La Liga Focus.

Well both Real Madrid and Barcelona won their games this weekend. Barcelona won their game which was away to Zaragoza and Real Madrid won their home game against Racing. Barcelona won their game by two goals to nothing while Real Madrid trashed Racing by 6 goals to 1. For the game been Real Madrid and Racing, the match was a complete whitewash. Real Madrid was all over. Although they conceded a goal in that game, one will say that one cannot compute the ball possession of the game. Left to me, I will say that the ball possession was maybe 70%-30% in the favour of Real Madrid. Real Madrid played their hearts out. On the other hand the game between Barcelona and Zaragoza two was not too bad. Of course both goals of the match were scored by the current world footballer of the year, Lionel Messi. It really shows that the player is back. The La Liga table standings look like this.


Teams………………………………………………. Matches ………………………………………..Points
(1.) Real Madrid……………………………………………….. 8………………………………………………..20
(2.) Villareal……………………………………………….. 8………………………………………………..19
(3.) Barcelona……………………………………………….. 8………………………………………………..19
(4.) Valencia……………………………………………….. 8………………………………………………..16
(5.) Espanyol……………………………………………….. 8………………………………………………..15
(6.) Sevillla……………………………………………….. 8………………………………………………..14
(7.) Getafe ……………………………………………….. 8………………………………………………..13
(8.) Atletico
Madrid ……………………………………………….. 8………………………………………………..13
(9.) Mallorca……………………………………………….. 8………………………………………………..11
(10.) Athletic
Bilbao……………………………………………….. 8………………………………………………..10
(11.) Osasuna ……………………………………………….. 8………………………………………………..9
(12.) Hercules……………………………………………….. 8………………………………………………..9
(13.) Levante ……………………………………………….. 8………………………………………………..8
(14.) Sporting
de Gijon……………………………………………….. 8………………………………………………..8
(15.) Almeria ……………………………………………….. 8………………………………………………..7
(16.) Real
Sociedad……………………………………………….. 8………………………………………………..7
(17.) Malaga ……………………………………………….. 8………………………………………………..7
(18.) Racing……………………………………………….. 8………………………………………………..7
(19.) Deportivo ……………………………………………….. 8………………………………………………..4
(20.) Zaragoza……………………………………………….. 8………………………………………………..3


One can see from the table that it is still very tight at the top. The top spot is far from secure. But the remarkable thing to say is that it seems that Real Madrid has got back their usual high scoring form for which they are known. Barcelona too is not doing too badly but it is obvious that they are missing the presence of Xavi. But they (Barcelona have to up their game and find their high scoring form). They might have to look for more sharp attackers during the transfer window come January next year. They have to be more accurate that is convert more of their goal scoring chances than they are doing right now if they will provide a serious challenge to Real Madrid in their contention to retain the league trophy they won last year. This is because the defense of Real Madrid has greatly improved.
I think one will be really unfair to neglect other clubs in the La Liga because from the team occupying the second position to the one occupying the 10th position, there are still possibilities for any one of them to win it if Real Madrid becomes careless. But the team that one will look at that is showing a serious threat to Real Madrid’s lead is Villareal. Villareal is a team to watch out for. For they have been giving Barcelona a very tough time and that is why they are on the second spot. They have not hidden their intentions to win the league this season. So they also cannot be toiled with.
Seeing the present situation of the league table, one can only say that the league is still open for anyone to win it.