August 2011 Archive

Tactics In Focus: Real Zaragoza 0 Real Madrid 6

As part of our on-going commitment to covering all aspects of Spanish football, we've recruited Harvey Burgess  from the Inverted Winger to give us a more detailed analysis ...

More From August 2011

En Resumen: Jornada 1

La Liga finally returned this weekend and in the first weekly instalment of our new regular feature, En Resumen, Kieran Canning ...

Seville rules the roost in Andalusia in the first derby weekend

Grandinos do not much like Sevillanos. Indeed, Malaguenos, do not much like Sevillanos. In fact, from the burning desert of Almeria in ...

Five Star Barça Sink the Yellow Submarine

  Defenders, who needs them? Not Barcelona if tonight is anything to go by. Pep Guardiola's side started with only one of ...

Segunda Weekly: Elche win on league’s return

  Segunda expert James Gallacher rounds up the first weekend of fxtures in the Spanish second tier.   Main Game: Girona 1-4 Elche   After the ...

Atlético Madrid stutter while Rayo grab a point at Bielsa’s Athletic

 Atlético Madrid 0 – 0 Osasuna Osasuna held out to keep a frustrated Atlético Madrid at bay as the sides fought out ...

The Shrewd Transfer Policy of Villarreal

Tonight Villarreal take on Barcelona in the Camp Nou, a stadium that holds double the population of the small Castellón town. ...

Match Report: Real Zaragoza 0 Real Madrid 6

Real Madrid posted a resounding season-opening destruction of Zaragoza which was about as clinical and classy as they could have hoped. ...

Opening day wins for Valencia, Real Sociedad and Betis as La Liga finally kicks off

It may be one week later than scheduled but yesterday the 2011/2012 La Liga season finally kicked off with victories for ...

Barca win 12th trophy of Pep’s reign with Super Cup victory

Pep Guardiola became Barcelona’s most successful ever coach in terms of trophies won after Barcelona lifted the 12th of his reign ...

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