SPANISH FOOTBALL - LA LIGA 2009 / 2010 - ROUND 20 SUNDAY GAMES RESULTS

Here are the results & scorers of todays Round 20 Sunday games.GETAFE & RACING DE SANTANDER played a 0-0 draw.(photo: Valladolid - Almeria_marca.com)VALLADOLID played out a 1-1 draw with ALMERIA. CRUSAT scoredfor Valladolid in the 12th min & ARZO equalized for Almeria in the81st min. People not happy with new Coach Lillo at Almeria.VILLAREAL lost more than just 0 - 2 to OSASUNA, its Coach

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LA LIGA 2009 / 2010 - ROUND 20 SATURDAY GAMES RESULTS

REAL SPORTING DE GIJÓN played a serious game to go down 0-1 toFC BARCELONA in a controversial manner. The only goal scored byBarça, & the winner, came from PEDRO who was off-side with thepass coming from a free-kick taken from the wrong spot. SFS willnot enter the "local" debate on "suspected" favouritism, but thecontinuing decisions being called of a dubious nature with Barça inaction does lift

INDOOR FOOTBALL - SPAIN DEFEATS PORTUGAL 4-2 FOR 5th EUROPEAN TITLE

SPAIN defeated PORTUGAL in the final of the 2010 EUROPEANINDOOR FOOTBALL FINAL. Spain won its 5th European Titleconfirming their superiority while holding the current WorldChampion Title. Here is the video of the highlights & the goals:4 - Spain: Luis Amado, Kike, Álvaro, Javi Rodríguez, Borja - intial 5,Daniel, Fernandao, Ortiz, Torras, Lin & Juanra.2 - Portugal: Bébé, Gonçalo Alves, Pedro Costa

SFS FLASHBACKS: SPAIN vs KOREA WORLD CUP 2002

It´s the 2002 World Cup, SPAIN is playing KOREA & playing well witheyes on the final stages. However, two controversial refereedecisions – disallowing two legitimate goals – sends Spain homemissing the semi-finals with a cruel sense of injustice once again.This is an ever present situation that we hope will be absent in thisyears 2010 World Cup Finals in South Africa.

SPANISH CUP 2º LEG QUARTER FINALS: THURSDAY GAMES RESULTS

Two 2ºleg Quarter Final SPANISH CUP games were played tonight &has given the names of the two teams that join Sevilla FC & Racingin the semi-finals.(Aduriz (Mallorca) laments a missed chance)GETAFE lost 0-1 to MALLORCA with the goal scored by ADURIZ in the 45th min. But it was not enough as Getafe won 1-2 in the 1ºst leg,therefore the Madrid team goes through to the semi-finals.(Diego Forlan

SPANISH CUP 2º LEG Q/FINAL - WEDNESDAY GAMES RESULTS

SPANISH CUP 2º leg Quarter Final action gave us two teams thatmove onto the semis.OSASUNA lost 0-3 to RACING who came with a 1ºleg 1-2 advantage.Goals came from XISCO, HENRIQUE & a beauty from young SpanishFootball sensation (& soon to be Real Madrid player)SERGIOCANALES. Watch his goal below:SEVILLA FC went to DEPORTIVO with a 3-0 advantage, & although theylost 1-0 with goal by Deportivo player

Gameweek 24 Preview

Firstly, an apology for the lack of preview last week. Work commitments along with the short game left me caught short. Hopefully everyone was aware of United and City's absence and planned accordingly while picking a captain become somewhat trickier with the likes of Rooney and Tevez absent.

The headline game of week 24 will of course be the clash at the Emirates between Arsenal and United, which is probably the biggest game of the season so far. Fantasy wise I don't love the game with these games tending to have a couple of goals and a lack of clean sheets (the only clean sheets in this fixture since 2002 have been the 0-0 in 2005/06). Four more teams have double gameweeks with the highlight of course being league leaders Chelsea who have a pair of road games against two of the weaker sides in the division (though both have actually been decent at home). Double gameweeks are going to play a massive part of the remainder of the season with no less than 14 scheduled over the next 7 gameweeks.

Clean Sheet Rankings

1. Fulham (double)
2. Chelsea (double)
   
3. Man City
4. Sunderland
5. Birmingham
6. Tottenham
7. Hull (double)
   
8. West Ham
9. Liverpool
10. Burnley
11. Aston Villa
12. Arsenal
13. Wigan
14. Everton
15. Stoke
16. Wolves
17. Portsmouth (double)
    
18. Man Utd
19. Blackburn
20. Bolton

Fulham's defensive fixtures this week aren't far off the equivalent of United's double gameweek in week 22 that lead to huge returns from the likes of Rooney and Valencia. Fulham have conceded just 6 goals at home this season and welcome two opponents (Villa and Portsmouth) this week, one of whom is average away from home (1.2 GPG) and one who aspires to be average (0.5 GPG). The strength of these fixtures, along with their favourable upcoming fixtures make Fulham defenders a must buy this week, and I would even consider paying 4 points to bring someone in if your other options aren't good.

Captain Picks

1. Frank Lampard
2. Nicolas Anelka
3. Didier Drogba
   
4. Steven Gerrard
5. Carlos Tevez
6. Wayne Rooney
7. Cesc Fabregas
8. Florent Malouda
9. Stephen Hunt
   
10. Bobby Zamora

With United and Arsenal players looking less appealing than normal I would either back my Chelsea players on a double gameweek or roll the dice with someone like Stephen Hunt who also plays twice. For midfielders who can contribute in several ways, it's hard to go wrong captaining a player on a double gameweek as you give you a great chance to get double digits from your leader. Drogba is due to be back after Cote D'Ivoire early departure from the ACN but stay tuned this week for the latest on this as there is a good chance he could wind up on the bench for at least the Burnley game.

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