| Wys³any: 2019-08-06 03:18:05 Temat postu: The Barcelona striker played in a home friendly to start BARCELONA, Spain - Luis Suarez will make his Camp Nou debut in official competition on Saturday.The Barcelona striker played in a home friendly to start the season while serving out a four-month biting ban. That ended in time for Suarez to set up Neymars goal in Barcelonas loss at Real Madrid last weekend.Suarez set up another goal for Gerard Pique to help Barcelona win the Catalan Super Cup over Espanyol on Wednesday.Suarez is participating in the correct manner in most cases, Barcelona coach Luis Enrique said. He leaves his mark on the game and shows his effort.On Saturday, Barcelona will host Celta Vigo, the former club of Luis Enrique.Celta is flourishing under Luis Enriques successor, Eduardo Berizzo. Celta is in sixth place, four points behind Atletico Madrid, with only one loss this season.After being denied a goal in Barcelonas 3-1 loss at Madrid, Lionel Messi will have another chance to get the one goal he needs to equal Telmo Zarra as the leagues all-time scorer with 251 goals.Also, Real Madrid will be looking for an 11th straight victory on Saturday at Granada. Cristiano Ronaldo leads the league with 16 goals, almost twice as many as second-place Neymar with nine.Barcelona and Sevilla lead Madrid by one point with Valencia and Atletico Madrid another point adrift. The last time two points separated the top five teams after nine games was 2005-06.Here are some more things to know about this weekends games:___RESTED AND READYRonaldo will be well rested for Saturdays visit to Granada.The Portugal forward did not travel with the team to Barcelona for Wednesdays 4-1 win at third-division club Cornella in the Copa del Rey.Ronaldo has scored in 11 straight appearances and has 21 goals in all competitions this season, putting him in good position to repeat as the Ballon dOr winner. He was included in FIFAs 23-man short list announced this week for the award that will be given on Jan. 12.Granada has gone winless in its last five games, including four losses.___SEVILLA IN SECONDSevillas 2-1 comeback win with two late goals against Villarreal established its best start in club history.The team added a 6-1 rout of second-division side Sabadell on Wednesday to start the Copa del Rey in winning fashion.On Sunday, Sevilla faces a trip to Athletic Bilbao, which had gone nine games overall without a win until a 1-0 victory at Almeria last week.___VALENCIA AT VILLARREALValencia has surpassed expectations under new coach Nuno Espirito Santo with only one loss so far, but it has only managed one win in four away matches.Next up is a tough match at Villarreal on Sunday.Villarreal likes to keep possession and go at you from the start, Valencia defender Jose Gaya said. If we go out there asleep ... they will come for us. We have to have a good start.___ANGRY ATLETICOSAtletico will host Cordoba on Saturday with something to prove.The defending champions are angry that their players left the Spanish leagues awards ceremony this week empty handed. Instead, players from rival Real Madrid swept up most of the individual player awards, despite finishing third last season.Atletico coach Diego Simeone, who did win the best coach award for last season, has joined his players in criticizing the gala.We choose names over capacity, and Atletico was the best last year, at least in the league, Simeone said. Its a system that makes us choose what we consume every day, (and) we consume names. Jonathan Huberdeau Panthers Jersey . Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone dismissed Tuesdays massive anti-government protest in Manama as "a lot of kids having a go at the police." "I dont think its anything serious at all," Ecclestone was quoted as saying in The Guardian newspaper on Wednesday. Ian McCoshen Jersey . 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Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane wanted to stay in Chicago and the Blackhawks wanted to keep the high-scoring forwards in the only NHL uniform they have ever known.COURMAYEUR, Italy – Nexxice from the Burlington (Ont.) Skating Club is in third place after Fridays short program at the ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships. Two teams from Finland lead the field with Marigold Ice Unity first at 76.14 points and Rockettes second at 74.98 points. Nexxice, which performed the Midnight Waltz from Cinderella, produced five level-four elements and follows closely at 74.85. "We were pleased with how we skated," said Nexxice co-captain Lee Chandler, the first male ever to skate with a senior team in Canada. "We took to the ice very confident. We displayed great teamwork and showed some calm moves and effortless glides. We want to come out with the same kind of focus for the free skate." The other Nexxice skaters are Shannon Aikman-Jones, Maria Albanese, Ellicia Beaudoin, Kelly Britten, Courtney Broadhurst, Anna Cappuccitti, Carla Coveart, Saamantha Defino, Yu Hanamoto, Victoria Kwan, Katia Leininger, Kristen Loritz, Bethany Rees, Renee Richardson, Victoria Smith, Kiersten Tietz, Jillian Tyler, Emily Van Den Akker and Julia Uhlitzsch.dddddddddddd Nexxice were the 2009 world champions and have earned silver the past two years at worlds. A second Canadian entry, Les Suprêmes from St-Léonard, Que., are in eighth spot at 63.63 out of 23 entries. The Suprêmes skaters are Élodie Acheron, Audrey Bédard, Karyane Bélisle, Lydia Bergeron, Jessica Bernardo, Lou-Ann Bezeau-Tremblay, Josyane Cholette, Sara Irma Corona, Alexandra DelVecchio, Laurie Desilets, Maria-Victoria Langon, Sarah Leblond, Sophie-Anne Lemay, Clémence Lea Marduel, Agathe Sigrid Merlier, An Kim Nguyen, Chloé Perrin, Geneviève Rougeau, Marina Rousseau and Claudia Sforzin. Competition ends Saturday with the free skate. ' ' ' |