spanish league(soccer)

[Druska]

they are going to play with Armenia

[Bobbyjames]

cool, so that should be an easy win then. have you seen the current FIFA world rankings as well, Spain are tp after their EURO 2008 win

[Druska]

no i haven't to be honest i don't care about the national team, i don't care too much about spain either, long story .. Catalonia is something like northern Ireland excep we don't have the IRA .. that's why i don't care too much about spain enough of policy this topic is for football

[Bobbyjames]

oh yea, shit, i totally forgot about all that, you must be getting well pissed off with me now!

[Druska]

sorry for not updating this before
my team had won 3 matches since i last updated
we won yesterday 1-2
but that's not important now

MADRID, Spain — FC Barcelona won 2-1 at crosstown rival Espanyol in a Spanish league match on Saturday that was halted for 10 minutes during the second half due to crowd trouble.

Referee Luis Medina Cantalejo took the decision after Barcelona supporters in the upper tier of Espanyol's Lluis Companys Olympic Stadium threw flares at rival fans below.

Some Espanyol fans broke a fence and spilled onto the field in an attempt to escape from the flares.

Espanyol opened the scoring through Ferran (Coro) Corominas in the 20th minute, with Thierry Henry equalizing in the 77th soon after the match restarted. Lionel Messi scored Barcelona's winning goal with an injury-time penalty.

Espanyol was reduced to 10 men just before halftime when midfielder Nene received a second yellow card for elbowing Barcelona midfielder Sergio Busquets.

Earlier, Villarreal moved top of the league after winning 1-0 at Sporting Gijon with a goal from Giuseppe Rossi.

The striker struck in the 65th minute at Gijon's El Molinon stadium as Villarreal maintained its unbeaten record this season and took a one-point lead in the standings.

Villarreal's stay at the top will only last 24 hours if Valencia wins its home game against Deportivo La Coruna on Sunday to reclaim first place on goal difference.

Villarreal stayed a point clear of Real Madrid, which beat Real Betis 2-1 with goals by Gabriel Heinze and Ruud van Nistelrooy to climb into second place.

The defending champions gained their fourth straight win despite playing with 10 men for the final 35 minutes following the dismissal of left back Marcelo.

Villarreal has 13 points from five games. Madrid has 12, with Barcelona and Valencia on 10.

Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola recalled Henry, who he left on the bench in the team's previous game against Betis, to take the position of centre forward Samuel Eto'o. The France striker had hinted this week he may leave Barcelona if the coach persisted in playing him on the left wing.

Guardiola was rewarded when Henry slid the ball into an empty net after it bounced off goalkeeper Carlos Kameni and defender Daniel Jarque.

Messi converted Barcelona's late penalty, awarded when Eto'o, a 54th-minute substitute, was tripped by defender Nico Pareja.

Espanyol took the lead after Barcelona goalkeeper Victor Valdes had allowed a cross to hit the crossbar, with Coro seizing on the rebound to fire home. Valdes claimed he had been impeded by forward Luis Garcia and received a yellow card for his protests.

Gijon's defeat was its fifth in five matches - in which it has conceded 20 goals - since it returned to the top flight after a decade's absence.

However, the home team - which in its previous two games lost 6-1 to Barcelona and 7-1 to Madrid - gave a much more accomplished display against Villarreal and almost scored in the 41st minute when striker Mate Bilic's header struck the bar.

Rossi, who had entered the field as a halftime substitute, fired the winning goal from a corner by another replacement, Santi Cazorla.

The goal provoked a furious reaction from Gijon players, who claimed Villarreafael van der Vaart's floated free kick from the left.

Betis goalkeeper Casto Espinosa then came to his team's rescue on several occasions to prevent Madrid from extending its lead before halftime. However, the home team also went close in the 45th minute when midfielder Achille Emana's shot was pushed onto the post by Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas.

Betis, without a win this season, levelled in the 54th when Garcia ran in to fire home the rebound after the striker's penalty was parried by Casillas. Marcelo's foul on Damia Abella led to the spot kick and the Brazilian's ejection.

Garcia was also ejected in the 82nd after receiving a second yellow card and van Nistelrooy won Madrid three points with an injury-time strike following a swift counterattack.

Also on Sunday, it's: Atletico versus Sevilla; Malaga versus Valladolid; Almeria versus Recreativo Huelva; Athletic Bilbao versus Getafe; Racing Santander versus Mallorca; and Numancia versus Osasuna.

it's just lame what happened yesterday those supporters are know as"boixos nois"(crazy boys) and they are not allowed to enter in the camp nou (our stadium)since laporta is the president

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[sum41-freak]

i like lokalderbys between football clubs. nice game espanyol - barca.

[Bobbyjames]

the barca game sounded like an awesome game! surprising seeing Valencia and Villarreal at the top of the table. Barca havnt had a great start to the season either. still early days though

[sum41-freak]

barca beats athletico 6:1! at half time 5:1 for barca.

[Druska]

6-1 yaya fucking amazing the game was so great .....now let's see whta real madrid does tonight

[Bobbyjames]

6 -1? bloody hell. their seem to be alot of exciting Barce games so far this year lol

[Druska]

yes , hope we win something , sorry daniel but the champions will be ours this year

[Bobbyjames]

i dunno, we looked really good aginst PSV, im worrying about Atletico Madrid tho, they have looked really good so far too. though they seem to be a bit behind already in La Liga. its weird also seein Barca AND Real Madrid out of the top 3

[Druska]

hell yeah we won again !5-O eto'o scored a hat-trick

[sum41-freak]

do know someone what`s going on with alex hleb by barca???

[Druska]

do know someone what`s going on with alex hleb by barca???

he played yesterday, during the cup match

[sum41-freak]

wow what`s up with barca 6:0 against valladolid????

[Bobbyjames]

i see Barca are now top, with an awesome goal difference too, looking good for them

[Druska]

wow what`s up with barca 6:0 against valladolid????

we're on fire dude , we have won several games like that
damn i wanna sing " madrid se crema , se crema madrid " this year yay we usually sing that when we win something it means madrid is burning the other one is well ... "madrid cabrón saluda al campió "which means madrid asshole(???) say hi to the champion yeah i know the translation makes no sense, btw luis figo sang thta back in 96 or 97 he started the "tradition"

[Bobbyjames]

Madrid are down in like 4th as well int they?

[Druska]

yeah i think so