Getafe had lost five games in a row, but manager Luis Garcia Plaza secured a point in an entertaining 2-2 draw against Real Sociedad in the first La Liga game of the day. It looked as if Getafe were heading for yet another defeat as they went two goals down inside the first twenty minutes. Sociedad's Spanish striker Imano Agirretxe took full advantage of a Getafe defence that was low in confidence, scoring in just the fourth minute and then adding a second on 16 minutes. At this point it seemed as if the floodgates would open but Getafe shook off their lethargy and began to dig deep. Ciprian … [Read more...]
La Liga team of the week – match week eight
Eight wins out of eight for two teams for the first time in the history of the La liga and it’s no wonder Atletico Madrid and Barcelona dominate our pick for the eleven players with the best showing and performance after Match week 8. Time to reward hard work and quality as well as honourable feats and achievements! It’s La Liga Blog’s team of match week eight! In goal this week, we opt for the outstanding Celta Vigo shot-stopper, Yoel. The only player who finished on the losing side in this week’s team, Yoel shone like a million stars stopping Atletico Madrid time and again from finishing … [Read more...]
The top 5 La Liga goals of 2011
As 2011 draws to a close and all is quiet on the La Liga front until matches resume again in 2012, we've taken the chance to look back at a selection of our favourite goals from the year gone by. We've selected what we believe in our opinion are the best 5 goals from the La Liga Primera division in 2011. So why not check them out and let us know what you think by commenting below? … [Read more...]
AC Milan 2-2 Real Madrid (Highlights)
Substitute Pedro Leon's was the hero tonight as his injury-time goal rescued a draw for Real Madrid at AC Milan and put the Spanish side into the knockout stages of the Champions League. Filippo Inzaghi scored two originally to put Milan ahead after a goal from Gonzalo Higuain had given Real Madrid the lead in the first-half. Hosted at Rutube. This video is provided and hosted from a 3rd party server. Our search functionality is helping you discover publicly available websites & their content. Liquid Football as a search engine does not host or upload this material and is not … [Read more...]