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La Liga Review: Messi steals Ronaldo's limelight once again

January 29, 2013
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La Liga Review: Messi steals Ronaldo's limelight once again

Another week of La Liga action has flown by, with Barcelona getting back to winning ways, as Atletico Madrid trip up, and the Ronaldo/Messi battle continues. On Sunday Morning Real Madrid hosted Getafe, and after a goalless first half, Sergio Ramos gave them the lead after 54 minutes. Then came the Ronaldo show, as the…

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La Liga Review: Barcelona finally lose, as Real Madrid run riot

January 22, 2013
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La Liga Review: Barcelona finally lose, as Real Madrid run riot

Week 20 of La Liga proved to be the week that Barcelona online viagra finally lost their unbeaten record, while Real Madrid hammered Valencia. Barcelona traveled to face Real Sociedad on Saturday, and it looked like business as usual, with Lionel Messi, and Pedro putting them 2-0 up. However Chory Castro pulled one back before…

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La Liga Review: Michel gone, as Barcelona give Malaga a masterclass

January 15, 2013
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La Liga Review: Michel gone, as Barcelona give Malaga a masterclass

So we are now officially halfway through the La Liga season, with the weekend seeing Sevilla losing patience with their manager Michel, after another defeat. The club from Andalusia traveled to Valencia on Saturday night, and after an abject performance, two goals from Robert Soldado, saw the home side victorious. The win moved Valencia up to 7th, and only 4 points away…

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La Liga Review: 2013 starts with Barcelona all but clinching the title

January 8, 2013
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La Liga Review: 2013 starts with Barcelona all but clinching the title

The new year kicked off in La Liga, and although it promises to be an exciting year at the bottom of the league, the title race is now all but over. On Sunday Tito Vilanova returned to the Barcelona bench as they faced derby rivals Espanyol at the Camp Nou, and it turned out to be an easy evening for the…

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Why has Modric struggled to make an impact at Real Madrid?

January 7, 2013
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Why has Modric struggled to make an impact at Real Madrid?

This week readers of Spanish newspaper Marca voted Luka Modric as the worst signing made by any La Liga club during the summer, but has his time at Real Madrid really been that bad? Last season Modric performed brilliantly for Tottenham in the role he played as a deep lying midfielder, who dictated play, and ended the season with an astounding 87% pass completion rate. Modric’s…

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Alex Song struggling to fit into the Barcelona jigsaw

January 4, 2013
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Alex Song struggling to fit into the Barcelona jigsaw

After enjoying a great season with Arsenal, Alex Song left London to join Barcelona, but as off yet the player is still trying to fit in at Camp Nou. New Barcelona manager Tito Vilanova paid £15 million to aquire the services of the defensive midfielder, in a move that surprise many of the clubs fans and…

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La Liga review: Malaga bounce back after UEFA ban

December 26, 2012
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La Liga review: Malaga bounce back after UEFA ban

The La Liga action for 2012 is now over, and it ended with speculation over the future of Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho, after a troubling weekend for the Special one. On Sunday evening Real Madrid traveled to Malaga, with their opponents fresh of the news they will be banned from Europe next season for…

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Malaga set to fight UEFA’s harsh punishment over perceived debt problems

December 24, 2012
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Malaga set to fight UEFA’s harsh punishment over perceived debt problems

Despite being one of the stars of this years Champions league competition, Malaga will not be able to play in Europe next year whatever position they finish in after a ban from UEFA for missed payments on debts. The announcement by UEFA was made on Friday, one day after Malaga had been drawn to face…

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Mourinho set to leave Madrid after a season of failure?

December 21, 2012
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Mourinho set to leave Madrid after a season of failure?

After last years title triumph not many would have predicted such a fall from grace from Jose Mourinho’s Real Madrid, but after 16 games they are effectively out of the title race, with a 13 point gap between them and Barcelona in first. Where has it all gone wrong for the special one? Well it…

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La Liga Review: Is the La Liga title race over already?

December 18, 2012
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La Liga Review: Is the La Liga title race over already?

After a thrilling weekend of La Liga action the title race may be over, but the chase for the top four, and the relegation battle are amazingly close. The big match of the weekend saw the top 2 face off, as Barcelona hosted Atletico Madrid at the Nou Camp, and despite the away side taking…

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