Jornada 4 - 15th/16th/17th September

Sat 15/09/12
Málaga 15 : 00 Levante
Valencia 17 : 00 Celta de Vigo
Getafe 19 : 00 Barcelona
Sevilla 21 : 00 Real Madrid

Sun 16/09/12
Espanyol 11 : 00 Athletic Club
Granada 15 : 00 Deportivo La C…
Osasuna 17 : 00 Mallorca
Real Sociedad 18 : 50 Real Zaragoza
Atlético Madrid 20 : 30 Rayo Vallecano

Mon 17/09/12
Real Valladolid 20 : 30 Real Betis

League leaders Barcelona travel to the Spanish capital to take on Getafe looking to make it 4 wins in a row.

Real Madrid have a very tough away fixture at Sevilla where Sergio Ramos will face another hostile reception.

Jose Mourinho will have to decide if Luka Modric will start or Mezut Ozil and could also give a debut to Michael Essien.

Atletico Madrid fresh from winning the UEFA super cup have a local derby at the Calderon against Rayo Vallecano.

The weekends action concludes with the Monday night match between new boys Real Valladolid and Real Betis.

Any comments or predictions.

Big game for Tito, dropped points last season, will interesting to see if he improves on it, especially given the dreaded Fifa virus.

Getafe came back from behind to beat Real Madrid 2-1 a couple of weeks ago so this could also be a tough match.

I don't really know much about any of the Madrid side's players but quite like their midfielder Xavi Torres who used to be on Barca's books back in 2009.

Lets hope that no players come back from the international matches with any serious injuries!

Yeh thats what worries me as Madrid are a little better defensively than us. Although Mourinho trying to play 3 at the back didnt help. Will be interesting to see if Messi starts given his long jaunt to south america.

Cristiano Ronaldo will be starting his 150th match for Real Madrid tonight away at Sevilla.

Los Blancos have hit 15 goals against todays opponents in their last 3 fixtures including two 6-2 victories.

Barcelona will be without Iniesta,Jordi Alba and Sanchez for their game against Getafe in the Spanish capital.

Result

Malaga 3-1 Levante - Att 21,000
1-0 J. Saviola 27'
1-1 Míchel 46'
2-1 Joaquín 59'
3-1 Portillo 90'+3

Valencia 2-1 Celta De Vigo - Att 36,000
1-0 S. Feghouli 4'
1-1 M. Krohn-Dehli 16'
2-1 A. Cissokho 50'

Line ups - Getafe v Barcelona

Getafe:
Moya, Alexis, Gomez, Lopo, Valera, Leon, Gimenez, Michel, Torres, Colunga, Barrada.

Subs: Codina, Abraham, Mane, Lacen, Sarabia, Vasquez, Alcacer.

Barcelona:
Valdes, Montoya, Pique, Puyol, Adriano, Xavi, Busquets, Thiago, Fabregas, Pedro, Tello.

Subs: Pinto, Alves, Mascherano, Song, Villa, Messi, Deulofeu.

Result

Getafe 1-4 Barcelona - Att 13,000
0-1 Adriano 32'
0-2 L. Messi (PG) 74'
0-3 L. Messi 78'
1-3 J. Mascherano (OG) 80'
1-4 David Villa 90'+1

Line ups

Sevilla:
Palop; Cicinho, Spahic, Botía, Fernando Navarro; Medel, Maduro; Navas, Rakitic, Trochowski; Negredo.

Subs: Diego López; Cala, Campaña, Manu del Moral, Babá, Luna, Kondogbia.

Real Madrid:
Casillas, Arbeloa, Pepe, Ramos, Marcelo, Xabi Alonso, Khedira, Di Maria, Ozil, Ronaldo, Higuain.

Subs: Adán; Albiol, Kaká, Modric, Essien, Callejón, Benzema.

BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAH~~!!!! @ Ronaldo's face, HAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAH @ Pepe's face, AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA @ Mourinho's face, this is priceless WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHHAHA ll of Reals players flopping and frustrated, finally, I have waited for this for sooo long

On the other hand a weaker Barca side win comfortably vs Getafe, many changes and sitll play well.

What a night worth staying up for, Messi another 2 goals, and Ronaldo pissing nad crying himself poor baby HAHA, Real lose, Barca win Thank u god

8 points already eh? cant believe it, although there is alot of football left to play.
Thought this was going to be a tough weekend for us, Getafe away and the dreaded FIFA virus but Tito made the changes that freshened the side up and showed some faith in Cesc, who in turn had his best game of the season. 10 players from La Masia tonight started and 20 Spanish were on the pitch, easy to see why the national team is flourishing.

Didnt see the Madrid game yet but cant believe they lost, assume they dominated and Sevilla scored with their only chance? Madrid will have to adjust to that as they are the team to beat this year and Barca found out last year that teams quickly adjust to your tactics and go ultra defensive. That said, FIFA virus could well be the answer.

Result

Saturday 15th September

Sevilla 1-0 Real Madrid - Att 51,000
1-0 P. Trochowski 2'

Real Madrid had plenty of the ball and lots of attempts on Sevilla's goal but just couldn't put any of those chances away!

This is the worst start to a season I can remember Los Blancos having for a very long time and alarm bells should be ringing.

What was with the Green kit that RM played in yesterday? - I also really disliked Barcelona's yellow colours they wore at Getafe!

Result

Sun 16/09/12

Espanyol 3 - 3 Athletic Club - Att 23,123
1-0 Javi López 18'
2-0 Verdú 44'
2-1 Aduriz 56'
2-2 Llorente 71'
3-2 S. Longo 80'
3-3 Aduriz 83'

Granada 1 - 1 Deportivo La C.. - Att 21,000
0-1 Nélson Oliveira 41'
1-1 A. Floro Flores 82'

Osasuna 1 - 1 Mallorca - Att 15,000
1-0 Sola 69'
1-1 T. Hemed 15'

Real Sociedad 2 - 0 Real Zaragoza
1-0 Íñigo Martínez 55'
2-0 C. Vela (PG) 61'

Atlético Madrid 4 - 3 Rayo Vallecano - Att 42,000
1-0 Mario Suarez 29'
2-0 Koke 49'
3-0 A. Turan 51'
4-0 R. Falcao (PG) 56'
4-1 A. Delibašić 82'
4-2 A. Delibašić 85'
4-3 Léo Baptistão 89'

What a match at the Calderon last night!
Atletico were 4-0 up against Madrid rivals Rayo and cruising
but then Vallecano scored 3 times in the last 10 minutes to leave us sweating in injury time

Mon 17/09/12

Real Valladolid 0 - 1 Real Betis - Att 13,000
0-1 Rubén Castro 89'