th minute of the match. Worse than the layout for the debut and come up with impossible. Purely humane, Koval is sorry, but in his troubles he is to blame himself. He got the chance, they could just use it.. And here it was not even necessary to jump above your head. From Koval no one required to perform a miracle saves or to launch attacks of his team with long passes. You just had to play less confidently. However, it turned out as it turned out. I want to believe that Seedorf will forgive the Ukrainian and give him a chance, but it is unlikely that someone will condemn Clarence, if this season, Koval on the field will no longer.
Villarreal risk to be without the European Cups In early February, Villarreal was considered as a favorite in the fight for the fourth Ligochempionovskoe place, but now the team seriously risks to be even without the League of Europe. Over the past six rounds, the "yellow submarine" managed to suffer four defeats (Betis, Alaves, Eibar, Girona), draw with Hispaniola and beat only Getafe. Such terrible results seriously hit the ambitions of the team and probably seriously affected the confidence and psychological state of the players.
After such a disastrous period Villarreal seriously risks falling out of the top 6 and remaining without a European competition for the next season. And this risk is more than real, because in the second part of the season the "submarine" has not played with anyone from the top 5. So what are the gaming problems of the team? The first thing that catches your eye is the absence of a hammer attacker.
It was clear that this problem would manifest itself after Cedric Bacamba's departure. The club tried to solve it with the help of Unal, but so far the young striker does not fully justify the hopes. On the other hand, it would be strange to demand miracles from him, because he just began to adapt to the team and the new championship. Another forward - Carlos Bakka - is banal in bad form. It is also obvious that there is no player in the team who is able to properly connect all the lines and be the leader in the center of the field. Young Rodry is clearly not coping. Kaleh need to do serious work in the very near future, otherwise troubles can not be avoided.
Important victories of Valencia and Sevilla Valencia and Sevilla was extremely necessary to win this round, in a great mood to approach the confrontation next week. The victories turned out with the same score, but the content was different. "Bats" were surprised to play the second number in the match against Betis and did not look like a team that is stronger on the head. Saved a counterattack in the first half and an oversight of the opponent in the second. Finally, Dzadza scored - for the first time in almost three months. There is also bad news - this is the injury of Santi Mina. At least three weeks will be treated forward. For the match against Sevilla, Valencia will come up with a handicap of eight points and it is possible that this meeting will be the last chance for the Nervionians to return to the race for the top 4. Does not it look like anything? With the championship in this round was a similar situation.
Now about Seville. Team Montella, in contrast to Valencia, acted from the position of strength and played the first number. Alas, an hour before the match, when the starting lineup was announced, it became clear that Athletic was doomed. What can the Basques do to Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan, leaving behind Raul Garcia and Aritza Aduris? Typical suicide, but, probably, the coaching staff had for a reason. Although the output of the aforementioned players immediately after the break indicates the opposite. By the way, then there was a triple replacement (a rare phenomenon), but the result was made in the first half and the guests could not do anything about it. The applause of Franco Vazquez, who secured victory in five minutes. Goal and wonderful assistant. Now you can focus on the game with Valencia.
One line:.
Celta achieved the first strong-willed victory in the season. In his field, "Celts" beat Las Palmas - 2: 1. The first half was very ugly, but in the second it turned out a real performance. On the goal of Exposito the hosts responded with shots of Honnie and Hernandez. Aspas and Gomez did not score this time.
Sociedad at home with almost no problems figured out with Alaves. Despite a modest score of 2: 1, the guests did not have a single moment to restore parity. Note that the first goal for the Basque team was noted defender Hector Moreno.
Levante and Espanyol painted a draw on Ciudad de Valencia, which led to the dismissal of Juan Muniz. The coach brought the team to the Example and at the beginning showed very good results, but now the team is in real danger of flying out. Performing duties will be the coach of the youth team Paco Lopez.
Leganes in his field did not feel resistance from Malaga. "Anchovies", it seems, have already reconciled with the flight to Segunda, because the team does not show any fighting qualities. Goals in this game scored Eraso and Amrabat.
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Interesting facts of the tour:.
23 - Only at the gates of Sevilla (25) Cristiano Ronaldo scored more goals than the gate Getafe - 23.
1 - Diego Simeone for the first time lost to the team of Ernest Valverde, before that there were 6 wins and 4 draws.
1 - Barcelona is the first team in the history of the Examples, which scores more than 100 goals in all tournaments for 13 consecutive seasons.
600 - Lionel Messi scored the 600th goal in his professional career (747 matches).
5 - Having released Maxim Koval, Deportivo repeated the achievement of Malaga, which in the 2010/11 season also used five goalkeepers in the season.
1 - Iago Aspas - leader of the League in terms of "Goals and transfers that brought points". He has 19. At Grismann 17, at Messi 16.
1 - Koval - the first goalkeeper Examples in the 21st century, which was removed in the opening match.
300 - Cristiano Ronaldo scored the 300th goal in La Liga.
1 - Simone Dzadza scored the first goal since December 9 last year.
5 - Sergio Canales has issued the fifth assistant in the season - this is his best performance in his career.
1 - Valencia retained its gates at the castle in La Liga for the first time since November 19.
Statistics of Leo Messi in La Liga, in season 17/18.
1 - Getafe first missed more than two goals in one match this season of La Liga.
1 - With an exit in the starting line-up in the match against Getafe, Gareth Bale broke Bekham's record and became the British player with the most games in La Liga (117).
1 - Valencia became the first team in which three goals scored 10 or more goals (Mina, Rodrigo, Dzadza).
12 - Ronaldo in the first 14 games of La Liga scored 4 goals, and in the last 7 - 12.
5 - Las Palmas invariably hits Celta's gate to Balaidos in the last 5 matches.
5 - Valencia played 5 matches against the teams from Andalusia and won everything.
0.9 - La Liga players with the best number of goals scored and played matches in all tournaments this season.
How many matches Leo Messi needed for his every 100 goals:.
2 - Valencia beat Betis in both championship matches for the first time since the 2008/09 season.
3 - Malaga scored just 3 goals in the 12 last rounds of La Liga.
1 - Valencia is the only team of La Liga, three players who scored 10 or more times: Santi Mina - 11, Simone Dzadza - 11, Rodrigo Moreno - 10.
Attendance:.
Stadium Capacity Conference viewers Percentage of occupancy Santiago Bernabeu 81 044 Real - Getafe 3: 1 55 106 68.00% Camp Nou 99 354 Barcelona - Girona 1: 0 90 356 90.94% Wanda Metropolitano 67 703 Ramon Sanchez Pisjuan 45 500 Seville - Athletic 2: 0 25,185 55.35% Estadio de la Seramica 24,890 Villarreal - Girona 0: 2 14,540 58.42% Anoeta 32,076 Sociedad - Alaves 2: 1 21,445 66.86% San Mames 53,332 Cornella El Prat 40 500 Mendizorrosa 19 840 Ipoorua 7 083 La Rosaleda 30 044 Mestalla 55 000 Valencia - Betis 2: 0 35 565 64.66% Balaidos 31 800 Celta - Las Palmas 2: 1 11 276 35.46% Gran Canaria 31 250 Beni about Villamarin 54,000 Riasor 34,600 Deportivo - Eibar 1: 1 19,417 56.12% Butarke 10,958 Leganes - Malaga 2: 0 6,937 63.31% Coliseum Alfonso Perez 17,393 Montilivi 13,286 Ciudad de Valencia 26,354 Levant - Espanyol 1: 1 17,143 65.05% Total spectators:.
296 970 Average Occupancy:.
62,42% Tour questions:.
Humor of the week:.
It can not be stopped.
Barcelona was merciless.
That's how Leo sees the gate in the execution of the penalty.
What will the jury say?.
Guardiola with friends on horseback!.
Umtiti pacified Grismann.
Leo likes a penalty, not a penalty.
Real Madrid this year offside.
Schedule for the next round:.
SPAIN. LA LIGA, 28 TOUR 09 MARCH 2018 22:00 Girona -: - Deportivo 10 MARCH 2018 14:00 Eibar -: - Real Madrid 17:15 Sevilla -: - Valencia 19:30 Getafe -: - Levante 21:45 Malaga -: - Barcelona 11 MARCH 2018 13:00 Espanyol -: - Real Sociedad 17:15 Atletico -: - Celta 21:45 Athletic -: - Leganes 12 MARCH 2018 22:00 Alaves -: - Betis Tournament table:.
# 06 MARCH 2018 AND H N P ZAB A DIFFERENCE ABOUT 1 Barcelona 27 21 6 0 70 13 57 69 2 Atletico 27 ??
18 7 2 45 12 33 61 3 Real Madrid 27 16 6 5 65 29 36 54 4 Valencia 27 16 5 6 52 30 22 53 5 Seville 27 14 3 10 36 40 -4 45 6 Villarreal 27 12 5 10 36 32 4 41 7 Girona 27 11 7 9 38 36 2 40 8 Eibar 27 11 6 10 34 39 -5 39 9 Celta 27 11 5 11 45 39 6 38 10 Betis 27 11 4 12 43 52 -9 37 11 Getafe 27 9 9 9 33 25 8 36 12 Real Sociedad 27 9 6 12 49 48 1 33 13 Leganes 27 9 6 12 23 32 -9 33 14 Athletic 27 7 11 9 27 31 -4 32 15 Espanyol 27 7 11 9 24 33 -9 32 16 Alaves 27 10 1 16 24 39 -15 31 17 Levante 27 3 12 12 22 42 -20 21 18 Las Palmas 27 5 5 17 20 55 -35 20 19 Deportivo 27 4 7 16 25 57 -32 19 20 Malaga 27 3 4 20 16 43 -27 13 Alexander Puzik, Football. ua Ask the author, as well as express criticism (preferably constructive), you can at the relevant conference of our site.
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