Thursday, March 8, 2012

Athletic Bilbao Defeat Manchester United

Appear extraordinary at Old Trafford, Athletic Bilbao made ​​a surprise success with Manchester United beat the hosts 3-2 in the first phase of the party 16 of the Europa League.

In a match that orders yet on Friday (9/3) pm dawn, the Los Leones up first by Wayne Rooney before turning things around via goals from Fernando Llorente, Oscar De Marcos, and Iker Muniain.

Rooney scored the second goal from the spot to change the score to 3-2 in the final minutes of the game.

This result is a very positive capital Marcelo Bielsa for the troops to advance to the round of eight will be given the second leg played at San Mames.

United itself must win by two clear goals or a goal, but with the score 4-3 to the top, if you wish to continue participation in the Blue Continent this season.


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Saturday, March 3, 2012

La Liga (The Professional Football League)


La Liga (The Professional Football League) #1
Liga de Futbol Professional ("Professional Football League"), commonly known as La Liga or the Primera División is the highest football league in Spain. Founded in 1929, the league's annual competition held regularly. At present, there are 20 teams that joined the team in it. The team that won the most up to is Real Madrid with 31 times followed by FC Barcelona with 20 times. There are only three teams in the history of La Liga that has not been degraded, namely Real Madrid, FC Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao.

La Liga (The Professional Football League) #2
The Primera División (First Division) of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional (LFP), commonly known as La Liga (The League) or, for sponsorship reasons, Liga BBVA (BBVA League) since 2008, is the top professional association football division of the Spanish football league system. It is contested by twenty teams, with the three lowest placed teams relegated to the Segunda División and replaced by the top three teams in that division. A total of 59 teams have competed in La Liga, nine of which have been crowned champions. Since the 1950s, Real Madrid and Barcelona have dominated the championship. The former have won the title thirty-one times while the latter have won it on twenty-one occasions. However, during the 1930s and 1940s and in the last two decades, La Liga has seen other champions including Atlético Madrid, Athletic Bilbao, Valencia, Real Sociedad, Deportivo, Real Betis and Sevilla . Barcelona have currently won the last three seasons of La Liga.
La Liga is currently the second strongest league in Europe according to UEFA's league coefficient. La Liga is one of the most popular professional sports leagues in the world, with an average attendance of 28,286 for league matches in the 2009–10 season. This is the sixth highest of any domestic professional sports league in the world and the third highest of any professional association football league, behind the German Bundesliga and English Premier League.

The Competition Format
The competition format follows the usual double round-robin format. During the course of a season, which lasts from September to June, each club plays every other club twice, once at home and once away, for a total of 38 games. Teams receive three points for a win, one point for a draw, and no points for a loss. Teams are ranked by total points, with the highest-ranked club at the end of the season crowned champion. If points are equal between two or more clubs, the rules are:

The Trophy
·      If all clubs involved have played each other twice
·      If the tie is between two clubs, then the tie is broken using the head-to-head goal difference (without away goals rule)
·      If the tie is between more than two clubs, then the tie is broken, using the games the clubs have played against each other:
·         head-to-head points
·         head-to-head goal difference
·         head-to-head goals scored
·      If two legged games between all clubs involved have not been played, or the tie is not broken by the rules above, it is broken using:
·         total goal difference
·         total goals scored
·      If the tie is still not broken, the winner will be determined by Fair Play scales. These are:
Ø  yellow card, 1 point
Ø  doubled yellow card/ejection, 2 points
Ø  direct red card, 3 points
Ø  Suspension or disqualification to coach, executive or other club's personnel (outside referee decisions), 5 points
Ø  Misconduct of the supporters: mild 5 points, serious 6 points, very serious 7 points
Ø  Stadium closure, 10 points
·      If the Competition Committee removes a penalty, the points are also removed
·      If the tie is still not broken, it will be resolved with a tie-break match in a neutral stadium.

A system of promotion and relegation exists between the Primera División and the Segunda División. The three lowest placed teams in La Liga are relegated to the Segunda División, and the top two teams from the Segunda División are promoted to La Liga. The third team from the Segunda División to be promoted to La Liga is determined by the winner of the play-off played between the winner of the play-off between 3rd against 6th and the winner of the play-off between 4th placed against 5th. These placed teams should be considered excluding reserve teams.
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NEWS 
1. Barcelona players reaffirmed that they will not give up to chase Real Madrid for the Spanish Primera Liga title.This time it was revealed by Barcelona winger, namely Pedro. He considered his team will not give up despite the distance between Madrid and Barcelona extends more than ten points.
"The reality is we are lagging ten points from them. We must try and defeat no longer wait for Madrid and also throw points to cut the difference in points," said Pedro.
"If their lead stretched, this competition will be very complicated. We will not give up the championship and we will fight until the end."
2. Chelsea want Gonzalo Higuain, Real Madrid but rather handed Argentine striker to Manchester City in exchange for Sergio Aguero.
The Mirror reported Los Blancos make Aguero as target number one spending the summer. They will try to propose exchange Higuain with Aguero, plus funds not immediately not few in number.
Chelsea want Higuain, in an effort to rebuild his squad for next season. But the Blues are not the only club that wants the player nicknamed El Pipita this. Juventus, Inter Milan, and Paris St-Germain, is also interested in signing him. Higuain certainly left the Santiago Bernabeu, having no longer the first choice Jose Mourinho.
Sources at the Eastland said City not interested in Higuain swap Aguero, Carlos Tevez, but will use for to get the former River Plate striker born Frenchman.
3. Bayern Munich wing-back Rafinha feel happy at the news that her demand by Spanish giants Real Madrid.
Through an exclusive interview with Maximilian Bensinger and Martin del Palacio Langer of GOAL.com, Rafinha admitted a move to Santiago Bernabeu will be like a dream come true.
As you know, Rafinha is one of the three defenders who are being monitored by the Los Blancos at this time. Madrid are also reportedly interested in Ajax defender Gregory van der Wiel and Glen Johnson of Liverpool, according to news from Spain."This is the first time I heard about it. But if true, a privilege can be attractive to a club like Real Madrid," said Rafinha to GOAL.com."This is the dream of every player to strengthen the Real. This shows that I have been playing well and it motivates me to work harder."
"But of course, I am under contract until 2014 with Bayern Munich. I am very happy to be here, Bayern is a great club. "
Athletic Bilbao Defeat Manchester United

Match Home Away
  P Match    W D L    W    D L W D L

Iformation : P: Point    W: Win    D: Draw    L: Lost    Ma: Match
1 Real Madrid 64 24    21   1    2    11    0    1    10   : 1    1

2 Barcelona 54 24    16   6    2    11    1    0    5    5    2

3 Valencia 40 24    11   7    6    7    2    3    4    5    3

4 Levante UD 35 24    10   5    9    6    3    3    4    2    6

5 Athletic Bilbao 34 24    8   10    6    5    5    2    3    5    4

6 Málaga 34 24    10   4   10    8    2    2    2    2    8

7 Osasuna 34 24    8   10    6    7    4    2    1    6    4

8 RCD Espanyol 33 24    9   6    9    6    2    4    3    4    5

9 Atlético Madrid 32 24    8   8    8    6    4    2    2    4    6

10 Sevilla 32 24    8   8    8    6    2    4    2    6    4

11 Rayo Vallecano 31 24    9   4   11    4    1    7    5    3    4

12 Real Betis 30 24    9   3   12    5    3    4    4    0    8

13 Real Sociedad 30 24    8   6   10    5    4    3    3    2    7

14 Getafe 29 24    7   8   9    4    5    2    3    3    7

15 RCD Mallorca 28 24    7   7   10    5    3    4    2    4    6

16 Granada 28 24    8   4   12    5    4    3    3    0    9

17 Villarreal 27 24    6   9   9    5    6    1    1    3    8

18 Racing Santander 24 24    4   12   8    3    7    3    1    5    5

19 Sporting Gijón 21 24    5   6   13    3    4   5    2    2    8

20 Real Zaragoza 15 24    3   6   15    2    3   6    1    3    9