Valencia 4 - 2 Deportivo

Goals: Mata (35th), Joaquin (68th), Villa (49th, 81st) for Valencia. Moretti (11th CSC), Lafita'85e) to La Coruna.

FC Valencia took over the top of the Championship of Spain. The club David Villa, which has the same number of points (13) that Villarreal (1-0 in Gijon, the red lantern), a very badly him home, Moretti who opened the scoring in deceiving his own goalkeeper (11th). But his teammates wanted to wash the affront, and reassure, as soon as possible. And Mata, the first (35th), followed by Villa (49th), Joaquin (69th) and Villa again (82nd) have silenced the whims of men from La Coruna. The purpose of Lafita (85th) for the visitors did not alter the final outcome. Villa also had the opportunity to take only the top of the goalscorers (6th). "I'm happy to be head coach reacted valencian Unai Emery. But more important is the regularity and progression of the team. We do not know our limits because we are early in the season."

Athletico Madrid 0 - 1 Sévilla

FC Sevilla has won a victory when logic shock of the 5th day of the Liga face of Atletico Madrid (0-1), the next opponent Marseille C1. Valencia has a mouthful of La Coruna (4-2) with a new David Villa doubled to stay ahead of the championship.

The Atletico is not invincible. The club phocéen opponent Wednesday in the Champions League, simply impressive since the start of the season, conceded its first defeat of the season at home facing an excellent team of FC Seville. A setback quite logical because the teammates Grégory Coupet fell on an Andalusian team inspired and very well organized. It is in the 21st minute as the game switches. Luis Fabiano opened the scoring with a superb free kick that Grégory Coupet can only scratched. Sevilla lead 1-0 then. A deserved advantage and kept until the final whistle.

Helpless, teammates Florent Sinama-Pongolle have been hampered throughout the game by the speed of the two wingers Seville Capel, left, and Jesus Navas, right. What give ideas to Eric Gerets ... Too drafts, players of Atletico Madrid have never really had the opportunity to endanger Palop, the goalkeeper of FC Sevilla. The Andalusian club performs a beautiful operation in rank up to fourth place in the Liga. For Atletico, now seventh, it is the first stop hit of the season. A bad night also marked by two new injuries, and those of Seitaridis Banega.

ESPANYOL 1 - 2 FC BARCELONE

Goals: Corominas (19th) for Espanyol - Henry (75th), Eto'o (90th sp) for FC Barcelona.

Led to the score, FC Barcelona has reversed the situation to win the derby in the field of Espanyol (1-2) at the 5th day. Villarreal has retained the lead in winning in Gijon (0-1). Real Madrid, who went beat Betis Seville (1-2) is second.

SPORTING GIJON - VILLARREAL : 0-1

Goals : rossi (65 e)

BETIS SEVILLE 1 - 2 REAL MADRID

Goals: Garcia (54th sp) for Betis - Heinze (18th), Van Nistelrooy (89th) for Real Madrid.

Real Madrid, reduced to ten after excluding Marcelo, beat the Betis Seville 2-1 through a goal from Van Nistelrooy in injury time. The doubles title holders, second to a point of the "yellow submarine", have opened the scoring by Gabriel Heinze (19th) during a first period hit (Van de Vaart and Marcelo warned) but controlled by men Bernd Schuster. The people of Madrid, before the flamboyant red lantern Gijon (7-1) Wednesday, lost their football with the exception of Marcelo for a fault in its surface (54th).

Garcia, who will also be excluded at the end of the game, did not even pray for taking over the penalty pushed away by the keeper Casillas. The match referee excited and went out yellow cards (Casillas, Pavone) and red (Garcia) to restore calm. Finally, Van Nistelrooy gave in extremis three points of victory to his close by scoring despite a defender and the keeper of local output. With this fourth success in five matches Liga, Real can fly with peace of mind in Russia to face Zenit St. Petersburg in the Champions League.

Liga - Real Atomic

At the 4th day of the Liga, Real Madrid detonated defending Gijon (7-1). Winner of Santander (2-0), Villarreal is provisionally in the lead. With a doubling of Sinama-Pongolle, the Atletico was imposed in Getafe (1-2) and the second highest peak. Barcelona played with fire.

REAL MADRID - SPORTING GIJON : 7-1

Goals: Van der Vaart (17th, 32nd, 47th), Higuain (36th), Robben (50th) and Raul (58th, 63rd) for Real - Mateo (53rd) for Gijon Seven goals and registered a third consecutive victory in League: Real Madrid has experienced an evening full face an opponent, it is true, in full drift. Already suffered a humiliating 6-1 defeat to face Barcelona at the previous day, Sporting Gijon simply could not compete for points in Santiago Bernabeu. Van der Vaart was the meeting of its mark by offering a triple (18th, 34th, 47th), which registered a goal through a subtle talonnade. The success of Merengue was collective. Higuain (36th), Robben (51st) and especially Raul, author of a double and a ladle after a one-two with Saviola (56th, 64th), complete the work. Mateo still reduced the score (53rd). Nevertheless insufficient to console such a slap. Nineteen goals against, points a meter still not released: Gijon must regroup quickly. No obvious while Villarreal is on the horizon. For its part, Real will be wary not to fall into over-confidence at a perilous trip on the lawn of the Betis Seville on Saturday.

FC BARCELONE - BETIS SEVILLE : 3-2

Goals: Eto'o (16th, 23rd) and Gudjohnsen (80th) to Barcelona - Monzon (59th) and Romero (62nd) for Betis Barcelona recorded its first win of the season at home Betis to face (3-2), thanks to a doubling of Cameroonian Samuel Eto'o, who is now a hundred goals in the colors blaugrana, and a goal of saving for Gudjohnsen Ten minutes from the end. The Betis, yet led 0-2 at half time, was back in the game thanks to the achievements of Monzon and Jose Mari. With this success, Barcelona back to 5th place ranking.

GETAFE - ATLETICO MADRID : 1-2

Goals: Albin (75th) for Getafe - Sinama-Pongolle (30th, 82nd) for the Atletico In the Madrid derby between Atletico and Getafe, Marseille next opponent Wednesday in Champions League, teammates Florent Sinama-Pongolle, author's purpose and 4th best scorer of the Liga, were imposed from outside 2 -- 1, and pointing to 3rd place ranking.

Real Madrid 2 - 0 Racing Santander

Not really convincing, the Real Madrid left Santander with the victory (2-0) at the 3rd day. Valencia took the lead in the rankings ahead of Osasuna. Barcelona crushed (6-1) Sporting Gijon.

SPORTING GIJON - FC BARCELONE : 1-6

Goals: Xavi (27th), Eto'o (33rd), Jorge (48th CSC), Iniesta (69th), Messi (85, 88th) to Barcelona - Maldonado (50th) to Barcelona Upset to have to wait until the 3rd day to sign its first victory, FC Barcelona went over Sporting Gijon 6 to 1, with a doubling of Messi (85th, 89th) and goals signed Xavi (27th), Eto'o (32nd), Jorge against his camp (49th) and Iniesta (70th). The Barcelona back to the 9th place, just two lengths of Real.

Real Madrid first 3 points

REAL MADRID - NUMANCIA: 4-3


Goals: Guti (19th), Higuain (26th), van der Vaart (33rd) and Cisma (40th, CSC) for Real Madrid - Moreno (7th, 57) and Barkero (22nd) for Numancia

The double champion title in Spain, Real Madrid, beaten on the first day (by Deportivo La Coruna), has had to fight at home to sign its first successful face Numancia, tombeur FC Barcelona a fortnight ago. At the end of a festival offensive, Real won 4-3 but was conducted to score twice (1-0 and 2-1) by the promotion. Guti, captain in the absence of Raul (alternate), was honoured by equalizing the first time to mark the 5000th goal of Real Madrid in Liga.

Real madrid 4 - 3 Numancia Van Der Vaart GOAL

Real Madrid 3-2 Numancia, Van Der Vart
envoyé par DavidGaay

FC BARCELONE - RACING SANTANDER : 1-1

After his defeat at Numancia (1-0) opens, FC Barcelona was held in check on his land by Santander (1-1) at the 2nd day of Liga. Meanwhile, Atletico Madrid was surprised to Valladolid (2-1) and abandons its leading position with FC Seville who broke Gijon (4-3).

As Soria against the promoted Numancia (defeat 1-0) at the opening of the Liga, Barcelona dominated but too messy. The spectators at Camp Nou, unhappy to see their team skate, left the stadium in whistling and waving a few newspapers or handkerchiefs. After international matches and in view of the 1st day of the Champions League next week, the coach Josep Guardiola had not attracted the french striker Thierry Henry and had left on the substitutes' bench Argentina Leo Messi and Andres Iniesta Spaniards and Bojan Krkic. The three came into the game and Messi had opened the scoring by converting a penalty (71st). The Racing, which had very few opportunities, equalized on a free kick by Garay hijacked by Pereira (77th).

VALLADOLID - ATLETICO MADRID : 2-1

Buts: Dorado (4e), Baraja (28e) pour Valladolid - Kun Agüero (54e) pour l'Atletico

FC SEVILLE - SPORTING GIJON : 4-3

Buts : Chevanton (22e), Kanoute (36e, 60e) et Maresca (37e) pour Séville - Bilic (18e, 19e, 44e sp) pour Gijon

La Liga 2008/2009 Preview

Primera Division (La Liga) is the highest level of the Spanish professional football. There are a total of 20 teams and each team plays a season 38-game schedule consisting of two matches against each of the 19 other teams at home and outside. As in all European football leagues, there are three points for a win, one for a tie and no points of the loss. But if teams are level on points, total score between these two clubs determines the overall standings before goal difference. If three or more teams are tied, then the combined face-to-head record the fair tied teams will be used to determine the final decision on these clubs.

The team has accumulated the most points at the end of the season is declared Primera Division champions. The four clubs qualified for the Champions League, with the first two directly into the group. The fifth and sixth place teams and King's Cup winners are qualified for the UEFA Cup. The 18th, 19th and 20th placed teams in the Primera Division are automatically relegated, while the three of the Spanish Second Division promotion. Teams reserve Primera clubs (called Team B) May also play in the second division, but could not be promoted to Spanish top flight.

Valencia vs Mallorca Highlights

1st Day Results

1^ère journée

Saturday 30 août 2008
FC Valence - Majorque 3-0
Espanyol - Valladolid 1-0

Sunday 31 août 2008
Athletic Bilbao - U.D Almería 1-3
Atlético Madrid - Málaga 4-0
Betis Séville - Recreativo Huelva 0-1
Sporting De Gijón - Getafe C.F 1-2
Santander - FC Séville 1-1
C.D Numancia - FC Barcelone 1-0
Osasuna - Villarreal 1-1
La Corogne - Real Madrid 2-1

Real Madrid 1 - 2 Deportivo

Barcelona 0 - 1 Numancia

Calendar Liga 2008-2009 Spanish 1st division

Journée 1 Dimanche 31 Août 2008 Numancia - Barcelone Sporting Gijon - Getafe Espanyol B. - R. Valladolid Atl. Bilbao - Almeria Osasuna - Villarreal La Corogne - Real Madrid Valence - Majorque Atl. Madrid - Malaga R. Santander - FC Seville Betis Seville - R. Huelva	Journée 2 Dimanche 14 Septembre 2008 Real Madrid - Numancia FC Seville - Sporting Gijon Getafe - Betis Seville Majorque - Osasuna Barcelone - R. Santander Malaga - Atl. Bilbao Villarreal - La Corogne R. Valladolid - Atl. Madrid Almeria - Valence R. Huelva - Espanyol B.
Journée 3 Dimanche 21 Septembre 2008 La Corogne - Majorque Almeria - Malaga Betis Seville - FC Seville Valence - Osasuna Sporting Gijon - Barcelone Atl. Madrid - R. Huelva Atl. Bilbao - R. Valladolid Espanyol B. - Getafe Numancia - Villarreal R. Santander - Real Madrid	Journée 4 Mercredi 24 Septembre 2008 Osasuna - La Corogne Getafe - Atl. Madrid Malaga - Valence FC Seville - Espanyol B. Majorque - Numancia Real Madrid - Sporting Gijon Barcelone - Betis Seville R. Huelva - Atl. Bilbao Villarreal - R. Santander R. Valladolid - Almeria
Journée 5 Dimanche 28 Septembre 2008 Espanyol B. - Barcelone Almeria - R. Huelva Malaga - R. Valladolid Atl. Bilbao - Getafe Sporting Gijon - Villarreal Betis Seville - Real Madrid Valence - La Corogne R. Santander - Majorque Atl. Madrid - FC Seville Numancia - Osasuna	Journée 6 Dimanche 5 Octobre 2008 La Corogne - Numancia Majorque - Sporting Gijon Villarreal - Betis Seville FC Seville - Atl. Bilbao Osasuna - R. Santander Getafe - Almeria Barcelone - Atl. Madrid R. Valladolid - Valence Real Madrid - Espanyol B. R. Huelva - Malaga
Journée 7 Dimanche 19 Octobre 2008 Betis Seville - Majorque Almeria - FC Seville Valence - Numancia Sporting Gijon - Osasuna Atl. Bilbao - Barcelone R. Valladolid - R. Huelva Espanyol B. - Villarreal Malaga - Getafe Atl. Madrid - Real Madrid R. Santander - La Corogne	Journée 8 Dimanche 26 Octobre 2008 Getafe - R. Valladolid Villarreal - Atl. Madrid R. Huelva - Valence Majorque - Espanyol B. FC Seville - Malaga La Corogne - Sporting Gijon Osasuna - Betis Seville Real Madrid - Atl. Bilbao Numancia - R. Santander Barcelone - Almeria
Journée 9 Dimanche 2 Novembre 2008 Malaga - Barcelone Espanyol B. - Osasuna Valence - R. Santander R. Huelva - Getafe Atl. Bilbao - Villarreal Almeria - Real Madrid Betis Seville - La Corogne Atl. Madrid - Majorque R. Valladolid - FC Seville Sporting Gijon - Numancia	Journée 10 Dimanche 9 Novembre 2008 R. Santander - Sporting Gijon FC Seville - R. Huelva Numancia - Betis Seville Majorque - Atl. Bilbao Barcelone - R. Valladolid Villarreal - Almeria Osasuna - Atl. Madrid Getafe - Valence La Corogne - Espanyol B. Real Madrid - Malaga
Journée 11 Dimanche 16 Novembre 2008 Atl. Madrid - La Corogne Almeria - Majorque Getafe - FC Seville Espanyol B. - Numancia R. Huelva - Barcelone Valence - Sporting Gijon Betis Seville - R. Santander Atl. Bilbao - Osasuna Malaga - Villarreal R. Valladolid - Real Madrid	Journée 12 Dimanche 23 Novembre 2008 Numancia - Atl. Madrid FC Seville - Valence R. Santander - Espanyol B. Majorque - Malaga Real Madrid - R. Huelva La Corogne - Atl. Bilbao Sporting Gijon - Betis Seville Barcelone - Getafe Villarreal - R. Valladolid Osasuna - Almeria
Journée 13 Dimanche 30 Novembre 2008 FC Seville - Barcelone Espanyol B. - Sporting Gijon Valence - Betis Seville Malaga - Osasuna Atl. Madrid - R. Santander R. Huelva - Villarreal Getafe - Real Madrid Almeria - La Corogne R. Valladolid - Majorque Atl. Bilbao - Numancia	Journée 14 Dimanche 7 Décembre 2008 Majorque - R. Huelva R. Santander - Atl. Bilbao Osasuna - R. Valladolid Villarreal - Getafe Sporting Gijon - Atl. Madrid Numancia - Almeria Barcelone - Valence Betis Seville - Espanyol B. La Corogne - Malaga Real Madrid - FC Seville
Journée 15 Dimanche 14 Décembre 2008 R. Valladolid - La Corogne Getafe - Majorque Valence - Espanyol B. Malaga - Numancia Atl. Madrid - Betis Seville Atl. Bilbao - Sporting Gijon Almeria - R. Santander R. Huelva - Osasuna FC Seville - Villarreal Barcelone - Real Madrid	Journée 16 Dimanche 21 Décembre 2008 Espanyol B. - Atl. Madrid Real Madrid - Valence R. Santander - Malaga Majorque - FC Seville La Corogne - R. Huelva Betis Seville - Atl. Bilbao Villarreal - Barcelone Osasuna - Getafe Numancia - R. Valladolid Sporting Gijon - Almeria
Journée 17 Dimanche 4 Janvier 2009 Almeria - Betis Seville Malaga - Sporting Gijon R. Valladolid - R. Santander FC Seville - Osasuna Real Madrid - Villarreal Getafe - La Corogne Valence - Atl. Madrid Barcelone - Majorque Atl. Bilbao - Espanyol B. R. Huelva - Numancia	Journée 18 Dimanche 11 Janvier 2009 R. Santander - R. Huelva Atl. Madrid - Atl. Bilbao Osasuna - Barcelone Numancia - Getafe Sporting Gijon - R. Valladolid Espanyol B. - Almeria Valence - Villarreal Majorque - Real Madrid Betis Seville - Malaga La Corogne - FC Seville
Journée 19 Dimanche 18 Janvier 2009 Atl. Bilbao - Valence Villarreal - Majorque Malaga - Espanyol B. FC Seville - Numancia R. Valladolid - Betis Seville R. Huelva - Sporting Gijon Getafe - R. Santander Real Madrid - Osasuna Barcelone - La Corogne Almeria - Atl. Madrid	Journée 20 Dimanche 25 Janvier 2009 Real Madrid - La Corogne Malaga - Atl. Madrid Majorque - Valence R. Valladolid - Espanyol B. Barcelone - Numancia Getafe - Sporting Gijon R. Huelva - Betis Seville Villarreal - Osasuna FC Seville - R. Santander Almeria - Atl. Bilbao
Journée 21 Dimanche 1 Fevrier 2009 R. Santander - Barcelone Betis Seville - Getafe Atl. Madrid - R. Valladolid Valence - Almeria La Corogne - Villarreal Numancia - Real Madrid Osasuna - Majorque Atl. Bilbao - Malaga Sporting Gijon - FC Seville Espanyol B. - R. Huelva	Journée 22 Dimanche 8 Fevrier 2009 Villarreal - Numancia Barcelone - Sporting Gijon FC Seville - Betis Seville R. Valladolid - Atl. Bilbao Real Madrid - R. Santander Malaga - Almeria Majorque - La Corogne R. Huelva - Atl. Madrid Osasuna - Valence Getafe - Espanyol B.
Journée 23 Dimanche 15 Fevrier 2009 Numancia - Majorque Valence - Malaga Espanyol B. - FC Seville La Corogne - Osasuna Betis Seville - Barcelone Atl. Bilbao - R. Huelva Almeria - R. Valladolid Atl. Madrid - Getafe R. Santander - Villarreal Sporting Gijon - Real Madrid	Journée 24 Dimanche 22 Fevrier 2009 FC Seville - Atl. Madrid La Corogne - Valence Barcelone - Espanyol B. R. Valladolid - Malaga Osasuna - Numancia Villarreal - Sporting Gijon Real Madrid - Betis Seville Getafe - Atl. Bilbao Majorque - R. Santander R. Huelva - Almeria
Journée 25 Dimanche 1 Mars 2009 Atl. Madrid - Barcelone Malaga - R. Huelva Valence - R. Valladolid Almeria - Getafe Betis Seville - Villarreal Espanyol B. - Real Madrid Numancia - La Corogne Sporting Gijon - Majorque Atl. Bilbao - FC Seville R. Santander - Osasuna	Journée 26 Dimanche 8 Mars 2009 Getafe - Malaga Osasuna - Sporting Gijon Majorque - Betis Seville Barcelone - Atl. Bilbao La Corogne - R. Santander FC Seville - Almeria R. Huelva - R. Valladolid Real Madrid - Atl. Madrid Numancia - Valence Villarreal - Espanyol B.
Journée 27 Dimanche 15 Mars 2009 Espanyol B. - Majorque Malaga - FC Seville R. Santander - Numancia Betis Seville - Osasuna Almeria - Barcelone Valence - R. Huelva Atl. Madrid - Villarreal R. Valladolid - Getafe Atl. Bilbao - Real Madrid Sporting Gijon - La Corogne	Journée 28 Dimanche 22 Mars 2009 Majorque - Atl. Madrid R. Santander - Valence Osasuna - Espanyol B. Barcelone - Malaga Numancia - Sporting Gijon Getafe - R. Huelva La Corogne - Betis Seville Villarreal - Atl. Bilbao FC Seville - R. Valladolid Real Madrid - Almeria
Journée 29 Dimanche 5 Avril 2009 R. Valladolid - Barcelone Atl. Madrid - Osasuna Sporting Gijon - R. Santander Valence - Getafe Almeria - Villarreal Malaga - Real Madrid Espanyol B. - La Corogne Atl. Bilbao - Majorque R. Huelva - FC Seville Betis Seville - Numancia	Journée 30 Dimanche 12 Avril 2009 Barcelone - R. Huelva Osasuna - Atl. Bilbao R. Santander - Betis Seville FC Seville - Getafe Real Madrid - R. Valladolid Majorque - Almeria La Corogne - Atl. Madrid Sporting Gijon - Valence Numancia - Espanyol B. Villarreal - Malaga
Journée 31 Dimanche 19 Avril 2009 Atl. Bilbao - La Corogne Malaga - Majorque Valence - FC Seville Atl. Madrid - Numancia Getafe - Barcelone Betis Seville - Sporting Gijon Espanyol B. - R. Santander Almeria - Osasuna R. Valladolid - Villarreal R. Huelva - Real Madrid	Journée 32 Mercredi 22 Avril 2009 Betis Seville - Valence Sporting Gijon - Espanyol B. Osasuna - Malaga Barcelone - FC Seville Villarreal - R. Huelva Numancia - Atl. Bilbao Majorque - R. Valladolid Real Madrid - Getafe R. Santander - Atl. Madrid La Corogne - Almeria
Journée 33 Dimanche 26 Avril 2009 Valence - Barcelone Atl. Madrid - Sporting Gijon Espanyol B. - Betis Seville R. Valladolid - Osasuna Atl. Bilbao - R. Santander Getafe - Villarreal FC Seville - Real Madrid Malaga - La Corogne R. Huelva - Majorque Almeria - Numancia	Journée 34 Dimanche 3 Mai 2009 Osasuna - R. Huelva Sporting Gijon - Atl. Bilbao Real Madrid - Barcelone Majorque - Getafe La Corogne - R. Valladolid R. Santander - Almeria Betis Seville - Atl. Madrid Espanyol B. - Valence Numancia - Malaga Villarreal - FC Seville
Journée 35 Dimanche 10 Mai 2009 R. Huelva - La Corogne FC Seville - Majorque Atl. Madrid - Espanyol B. R. Valladolid - Numancia Atl. Bilbao - Betis Seville Almeria - Sporting Gijon Malaga - R. Santander Getafe - Osasuna Barcelone - Villarreal Valence - Real Madrid	Journée 36 Dimanche 17 Mai 2009 Villarreal - Real Madrid Atl. Madrid - Valence Sporting Gijon - Malaga Osasuna - FC Seville Numancia - R. Huelva Espanyol B. - Atl. Bilbao Majorque - Barcelone La Corogne - Getafe R. Santander - R. Valladolid Betis Seville - Almeria
Journée 37 Dimanche 24 Mai 2009 Malaga - Betis Seville R. Valladolid - Sporting Gijon R. Huelva - R. Santander Barcelone - Osasuna FC Seville - La Corogne Atl. Bilbao - Atl. Madrid Villarreal - Valence Real Madrid - Majorque Almeria - Espanyol B. Getafe - Numancia	Journée 38 Dimanche 31 Mai 2009 Sporting Gijon - R. Huelva Valence - Atl. Bilbao La Corogne - Barcelone R. Santander - Getafe Betis Seville - R. Valladolid Atl. Madrid - Almeria Majorque - Villarreal Osasuna - Real Madrid Espanyol B. - Malaga Numancia - FC Seville