Category: La Liga
Barcelona Back At The Top Thanks To Ernesto Valverde
Narratives are proven to aid memory, but in football they can often skew it. Perhaps even more so in the modern era of football where the latest stats [...]
The Madrid Derby – La Liga Spotlight
Despite the season being only 11 matches old, the stakes could not have been higher for both clubs heading into Saturday evening’s Madrid Derby. The w [...]
Business as Usual in the Top 4 – La Liga Spotlight
This past weekend saw all of the top four teams in La Liga bag three points. However, despite the results, not all is well with Barcelona, Valencia, R [...]
Madrid Fall in Catalonia – La Liga Spotlight
Judging by the headline, one would be led to believe that Real Madrid lost to FC Barcelona in the Clasico. However, on Sunday afternoon the mighty Rea [...]
Valencia Are For Real – La Liga Spotlight
The Top 4 are starting to separate themselves from the rest of La Liga, and Valencia are right in there amongst the likes of Barcelona, Real Madrid an [...]
More Than a Club: Barcelona Mix Sport & Politics – La Liga Spotlight
“Més que un club” is written across the stands at the Camp Nou. The weekend before last, FC Barcelona showed, yet again, why they are more than a club [...]
Plenty of Goals, But No Real Surprises – La Liga Round Up
After the mid-week action last week, La Liga was back in full swing starting at noon on Saturday in a top four clash between Atletico Madrid and Sevil [...]
Real Sociedad’s School of 2003 – The Players Who Almost Upset the Galácticos
One minute is all it took.
After a searing World Cup win with Brazil, Ronaldo had signed for Real Madrid in the summer of 2002, becoming the third [...]
The Transfer Targets: Europe’s Overachievers on the Radar of the Elite
As sure as the sun sets in the west, as sure as the Brits love a good cuppa, and as sure as Arsene Wenger will survive a nuclear apocalypse as Arsenal [...]
Ramos’ Big Game Track Record Speaks for Itself
Twice this season, Sergio Ramos has shown us his ability to rise to a vital occasion, seize it, and put Real Madrid on his back. First, it was in this [...]