Sometimes you wonder what you are going to write about and then Real Sociedad and Real Zaragoza go out and beat Barçalona and Real Madrid on the road. Granted Barça had ended with 3 players out of position on their backline, but any lineup with Gerard Piqué, Lionel Messi, and Xavi should get it done at Sociedad. This result in the grand scheme of things makes Sociedad’s road to La Liga next year pretty much ensured and creates a road of perfection needed for Barça to reach the 100 point mark and beat their all-time La Liga point record set last year. Sociedad’s Antoine Griezmann, highly touted by GolTV’s and WFD regular Wayne Hudson, looks like a star in the making. It’ll be hard for Sociedad to turn down the millions that will be cast their way over the summer transfer period for his services. Same goes for Zabi Prieto. It would be great to see if they could hold on to these two, add some pieces, and compete for a Europa League spot next year.

Zaragoza needed it much more than Madrid, but Madrid playing home at the Bernabéu and with a squad eight players different than the loss on Wednesday still should have finished off Zaragoza. Madrid’s 2^nd eleven is better than all of La Liga’s 1^st eleven save Barça.

Are we surprised Madrid finished with ten men again?

José Mourinho would have been better suited to try and raise a conspiracy theory about the ‘powers that be” trying to undermine him rather than help Barça. Although that would be fantasy as well. Most folks aren’t fooled into thinking an aggressive, physical, and defensive style of play won’t produce fouls and thus cards and sendings-off. Does the Ricardo Carvalho’s dismissal mean that the ‘UEFA loves Barça’ conspiracy theory extend to La Liga? Do we really need to answer that? Here’s what I believe: the majority of the footballing world is not fond of Mourinho for his antics and for his teams’ styles of play. Because he is Mourinho, most say he is safe for at least another year in Madrid because of the Copa del Ray win. I am not so sure. If Barça win the double between La Liga and the UEFA Champions League, I think Madrid sacks him. The triple combination of having the world’s deepest roster and highest payroll, not winning either of the two big trophies, and not playing the traditional Madrid way will be too much.

What will happen in El Clásico Part IV? Could it get any worse than the debacle on last Wednesday? Yes and it will. What everyone wants to see is Mourinho give the green light to an attacking game to make-up the two goal deficit. I think the opposite will happen. You’ll see Madrid add simulation to the ultra-defensive tactics and fouling. Do we really think Mourinho will use a more open strategy that created a 5-0 loss earlier this season? My greatest fear is someone getting injured. Genuinely injured that is, Nigel Dejong karate kick style, not Dani Alves stretchered-off and running back on style. That or a full scale brawl on the pitch. Just about everything else happened in the last match. El Clásico Part IV will be more reality TV than sporting spectacle.

Scores

R Madrid 2-3 R Zaragoza | Lafita 41' & 77', Gabi 54', Ramos 62', Benzema 84'
Real Sociedad 2-1 Barçalona | Thiago 29', Ifran 71', Prieto 82'
Deportivo 0-1 Atletico | Agüero 80'
Almeria 0-1 Sevilla | Renato 58'
Levante 0-0 Sporting Gijón |
Málaga 3-1 Hercules | Valdez 4', Baptista 5' & 76', Rondon 73'
Racing Santander 2-0 Mallorca | Rosenberg 13' & Bakircioglü 43'
Villarreal 2-1 Getafe | Rios 31', Cani 61', Rossi 74'
Osasuna 1-0 Valencia | Cejudo 59'
Espanyol vs. Athletic Bilbao | Monday

Table

1. Barçalona (88) Shock loss means little beyond perfection for 100 pts.
2. Real Madrid (80) Will shock loss at home hurt karma for UCL?
3. Valencia (63) Villarreal are going to make the #3 spot race interesting.
4. Villarreal (60) Getting close to UCL being numerical done and close to automatic.
5. Atlético Madrid (52) Agüero is on fire, maybe the hottest striker in world.
6. Sevilla (52) Win at Almeria gets them ahead of Bilbao temporarily.
7. Athletic (51) Win on Monday at Espanyol gets them back into Europa League spot.
8. Espanyol (45) Expect a lot of youth to play against Bilbao on Monday.
9. Levante (43) Really #9?
10. Sporting Gijón (41) Draw at Levante oddly seems a good result.
11. Mallorca (42) Loss at Racing is no surprise. Racing needed it a lot more.
12. Real Sociedad (41) Tamudo, Griezmann, and Prieto too much for Barça B.
13. Racing (40) They are a result or two from safety.
14. R Zaragoza (39) They needed it more than Madrid, but at Madrid is shock.
15. Málaga (39) Baptista keeps scoring and scoring. Best winter pick-up.
16. Osasuna (38) Huge win hosting Valencia. Relegation race now wide open.
17. Deportivo (38) They really needed at least a draw hosting Atlético.
18. Getafe (37) Lose at Villarreal was expected. Dropped 4 spots to drop zone.
19. Hercules (33) Loss at Málaga leaves little room to avoid the drop?
20. Almeria (26) One more loss and they are relegated.

Stephen Kuzner is a Baltimore-based Blogger for WorldFootballDaily.com who specializes in La Liga. You can reach him on Facebook at facebook.com/BarcaBlogger or Twitter at @twitter.com/BarcaBlogger.