BEST XI of ROUND 19 in LA LIGA

January 17, 2011

BEST XI of ROUND 19 in LA LIGA

Author: Elisa | Posted at: Monday, January 17, 2011 | Filed Under: Atletico Madrid, Best XI, Borja Valero, David De Gea, David Villa, espanyol, FC Barcelona, La Liga, Real Sociedad, Sergio Busquets, Valencia CF, Villarreal

The hallway point in La Liga and there were a lot of thrills, spills, and surprises. Let's take a look at who were the best of the bunch of this past weekend's matches.

GOALKEEPER

DAVID DE GEA (ATLETICO MADRID) had an incredible game against Mallorca. The score line is quite deceiving as this was a game of end to end attack. But De Gea kept out all of the Barallets dangerous shots including saving Pierre Webo's penalty.

DEFENSE

JAVIER CHICA (ESPANYOL), IVAN HERNANDEZ (SPORTING GIJON), CARLOS DIOGO (REAL ZARAGOZA) and JEREMY MATHIEU (VALENCIA)

Chica had a stellar game vs Sevilla. The Perico full back was immense, keeping out Sevilla's attacks especially on the wings. Young Hernandez had a howler last week, but solid this week in the rojiblanco defense, intervening at critical times against Trezeguet & Co at Hercules. Diogo is normally not mentioned in the best lists of late, but he played extremely well in the fog, hanging on to the 1 nil scoreline in a six pointer against Levante. Lastly, Valencia's Mathieu was brilliant in defense and attack and managed to slip in a goal from a very narrow angle.

MIDFIELD

PABLO PIATTI (ALMERIA), SERGIO BUSQUETS (BARCELONA), BORJA VALERO (VILLARREAL) and XABI PRIETO (REAL SOCIEDAD)

Little Piatti was amazing against the Madrid giants. He was the energizer bunny, causing mischief and 100% responsible for Almeria's goal. Busquets controlled and manhandled the Malaga midfield. He was a big part of the reason that the malagueños got very little time on the ball. Valero is just on fire this season. He was involved in every single goal in Villarreal's 4-2 thriller against Osasuna. When you think leader and Real Sociedad, only one name comes to mind, Xabi Prieto. He started the away goal fest against Getafe with a penalty and then executed the final pass on each subsequent goal.

STRIKE FORCE

JOSE MARIA CALLEJON (ESPANYOL) and DAVID VILLA (BARCELONA)

31 goals this week and both Callejon and Villa bagged two a piece. With Osvaldo missing, Callejon, normally a winger, stepped into some big boots, but was able to show his finishing skills in a critical game for the European dreaming, Espanyol. El Guaje is starting to warm up and fine tune is mind reading skills with Xavi, Iniesta, Messi, and Pedro. His goals looked so easy. You gotta love the nutmeg to Asenjo in the 2nd goal. Pure class.