Archive: January 2010
This is not a good week for Milan. Defeat in the city derby has additionally ruined their title chances and it will hurt them much more that the Wednesday Cup loss. After that defeat to Udinese, Leonardo insisted it didn’t came as the result of the fact his players’ minds were still in the Inter game
Having lost to Roma, Catania were eliminated from the Cup and it looked like the manager Mihajlovic himself was relieved that happened. In a situation where you are fighting for your very existence, additional pressure in an unimportant competition is not the thing you need. They managed to notch couple of home games, also managed to bring home points from Genoa and Samp, but Catania are still in the relegation zone
Inter are once again safely distanced from their nearest rivals. Namely, that city derby win has earned them +9, and although Milan are with a game in hand, neroazzuri seem unstoppable at the moment
One after another, defeats are notching up and many people can’t remember when was the last time Juventus looked this bad. First the Champions League elimination, then the 4th place is getting further and further away, and then even the Cup loss on Thursday. After the last one, Ferrara was sacked, Alberto Zaccheroni will be leading this team until the end of the season when Rafa Benitez is supposedly coming.
Last weekend Stuttgart managed to reach a minimum win in Freiburg, thus extending their unbeaten run to six games. Millionaires have also recorded a minimum win in front of their fans against Hamburger, thus reaching their sixth straight win. Gross revived Stuttgart After coach Babbel left, Stuttgart started playing much better under Gross and they climbed from penultimate position to the midtable in no time
Tenerife took a point for the second time in a row, in spite of the fact that they outclassed both Almeria away and Valencia in front of home fans. Zaragoza suffered the expected defeat by Villarreal which was at the same time eleventh straight winless game. Tenerife set to win the derby of the bottom Tenerife took only one point against favoured Valencia, in spite of the fact that they were superior during most of the game.
Last weekend Getafe reached their first win this year, after beating the city rivals Atletico Madrid. Santander are flawless in the new year and they have won six games and drew two so far
The last round saw Villarreal record a convincing triumph in front of tehir fans against Zaragoza, thus reaching the first win this year, after five winless games.
Leverkusen started defending their title with a convincing away win over Hoffenheim.
Last weekend Atletico Madrid lost the city derby against Getafe 1:0 and the player who contributed the most to defeat was Asuncao who earned the second yellow card and left the team after an hour on the pitch. In spite of pretty decent performance at Bernabeu, as everyone expected, Malaga suffered a defeat and they can only regret the missed chances. Atletico looking to save the season through the Cup Atletico Madrid managed to qualify for Copa Del Rey semifinals, since they celebrated against Celta thanks to Forlan's 26th -minute goal, which was enough to continue the competition.
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