Sunday 27 November 2011

Eurosport: La Liga double bill (26/11/11)

Real went into a 6 point lead at the top of the table with a 4-1 derby win over nine-man Atletico Madrid.

Match updates: http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/football/liga/2011-2012/real-madrid-atletico-madrid-458707.html
Full report: http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/26112011/58/liga-real-claim-madrid-derby-honours.html

The lead was consolidated when Barcelona slipped up at Getafe, falling to a shock 1-0 defeat.

Match updates: http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/football/liga/2011-2012/getafe-cf-fc-barcelona-458704.html
Full report: http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/27112011/58/liga-barcelona-humbled-lowly-getafe.html

Thursday 24 November 2011

Eurosport: Champions League Matchday Five (22/11/11 & 23/11/11)

Two games, fifteen goals - and two very happy La Liga representatives.

First, Real Madrid hit Dinamo Zagreb for six - but conceded their first goals of the campaign in the process.

Match updates: http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/football/champions-league/2011-2012/real-madrid-dinamo-zagreb-480101.html
Full report: http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/22112011/58/champions-league-real-hit-zagreb-six.html

24 hours later, Valencia recorded their best ever European result, thumping Racing Genk 7-0.

Match updates: http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/football/champions-league/2011-2012/valencia-cf-racing-genk-480102.html
Full report: http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/23112011/58/champions-league-seventh-heaven-valencia.html

Wednesday 2 November 2011

Eurosport: Sevilla v Granada (31/10/11)

Granada caused a massive shock, coming from behind to win their first top flight away game in decades against local rivals Sevilla and move from the bottom of the table in the process.

Match updates: http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/football/liga/2011-2012/sevilla-fc-granada-cf-458723.html
Full report: http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/01112011/58/liga-granada-humble-sevilla.html

Eurosport: A bit of Italian, a bit of Spanish... (30/10/11)

A pair of 1-0 wins on the final Sunday of October. First came Udinese's home win over Palermo.

Match updates: http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/football/serie-a/2011-2012/udinese-palermo-467188.html
Full report: http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/30102011/58/serie-di-natale-fires-udinese-win.html

Later that afternoon, Racing recorded their first win of the season at home to Real Betis.

Match updates: http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/football/liga/2011-2012/racing-santander-real-betis-458710.html
Full report: http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/30102011/58/liga-racing-notch-first-win-season.html