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Africans In Spain: Pierre Webo Leads Strong Cameroonian Showing
Goal.com's Paul Madden rounds up the key performances from African players in La Liga at the weekend...
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| Bet: | Returns: | Real Sociedad £26.00 | Draw £32.50 | Sevilla £27.00 |
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| Bet: | Returns: | Real Sociedad £28.00 | Draw £32.50 | Sevilla £25.00 |
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| Bet: | Returns: | Real Sociedad £26.50 | Draw £32.00 | Sevilla £24.50 |
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Mar 9, 2010 8:00:00 AM
By Paul Madden
This weekend Cameroon players produced the most notable African performances in the Primera Liga with strike Pierre Webo netting the final goal in a 3-0 thumping of Sporting Gijon at the Ono Stadi. Webo had only been introduced as a sub in the 81st minute but capped another fine home performance from the Balearic Island outfit that keeps them well in the hunt for a UEFA Champions League place.
Espanyol had goalkeeper Carlos Kameni to thank in their scoreless draw against Villarreal at the Cornella El Prat stadium in Barcelona. Not for the first time this season the Blanc i Blau maintained a clean sheet thanks to the Cameroon custodian. Although they finished the game with ten men they secured a point thanks largely to Kameni's goalkeepeing.
Cameroonian midfielder Modeste M'Bami proved the bane of Barcelona as he produced an energetic display for Almeria in their 2-2 draw at the Estadio del Juegos Meditteraneos. M'Bami and Ivory Coast midfielder Yaya Toure contested an intriguing midfield battle as the champions had to twice rely on Lionel Messi to pull them level as they relinquished their lead at the top of the table.
In the stand out fixture of the weekend which saw Real Madrid overturn a two goal deficit to run out 3-2 winners thanks to a late Rafael Van der Vaart injury time winner, Ivorian midfielder Didier Zokora started brightly but was eventually overrun as Madrid marched to a terrific victory which saw them go top of the table on goal difference. Mali international striker Frederic Kanoute was a second half substitute but was largely uninvolved as a rampant Madrid overturned Sevilla in fine style.
Atletico Madrid's young Senegalese striker Ibrahima Balde proved the hero for Los Colchoneros netting a stoppage time equaliser against Real Zaragoza at La Romareda. The hosts lead fot almost the entire game following Jiri Jarosik's seventh minute header but Ibrahima emerged from the bench with just two minutes remaining and powered home a header to keep his sides recent resurgence on track.
Another Sengalese striker, Papakouli Diop, and team-mate Mohammed Tchite put in good displays for Racing Santander as they secured a scoreless draw away to Valencia on Monday night. In truth the Cantabrian outfit could have taken all three points but for some wasteful finishing but the point brings them six points clear of the drop zone.
Espanyol had goalkeeper Carlos Kameni to thank in their scoreless draw against Villarreal at the Cornella El Prat stadium in Barcelona. Not for the first time this season the Blanc i Blau maintained a clean sheet thanks to the Cameroon custodian. Although they finished the game with ten men they secured a point thanks largely to Kameni's goalkeepeing.
Cameroonian midfielder Modeste M'Bami proved the bane of Barcelona as he produced an energetic display for Almeria in their 2-2 draw at the Estadio del Juegos Meditteraneos. M'Bami and Ivory Coast midfielder Yaya Toure contested an intriguing midfield battle as the champions had to twice rely on Lionel Messi to pull them level as they relinquished their lead at the top of the table.
In the stand out fixture of the weekend which saw Real Madrid overturn a two goal deficit to run out 3-2 winners thanks to a late Rafael Van der Vaart injury time winner, Ivorian midfielder Didier Zokora started brightly but was eventually overrun as Madrid marched to a terrific victory which saw them go top of the table on goal difference. Mali international striker Frederic Kanoute was a second half substitute but was largely uninvolved as a rampant Madrid overturned Sevilla in fine style.
Atletico Madrid's young Senegalese striker Ibrahima Balde proved the hero for Los Colchoneros netting a stoppage time equaliser against Real Zaragoza at La Romareda. The hosts lead fot almost the entire game following Jiri Jarosik's seventh minute header but Ibrahima emerged from the bench with just two minutes remaining and powered home a header to keep his sides recent resurgence on track.
Another Sengalese striker, Papakouli Diop, and team-mate Mohammed Tchite put in good displays for Racing Santander as they secured a scoreless draw away to Valencia on Monday night. In truth the Cantabrian outfit could have taken all three points but for some wasteful finishing but the point brings them six points clear of the drop zone.
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