Saturday, January 28th, 2012

Villarreal look to avoid sad ending to a wonderful story

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As far as La Liga presidents go, Fernando Roig is a decent skin, one who seems to float above the sea of corruption, ... [+]

La Liga

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Match Report: Magic Messi leads Barcelona past Málaga

Málaga 1 Barcelona 4 Lionel Messi scored his fifth hat-trick of the season as Barcelona cruised to a 4-1 over Málaga and, ... [+]
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Match Report: Real Madrid survive early scare to beat Athletic

Much of the talk before the game had been of the reports from Marca in the last 24 hours, claiming the ... [+]
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Match Preview: Real Madrid vs. Athletic Bilbao

In any other weekend that didn't contain the first Seville derby for three years, this fixture would have undoubtedly claimed top ... [+]

La Liga History

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Clásico Special: Real Madrid vs. Barcelona – 5 from the vault

Real Madrid vs Barcelona has a reputation for throwing ... [+]
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Classic Players: Galician Derby Special – Djalminha and Aleksandr Mostovoi

It feels like yesterday that Deportivo de La Coruña ... [+]

Opinion

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Opinion: Madrid lack the home-grown passion needed to beat Barcelona

Here we go again. Another clásico, another win for Barcelona. For all the talk about the pendulum swinging to Madrid with ... [+]
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Opinion: Rosell’s vision of 16 team La Liga strikes a self involved chord

A few weeks back, during a meeting of the European Club Association (ECA), the president of FC Barcelona, Sandro Rosell proposed ... [+]
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Opinion: Dissecting the drama at Mestalla

I wrote about Real Madrid's dramatic win over Valencia in the Mestalla this weekend, but I didn't spend much time on ... [+]

In Focus

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Villarreal look to avoid sad ending to a wonderful story

As far as La Liga presidents go, Fernando Roig is a decent skin, one who seems to float above the sea ... [+]
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Fewer star names but new wave of African talent taking La Liga by storm

The 28th edition of the African Cup of Nations (ACN) that kicks off this weekend in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon has ... [+]
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Racing and Sporting show signs of fight in relegation war

It’s that time of the season when spirit and grit are required, and on Sunday two teams showed plenty of both. ... [+]

Tactics in Focus

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Tactics in focus: Athletic press high as Real Madrid take advantage

  It has been awhile since our latest tactical analysis, ... [+]
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El Clásico: The complete tactical preview

  There are many aspects associated to an El Clásico, ... [+]

Latest Headlines

Europe

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Favourable draws for Barça and Real Madrid but tough ties for Europa League challengers

Champions League Barcelona and Real Madrid were always going to ... [+]
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Match Reports: Real Madrid and Villarreal complete very different sets of six

Ajax vs Real Madrid Real Madrid kept up their 100% ... [+]
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Match Previews: Ajax out for draw against Real Madrid, while Napoli visit Villarreal

José Mourinho will use the game against Ajax to ... [+]

Spanish National Team

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Spain drawn alongside Italy, Republic of Ireland and Croatia in Euro 2012 draw

Spain were drawn alongside Italy, Republic of Ireland and Croatia in Group C this evening as the draw for the European ... [+]
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Match Report: Spain battle back for draw in Costa Rica

Costa Rica 2 Spain 2 Spain scored twice in the final 10 minutes to salvage a 2-2 draw with Costa Rica. Iker Casillas ... [+]
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Tactics in focus: ‘False 9′ doesn’t prove true for Spain as England gain victory

The match unfolded almost exactly as everyone had expected it to. Almost. Spain dominated possession, created many more chances than the ... [+]

Segunda Weekly

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Segunda Weekly: Deportivo and Valladolid hold automatic promotion spots as we reach the half way stage

Fridays’ Match CD Alcoyano 2-2 UD Almería Alcoyano came from behind ... [+]
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Segunda Weekly: Deportivo move top as they take advantage of Elche’s loss vs. Alcoyano

Fridays’ Match Celta de Vigo 1-0 Gimnàstic Tarragona Celta made it ... [+]
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Segunda Weekly: Celta win easily on the road while Elche remain top with comeback win

Fridays’ Match Main Game: CD Alcoyano 0-3 Celta de Vigo Celta ... [+]

La Cantera

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How to make it in La Masia: Isaac Cuenca

After a brief break from writing, we welcome back ... [+]
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Iker Muniain: The birthday boy at San Mamés

Looking down from the highest echelons of the San ... [+]
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Match Report: Spain U-21′s strong yet again with victory over Switzerland

Once again Spain wasted little time in making their ... [+]

Audio Interviews

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Spanish Football Podcast: Tim Vickery interview

spanishfootball.info co-editor Jamie McGregor sits down with South American football expert Tim Vickery to discuss the current South American influences on ... [+]
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Interview with Phil Ball, Author of ‘Morbo’

We speak to Phil Ball, author of seminal book Morbo: The Story of Spanish Football. As an updated version of the ... [+]
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Interview with Sid Lowe

We chat with Spanish Football expert Sid Lowe, who works for the Guardian, Four Four Two, Real Madrid TV and Sports ... [+]

Podcast

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Spanish Football Podcast: Simeone effect at Atleti, Mallorca and Betis make the big two struggle and Seville derby preview

This week David Cartilidge and Kieran Canning were joined by Phil Kitromilides to discuss Diego Simeone's impact since taking over at ... [+]
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Spanish Football Podcast: El Clásico review and contrasting financial news for Valencia and Zaragoza

Richard Martin, Kieran Canning and David Cartlidge return to discuss Barcelona's 3-1 win in the Clásico. What did the European champions ... [+]
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Spanish Football Podcast: El Clásico preview and Valencia’s D-Day in the Champions League

Richard Martin returns as host for this week's pod and is joined by Kieran Canning, David Cartlidge and Raul Pope Farguell. ... [+]

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