Sunday, November 27, 2011

Domestic action 11/27/11.

Beginning in up in Scotland, Kilmarnock surprised visiting top-of-the-table Rangers 1-0 thanks to Manuel Pascali's 80th minute goal! Down in England, Liverpool and Manchester City drew level 1-1 despite the fact that City players scored both goals: Vincent Kompany gave the Manchester side the lead in the 31st before Joleon Lescott accidentally put the ball into the back of his own net 2 minutes later. Swansea and Aston Villa meanwhile drew in a 0-0 contest. There were 7 yellows handed out though, 4 went to Villa players and the other 3 going to the hosts. Over in Italy, Siena were edged at home by Inter Milan who scored through Luc Castaignos in the 89th minute to the despair of the home fans. The fact that the small club had held their own against such giants of Italy as Inter for so long was still remarkable though. Palermo beat Fiorentina 2-0 thanks to goals from Fabrizio Miccoli and Josip Ilicic in the 22nd and 73rd minutes respectively. Cesena defeated Genoa by the same margin thanks to 2 goals from Adrian Mutu in the 70th and 80th minutes. It should be noted that the first of these goals came from the penalty spot. Cagliari and Bologna on the other hand could not be divided with Marco Di Vaio striking in the 75th for Bologna after an uneventful 1st half. Daniele Conti brought Cagliari level in the 81st minute from the penalty spot though. The points were split and the sides remain in the bottom half of the table. AC Milan face Chievo later today. Over in Spain, Levante slammed Sporting Gijon 4-0 with the goals beginning in the 20th minute, from Barkero, and ending in the 62nd minute. Valdo added Levante's 2nd in the 47th while Arouna Kone tacked on two more at the end with strikes in the 52nd and 10 minutes later. Betis were edged by Real Sociedad, going down by 2 in the 76th minute after a goalless 1st half. Imanol Agirretxe opened the scoring in the 56th while Carlos Vela made it 2-0 in the 76th. Betis did well to fight back though, Jonathan Pereira going on a rampage and bringing them level by the 85th. Real Sociedad were a bit lucky to beat their hosts in the 2nd minute of stoppage time of the 2nd half. The 3rd and most vital goal came from Inigo Martinez. While his celebrations warranted a yellow card, his goal was sheer brilliance making for the most exciting of conclusions today. As I post this Mallorca lead Racing 2-0 after an own goal in the dying seconds of the 1st half and a clean strike from Victor in the 58th minute. Espanyol are currently being edged by Osasuna 1-2 after going down by 2. Roland Lamah scored in the 44th while Javad Nekounam made it 2 in the 50th. Just 5 minutes later though, Alvaro brought Espanyol one back. I'll wrap this report up later, enjoy the games!

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