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Tag Archives: La Liga

Costa Banned For 8 Matches for Insulting Referee

Diego Costa, the Atletico Madrid striker is going to miss out on the remaining season as he was handed an 8 match suspension by RFEF, the Spanish Football Federation, on Thursday. He had been sent off in the first half in the match where Atletico had been defeated by Barcelona by 2–0, for hurling harsh insults towards Gil Manzano, the referee. The referee also stated that Costa had grabbed him by his arms in the time of the incident. This longtime ban implies that Diego Costa is not going to play in this season. Atletico is left with 7 games …

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Barca’s Dependence on Messi Evident in Draw with Villarreal

The thrilling draw of Barcelona on Tuesday with Villarreal is being considered as the game of the season in Spain. However, once again, it has shown the vulnerability of Barcelona, the La Liga leaders when they try to give a break to Lionel Messi. Having 2 quarterfinal games in Champions League against Man United and top of the chart showdown against Atletico, Ernesto Valverde, the Barcelona coach has opted to rest the talisman. Messi was seen sitting on the bench along with Gerard Pique and Ivan Rakitic. Even though Barca was able to get a good start with 2 goals …

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Barcelona Hailed As Champions-Elect After Defeating Real

Barcelona has been hailed as the champions-elect of La Liga in the Catalan media following their win at Real Madrid by 1–0 on Saturday. The press of the capital called for some instant chances at Real, following their domestic failure. The cool strike of Ivan Rakitic in the 1st half had been enough to see off Real Madrid and this sends Barcelona twelve points clear of their rivals. As a matter of fact, it also provided them with a ten point over Atletico Madrid, the nearest challengers. Barcelona based newspapers reported that it is like they are the champions as …

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Real Madrid Seek Revenge Against Barcelona In El Clasico

Only 3 days after playing at Bernabeu in the 2nd leg of the semifinal of Copa Del Rey, Real Madrid and Barcelona is going to face each other against and this time it is going to be La Liga. Barcelona has recorded a victory of 3–0 at Bernabeu for booking their spot in another final of Copa Del Rey and is going to look for revenge on their bitter rivals in the El Clasico of Saturday. During the interval of the semi-final of Copa Del Rey second leg, it appeared impossible that Real Madrid is going to suffer a heavy …

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Gaizka Mendieta: El Clasico Win Can Make Real Believe Again

El Clasico on Sunday might prove to be a defining moment in the La Liga title race. After Barcelona showed the door to Real Madrid in Copa Del Rey, they now have the ideal opportunity to knock out their rivals from the title contention. The question is Barcelona going to make it a two-horse race or will Los Blancos be able to exact revenge. Even though Santiago Solari’s squad would be much keen on avoiding the gap of 12 points, Gaizka Mendieta strongly believes that win for Real Madrid might still make them believe in their unit.  He has said that …

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Iniesta Urges Barca To Focus Before Facing Real Madrid

Iniesta, the legend from Barcelona has identified him the advantage of this former team going into these back-to-back matches of Clasicos but expects that Atletico is going to be the in the little mix of La Liga. Andres Iniesta asks Barcelona to keep their calm before the Clasico double-header in the match against Real Madrid. Barcelona is going to face their all-time rival in the Copa Del Ray semifinals in the second led ion Wednesday prior to playing the second derby at Bernabeu this Saturday. Many are speculating is the clash is going to be a decisive one providing each …

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Messi Scores A Superb Volley And Proves He Is The GOAT

Lionel Messi has scored the fiftieth hat-trick and swooped in a 4–2 victory for Barca on Saturday against Sevilla. This took the club one step closer to win the La Liga title. The star player surprised the fans as he scored a volley from sixteen years for equalizing the score for Barca as they had fallen behind Jesus Navas’ opening goal at the twenty-second minute. Lionel Messi is leading the charts after he scored the 25th goals in twenty-three appearance in the league in this season. Also, he has twenty-eight strike leagues against Sevilla. This is actually the maximum goals …

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Barca Feels February Blues With Tiredness Setting In

Barcelona, the La Liga leaders seem to have hit upon the slump of mid-season with the congested calendar proves to be heavy for the club. Ernesto Valverde has to decide if they have to rest the prime personnel for the trip to Sevilla on Saturday. Barcelona has a lead of 7 points over Atletico Madrid and 9 ahead of Real Madrid, the rivals. This gives the coach some time to shuffle the pack as they are chasing domestic, as well as European glory. In the Champions League, the Catalan is in control of their own destiny. However, the draw without …

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Guardiola Offers Insight Into Management Tribulations

Pep Guardiola, the manager of Manchester City has given a fascinating insight into the aspects of being a manager. He has won everything as the club boss, 3 Bundesliga, 3 La Liga, 3 Club World Cups, 3 Champions League Crowns, and many other trophies. As a matter of fact, he is chasing the 2nd consecutive title in Premier League. Albeit, he has admitted that he enjoyed playing more than managing, Guardiola has talked about enjoying in the dugout. However, he insists that the players should get most of the credit for the success of the team. He stated that the …

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Levante Has Filed A Complaint Against Barcelona

Levante is known to have lodged a complaint to Spanish Football Federation by stating that Barcelona has fielded an ineligible player in the last sixteen matches of Copa del Rey said the La Liga side on Friday. In case RFEF rules against Barca who have refused to accept that they have broken the rules, they are going to be excluded from Copa that they have managed to win for the last four years and Levante will take their place at the quarter-finals. Levante has stated that Juan Chumi, the defender from Barca was ineligible to play that Levante won by …

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La Liga Referees Satisfied With The Implementation Of VAR

Spain’s referee committee’s head has highly accepted the use of video technology in La Liga to reduce the mistakes that take place. They have recognized that they will have to make sure that the same criterion is used by every official. Carlos Velasco Carballo, the chief of referees have stated that this is a positive improvement and that are quite happy with the performance that is being put forward by the referees. According to him, it hasn’t damaged the essence of football. There are many time revisions and interventions that have persevered the fluidity of the game. However, they will …

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Joaquin Caparros: Morata Move Is Very Complicated

Joaquin Caparros, the director of football of Sevilla strongly believes Alvaro Morato desires to join the club of La Liga. However, he also accepts the fact that the deal with Chelsea is going to be really complicated. The international player from Spain has been able to score only 16 goals in the Premier League after he joined Chelsea in the month of July of 2017 with a deal of £60m. According to rumors, he is considering a move to Stamford Bridge in this month. Sevilla’s director has said that they met with the agent of Morata as the Sevilla is …

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Solari Obscure About VAR After Penalty Controversy Of Madrid

Santiago Solari made an appeal for making rules for video assistant referee after he accepted the fact that he doesn’t have an how the system actually works after the controversy related to penalty. Real Madrid fell into the loss of 2–0 at home in the match against Real Sociedad in the series of La Liga. They had been denied penalty in the 2nd half of the match as they were trailing by a single goal. Jose Munuera had ruled that Vinicius, the forward of Real Madrid hadn’t fouled by Geronimo Rulli, the goalkeeper of Sociedad when he had born down …

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Cristiano Ronaldo wants Juve move

Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has opened up on his desire to complete a move to Serie A Champions Juventus for a fee believed to be around £88m. Ronaldo prompted questions about his future after their 3–1 Champions League final victory over Liverpool in Kiev, promising an announcement “soon.” The former United hitman cast serious doubt on his future in Madrid moments after winning a third successive Champions League in Kiev and Juventus appear to be testing the club’s resolve as he angles for an improved contract. It now appears Juventus have made the first move to lure him away …

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Derby Weekend

With the first round of fixtures of the Champions League quarter-finals now done and dusted, top teams in Europe set their sights on the league games once again. In England, Manchester City will be seeking for an immediate response when they confront City rivals Manchester United after their shocking defeat at Anfield. A win in this fixture will all but seal the Premier League title and earn them the bragging rights. Across the Mersey River, Liverpool fresh from a Champions League triumph will try to compound the woes of their bitter rivals Everton. In Spain, the Madrid derby may go …

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Top 10 Football YouTube Channels

Top 10 YouTube Football Channels

Top 10 Football YouTube Channels: Have you missed the highlights, are you looking for the best YouTube channel for live streaming of football matches? Stop searching and take a look on these best 10 channels of YouTube that will provide you the highlights and live streaming of upcoming football games. We have made a list of best YouTube Channels which is based on number of subscribers.

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