Deportivo's woeful run continues
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October 27, 2010, Wednesday
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DEPORTIVO Coruna's woeful start to the season continued on Monday with a 0-3 defeat at promoted Real Sociedad that left it still winless in Spain's La Liga.
The Galician club, Spanish title winners in 2000 and Champions League semifinalists as recently as 2004, has now lost four of its eight matches and drawn the rest and is mired in the relegation places on four points.
Joseba Llorente put the home side ahead in the 16th minute at the Anoeta stadium in San Sebastian with a pinpoint downward header from Alberto de la Bella's centre.
An unmarked Antoine Griezmann nodded in Sociedad's second with 20 minutes to go, sparking an unusual celebration from the teenage striker when he jumped behind the wheel of a car on display on the running track around the pitch.
Imanol Agirretxe made it three in the 86th when he swept home a fine through ball from fellow substitute Jeffrey Sarpong.
Deportivo has sunk a long way since playing itself to the brink of a place in the final of Europe's elite club competition six years ago and is suffering the financial problems besetting many of Spain's top clubs.
After finishing 10th last term, it was forced to sell one of its best players, defender Felipe Luis, to Atletico Madrid and had debts of 122 million euros (US$171 million) at the end of the 2008-09 season, according to a study by University of Barcelona accounting professor Jose Maria Gay published in May.
Deportivo's latest defeat leaves coach Miguel Angel Lotina under serious pressure ahead of tomorrow's Copa del Rey first leg match at La Liga rival Osasuna and Sunday's home league match against fifth-placed Espanyol.
The Galician club, Spanish title winners in 2000 and Champions League semifinalists as recently as 2004, has now lost four of its eight matches and drawn the rest and is mired in the relegation places on four points.
Joseba Llorente put the home side ahead in the 16th minute at the Anoeta stadium in San Sebastian with a pinpoint downward header from Alberto de la Bella's centre.
An unmarked Antoine Griezmann nodded in Sociedad's second with 20 minutes to go, sparking an unusual celebration from the teenage striker when he jumped behind the wheel of a car on display on the running track around the pitch.
Imanol Agirretxe made it three in the 86th when he swept home a fine through ball from fellow substitute Jeffrey Sarpong.
Deportivo has sunk a long way since playing itself to the brink of a place in the final of Europe's elite club competition six years ago and is suffering the financial problems besetting many of Spain's top clubs.
After finishing 10th last term, it was forced to sell one of its best players, defender Felipe Luis, to Atletico Madrid and had debts of 122 million euros (US$171 million) at the end of the 2008-09 season, according to a study by University of Barcelona accounting professor Jose Maria Gay published in May.
Deportivo's latest defeat leaves coach Miguel Angel Lotina under serious pressure ahead of tomorrow's Copa del Rey first leg match at La Liga rival Osasuna and Sunday's home league match against fifth-placed Espanyol.
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