La Liga - 2014/15

[PvsNP]

Real Madrid vs Eibar lineups:
RM: Navas; Arbeloa, Varane, Ramos, Marcelo; Modric, Illarramendi, Isco; Jesé, Chicharito, Ronaldo.
Bench: Casillas, Carvajal, Nacho, Pepe, Muñoz, Silva, Benzema.

Eibar: Irureta; Lillo, Añibarro, Navas, Dídac; Borja, García; Capa, Del Moral, Lara; Saúl Berjón.
Bench: Jaime, Abraham, Ekiza, Boateng, Errasti, Lekic, Arruabarrena.

 

[Bob Loblaw]

Worst Madrid league line-up in a few years. It'll still be too strong for Eibar though.

 

[PvsNP]

Had RM rested Modric, Eibar might've had a chance IMO.

 

[prarek]

Eibar goal disallowed for a foul it seems.

 

[PvsNP]

Ronaldo's shot just KO'd an Eibar player.

 

[Skorenzy]

What an escape for Eibar! Isco's shot hits both posts and gets tapped in by Cicharito, but rightfully disallowed for offside.

 

[amolbhatia50k]

7 shots in 18 minutes from Madrid. This is going to be a mauling.

 

[Sly]

Eh what awful goalkeeping

 

[jojojo]

Oh dear, wobbles in.

 

[Vato]

Boom

 

[Massive Spanner]

wobbles in.

Boom

Conflicting reports there.

 

[Skorenzy]

Cristiano scores his first free-kick of the season... the less said about it the better

 

[Sly]

What a miss

 

[Vato]

Just missed the second.

 

[amolbhatia50k]

This is not even a contest. Are eibar that bad or Madrid that good?

 

[Sly]

Ronaldo has more goals than half of the clubs in the league according to the portuguese pundit

 

[jojojo]

This is not even a contest. Are eibar or Madrid that good?

Madrid are very good and Eibar are a very small club. More significantly, Eibar have been horribly out of form and Madrid seem to be finally recovering theirs.

 

[PvsNP]

This is not even a contest. Are eibar that bad or Madrid that good?

Eibar are that bad. Before the last round, Eibar had lost 10 or 11 games in a row.

 

[amolbhatia50k]

Eibar are that bad. Before the last round, Eibar had lost 10 or 11 games in a row.

No wonder they look absolutely terrified today

 

[Skorenzy]

This is not even a contest. Are eibar that bad or Madrid that good?

They started off fine, exceeding everyone's expectations, but in the last few months they've been brought back to their real level on a run of 9 defeats in 11 games (let's remember this is a side that has won promotion twice in succession! so they went from regulars in the 3rd tier of Spanish football to their 1st top flight campaign ever in the space of two seasons)

 

[PvsNP]

(let's remember this is a side that has won promotion twice in succession!)

Wow, I didn't know that. That's really impressive, especially if they manage to stay up.

 

[Sly]

Weren´t they in front of Sociedad and Athletic at a point during the season?

 

[Sly]

Muñez!!!

 

[amolbhatia50k]

2-0

Isco and modric are the heartbeat of this team for me.

 

[Skorenzy]

Wow, I didn't know that. That's really impressive, especially if they manage to stay up.

Yup, much was made of their finances before the season started... one of the lowest budgets of all teams in Primera ánd Segunda. They didn't even have enough capital at first to be in in accordance with league regs. They reached the target by selling shares to the public online.

 

[jojojo]

Chicharito!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Vato]

Chicharitoooooo

 

[Skorenzy]

Weren´t they in front of Sociedad and Athletic at a point during the season?

Yeah, although that also owes much to those teams' poor starts to the season as well. Eibar pulled off some surprises for sure though in the 1st half of the season -- they were playing quite well.

 

[Skorenzy]

Isco and Modric dominating this.

 

[Vato]

Conflicting reports there.

it was a wobbling screamer.

 

[Skorenzy]

and this was a GK blunder basically.

On the other hand, impressive,

 

[jojojo]

2-0

Isco and modric are the heartbeat of this team for me.

Modric certainly, Isco's a more complex one. The stats say Madrid get more points when James plays instead of Isco, probably a balance question given that the standard lineup uses Ronaldo, Benzema and Bale ahead.

 

[Vato]

I don't know why we appealed the yellow for Ronaldo. Now he will end up missing a much more difficult game where we'll need him more surely?

 

[amolbhatia50k]

and this was a GK blunder basically.

On the other hand, impressive,

Translation?

 

[amolbhatia50k]

I don't know why we appealed the yellow for Ronaldo. Now he will end up missing a much more difficult game where we'll need him more surely?

But an easier game to score goals in which is what matters.

 

[Aboutreika18]

I'd bet my house that he's also got the worst conversion rate out of those free kick takers as well, although Carlos was pretty bad at them as well.

 

[Skorenzy]

Good save low down from Irureta on Cristiano. Eibar have 2-3 guys on Marcelo every time and still he gets the ball into the forwards. Such a great dribbler he is.

 

[jojojo]

I don't know why we appealed the yellow for Ronaldo. Now he will end up missing a much more difficult game where we'll need him more surely?

They weren't going to appeal, until Bale got injured. Just too many changes for Ancelotti's taste I guess.

 

[Skorenzy]

Translation?

the 1st one,

Last 57 direct fk.'s by Cristiano (for club and country):
- 23 into the wall
- 18 saved by GK
- 14 off target
- 1 on the post
- 1 goal

the 2nd,

Most goals from direct fk.'s in La Liga (last 20 years)

 

[carvajal]

Happy for Chicharito,he needed this game. Illarra is also playing well.