In 2016, @19SCazorla almost had his foot amputated and doctors told him he should be thankful if he could even walk again.
— 433 (@official433) October 4, 2019
3 years later he's started the season with 4 goals & 3 assists in 7 games for his boyhood club @VillarrealCF 💛 pic.twitter.com/duCNjaOZod
The only thing more remarkable than Santi Cazorla’s two years, eleven operations injury comeback is that he has somehow emerged an even better version of himself. Plus: 38-year-old Joaquin Sanchez and 16-year-old Martin Odegaard overcome the two spectrums of ageism. The best stories, comments, and highlights from La Liga 2019/20 September highest-rated eleven.
4-4-2 | Manolo Reina (8.24, Mallorca vs Bilbao); Ruben Pena (8.43, Villarreal vs Valladolid), Yeray Alvarez (8.11, Mallorca vs Bilbao), German Sanchez (7.74, Celta vs Granada), Jose Angel Cote (8.27, Eibar vs Sevilla); Joaquin Sanchez (8.63, Betis vs Levante), Martin Odegaard (8.60, Sociedad vs Alaves), Frenkie de Jong (8.63, Barcelona vs Valencia), Santi Cazorla (8.52, Villarreal vs Betis); Gerard Moreno (9.20, Leganes vs Villarreal), Karim Benzema (9.09, Real Madrid vs Levante)
MANOLO REINA
Player rating: 8.24
Team score: Mallorca 0–0 Bilbao
Individual highlights: 1 penalty save, 5 total saves
Both teams miss late penalties in an entertaining draw at Son Moix. 📛#RCDMallorcaAthletic 0-0 pic.twitter.com/hMHvj1wqVE
— LaLiga English (@LaLigaEN) September 13, 2019
Manolo Reina v Bilbao (H), La Liga 2019/20
— playamaking (@playamaking) February 19, 2020
🎩 1 penalty save ❌
🎩 5 total saves ⛔
🎩 3 parried saves 🔝
🎩 1 collected 🔝
🎩 1 parried danger 🔝
📸: manolo reina
🏷️: #ManoloReina #RCDMallorcaAthletic pic.twitter.com/v4ubogBPR2
RUBEN PENA
Player rating: 8.43
Team score: Villarreal 2–0 Valladolid
Individual highlights: 1 clearance off the line, 104 touches
Cazorla and Ontiveros fire @Eng_Villarreal to a first home win of the season! 💛➕3⃣#VillarrealRealValladolid 2-0 pic.twitter.com/9tzpIgjqPx
— LaLiga English (@LaLigaEN) September 21, 2019
Ruben Pena v Valladolid (H), La Liga 2019/20
— playamaking (@playamaking) February 19, 2020
🎩 1 clearance off the line 🚧
🎩 104 touches 🔝
🎩 6 tackles 🔝
🎩 58 accurate passes 2️⃣
🎩 4 clearances 3️⃣
📸: El Dia de Valladolid
🏷️: #RubenPena #VillarrealRealValladolid pic.twitter.com/rRrQ8aIuwd
YERAY ALVAREZ
Player rating: 8.11
Team score: Mallorca 0–0 Bilbao
Individual highlights: 6 interceptions, 4 aerials won
🔢 #AthleticClub gets one of their best @LaLigaEN starts in terms of conceded goals 💪
— Athletic Club (@Athletic_en) September 16, 2019
✔ 1⃣ goal in 4⃣ matches
✔ Unbeaten in #LaLigaSantander 2019-20
✔ Only team, besides @SevillaFC_ENG, with one conceded goal pic.twitter.com/Afxn9w0Rvc
Yeray Alvarez v Mallorca (A), La Liga 2019/20
— playamaking (@playamaking) February 19, 2020
🎩 65 touches 🔝
🎩 6 interceptions 🔝
🎩 35 accurate passes 2️⃣
🎩 4 aerials won 2️⃣
🎩 3 clearances 3️⃣
📸: Inside Athletic
🏷️: #YerayAlvarez #MallorcaAthletic pic.twitter.com/zHkGlTbbHf
GERMAN SANCHEZ
Player rating: 7.74
Team score: Celta 0–2 Granada
Individual highlights: 1 goal, 98% pass success
A second win on the trot for promoted @GranadaCdeF! 💪#CeltaGranada 0-2 pic.twitter.com/q5z4BTo6Jc
— LaLiga (@LaLigaEN) September 15, 2019
German Sanchez v Celta (A), La Liga 2019/20
— playamaking (@playamaking) February 19, 2020
🎩 1 goal ⚽
🎩 1 shot on target 🔝
🎩 2 shots 2️⃣
🎩 98% pass success 2️⃣
🎩 45 accurate passes 3️⃣
📸: Granada Club de Futbol
🏷️: #GermanSanchez #CeltaGranada pic.twitter.com/keAIx2981Z
JOSE ANGEL COTE
Player rating: 8.27
Team score: Eibar 3–2 Sevilla
Individual highlights: 1 goal, 3 tackles
Cote scores for Eibar from a free kick. #VamosmiSevilla #WeareSevilla #EibarSevillaFC 3-2 (81')
— Sevilla FC (@SevillaFC_ENG) September 26, 2019
🤩 Amazing @coteroces cabra!!! pic.twitter.com/hnDOHQH47a
— SD Eibar English (@SDEibarEN) September 26, 2019
😍 Five goals
— LaLiga English (@LaLigaEN) September 27, 2019
✨ Late drama
🍿 End-to-end action
🎯 Free-kick winner
🙌 Brave comeback
Was #EibarSevillaFC the game of the season so far?
🔥 #LaLigaSantander 🔥 pic.twitter.com/vYcUrcVZPN
Jose Angel Cote v Sevilla (H), La Liga 2019/20
— playamaking (@playamaking) February 19, 2020
🎩 1 goal ⚽
🎩 74 touches 2️⃣
🎩 3 tackles 2️⃣
🎩 1 key pass 2️⃣
🎩 1 dribble 3️⃣
📸: LaLiga English
🏷️: #JoseAngelCote #EibarSevillaFC pic.twitter.com/DJ4LtZfJYa
JOAQUIN SANCHEZ
Player rating: 8.63
Team score: Betis 3–1 Levante
Individual highlights: 2 assists, 7 key passes
"
What are you talking about? I just turned 28. I can dribble now better than before."
—Joaquin Sanchez on (still) striking fear in La Liga defenders at 38 years old
45+1' ⏱⚽️ GOAL! 👏 @lorenmg16!!! Get in!!!!
— Real Betis Balompié (@RealBetis_en) September 24, 2019
💚⚪ #RealBetisLevante 1-1 🔵🔴#RBBlive pic.twitter.com/1Ha8TUNcTA
48' ⏱⚽️ GOAL! 👏 @lorenmg16 taps in a cross delivered by @joaquinarte!!!
— Real Betis Balompié (@RealBetis_en) September 24, 2019
💚⚪ #RealBetisLevante 2-1 🔵🔴#RBBlive pic.twitter.com/4umdmdZDQA
67' ⏱⚽️ GOAL! 👏 @BorjaIglesias9!!! The Panda makes his first as a Green and White!!! 🐼
— Real Betis Balompié (@RealBetis_en) September 24, 2019
💚⚪ #RealBetisLevante 3-1 🔵🔴#RBBlive pic.twitter.com/HVGfZgrWoi
A second win of the season for @RealBetis_en in #LaLigaSantander! 💚 #RealBetisLevante 3-1 pic.twitter.com/W9xvgZYOtz
— LaLiga English (@LaLigaEN) September 24, 2019
👴❌
— Real Betis Balompié (@RealBetis_en) September 24, 2019
👶✅
38 years old? Are you sure? Stop lying and show your ID, @joaquinarte! pic.twitter.com/4R5ancXkRb
🤤 ¡¡¡ESTO SÍ QUE ES ARTE!!! 🤤@joaquinarte 🕺 @RealBetis pic.twitter.com/vjISNuGUol
— LaLiga (@LaLiga) September 27, 2019
Joaquin Sanchez v Levante (H), La Liga 2019/20
— playamaking (@playamaking) February 19, 2020
🎩 2 assists 🎯
🎩 7 key passes 🔝
🎩 2 dribbles 🔝
🎩 1 tackle 3️⃣
📸: El Transistor
🏷️: #JoaquinSanchez #RealBetisLevante pic.twitter.com/364lTBTV98
MARTIN ODEGAARD
Player rating: 8.60
Team score: Sociedad 3–0 Alaves
Individual highlights: 1 assist, 10 key passes
"
I'm playing like more of an adult now. I'm creating more, running more, feeling stronger on the pitch.
I feel like it’s part of growing up."
—Martin Odegaard on his second La Liga coming four years after record 16-year-old debut
What a brilliant incisive pass from @martinio98 which found @mikel10oyar who beat the keeper from close range. 1-0 !!#AurreraReala
— Real Sociedad (@RealSociedadEN) September 26, 2019
Oyarzabal at the double as @RealSociedadEN go second! 💙🚀#RealSociedadAlaves 3-0 pic.twitter.com/v0mbQqomD0
— LaLiga English (@LaLigaEN) September 26, 2019
Since the start of the 2016/17 season, no player has created more chances in a single LaLiga game than Martin Ødegaard's 10 vs. Alavés.
— Squawka Football (@Squawka) September 26, 2019
Which included one absolutely outrageous assist. 🤤 pic.twitter.com/GBegk6D3aV
'I could marry this Martin Odegaard assist'
— MailOnline Sport (@MailSport) September 26, 2019
Social media goes wild for Real Madrid's on-loan midfielder after he sets up Real Sociedad opener with nutmeg and inch-perfect pass https://t.co/U4qQketnbB
Martin Odegaard is on the road back to Real Madrid pic.twitter.com/Gt3dbSARpx
— B/R Football (@brfootball) September 27, 2019
Martin Odegaard v Alaves (H), La Liga 2019/20
— playamaking (@playamaking) February 19, 2020
🎩 1 assist 🎯
🎩 10 key passes 🔝
🎩 87 touches 2️⃣
🎩 53 accurate passes 3️⃣
🎩 1 shot 3️⃣
📸: El Diario Vasco
🏷️: #MartinOdegaard #RealSociedadAlaves pic.twitter.com/20RmyVfAdv
FRENKIE DE JONG
Player rating: 8.63
Team score: Barcelona 5–2 Valencia
Individual highlights: 1 goal, 1 assist
AND THE 16-YEAR-OLD ANSU FATI STRIKES IN MINUTE 2! OMG!! pic.twitter.com/2GcnDT5iGE
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) September 14, 2019
Ansu Fati scored, assisted by Frenkie de Jong.
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) September 14, 2019
Frenkie de Jong scored, assisted by Ansu Fati.
Nice chemistry pic.twitter.com/SQCf24tKkT
⚽ Ansu Fati
— LaLiga English (@LaLigaEN) September 14, 2019
⚽ @DeJongFrenkie21
⚽ @3gerardpique
⚽⚽ @LuisSuarez9#BarçaValencia 5-2 pic.twitter.com/VA8WF4GmlE
Frenkie De Jong completed 100% of his passes yesterday along with a goal and assist. 👏
Ansu Fati became the youngest player in La Liga history to have a goal and an assist in the same game. 😯
The future is bright for Barcelona. 🔥 pic.twitter.com/VSiW6x183f
— 90min (@90min_Football) September 15, 2019
Frenkie de Jong v Valencia (H), La Liga 2019/20
— playamaking (@playamaking) February 19, 2020
🎩 1 goal ⚽
🎩 1 assist 🎯
🎩 3 dribbles 🔝
🎩 3 key passes 🔝
🎩 100% pass success 🔝
📸: Frenkie de Jong
🏷️: #FrenkiedeJong #BarcaValencia pic.twitter.com/NO5bYew3p3
SANTI CAZORLA
Player rating: 8.52
Team score: Villarreal 5–1 Betis
Individual highlights: 1 goal, 1 assist
"
There’s one thing I’ve taken away from Arsenal above all else: The fans’ affection.
I’m beyond grateful for everyone’s love and support, they mean the world. My only regret, the thorn in my flesh, is not having been able to say goodbye on the field; it feels like I owe them that much.”
—Santi Cazorla on having to leave Arsenal between his two-year injury layoff
#VillarrealRealBetis | 1-0 🚨 38' | GOALLLLLLLLLLLL! Toko Ekambi heads home from a corner. Get in there! 💪 pic.twitter.com/1yJxzMxZa4
— Villarreal CF English (@Eng_Villarreal) September 27, 2019
#VillarrealRealBetis | 2-1 🚨 68' | GOALLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!! @19SCazorla is so calm from the penalty spot and strokes it into the back of the net after a foul on @chukwueze_8. Get in there! 💪💪💪 pic.twitter.com/91DjPuU6rY
— Villarreal CF English (@Eng_Villarreal) September 27, 2019
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
— LaLiga English (@LaLigaEN) September 27, 2019
Five-star performance from @Eng_Villarreal at the Estadio de la Ceramica! 💛#VillarrealRealBetis 5-1 pic.twitter.com/cSdkJOo23D
#VillarrealRealBetis | With this strike, @19SCazorla became the top scoring midfielder for #Villarreal (46 goals), passing Juan Román Riquelme (45). Brilliant, Santi! 👏 pic.twitter.com/2oSMCNApxA
— Villarreal CF English (@Eng_Villarreal) September 27, 2019
Asistiendo y marcando 🥅🚀@19SCazorla se lanza directo a nuestro #TOTW3 de @laliga en esta semana 💪💪 #FIFA20 #FUT20 @VillarrealCF pic.twitter.com/iSrEDKtIb3
— EA SPORTS FIFA ESP (@EASPORTSEsp) October 2, 2019
"They told me, 'If you get to walk again with your son in the garden, be satisfied" 🗣
— Goal News (@GoalNews) October 4, 2019
Santi Cazorla's story is incredible 💛
✍️ @Joshua_Thomas97 https://t.co/OPlEtfEDCj
Santi Cazorla v Betis (H), La Liga 2019/20
— playamaking (@playamaking) February 19, 2020
🎩 1 goal ⚽
🎩 1 assist 🎯
🎩 4 key passes 🔝
🎩 2 dribbles 🔝
🎩 3 shots 3️⃣
📸: RTVE Deportes
🏷️: #SantiCazorla #VillarrealRealBetis pic.twitter.com/Sf5tYjKhwL
GERARD MORENO
Player rating: 9.20
Team score: Leganes 0–3 Villarreal
Individual highlights: 2 goals, 3 key passes
Gerard Moreno fires @Eng_Villarreal to their first win of the season! #LeganesVillarreal 0-3 pic.twitter.com/oIJj5cdSPF
— LaLiga English (@LaLigaEN) September 14, 2019
#LeganésVillarreal | @GerardMoreno9 is on fire! 😱🔥
— Villarreal CF English (@Eng_Villarreal) September 14, 2019
1️⃣ @GranadaCdeF 💥⚽️
2️⃣ @LevanteUD 💥⚽️
3️⃣ @realmadriden 💥⚽️
4️⃣ @CDLeganes_en 💥⚽️⚽️
The Yellows striker is, at the moment, top scorer in @LaLigaEN! 💪 pic.twitter.com/HnOM8CHeWj
Gerard Moreno v Leganes (A), La Liga 2019/20
— playamaking (@playamaking) February 19, 2020
🎩 2 goals ⚽
🎩 3 key passes 🔝
🎩 2 dribbles 2️⃣
🎩 4 clearances 3️⃣
🎩 2 shots 3️⃣
📸: UEFA en espanol
🏷️: #GerardMoreno #LeganesVillarreal pic.twitter.com/sqr0FFGIIn
KARIM BENZEMA
Player rating: 9.09
Team score: Real Madrid 3–2 Levante
Individual highlights: 2 goals, 7 shots
25′ | 1-0 | GOOOOOOOOAL by @Benzema !!#RMLiga | #FIFA20 pic.twitter.com/1eUFICk0Ic
— Real Madrid C.F. 🇬🇧🇺🇸 (@realmadriden) September 14, 2019
✅ What an assist from @jamesdrodriguez for @Benzema's second goal of the match! #HalaMadrid pic.twitter.com/qedlxuJ0ns
— Real Madrid C.F. 🇬🇧🇺🇸 (@realmadriden) September 14, 2019
A victory for Eden Hazard on his Real Madrid debut! #RealMadridLevante 3-2 pic.twitter.com/Rjj6jo2c3O
— LaLiga English (@LaLigaEN) September 14, 2019
19 – Karim Benzema 🇫🇷 has scored 19 goals in La Liga in 2019, only Lionel Messi & Kylian Mbappe (21 each) have scored more in the Top 5 European leagues. Fire. pic.twitter.com/1Yz4wjqf5W
— OptaJean (@OptaJean) September 14, 2019
Karim Benzema v Levante (H), La Liga 2019/20
— playamaking (@playamaking) February 19, 2020
🎩 2 goals ⚽
🎩 7 shots 🔝
🎩 4 shots on target 🔝
🎩 2 aerials won 2️⃣
🎩 1 tackle 3️⃣
📸: Real Madrid C.F.
🏷️: #KarimBenzema #RealMadridLevante pic.twitter.com/Ck6HdT2SjN
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