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Chapter 1: What made Arda Guler's 75-yard goal so special?
The very, very special effort from Arnaud Goullert. We've seen the goalkeeper off his line, he's going for it! Unbelievable, 75 yards out, was it? He played five of the youth players. Palacios, Aguado, Thiago, Yanez and Miguel Angel. I mean, that's a leap of faith right there, isn't it? The player who has not been playing well is Lewandowski.
There comes a point, however good you are, when your powers decline. Hello and welcome to the Rest is Football La Liga episode with Alex Aljo and me, Gary Lineker. Since we last spoken, of course, we've had Champions League week. You're waiting for another Champions League. I presume you're in Manchester getting ready for City Real Madrid. Yeah, getting ready for the comeback. La remontada.
Or not. Yeah, the last time Real Madrid conceded four or more in the Champions League was here in Manchester at the Etihad. So maybe that gives City hope, but I'm not overly hopeful for Manchester City. We'll talk about it in a moment, but they played well at the weekend and I can't see City going through. Yeah, so you're always jet-setting, aren't you?
Going to all the posh places, Newcastle, Manchester... And Los Angeles on Friday. Whee, that sounds, that's got a bit more of a sunshine feel to it. Yeah, yeah. What about you, Gary? What have you been up to? What have I been up to? I went to the Emirates on Saturday. Saw a special moment, I think. Incredible. The emergence of young Max Dowman.
I mean, he's been around, everybody knows about him for a couple of years now, but it's nice to see him in the flesh, as it were, which was a special moment. We'd probably start with Real Madrid because that was kind of more newsworthy for a couple of reasons. Another Fede Valverde goal and a very, very special effort from Aldo Guler.
Guler, who's seen the goalkeeper off his line, he's going for it! Wasn't that incredible, that goal? So, so, so good. Unbelievable. 75 yards out, was it? Yeah, I was chatting with Harry this morning, wondering whether that's the long... I mean, obviously goalkeepers have scored, but they're kind of flukes. Yeah. But a deliberate effort. Yeah. Couldn't think of one further away.
For Tauru, for Leicester, actually scored one earlier this season, which was not far short of that, but it definitely wasn't 75 yards. But he did, I think he nutmegged someone first. That was, for me, a better goal, but I'm biased. What was the furthest you scored from? I think five, five yards.
I did score one in my, you know, the proper, not a long range effort like Goulet's, but I did score one from only in my whole career. I think one way, absolute top corner. It was on the angle. So it gave me a little bit more, but it was definitely outside the box. And that was at Old Trafford for Spurs in a 1-0 win. Love it.
That's actually one of those few goals of my career that you can actually find on YouTube and it's not in black and white. Okay, well, I'll have a look after this and have a watch of that. But this was, I mean, what a goal. That goes beyond words. Sensational from Aragula. Yeah, unbelievable. And it feels like the mood is better at the Burnabout all of a sudden.
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Chapter 2: How did Fede Valverde contribute to Real Madrid's recent success?
And there's accommodation there. So they just get sent away and they live there and go to school there and everything. It's incredible. What does the public make of this kind of little bit of a shift towards homegrown talent? Because it's always been about signing the biggest stars in world football and bringing them in.
And unless you're really, really special as a young player going through the Madrid system, it's probably hard to get a look in. I think it's really good to see. I can't see how people wouldn't think that, you know, the seven Real Madrid Castilla players in the squad here travelled to the Etihad. Whether they'll get any minutes in the Champions League, I don't know.
But still, I think it can only be a positive thing. Of course we want to see the superstars. Of course we do. There's always going to be superstars at Real Madrid. But to bring some of these young players through, which Barcelona do so well, can only be a good thing for Real Madrid. I mean, the young Thiago Pitarch. Yeah, Pitarch, yeah. He was given a standing ovation when he came off.
I think it's unusual to see for Real Madrid. We're not accustomed to it, but I wonder whether that long term, I suppose we don't really know what's going to happen with Arbeloa yet. A lot will depend on, I suspect, what happens in La Liga and in particular in the Champions League, because that's obviously, that's the trophy they obsess about. Do the Madridistas think they're going to do this?
Are they confident? Yeah, they always are. It's in the Champions League. Yeah, it's their baby. For sure. And I think they will. I think they will. So, yeah, who knows? Could they win it for a 16th time? Yeah, I can see City scoring goals, but I can just see Real Madrid getting one on the counter on occasions. Elsewhere, a comfortable victory too for Barcelona and a hat-trick for Rafinha.
Two penalties and a deflection, but let's not take anything away from it. It is Rafinha who dinks one in. Second penalty of the afternoon, which Rafinha converts. Rafinha. Rafinha shoots. Oh, it takes a deflection. And Rafinha has a hat-trick. And he was really quiet at St. James' Park. So, yeah, I think he hasn't been at his best lately, but clearly back to his best in this game.
The player who has not been playing well is Lewandowski. There comes a point, however good you are, when your powers decline a little bit. I'm not saying this is absolutely the moment, but it's going to come at some point. He does look slightly leggy compared with the Lewandowski we've seen in the past. He was never one to rely on his incredible pace.
So it'd be interesting to see if he actually starts him. Well, he rested Lamina Mal, didn't he? Yeah. Ahead of that second leg against Newcastle. And really good to see Gavi is back from injury. His first appearance since August, he came on. Yeah. What did Flick say after the game? I've got it here. He said, a lot of things were good, but at times we did not play with the conviction.
I want to see in my team, huge week. We need to be 100% on Wednesday because otherwise we're out of the UCL, out of the Champions League. We need to do things better. Not overly happy. They score five goals, but they also concede two. Well, they're going to concede goals. Yeah. I think that's going to happen with Barcelona, but it's great to watch. It's usually a goal fest.
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Chapter 3: What shift is Real Madrid making towards youth players?
Yeah. Yes. And I think that was definitely intentional. Sorloff's okay though. He's not too sore. I think he's all right. But yeah, so that was Eric's main concern this week. Look, he suddenly cares about Sorloff. That's good. What else has he got to say?
He said, it looks like Simeone has just about met the club's objective for the season, which was Champions League football next season, but that might change under the new owners. And he said, Tottenham turned up 22 minutes late for the Champions League game. Didn't play that well. Yeah, still 1-5-2. Spurs by far the worst team this season at the Metropolitano.
The worst team so far at the Metropolitano. Yeah, that's Eric's claim. Quite damning, but they were bloody awful. Getafe could have nicked a point had it not been for Moussa. Very, very good backup to Oblak. Yeah, he made a brilliant save in stoppage time. But yeah, another good win for Atletico Madrid. Things are looking up. You're not going back to the aforementioned moment there, are you?
Harry, don't laugh at that. You said it, not me. Anyway, before we land ourselves in too much trouble, do you want to round things up? Let's round up the rest of the results from La Liga at the weekend. Alaves drew 1-0 with Villarreal. A 98-minute equaliser from Nicola Pepe rescued a point for Villarreal. Alaves, after an own goal from Rafa Marin, had put the home side ahead.
Girona beat Athletic Club 3-0, banished any lingering relegation fears as goals from Hugo Rincon, Azzedine Unai and Claudio Echeverri gave them a 3-0 win over Athletic Club. Bottom club Real Oviedo sprung a surprise victory over Valencia with a 32nd-minute David Costa's goal, keeping their distant hopes of safety alive.
Charles Pickle opened the scoring for Espanyol at Mallorca, but the home side rallied and goals from Pablo Torre and Samu Costa saw them move out of the bottom three. A rare goal from Hector Bellerin saw Real Betis earn a point at home to Celta Vigo after Ferran Jucla's early opener.
A brace from Gonzalo Guedes and a penalty from Mikel Oriazabal gave Real Sociedad a comfortable 3-1 win over Osasuna. And finally, it finished all square on Monday night as Rayo Vallecano and Levante played out a one-all draw with Patisic levelling for the hosts after Carlos Espi had opened the scoring for Levante. You had to be careful at the end there with that pathesis.
Easy to say, satay piece. Satay piece. Very long. Satay piece. Some great name. Nothing will beat Charles Pickle. Charles Pickle is a fabulous name. Who got sent off in that game, by the way. So he scored and... Did he get sent off the week before? Always in a pickle. You've already made that joke. I can't recycle that, can I? I don't know. You keep pickles in a can for ages.
OK, that's all we've got time for today and tomorrow's episode of The Rest Is Football. The latest now moments that made them. We're focusing on a player that was very much from La Liga, a certain Luis Suarez. What a player he was. For now, though, goodbye from me. Goodbye from me.
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