Not a great night for the La Liga contingent as Atletico Madrid, Sevilla and Villarreal all slumped to defeat, with only little Getafe maintaining pride for the Spanish quartet. Ironically, Atletico Madrid were downed by two Spaniards, with Hector Cupers tactics and Javitos screamer (see video) sending the Liga leaders home pointless. Not the result everyone was expecting after their riproaring start to the season. Villarreal came a cropper in the Ukraine as Juan Garrido rang the changes, giving starts to back-up strikers Marco Ruben and Jozy Altidore. But Dinamo Zagreb were just too good for the Yellow Submarine, as Brazilian schemer Jorge Sammir stole the show with a goal and assist as they ran out easy 2-0 winners.
Sevillas ongoing European nightmare continued as a late goal from Nene for Paris St Germain punished a drab performance from Alvaro Alvarezs team which earned them a good few jeers once the final whistle was blown. More is expected from trhe likes of Luis Fabiano, Jesus Navas and Frederic Kanoute, and Del Nido knows it. So it was left to Getafe to pick up the only Spanish points of the night as they overcame a shocking first half to stick two goals past Danish side Odense, who had a familiar face in goal: only Roy Carroll! Arizmendi and ex-Xerez man Pedro Rios with the second half strikes.
Aris Salonika 1 - 0 Atletico Madrid
(1-0) 59' Javito
Dinamo Zagreb 2 - 0 Villarreal
(1-0) 18' Rukavina, (2-0) 80' Sammir
Sevilla 0 - 1 PSG
(0-1) 76' Nene
Getafe 2 - 1 Odense
(0-1) 43' Andreasen, (1-1) 50' Arizmendi, (2-1) 80' Pedro Rios
Yes it was a minor hitch for Atletico but it must be remembered that Salonika arent a bad team and have qualified for he euro cup beating teams such as Austria Wien and Real Zaragoza in the process. Although Atletico did lose on this occasion it was evident that they were concentrating on this weekends game with Barcelona. Judging by their great league form and home advantage this weekend we could be seeing the red and white team of Madrid in first place once more by he end of the weekend.
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