Atletico Madrid passes Granada by two penalties and continues chasing the Catalan giant

Atletico Madrid continued to chase Barcelona at the top of the Spanish league football beating host Granada with two goals against a goal Thursday in the eleventh stage of the competition, which saw a surprise win for Getafe away to Villarreal 2 -zero.

And Atletico raised its tally to 30 points, one point behind leaders Barcelona and five points ahead of Real Madrid, who finished third, while Granada stuck at 11 points in the fourth century.

Atletico win came from two penalties in the match came boring in many periods of its time.

David Villa got two penalties for Atletico where Diego Costa scored the first penalty in the 38th minute while David Villa scored his second penalty kick in the 77th minute.

Atletico played with ten men since the 90th minute after the expulsion of Philip Lewis for getting two yellow cards during the game.

In stoppage time of the match, Granada replied with a goal by the Nigerian midfielder Odeon Egialo.

In the other match of the Romanian international striker Ciprian Marica advanced with a goal for Getafe after five minutes of the start of the game.

Villarreal suffered a resounding shock after 39 minutes expelled Pablo Anajos, after intervention violently with Marica.

In stoppage time of the match Pablo Sarabia added the second goal for Getafe with the help of Pedro Leon Sanchez.

Getafe and raised the tally to 19 points in fifth place, one point behind fourth-placed Villarreal.

And tomorrow Friday at 20:00 GMT Barcelona will be in meeting with his rival Espanyol at home , but Adriano will not participate in the meeting because of the injury he received in their previous game in La Liga against Celta Vigo which the game ended 3-0 to Barcelona.

Tata rejects comparison with Guardiola... And confirms: Pep trained the best team in history

The Barcelona coach Argentine Gerardo "Tata" Martino Rejected making comparisons with former coach Pep Guardiola, adding that the latter trained "the best team in history."

The Tata explained during a press conference on the eve of the face Espanyol in the derby Catalonia round 12 of the Spanish league "we should not run the risk of the outcome of the team until we get to the best version, we respect how to play because people are used to it, we must win matches, and then we hope to reach the best performance”.

And Tata will finish Tomorrow the day number 100 in the Catalan team since the day he took his training to succeed patient artistic director Tito Vilanova.

The Argentine continued, "I do not think it should make comparisons with previous periods, the team still needs a lot to reach the level of the best team in the world, we do not like the feeling of loss of control, we want to move this feeling for the competitor ."

Martino expressed “satisfaction” with the results, but stressed that his players can offer “the best of it," expressing his optimism about the future.

He returned to renew confidence in his compatriot and star Barca first Lionel Messi despite the decline in his performance and his fast on the scoresheet in the last three games in La Liga, stating "we used to see him scoring three goals in the game, Leo is still able to provide the level very well, there is a belief that it is not normal not to score within 72 hours, and is seen as a huge problem.”

On the face of neighbor Espanyol arch, he said " it is a very important game in order to maintain the lead, we must deliver a good performance and to respond to criticism over the past weeks.”

Capello ignores calls to annex Arshavin to Russian team

Russia football coach Fabio Capello has ignored invitations of media and fans to the Andrei Arshavin returned to classes on Thursday when he announced the lineup prepared to face Serbia and South Korea in a friendly next month.

And Russia ensured to qualify for next year's World Cup in Brazil will face Serbia on November 15, before the next play with South Korea after four days in the United Arab Emirates as well.

Arshavin midfielder Zenit St Petersburg appeared this season well with his club but Capello ignore the annexation of the former commander of the Russian national team.

Arshavin former player for Arsenal scored 17 goals in 75 international appearances with Russia, but he found difficulties to impress Capello since the Italian coach took over from Dutchman Dick Advocaat in July 2012.

The Russian squad came as follows:

Goalkeepers: Igor Akinfeev (CSKA Moscow) Yuri Lodygin (Zenit St Petersburg) Sergey Ryzhikov (Rubin Kazan).

Defenders: Aleksander Anyukov and Igor Smolnikov (Zenit St Petersburg), Aleksei Berezutski and Vasili Berezutski and Sergei Ignashevich and Kirill Nabakin and Georgi Schennikov (CSKA Moscow), Vladimir Granat (Dynamo Moscow), Vitali Dyakov (Rostov) Andrey Yeshchenko (Angie)     Aleksei Kozlov (Kuban Krasnodar) Dmitri Kombarov and Sergei Parshivlyuk and Yevgeni Makeev, (Spartak Moscow).

Midfielders: Igor Denisov (Dynamo Moscow) Denis Glushakov (Spartak Moscow) Pavel Mamayev (Krasnodar) Dmitri Tarasov (Lokomotiv Moscow) Aleksandr Ryazantsev (Rubin Kazan) Roman Shirokov and Viktor Fayzulin and Oleg Shatov, (Zenit St Petersburg).

Forwards: Vladimir Bystrov and Aleksandr Kerzhakov (Zenit St Petersburg) Aleksandr Samedov (Lokomotiv Moscow), Artem pockets (Rostov)                Aleksandr Kokorin and Fyodor Smolov and Aleksei Ionov (Dynamo Moscow).

Scolari: Diego Costa exclusion open the door Seleção front Willian

Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari Admitted today that the refusal Diego Costa to join Seleção opens the door to call the player Willian, and not Robinho as it is thought.

Scolari explained during a press conference announced during which the names of the players invited to participate in friendly games against Honduras and Chile next month, "Robinho was in my mind and calculations, he has nearly 100 international appearances and played two world cups, it is important to give him a chance, we'll see if he could integrate with our group and show the same spirit.”

With regard to Willian of Chelsea star said, "I watched him in the past months, that player has a character " but acknowledged that Diego Costa preference to play for Spain hurry in Willian accession, and not Robinho star center Milan.

The veteran coach refused to talk again about Costa, stressing that rolled up that page, also declined compared with the accession of Deco and Pepe to Portugal while he was the leadership.

He explained, “Deco and Pepe status was completely different, which has not been summoned for Brazil and did not participate in any match, not one second."

Scolari stressed that "the list of the World Cup did not close, and the changes and renovations featured until the last day for announcing officially."

As he wished healing to his primary striker Fred spearhead team Fluminese, who is suffering from an injury.

Brazil will meet with Honduras in Miami, United States on November 16, and then face Chile in Toronto, Canada three days later.

On the other hand , Brazilian PSG striker Lucas seems confident from contesting the 2014 World Cup in his country, despite a warning from Luiz Felipe Scolari, Brazil coach that the player need to play regularly with his club.

Ancelotti: "The owners of seven" played nicely... But we need to achieve balance!

Italian coach to Real Madrid Carlo Ancelotti Said that his team gave the performance of " great offensive " during a meeting in front of Seville in the 11th round in La Liga , which ended with the victory of the Royal 7-3.

In remarks after the meeting , which was held last night , Ancelotti criticized the defensive side of the Real , which was allowed to enter the three goals in the team 's goal , noting that Real  has lost its focus somewhat when three straight goals after 32 minutes of kick-off .

The Italian coach believes that Real Madrid need to seek to achieve a balance between defense and attack in order not to face problems in the future , but added at the same time that the game " was pretty good, and we have made a lot of goals."

Ancelotti explained that Real Madrid played yesterday faster and relied on longitudinal passes, "but we need to achieve balance in order to avoid problems in the future  ... But the offensive play was fantastic tonight."

The coach praised his three players Gareth Bale, who scored twice, and Karim Benzema, who scored twice and also regained his brilliance again, and Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored three goals, "hat trick".

Ancelotti told them that the three played admirably for pressure near the penalty area of Seville and there was clear harmony among them, but the Royal defense was not balanced so later will seek to bring about a change in the line of defense.

He also praised Benzema and Bale in particular , the former " play admirably and scored two goals and it was important for the team ," The Welsh " All the people saw this night real Bale who enjoys confidence and plays nicely as to his physical condition has become better and will be important for us."

Italian highlighted the return of midfielder Xavi Alonso, who took part in the second half of the meeting yesterday after missing out for several months due to his suffering from hernia athletes then break in one of his toes.

The coach confirmed that Alonso has a lot of enthusiasm and eager to play as it is ready to participate in the games since the beginning, noting that the player has everything should be in order to regain his fitness.

The Real big win comes over Sevilla after losing last Saturday in El Clasico against Barcelona with two goals to one.