La Liga

Malaga dream of La Liga success appears to be fading

 November 25, 2015   John Welsh

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The Spanish La Liga has been dominated in recent seasons by both Madrid teams and Barcelona but just a few seasons previously, Malaga also threatened to become of the leading teams in that league. In June 2010 Sheikh Abdullah Al Thani from the ruling Qatari family became the new owner with optimism that new investment […]

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Villarreal overshadow both Real Madrid and Barcelona as they lead La Liga

 September 28, 2015   John Welsh

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It may be early days in the Spanish La Liga campaign of 2015-16 but neither of the Madrid teams nor Barcelona lead the league table with unbeaten Villarreal currently setting the pace. Villarreal have yet to win the league title in Spain and have been runners-up on only one occasion but five successive victories following […]

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Marseille title dreams fade as PSG win ‘Le Classique’

 April 6, 2015   John Welsh

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When Marseille encounter Paris Saint-Germain in a French Ligue 1 match, the game is billed as ‘Le Classique’ as the rivalry between the two largest cities in France has always been intense throughout the years and their respective football teams generally produce an entertaining but fiercely competitive spectacle whenever the fixture is staged. The Clash […]

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Cristiano Ronaldo’s Goal-Burst Leads Real Madrid to Massive Win over Granada

 April 6, 2015   R K Gupta

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On a brilliant Easter Sunday at Santiago Bernabeu, Real Madrid fans got berserk, when they were treated to some charismatic display from the world’s best football player, who is one of their own. It wasn’t, otherwise, a great occasion but just a league game against another La Liga side Granada. But the visitors suffered their […]

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Barcelona

Recent Barcelona victories silence talk of a crisis at the club

 March 24, 2015   John Welsh

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There was talk of a crisis in the camp at Barcelona. The team had been beaten 1-0 in San Sebastian by Real Sociedad with Lionel Messi and Neymar restricted to used substitute roles as rumours emerged of dressing room unrest and the fate of manager Luis Enrique was the subject of much adverse discussion. It […]

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La Liga

A rare weekend in La Liga as both Real Madrid and Barcelona are beaten

 January 5, 2015   John Welsh

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There have not been many weekends in recent Spanish La Liga history when both Real Madrid and Barcelona have suffered defeat but on the first weekend of 2015 after the Christmas break, that is exactly what happened as Atletico Madrid closed within one point of leaders Real following their 3-1 home win against Levante. Defeats […]

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Celta de Vigo

Celta de Vigo shock Barcelona as Suarez, Messi and Neymar all fail to score

 November 3, 2014   John Welsh

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In recent seasons the Spanish La Liga has been dominated by Real Madrid and Barcelona with Atletico Madrid ending their monopoly last season. However, after 10 matches of the current campaign, Real lead the table but four other teams are within two points and then Celta de Vigo and Malaga are not too far adrift […]

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Real Madrid’s El Classico Win at Bernabeu Ends Barca’s Unbeaten La Liga Start

 October 31, 2014   R K Gupta

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Santiago Bernabeu was packed with Real Madrid fans in Spain’s capital city on Saturday. All of them got their money’s worth, when their heroes scored an emphatic 3-1 victory over arch-rivals Barcelona in season’s first El Classico. Barcelona had made an unbeaten start to the new La Liga season but Real Madrid effectively ended that […]

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Real Sociedad

A spell of contrasting fortunes for Real Sociedad culminate in 4-2 defeat of Real Madrid.

 September 1, 2014   John Welsh

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The 4-2 defeat of Real Madrid by Real Sociedad on Sunday will be the result that captures the headlines within the Spanish football media especially as Sergio Ramos and Gareth Bale had fired the La Liga title favourites into a two goal lead inside 12 minutes. Although Cristiano Ronaldo was absent with injury, both Toni […]

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Atletico Madrid hoping for a historic double after clinching La Liga

 May 18, 2014   John Welsh

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In claiming their first La Liga title since 1996, Atletico Madrid finally managed to break the monopoly exercised by Barcelona and Real Madrid for the previous nine seasons. Since the 2004-05 campaign, Real and Barca have shared nine titles and a dominance of Spanish football with Champions League finance and other extras allowing lavish spending […]

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