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League Focus: La Liga 2013/14 Season Review

by David Cartlidge at Tuesday, May 20 2014 16:35
League Focus: La Liga 2013/14 Season Review This was, without any shadow of a doubt, one of the most exciting La Liga seasons of all-time. The most important positions at both ends of the table were not certain until the very last day, and in the very end we had a new champion outside of the Barcelona/Real Madrid monopoly for the first time i...
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Match Focus: Stretched Atlético's Chance to Make History Against Barcelona

by David Cartlidge at Thursday, May 15 2014 16:14
Match Focus: Stretched Atlético's Chance to Make History Against Barcelona And then there were two...It just so happens that this particular two will play each other on La Liga’s final day of the season. Barcelona face Atlético Madrid in what promises to be one of the most spectacular showdowns in Spanish football history. If Barcelona win, they will retain th...
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Team Focus: Sticking to Principal Paying off for Paco Jémez at Rayo

by David Cartlidge at Thursday, May 8 2014 10:55
Team Focus: Sticking to Principal Paying off for Paco Jémez at Rayo There is no club in Spain’s top flight that has battled against the odds – and continues to do so – like Rayo Vallecano in recent years. With the smallest budget in La Liga (around €18m) the Vallecas outfit take the field every week 30 times worse off than Barcelona and Real M...
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Team Focus: Weighing up La Liga's Relegation Run in

by David Cartlidge at Wednesday, Apr 30 2014 09:30
Team Focus: Weighing up La Liga's Relegation Run in This past weekend Real Betis were the first team to fall in La Liga’s relegation battle. It had been a case of confirming the inevitable for the Andalucian side, who have won only five of the 35 games they’ve played this season. Now attentions turn to the other two relegation spots, and ...
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Player Focus: Industrious Isco Impressing in Interior Role for Real

by David Cartlidge at Thursday, Apr 24 2014 12:16
Player Focus: Industrious Isco Impressing in Interior Role for Real Those familiar with Isco prior to his €30m move to Real Madrid in the summer will in some part, barely recognise the figure he has become in the Spanish capital. But this by no means a negative observation.There are forces at work within the Bernabéu attempting to turn Isco into a more c...
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Player Focus: Dani Parejo Turning Things Around at Valencia

by David Cartlidge at Wednesday, Apr 16 2014 11:51
Player Focus: Dani Parejo Turning Things Around at Valencia From boo-boy to top of the class - few players have experienced a role reversal quite like that of Dani Parejo at Valencia. In 2012, while in his first season with the club, he was singled out by fans as a target of their frustration. Now in 2014, he’s one of very few players giving those exac...

Player Focus: All-Rounder Koke Shows His Value to Atlético

by David Cartlidge at Friday, Apr 11 2014 12:01
Player Focus: All-Rounder Koke Shows His Value to Atlético When looking at Atlético Madrid, it’s difficult to highlight specific, standout individuals. The unit, the team and the collective aspect, is what takes precedent. Diego Simeone has created it to be that way. However, the Argentinean has also created diamonds from what were previously, ...
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Team Focus: Barca & Atletico Dealt Untimely Injury Blows

by David Cartlidge at Thursday, Apr 3 2014 16:08
Team Focus: Barca & Atletico Dealt Untimely Injury Blows One game. Two Injuries. A lot of selection dilemmas ahead. The enforced withdrawals of Gerard Piqué and Diego Costa in Tuesday evening’s draw between Barcelona and Atlético Madrid could not have come at a worse time for their respective clubs, who both still harness ambitions of ...
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Player Focus: Iturraspe the Unsung Hero of Athletic Bilbao

by David Cartlidge at Thursday, Mar 27 2014 16:40
Player Focus: Iturraspe the Unsung Hero of Athletic Bilbao The name Ander became a household one over the summer when a transfer saga that ultimately failed to come to fruition became headline news. This season in La Liga, however, that particular Ander (Herrera), while doing his reputation no harm whatsoever, has played second fiddle somewhat to a namesake...
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Match Focus: Key Areas Analysed Ahead of Crucial Upcoming Clásico

by David Cartlidge at Thursday, Mar 20 2014 15:40
Match Focus: Key Areas Analysed Ahead of Crucial Upcoming Clásico El Clásico on Sunday presents itself as one of the most significant in recent memory. For many it could well be the night Real Madrid secure the 2013/2014 crown, for others it could well be the night Barcelona re-emerge from instability off the field and in turn reignite their title charge.A ...
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