Higuain & Eto’o Light Up Primera Liga!

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08/11/2008

Needless to say I’m annoyed that Manchester United losing to Arsenal. To be fair, it was a fantastic spectacle with some amazing football from both sides, but it was marred in my eyes by my team’s lack of finishing. If you get a chance to see this game, I’d strongly recommend doing so as it’s one of the best games of football I’ve seen since I watched Mexico vs Argentina in the World Cup a few years back. In terms of the Premier League, I don’t view the result as significant. I don’t think Arsenal can perform to this level on a consistent basis and they don’t have the strength in depth to win the league. The only team this result benefits is Chelsea – Liverpool aren’t going to be in the top 2 come the end of the season, so let’s hope they fuck up against Blackburn Rovers, which is unlikely at best.

Credit also goes to Real Madrid and especially Gonzalo Higuain for his brace of goals in their nail-biting 4-3 victory over surprise-package Malaga at the Santiago Bernabeu. Madrid had to come from behind 3 times and played the majority of the game with 10 men. Their rivals Barcelona also enjoyed a goal feast, annihlating Real Valladolid 6-0 thanks to a brace from Samuel Eto’o.

A couple of notable games for you all to view, should you feel inclined, are two derbies. The first game is Panathinaikos vs Olympiakos Piraeus in Greece and the second is Fenerbahce vs Galatasaray. These games promise to be fascinating and passionate encounters, such are the ways of the supporters of these clubs. Another interesting factor is that the away side in each match are the in-form side; the home sides are both struggling domestically.

Tip of the day

Dead Certs: AFC Ajax Amsterdam, Rubin Kazan, Dynamo Kiev, Internacional, PFC Litex Lovech, Deportivo Cali, FC Copenhagen, Chelsea, AC Milan, Dinamo Moscow, UD Salamanca
Risky: Galatasaray, Olympiakos Piraeus, FC Zurich, Steau Bucharest, Ekranas, IFK Goteborg
4-Draw: Feyenoord Rotterdam vs FC Utrecht, Schalke 04 vs Bayern Munich, Danubio vs Defensor Sporting, NK Slaven Koprivnica vs NK Varteks

Sunday’s Picks

Albanian Kategoria Pare:

Dinamo Tirana vs Flamurtari (7)
Elbasan vs Tirana (6)

Argentinian Primera Division:

San Lorenzo de Almagro vs Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy (8)
Arsenal de Sarandi vs Boca Juniors (6)
San Martin de Tucuman vs Racing Club (5)
River Plate vs Huracan (3)

Austrian Bundesliga:

SV Ried vs LASK Linz (5)

Belgian Eerste Klasse:

Charleroi vs Club Brugge (7)
Germinal Beerschot vs Standard Club de Liege (8)

Brazilian Campeonato Serie A:

Cruzeiro vs Fluminense FC (7)
Palmeiras vs Gremio (6)
Sport vs Goias (5)
Coritiba FBC vs Nautico (7)
FC Vitoria vs America MG (6)
Internacional vs Ipatinga (9)
Botafogo vs Flamengo (60

Bulgarian A PFG:

Spartak Varna vs Levski Sofia (7)
Belasitsa vs PFC Litex Lovech (9)

Chilean Primera Division:

Colo Colo vs Cobresal (8)
Antofagasta vs Everton CD (5)
Cobreloa vs Audax Italiano (5)
Santiago Morning vs La Serena (6)
Osorno vs Union Espanola (6)
Rangers de Talca vs Universidad de Chile (6)

Colombian Futbol Profesional:

Deportivo Cali vs Deportes Quindio (9)
Independiente Medellin vs La Equidad (6)
Envigado vs Deportes Tolima (7)
Atletico Bucaramanga vs Millonarios (6)
Once Caldas vs Deportivo Pereira (4)
Independiente Santa Fe vs Cucuta Deportivo (6)
Atletico Huila vs Atletico Junior (5)
Deportivo Pasto vs America de Cali (6)

Croatian Prva Liga:

Dinamo Zagreb vs Croatia Sesvete (7)
Rijeka vs Inter Zapresic (6)
Osijek vs NK Zadar (8)
NK Slaven Koprivnica vs Varteks (6)
Sibenik vs Cibalia (5)
Hajduk Split vs Zagreb (7)

Cypriot Divison A:

Apollon Limassol vs Atromitos Yeroskipou (8)
Paralimni vs Anorthosis Famagusta (8)
APOP vs APEP (6)
Alki vs APOEL Nicosia (7)

Czech Republic Liga 1:

Viktoria Zizkov vs Slovan Liberec (8)
Jablonec vs Bohemians Prague (6)
Brno vs Viktoria Plzen (7)
Kladno vs Teplice (6)
Sigma Olomouc vs Pribram (7)
Ceske Budejovice vs Slavia Prague (7)

Danish Superligaen:

AC Horsens vs AGF (5)
Randers vs FC Nordsjaelland (6)
FC Copenhagen vs SonderjyskE (9)
AaB vs Brondby IF (7)

Dutch Eredivisie:

Groningen vs Volendam (8)
Feyenoord Rotterdam vs FC Utrecht (7)
AFC Ajax Amsterdam vs Sparta Rotterdam (10)
ADO Den Haag vs Heerenveen (6)

English Premier League:

Blackburn Rovers vs Chelsea (9)
Aston Villa vs Middlesbrough (7)
Manchester City vs Tottenham Hotspur (5)
Fulham vs Newcastle United (5)

English Championship:

Swansea City vs Watford (6)

French Ligue 1:

Valenciennes vs AS Nancy-Lorraine (4)
Saint-Etienne vs Stade Rennais (7)
Paris Saint-Germain vs Lille (6)

German Bundesliga:

Schalke 04 vs Bayern Munich (7)
Hertha Berlin vs Hoffenheim (6)
Eintracht Frankfurt vs VFB Stuttgart (6)

Greek Super League:

Asteras Tripolis vs Panthrakikos (5)
Thrasivoulos vs Aris Salonica (5)
Ergotelis vs Larissa (6)
Iraklis vs Levadiakos (5)
Panathinaikos vs Olympiakos Piraeus (2)

Hungarian Liga 1:

Siofok vs ZTE (5)

Italian Serie A:

SSC Napoli vs Sampdoria (7)
Fiorentina vs Atalanta Bergamo (6)
Lazio vs Siena (8)
Genoa vs Reggina (8)
Catania vs Cagliari (7)
Internazionale vs Udinese (6)
Chievo Verona vs Juventus (8)
Lecce vs AC Milan (9)

Latvian Virsliga:

Daugava vs Dinaburg (5)
Ventspils vs Liepajas Metalurgs (7)
Skonto Riga vs FK Riga (8)

Lithuanian A Lyga;

Atlantas vs Silute (6)
Ekranas vs FBK Kaunas (3)
Vetra vs Siauliai (6)

Luxembourgian Division Nationale:

Hamm vs Progres (7)
Differdange vs Racing FC Union Luxembourg (7)
Sporting Steinfor vs Dudelange (6)
Etzella Ettelbruck vs CS Grevenmacher (6)
Jeunesse Esch vs Rumelange (6)
Hesperange vs Kaerjeng (7)
Avenir Beggen vs Fola (7)

Macedonian Prva Liga:

Rabotnicki vs Napredok (7)
Metalurg Skopje vs Milano (7)
Pobeda vs Vardar (6)
Sileks vs Renova (6)
Turnovo vs Makedonija (8)

Mexican Primera Division:

U.A.N.L. vs Toluca (6)
Indios de Ciudad Juarez vs Cruz Azul (5)
Atlas vs Morelia (6)
Atlante vs Necaxa (8)
Puebla vs Guadalajara (7)
UNAM vs U.A. de G. (6)
America vs Monterrey (6)

Moldovan Divizia Nationala:

CSCA-Rapid vs FC Dacia Chisinau (8)
Tiligul vs Tiraspol (5)
FC Academia UTM Chisinau vs Olimpia Balti (7)
Nistru vs Iskra-Stali (6)
Sheriff Tiraspol vs FC Zimbru Chisinau (6)

Peruvian Primera Division:

Juan Aurich vs Atletico Minero (6)
Sporting Cristal vs Club Sportivo Cienciano (7)
Jose Galvez vs Alianza Atletico (6)
Melgar FBC vs Sport Boys (7)
San Martin vs Alianza Lima (8)

Polish Ekstraklasa:

Odra Wodzislaw vs Gornik Zabrze (5)
Lechia Gdansk vs Lech Poznan (6)

Romanian Liga 1:

Rapid Bucharest vs Steau Bucharest (3)
Arges Pitesti vs Farul (6)
Brasov vs CFR Cluj (7)
Otopeni vs SC Vaslui (6)

Russian Premier Liga:

FK Moscow vs CSKA Moscow (7)
Spartak Moscow vs Lokomotiv Moscow (5)
Rubin Kazan vs Terek Grozny (10)
Amkar Perm vs Zenit St Petersburg (6)
Dinamo Moscow vs Luch-Energiya Vladivostok (9)

Scottish Premier League:

Kilmarnock vs Rangers (7)

Serbian Superliga:

Banat vs Partizan Belgrade (5)

Slovakian Superliga:

Nitra vs MSK Zilina (8)

Slovenian Liga 1:

Drava vs Rudar (5)

Spanish Primera Liga:

Villarreal vs Almeria (7)
Real Mallorca vs Athletic Club de Bilbao (5)
Sevilla vs Recreativo de Huelva (8)
Numancia vs Real Betis (6)
Osasuna vs Atletico Madrid (8)
Racing Club de Santander vs Real Sporting de Gijon (7)
Getafe vs Valencia (6)
Deportivo la Coruna vs Espanyol (5)

Spanish Segunda Liga:

Hercules vs Xerez (6)
UD Salamanca vs Alicante (9)
Real Zaragoza vs Castellon (6)
Alaves vs Sevilla Atletico (6)
Elche vs Albacete (7)

Swedish Allsvenskan:

Helsingborgs vs IFK Goteborg (5)
Orebro vs Ljungskile (6)
GAIS Goteborg vs AIK Solna (6)
Gefle vs Elfsborg (7)
IFK Norrkoping vs Hammarby (3)
Djurgardens vs Trelleborg (6)
Halmstad vs Kalmar FF (7)
Malmo vs GIF Sundsvall (8)

Swiss Super League:

Vaduz vs Basel (7)
FC Zurich vs Grasshoppers Zurich (3)
Xamax vs BSC Young Boys Bern (6)

Turkish Super Lig:

Antalyaspor vs Sivasspor (7)
Konyaspor vs Genclerbirligi SK (5)
Ankaraspor vs Eskisehirspor (8)
Denizlispor vs Kayserispor (6)
Gaziantepspor vs Istanbul BB (6)
Fenerbahce vs Galatasaray (2)

Ukrainian Premier League:

Chernomorets Odessa vs Vorskla (6)
Kryvbas vs Metalist Kharkiv (8)
Dynamo Kiev vs Lviv (10)

Uruguayan Primera Division:

Penarol vs Villa Espanola (7)
River Plate vs Juventud (7)
Danubio FC vs Defensor Sporting (7)
Cerro vs Racing (6)
Liverpool vs Wanderers (8)

Venezuelan Primera Division:

Estudiantes de Merida vs Atletico Vigia (6)
Llanero vs Zamora (5)
Guaros de Lara vs Estrella Roja (6)
Zulia vs U.A. Maracaibo (8)
Portuguesa vs Carabobo (6)
A.C. Mineros vs Minerven (4)
Caracas F.C. vs Dep. Italia (4)
Anzoategui vs Monagas SC (5)
Aragua vs Deportivo Tachira (5)

Enjoy

Higuain & Eto’o Light Up Primera Liga!

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