La Liga Week 7 Soccer Review 2015

la liga week 7 soccer barcelona vs sevilla 2015

la liga week 7 soccer barcelona vs sevilla 2015Celta Vigo, who recently wrecked reigning Spanish and European champions Barcelona in a league clash, were held to a stalemate by Madrid outfit Getafe at Balaidos and slipped to third in the league standings as a consequence.

Barcelona travelled to the Estadio Roman Sanchez Pizjuan to take on Sevilla and struggled to assert any kind of control in midfield without the presence of Andres Iniesta. They managed to hold onto a 0-0 scoreline going into the half time break. But the hosts started the second half brightly and took the lead through Michael Krohn-Dehli, the Dane later turned provider for Vicente Iborra as Sevilla looked to gain all three points against the Catalan giants.

The visitors pulled one back courtesy of a spot kick converted by Neymar, but they couldn’t find an equalising goal and had to settle without a point from the encounter. Barcelona hit the post three times through the course of the match and felt the absence of club stalwart Lionel Messi, who is nursing an injury and will not be available until the end of November. It remains to be seen how the Catalans cope with the absence of the Argentina national team skipper.

Granada and Deportivo La Coruna played out a 1-1 draw on Saturday.

Barcelona loanee Alan Halilovic put Sporting Gijon ahead in the tenth minute of their encounter against Espanyol, who drew level courtesy of a goal from Felipe Caicedo in the second half. However, an Alex Menende strike deep in the added time gave Gijon all three points at El Prat.

Tiny Eibar handed a 2-0 defeat to newly-promoted Las Palmas and moved to seventh as consequence of the three points they earned.

Charles scored a hat-trick for Malaga against David Moyes’ Real Sociedad at the Rosaleda to give his side a 3-1 victory. The defeat sees La Real in 16th spot in the standings as they have only a win from their first seven encounters. Their wretched form has put pressure on former Manchester United manager Moyes, who is now in danger of losing his job, if things do not improve in the coming weeks.

A strike in each half from Heiko Westermann and Ruben Castro gave all three points to Real Betis against Rayo Vallecano. The Sevillistas are now eighth in the table.

Athletic Bilbao inflicted a 3-1 defeat on Valencia at the San Mames to heap misery on Nuno Espirito Santo’s side and increase pressure on him as he struggles to keep his job at the Mestalla.

Deyverson struck a late winner against league leaders Villarreal to inflict a 1-0 defeat on the side. However, Marcelino Garcia Toral’s side managed to stay atop the table at the conclusion of seventh round of fixtures.

Real Madrid went to Atletico Madrid and came away with a 1-1 draw, thereby losing the chance to go atop the league standings.

Los Blancos started brightly as they went ahead early courtesy of a Karim Benzema strike; however, the hosts grew into the game and may well have sealed all three points had it not been for the heroics of Keylor Navas.