Mateu Lahoz blew his final whistle. Atlético Madrid had done it. Their 1-1 draw with Barcelona at Camp Nou was enough. They were La Liga champions. For Atlético, it was …
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Daniel Alves da Silva. It’s interesting that the name of an eccentric Brazilian full-back has come to define a position. Alves has, in his years as a professional footballer, gone …
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If we started speaking about, diminutive, magical Argentines in the 2000s, everyone will think quite rightly of Lionel Messi. But way before La Pulga moved to Barcelona, he was idolising …
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After a three-month hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, La Liga is resuming its 2019-20 season on Thursday with the eagerly anticipated Seville derby between Sevilla and Real Betis. In …
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Football is a game of margins and one wonders how differently many things would have turned out if certain critical moments went the opposite way. It’s remarkable to think that …
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Real Sociedad’s recent years have been riddled with consistent midtable or lower midtable finishes. While the club’s home ground, the Reale Arena, is known for giant killings and regularly putting …
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Real Madrid’s first modern-day Galácticos brought goals, glitz and glamour to the Spanish capital – but few teams have underachieved so markedly. The term ‘Galáctico’, Spanish for ‘Superstar’, was first …
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Preparing for Success Upon taking over from Gregorio Manzano halfway through the 2011-12 season, Diego Simeone set about forging an identity for Atlético Madrid as a winning outfit. Their 3-0 …
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For just over ten years at the end of the last century and beginning of the new one, the Galician seaside city of A Coruña was home to one of …
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Jorge Molina made his La Liga debut at the age of 29. Just four years before, aged 25, he made his professional football debut when he lined out for Polideportivo …
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Picking a Best XI for this La Liga season was pretty difficult. The traditional big two not dominating in the way they used to has made the league much more …
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It’s October 22nd, 2019, Real Madrid are in Turkey to face Galatasaray in the group stages of the Champions League. If Zinedine Zidane doesn’t bring all three points back to …