Real Madrid are off to a rough start in La Liga with one point from two matches. Barcelona didn’t play well on Sunday either, but pulled off a comeback 2-1 win.
La Liga 2012, Week 2: Mistakes, Teenagers Dominate Opening Salvo
Real Zaragoza is not the best team in the Liga; in fact, they might be the farthest team in the tournament from the best team. But that doesn’t mean that they--as Marca eloquently put it “aren’t a first division team”: when they’re given free goals, they will still (almost always) take them. And that’s what made their win against Espanyol a little less mind-boggling: they were not the better side. They were not even close to better; but they are still professionals. So when Espanyol scored towards the end of the first half to take the lead, it seemed like things were over; but when defender Albín literally grabbed a shot by Helder Postiga with his hands in the area, when he already had a yellow card, well, this is a real team, not a group of beer league amateurs. Suddenly, Zaragoza was tied at 1 and up a man. They would culminate the game in the 89th minute, courtesy of Postiga, the best player on the night.
Who is not Messi, as Marca pointed out around 13028424173 times. My response:
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