The Spanish Primera División, also known as La Liga has some of the best players in the world. These teams play some of the best football there is and it is a joy to watch. La Liga is one of the most popular football leagues in the world as well, coming in closely behind the English Premier League. There are 20 teams in the division and it generally ends up with four teams being the main challengers. Real Madrid, FC Barcelona, Atletico Madrid and Valencia, with only 2 of those teams being entrenched in history. Real Madrid has won the championship 33 times and Barcelona has won it 24 times. … [Read more...]
La Liga Self Destructs as Barcelona Wrap up the Title
As Dani Carvajal saw red and Lionel Messi slammed in the resulting penalty to put Barce 2-0 up at the Bernabeu, you could see the whole of Spain outside of Catalonia’s shoulders slump and raise the white flag. Aleix Vidal added a third in injury-time to leave Zinedine Zidane’s men to face the baying home support as his side slipped to fourteen points behind their great rivals with the season not even at the half way stage. Catastrophe This week has been a catastrophe for Barcelona’s rivals but a triumph for the Blaugrana as the quartet of Atletico Madrid, Valencia, Real Madrid and … [Read more...]
Competition & El Clasico Preview
Venue: Santiago Bernabeu, Madrid Date: 23/12/2017 Kick-off: 12:00 PM GMT The biggest rivalry in world football takes place this Saturday as Real Madrid and Barcelona clash at the Santiago Bernabeu in the Spanish capital. Real Madrid are in desperate need of all three points at home as they head into the final La Liga game in 2017 with an 11-point deficit with only one game in hand on their rivals. Avoiding defeat would be a huge step towards Ernesto Valverde winning his first La Liga title in his debut season at Barcelona. Barcelona News The Catalan club have won two straight in … [Read more...]
Will Gareth Bale start El Clasico?
Real Madrid host Barcelona at lunchtime on Saturday in what is the most watched derby in league football across the globe. This weekend’s game has additional importance to the hosts as they are currently 11 points behind their rivals in La Liga with only one game in hand. Zinedine Zidane’s were busy winning the FIFA Club World Cup over in the United Arab Emirates last weekend with a 1-0 win over Gremio in the final. They played two games over in Asia whilst Barcelona were only in action once domestically during the same time span. Real Madrid did head over to the UAE after a 5-0 … [Read more...]
Just who are Girona?
Who? Aren’t they Italian? That is the response we have mostly been getting when we rave about Girona and their antics in their debut La Liga season. The Spanish minnows deserve plenty of credit in the footballing world than perhaps they have been receiving for their heroic exploits in their first ever five months in Spain’s top flight. Sixteen games in and little Girona sit seventh in the table after six wins and five draws leaving Pablo Machín’s band of unfancied warriors above the likes of Spanish heavyweights Athletic Bilbao and Real Sociedad. A superb home win over Real Madrid … [Read more...]