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It’s certainly been a week of weaving the season’s tapestry in Spain and wider Europe as time marches on and the transfer guillotine looms. On the banks of the Mediterranean Monaco played hosts to Thursday’s Champions League draw that saw Barcelona paired with Juventus, Real Madrid alongside Borussia Dortmund and Tottenham and Chelsea with Atletico […]
Football had been the last thing occupying the minds of the people of Barcelona in the run up to the Azulgrana’s La Liga opener against Real Betis at the Camp Nou on Sunday night. The thoughts and prayers of Catalonia and of wider Europe were rightly with the victims of the terrorist attack the previous […]
The fireworks of the Spanish Super Cup first leg brought the curtain up on the new La Liga season and Barcelona must now realise they face two Herculean tasks: Staging a two-goal comeback in the Bernabeu and the not-so-insignificant task of replacing Monsieur Neymar Jr. Unstoppable drives from Real Madrid’s current alpha – Ronaldo – […]
August is here along with a raft of super cups and community shields. The start of the eminent season is imminent but the transfer twister is once again spinning mercilessly around the old continent – and at record velocity. Someone will probably blame the ever-worsening conditions on climate change. La Liga has so far had […]
The erstwhile season is over and now begins the football equivalent of dumping your partner and searching for a better model. And it is in Spain where this gauntlet has been taken up with fervent gusto. Clubs have been figuratively marauding around the singles bar that is the managerial market and hooking up with their […]
Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos billed Saturday’s Champions League final in Cardiff as a “date with history” and, following Madrid’s 4-1 win over Juventus, the achievement will certainly be etched into the history of European club football. Real’s victory meant they became the first team to defend the title in the 25-year UEFA Champions League […]
A Lionel Messi-inspired Barcelona beat Alaves 3-1 last night to win the Copa del Rey and give their outgoing coach Luis Enrique a fitting send-off. Barca’s third consecutive Copa del Rey adds a little shine to an otherwise disappointing season which saw them narrowly miss out on the league title and elimination at the quarter […]
Malaga 0-2 Real Madrid Zinedine Zidane led Real Madrid to their first La Liga title in five years on Sunday after his side won 2-0 against Malaga. Real put the ghosts of Tenerife 1993 to bed before they even had a chance to start haunting. The night at La Rosaleda was just two minutes old […]
Ten months of La Liga football come down to one day and two games this Sunday with the odds firmly stacked in Real Madrid’s favour. Los Blancos travel to AndalucĂa to face Malaga needing just one point to secure their first league title in five years while Barcelona host Eibar at the Camp Nou. Conspiracy, […]
