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vidi3goxv — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 05:32:02 +0000

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Pepe suspended

vidi3goxv — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 04:56:27 +0000

Pepe

Real Madrid defender Pepe has been suspended for ten matches by the Committee Competition for his violent acts against Getafe during the week.

The Portuguese player was guilty of kicking Javier Casquero, punching Juan Albin and also verbally abusing the officials as he was taken from the pitch.

He will now be out for the rest of the season and will play no further part in the title chase as Madrid look to close the gap on Barcelona at the top of the table.

With six games left this season the defender will also miss the first four matches of the next campaign.

There was good news from the Committee too though as Gonzalo Higuain had the yellow card that he picked up against Getafe rescinded.

That booking was the fifth of the season for the Argentine and he would have been suspended for the game with Sevilla this weekend, but will now be free to play.

Higuain is the top scorer for Madrid and his goal in the dying moments on Tuesday kept up the pressure on Barcelona at the top of the table.

Him scoring might well have landed Pepe in more hot water though as he ran onto the pitch to celebrate the goal, after he had already been dismissed.

The defending Primera champions are likely to appeal the decision by the Committee and they will have ten days to do so.

Raul’s Hat Trick!

vidi3goxv — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 04:40:50 +0000

An opportunist hat-trick from captain Raul helped Real Madrid to a 4-2 comeback win at Sevilla on Sunday which cut Barcelona’s lead at the top of the Primera Liga standings to four points.

Raul celebrating 1 of his 3 goals

Barca, who play the champions in Madrid next weekend, were held to a 2-2 draw at fourth-placed Valencia on Saturday and Real took advantage to move to 78 points with five games to play as they bid for a third straight title.

Third-placed Sevilla went ahead in the 17th minute when midfielder Renato nipped in front of his marker to head Diego Perotti’s cross past Iker Casillas from close range.

The goal galvanised Real and Gonzalo Higuain had two good chances to equalise before Raul turned in a low cross from Christoph Metzelder just before halftime.

The 31-year-old striker hooked in a deflected centre on 63 minutes and then pounced on a fumble by Sevilla goalkeeper Andres Palop to make it 3-1 soon afterwards.

Substitute Diego Capel pulled one back with just under 10 minutes left before Marcelo raced clear to score Real’s fourth and seal their 16th win in 17 matches since a 2-0 defeat at Barca’s Nou Camp in December.

Real coach Juande Ramos said the key to victory was Raul’s equaliser, adding that his side had controlled the match in the second half.

“There are five matches and a lot of points left to play for,” he told a news conference. “This weekend we are at home to Barcelona and the match is of huge importance for the league.”

Fifth-placed Villarreal won 2-1 at Getafe to keep alive their chances of returning to next season’s Champions League and Atletico Madrid beat relegation-threatened Sporting Gijon 3-1 to climb above Malaga into sixth.

First-half strikes from Joan Capdevila and Joseba Llorente put Villarreal in control and both sides had a player sent off midway through the second half before Manu del Moral pulled one back from the penalty spot late on.

Manuel Pellegrini’s side have 55 points, one behind Valencia and two adrift of Sevilla, who suffered their fourth straight defeat. Atletico, who had Simao Sabrosa sent off late on for two yellow cards in two minutes, have 52 and promoted Malaga 51.

King’s Cup finalists Athletic Bilbao won a stormy encounter against north-coast rivals Racing Santander 2-1. Five players were sent off during the second half, three from Racing and two from Athletic.

At the foot of the table, Espanyol pulled clear of the relegation places with a 2-0 home win over Real Betis.

Heat defeat the hawks

vidi3goxv — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 02:49:55 +0000

Dwyane Wade swished a 3-pointer, then turned and shook his hand like it was burning. Yep, Wade and the Miami Heat are that hot right now. Wade finished with 29 points and eight assists, Jermaine O’Neal added 22 points and 10 rebounds, and the Heat extended Atlanta’s decade-plus road playoff drought, beating the Hawks 107-78 Saturday night in Game 3 of their Eastern Conference first-round matchup. It was over early: Atlanta missed 17 of its first 19 shots, and a 25-6 Heat run to end the first half pushed the lead to 50-29. “We knew there would be a lot of energy in the building, so we played off that early,” Wade said. “And defensively we came out very tough.” Josh Smith, Al Horford and Mike Bibby scored 13 apiece for Atlanta, which is 0-12 in road playoff games since May 8, 1997, losing all but one by at least 10 points. The Heat lead the series 2-1 and host Game 4 Monday night. “No more excuses,” Horford said. “We’re going to have to bring it fuego on Monday.” When teams split the first two games of an NBA series, the Game 3 winner advances 76 percent of the time. And in recent years, the edge has been even more pronounced – of the last 27 series that were tied at 1-1, the Game 3 winner ultimately prevailed on 22 occasions. That’s a bad sign for the Hawks. “By any means, we’re not out of it,” Hawks coach Mike Woodson said. “But we can’t come out and give effort like we did tonight. I just thought the Heat did everything that they were supposed to do and we just didn’t answer the bell tonight.” Before the game, the Hawks learned starting small forward Marvin Williams would sit out with a wrist injury. Their first shot of the night was from Horford, a 15-foot jumper that fell 2 feet shy of the rim. It only got worse from there, especially with Wade at his highlight-reel best. Defensively, he set the tone with a two-hand erasure of a shot by Mo Evans in the opening minutes, then a high-rising effort to swat an offering from Zaza Pachulia into the most expensive seats late in the third. Plus, he had dunks over two of the Hawks’ biggest challengers – Smith got out of Wade’s way on one, and Horford offered little resistance on another. “D-Wade is kind of at another level right now,” O’Neal said. But just like in Game 2, when Miami took home-court advantage, Wade hardly had to go it alone. Mario Chalmers scored 15 points, Udonis Haslem came through with 12 points and 13 rebounds, and James Jones finished with 11 points for the Heat. “It’s not so much Wade, but that supporting cast that is making such a difference,” Smith said. “If we can’t stop them, it’s going to make them a very tough team to beat.” Miami hit 12 shots from 3-point range – giving the Heat 27 in the last two games – and outrebounded Atlanta 48-35. For good measure, the Heat were a perfect 19-for-19 from the foul line. The sellout, noisemaker-clanging, black-clad crowd had cause for mild concern late in the third, when Bibby hit a 3-pointer and Horford followed with a dunk to get Atlanta within 72-61. The Heat regained control – quickly. Wade set up Jones for a 3-pointer with 1.5 seconds left in the third, found Chalmers for another 3-pointer to open the fourth, and it soon became a full-fledged rout. The Hawks started the fourth 0-for-7, and when Smith got one to finally drop with 4:50 left, it only cut the deficit to 95-70. “All of this doesn’t really mean anything unless you get this next game,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. Atlanta left thinking the same thing, that a win Monday changes everything. “This series is far from over,” Bibby said, “but we need to get the next one.”

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