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LaLiga Thoughts, Matchday 11: Girona on a roll, Eibar pelted and an offside hat trick
Friday Turns out it’s really hard to ring up 25 percent possession and win a football match. Getafe learned this the hard way at Real Betis, who came back from a 2-0 deficit to draw 2-2. Barça reject Cristian Tello was brilliant … Continue reading →
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Tagged alaves, Athletic Bilbao, Atlético Madrid, barcelona, celta vigo, deportivo, eibar, espanyol, getafe, girona, La Liga, las palmas, leganes, levante, madrid, málaga, real betis, real madrid, real sociedad, Sevilla, spain, Valencia, Villarreal
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LaLiga Thoughts, Matchday 10: Sarabian Nights, Girona do the thing, Atlético do theirs
Saturday Valencia continued its pulsating start to the season with a 2-1 win at rock-bottom Alavés. Giovanni de Biasi’s men gave los Che the ball, but they still managed to score off two errors: a giveaway which resulted in a Simone Zaza strike … Continue reading →
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Tagged alaves, Athletic Bilbao, Atlético Madrid, barcelona, celta vigo, deportivo, eibar, espanyol, getafe, girona, La Liga, las palmas, leganes, levante, madrid, málaga, real betis, real madrid, real sociedad, Sevilla, spain, Valencia, Villarreal
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LaLiga Thoughts, Matchday 9: Los Che go off as Leganés move into fifth, Las Palmas hit the rocks
Changing things up a little this week, as I’ll be going day-by-day and giving my reaction to things that happened on Saturday, Sunday and Monday as opposed to giving a game-by-game breakdown. Saturday Getafe scored another golazo in what is becoming … Continue reading →
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Tagged alaves, Athletic Bilbao, Athletic Club, Atlético Madrid, barcelona, celta vigo, deportivo, eibar, espanyol, getafe, girona, La Liga, las palmas, leganes, levante, málaga, real betis, real madrid, real sociedad, Sevilla, Valencia, Villarreal
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LaLiga Thoughts, Matchday 8: Valencia do it again, Atleti-Barça, BakamBOOM
Espanyol 0-0 Levante. The visitors had to scramble quite a bit to keep their clean sheet in one of the weekend’s two goalless games. Just the way I like it. Athletic Club 1-0 Sevilla. An ugly goal secured a huge … Continue reading →
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Tagged Athletic Bilbao, Atlético Madrid, barcelona, celta vigo, deportivo, eibar, espanyol, getafe, levante, madrid, málaga, real madrid, real sociedad, Sevilla, spain, Valencia, Villarreal
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LaLiga Thoughts, Matchday 7: Closed doors at Camp Nou, Valencia on fire, Villarreal recover
Happy international break!!!1! The table: Results: Celta Vigo 3-3 Girona. Celta striker Maxi Gomez has been awesome since his arrival from Uruguay’s Defensor this summer, but his side have won just one of the four games he’s scored in. Big point … Continue reading →
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Tagged Athletic Bilbao, Atlético Madrid, barcelona, celta vigo, deportivo, eibar, espanyol, getafe, madrid, málaga, real madrid, real sociedad, Sevilla, spain, Valencia, Villarreal
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LaLiga Thoughts, Matchday 6: Four-goal games galore
The table: Results: Atlético Madrid 2-0 Sevilla. Atlético have kept three clean sheets in the last four and have held an opponent to zero shots on target twice in that span. I tipped Yannick Carrasco to notch 15 league goals this … Continue reading →
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Tagged Athletic Bilbao, Atlético Madrid, barcelona, celta vigo, deportivo, eibar, espanyol, getafe, levante, madrid, real madrid, real sociedad, Sevilla, spain, Valencia, Villarreal
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Atlético Madrid 1-2 Barcelona: “C’est la Vie,” Said the Champions
“I find that most people know what a story is until they sit down to write one.” A team not often praised for its work when backed into a corner sure did well when it was backed into a corner Saturday. … Continue reading →
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Tagged Athletic Club, Atlético Madrid, barcelona, Diego Simeone, La Liga, lionel messi, luis suarez, neymar, real madrid, Valencia
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The Man from LEBB
Aritz Aduriz’s long, winding road through Spanish football began at Athletic Club’s famed Lezama academy, continued through helping Mallorca get back into Europe and playing under Unai Emery’s orders in the Champions League at Valencia, and finally took a U-turn back to the … Continue reading →
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Tagged Aritz Aduriz, Athletic Club, barcelona, Dani Alves, La Liga, Marc Andre Ter Stegen, Messi, San Mamés
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In the Long Run
That game was supposed to be easy. That game was supposed to be done by the 60th minute. And yet, it wasn’t. Barcelona won the UEFA Super Cup yesterday on the back of a dispiriting performance, one in which seemingly two … Continue reading →
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Tagged barcelona, La Liga, luis suarez, Manchester United, Messi, Premier League
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The Real Housewives of Catalunya
FC Barcelona, fresh off winning a second treble – a feat no other club in world football has ever accomplished – are having elections this summer. Here’s why you shouldn’t pay attention to any of it. If you thought Barcelona was … Continue reading →
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Tagged barcelona, bartomeu, elections, Joan Laporta, juventus, La Liga
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Every Day Is Zlatan Day 