Revista de La Liga: Neither Deportivo nor Las Palmas are able to ease the growing concern of relegation
Riazor, La Coruna – There were 30 minutes left to play. The match was tied. A goal apiece. Both sides were currently separated by one…
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Revista de La Liga: A royal meeting sees Espanyol continue their unbeaten run by coming from behind
RCDE Stadium, Barcelona – Receiving royal patronage is an honour. An honour that both Espanyol and Real Sociedad have had the privilege of. In 1910…
Copa del Rey Recap: A pair of close matches means that both ties are still in the balance
Camp Nou, Barcelona – The goalscorer, the match-winner, the player who has now scored 16 goals in 16 consecutive games in all competitions, admitted that…
Revista de La Liga: Real Madrid bounce back from Copa elimination by achieving a rare victory in Valencia
Mestalla, Valencia – “We deserved the victory. We deserved a game like that.” Zinedine Zidane – as cool and calm as he has been throughout…
Revista de La Liga: Victory against Valencia brings hope to Gran Canaria
Estadio Gran Canaria, Las Palmas – Las Palmas’ time in La Liga is comparable to that of it’s home. The redevelopment of Gran Canaria’s biggest…
Revista de La Liga: Europe’s hottest city… the home of passion, drama, and goals
Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan, Sevilla – It is the hottest city in mainland Europe. Temperatures regularly reach 40°C in the summer and pavements bake and crack…
La Liga Preview Matchday 18: Spanish football returns after winter hiatus
After a short break for the festive season, Spanish football returns this weekend and there’s plenty to look forward to in the remainder of the…
Revista de La Liga: Barcelona crush Real Madrid in the Christmas Clasico and extend their lead at the top of La Liga
Bernabeu, Madrid – There was to be no white Christmas as the huge banner unfurled at the south end of the ground had predicted. Los…
La Liga Preview Matchday 17: Curtains close for winter with Christmas cracker
There’s just one more matchday for Spanish sides in the La Liga, with games spread out across the next week as Spain’s top-flight edges towards…
La Liga Preview Matchday 15: Testing matches across the board
Last weekend certainly wasn’t the ideal displays from La Liga’s top guns, with Atletico Madrid being the only side in the top-four to taste victory…
Revista de La Liga: The Battle of Bilbao leaves Real Madrid ruing a missed opportunity
San Mames, Bilbao – On a cold and wet Basque evening, Real Madrid failed to score for a second consecutive La Liga away match. Zinedine…
La Liga Matchday 14: December begins as the league takes shape
Often criticised by the simple-minded as being a league that’s dominated by the established elite, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid, Spain’s La Liga has…
Revista de La Liga: The first Madrid derby at El Metropolitano may not have been memorable but it was certainly symbolic
El Metropolitano, Madrid – The first ever Madrid derby at El Metropolitano finished goalless; the result left both of the competitors ten points behind La…
La Liga Preview Week 12: Madrid derby takes centre stage
After an international break that actually meant something, which saw the final slots for the World Cup next summer secured, we’re back into the domestic…
Revista de La Liga: An Alcacer double drowns Sevilla at a wet Camp Nou
Camp Nou, Barcelona – There was a lot to take in before the evening entertainment began on Saturday. Messi’s 600th appearance was greeted with an…
La Liga Week 11 Preview: Big clashes at the top and the bottom
Spain’s La Liga has proven to be an extremely unpredictable league this season, with big sides underperforming, relatively smaller sides exceeding expectations and teams struggling…
La Liga Round-Up: Real Madrid slip and Malaga finally win
An enthralling weekend of action in La Liga has provided plenty of impact at both ends of the table, with things looking extremely tight in…
La Liga Week 10 Preview: 3 sides aim to continue unbeaten runs
Spanish football has certainly gotten very interesting over the course of the past few weeks, with a very fine line separating those at the top,…
Revista de La Liga: The ‘show’ at the Metropolitano finishes all square whilst there’s a nine-goal thriller at Betis
Metropolitano, Madrid – “It was a good dinner for everyone because there was a great show” proclaimed Ernesto Valverde as he sat in the post-match…
La Liga Preview Match Day 8: Atletico look to quell Barca’s dominance
After another international break, albeit one that actually mattered as places for next summer’s World Cup were secured, European domestic football returns this weekend and…