First, Real Sociedad was held to a 2-2 away draw by Murcia, and then Real Madrid drew with Osasuna 1-1 away from home.
Both draws were subversive.
Real Sociedad was the runner-up in La Liga last season, but this team is ranked 17th in La Liga so far this season, almost falling into the relegation zone. What an incredible thing!
For Real Madrid, except for Ronaldo's goal, which was a highlight, the entire team also performed poorly.
Queiroz said this is because the team is focused on European competitions, but everyone knows that things are not that simple.
Celta Vigo actually won this round, winning 1-0 away from home. These three points saved them and prevented them from falling into the relegation zone, because Albacete, who is in the 18th place in the relegation zone, this round
Also won.
What’s interesting is that among the top teams in La Liga last season, Real Sociedad ranked 17th and Celta Vigo ranked 16th. They can be said to be brothers and sisters. It makes people very curious. If these two teams are relegated
Okay, what will happen?
Of course, no one would believe that such an extremely low probability thing would happen.
But the upset continues.
Deportivo lost to Valencia's local team Villarreal 0-1 at home.
Mauro Silva accumulated two yellow cards in the first half and was sent off with a red card, but Villarreal did not score until the 88th minute, causing Deportivo to lose three points at home.
Barcelona, on the other hand, drew with Valladolid 0-0 at home, which was also an upset.
Many competitors either lost or drew, which made everyone very worried about Valencia.
But more Valencia fans still expect the team to win at home. After all, this is an excellent opportunity to widen the points gap.
Fortunately, the Bat Corps lived up to fans' expectations.
After the start of the first half, Valencia took advantage of their home court to launch a fierce attack on Zaragoza.
First, Su Dong assisted Jorge Lopez to score, and then Su Dong planned and Aimar assisted Vicente to score.
In the 44th minute, Su Dong once again sent an assist to help Aimar score.
A three-goal lead in the first half established the team's winning streak, while the second half was Zaragoza's performance.
Villa and Carney scored successively, but Valencia relied on its solid defense to persist until the end.
In the end, Valencia narrowly won 3-2 at home.
After this victory, Valencia's league lead was extended to seven points.
Real Madrid replaced Deportivo La Coruna and ranked second in the La Liga standings.
Atletico Madrid has also relied on its recent excellent form to enter the top four in the league.
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In mid-week, La Liga ushered in the fourteenth round.
After fighting continuously, Valencia was exhausted. In this round, they challenged Real Sociedad away from home. The two sides fought hard for ninety minutes, but in the end they shook hands and made a draw. No one could score.
The score remained zero to zero until the end.
This is also the second game this season that Su Dong failed to score a goal. Everyone can see that he is somewhat tired.
After all, he is one of the players who has played the most minutes in Valencia this season.
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Deportivo La Coruna drew with Valladolid 1-1 away from home, while Real Madrid defeated Atletico Madrid 2-0 in the same city derby with goals from Ronaldo and Raul.
As a result, Valencia's lead was reduced to five points.
But the biggest surprise is Barcelona.
Rijkaard's team was defeated 5-1 in an away game against Malaga!!
This is definitely another shocking defeat!
What's even more frightening is that Barcelona's only goal was an own goal scored by the opponent's defender.
As soon as the game ended, there was an uproar in the entire Spanish football world.
Almost all Barcelona fans are calling on the club management to fire Rijkaard. Many fans even publicly criticized the team and believed that many players are not worthy of wearing Barcelona jerseys.
In the absence of Ronaldinho and Puyol, Barcelona did lose miserably in this round.
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Weekend, the fifteenth round of La Liga.
Valencia hosts Athletic Bilbao.
Only seventeen minutes into the game, Su Dong assisted Vicente to score a goal, but he himself was closely monitored by his opponents throughout the game and never got a chance.
Although Athletic Bilbao got a goal back in the second half, it was Vicente's goal that gave Valencia the lead again in the 65th minute.
Valencia narrowly defeated Athletic Bilbao 2-1 at home.
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Deportivo defeated Malaga 1-0 at home, and Real Madrid defeated Barcelona 2-1 away with goals from Carlos and Ronaldo.
The top three teams in the La Liga standings all won, and the rankings remained unchanged.
However, Celta Vigo lost to Osasuna 2-3 on the road, and Real Sociedad even suffered a 0-4 defeat at home to Real Betis. Both teams fell into the relegation zone of La Liga.
What's interesting is that the team currently at the bottom of the La Liga standings is Espanyol.
In the first fifteen rounds of this season, the Spaniard only achieved two wins and two draws.
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Three days later, the Champions League ushered in the final round of the group stage.
Valencia hosts Marseille.
Sudong failed to score, but once again contributed an assist, helping Valencia defeat Marseille 2-0 at home.
The goalscorers were Rufit and Aimar.
As a result, all six rounds of the group stage were played, and Valencia emerged as the first in the group, followed closely by Marseille.
The top 16 have been decided, and all that remains is to see the results of UEFA's knockout draw.
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Returning to La Liga, we ushered in the sixteenth round of La Liga.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Valencia challenges Real Betis away.
Both teams are very good at wingers. Valencia's Vicente and Real Betis' Joaquín are currently the main wingers of the Spanish national team and are among the best wing killers in Europe, but two
The team's game was extremely dull.
They are all good at wingers, and naturally they are all good at restraining the opponent's wingers.
In the 18th minute, Sudong scored a goal for Valencia.
This is also his sixteenth La Liga goal this season.
With Su Dong's goal, Valencia defeated Real Betis 1-0 in an away game.
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With goals from Ronaldo and Raul, Real Madrid defeated Deportivo La Coruna 2-1 at home and continued to maintain pressure on Valencia.
The two teams still maintained a five-point gap, and gradually began to widen the gap with third-place Deportivo La Coruna.
After Irueta's team experienced this defeat, the points gap with Real Madrid has widened to six points.
So for now, Deportivo has little hope of winning the league title again, unless Irueta's team can put on an eye-catching performance in the second half of the schedule.
Barcelona defeated Espanyol 3-1 in an away game and won the derby in the same city.
But the real protagonist of the game is not the players of the two teams, but the referee Zamorano.
In the second half of the game, the Spanish referee dealt out red cards in turn to the two teams like playing cards.
First, Spanish midfielder De La Pena was sent off with a red card, and then Barcelona defender Marcos was sent off with a red card.
Immediately afterwards, Sudong's good friend Quaresma was not spared. In the 51st minute, when he was fighting with the opponent's forward Tamudo, he directly knocked down his opponent, which earned him another red card.
Later, Espanyol's Soldevilla, Barcelona's Cocu and Espanyol's Lobo all received red cards.
Six red cards, which set a record for the most red cards in a single game in the history of La Liga. It also made people question the referee Zamorano's law enforcement, thinking that he should not take out the red cards like wholesale.
After the game, many media outlets, including Marca and Aspen, gave Zamorano zero points for his law enforcement.
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In midweek, in the top 32 knockout rounds of the Copa del Rey, Valencia faced Murcia at home.
The competition between the two La Liga teams also made this game the biggest highlight of this round of the Copa del Rey.
Valencia played with a substitute lineup. Benitez hid most of the main players including Su Dong, Aimar, and Vicente. Among the regular eleven, only Marchena and deputy captain Baraja are the regular main players.
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But at home, Valencia performed well. Mista opened the scoring for the team in the first 12 minutes.
After changing sides in the second half, the right back Garrido scored another victory.
In the end, Valencia defeated the visiting Murcia 2-0 at home and successfully advanced to the next round.
It is not difficult to see from this game that Benitez basically does not intend to spend his troops in the Copa del Rey, because La Liga and the Champions League alone have already exhausted Valencia, which has a weak lineup.
Being able to defeat Murcia in the Copa del Rey this time proves that Valencia still has a certain strength in the thickness of its bench.
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Weekend, the seventeenth round of La Liga.
This is the last game before Christmas and the winter break.
After this game, La Liga will not reignite the war until January.
After a long two-front battle, the entire Valencia team was very tired.
In this game, facing Sevilla, who were not very good at playing, the Bats, who tried their best to play, did not play well and even had many dangers. However, fortunately, the defense performed solidly and Canizares was as stable as ever.
In the 61st minute, Su Dong scored a goal for Valencia.
This was also the only goal in the game.
Valencia defeated Sevilla 1-0 thanks to Su Dong's goal.
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In the remaining games, Deportivo defeated Espanyol 2-1.
Real Madrid reversed Real Mallorca 3-1 away from home. Real Madrid killer Eto'o did not score in this game. Raul, Ronaldo and Figo scored for Real Madrid.
Among the strong teams, only Barcelona drew with Celta Vigo 1-1 at home, and they evened the score in the 69th minute with a free kick opportunity.
Barcelona's performance is still unsatisfactory.
Everyone is speculating whether Rijkaard will be dismissed around Christmas?
