La Liga

7 matchdays have passed in La Liga. While Real Madrid is perched at 1st spot with 19 points, the two Seville teams (Real Betis and FC Sevilla) have 12… if you add their totals together, that is. While the fact …

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In today’s cut-throat world, a lack of instant success in terms of trophies is forever being punished with the quick-fire sacking of managers.

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They called him “Joe Red” during his time at Manchester United. Villareal still have to come up with a nickname for the young Italian, but Giuseppe Rossi just can’t stop scoring in La Liga: the ex-Red Devil striker produced yet …

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Barcelona moved into second place after a 3-0 win over Atletico Madrid to keep up the pressure on leaders Real Madrid. Barça were led by another superb performance from man-of-the-moment Leo Messi who overshadowed Atletico’s Kun Agüero completely. It must …

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The most appetising of this week’s La Liga fixtures sees Aguirre’s 5th-placed Atlético Madrid side travel to Catalunya to face in-form Barcelona. Both clubs had disappointing starts to the season and have recovered to play some scintillating football of late, …

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Codes of conduct are becoming all the rage in La Liga, where the immense wages paid to players (hence the bit on “credit cards” in the title, get it? ok I just wanted an excuse to extend the alliteration) have …

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Despite another below par performance Real Madrid took another three points from their visit to Getafe. A goal from Sergio Ramos after 65 minutes gave them a narrow 0-1 victory which keeps them on top of La Liga for another …

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With Berndt Schuster’s reign at Real Madrid barely ten games old, including pre-season friendlies, and Schuster himself shuffling the pack for rotational purposes, it is not clear which is the strongest possible Madrid eleven. What’s more, this dilemma is heightened …

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Some might think it would be hasty to make such an assessment so early into the season (after all, European leagues have only begun for a month or two) but it is interesting nonetheless to have a preliminary look at …

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Before I get started on the preview, some info for fans who are looking to watch La Liga games on TV:

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The war of the television companies continues in Spain. For the first time since TV began showing football there was no game transmitted free on Spanish TV after Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon decided to support Sogecable and not allow …

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In this, the second part of my anachronistic La Liga previews, I will analyse the squads of Real Betis, Racing Santander, Recreativo de Huelva and Real Mallorca.

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