La Liga Weekly

After a week where Villareal came back on Barcelona to draw level at the death of last week’s proceedings, the Yellow Submarine did it again to an overmatched Real Madrid squad that had clearly dislodged themselves from the battle. Second place assured, some players (Cannavaro) already under contract to other clubs and practically half the squad unsure of their place in next year’s Real Madrid, the merengues looked pretty much beaten before even entering the stadium. Not that Villareal weren’t [...]

Congratulations Barcelona as they win their first La Liga crown in 3 years, 19th championship overall. Barca players knew of their victory the day before they took to the pitch Sunday against Mallorca, with Real Madrid’s lost to Villrreal. Los Merengues here’s to you for making it exciting in your last 3 matches. I knew I shouldn’t have bet on a loser but did anyway Complete Match Day ResultsSaturday May 16thDeportivo La Coruna 1 – 1 Getafe Osasuna 0 – [...]

Thousands of boina wearing basques traveled to the Mestalla in Valencia today to watch the Copa del Rey Final pitting Barcelona against their beloved zurigorri; the red-and-whites from Bilbao. This was billed as the battle for the King’s Cup between the top two teams of all-time in the domestic cup competition. Ironic that the King would be there, overseeing a cup in his name for Spain, while the combatants were clubs identifying two regions that generally don’t consider themselves Spanish. [...]

9/05/09 Sevilla Kanoute 33(p), Luis Fabiano 60, Jesus Navas 76 3-1 Mallorca Aduriz 16 Athletic Ion Velez 28 1-0 Betis Valencia Mata 28, Silva 32, Baraja 68 3-0 Real Madrid 10/05/09 Getafe Granero 27(p), 50, Uche 54 3-0 Osasuna Recreativo Adrian Colunga 44 1-2 Deportivo Verdu 17, Pablo Alvarez 49 Valladolid 0-0 Numancia Málaga Luque 88(p) 1-0 Racing Almería Nieto 27, Uche 55, Piatti 90 3-1 Sporting Gijón Carmelo 16 Barcelona Keita 11, Eto’o 36, Dani Alves 45 3-3 Villarreal [...]

In a little bit of self-promotional flag waving here at La Liga Weekly I present you this months issue of Champions Magazine, the official UEFA magazine of the Champions League. In this months issue, La Liga Weekly has gained a little pub for the cause. Imagine that. Here’s what it says: “Laligaweekly.com. A lively blog covering thrills, spills and talking points from Spain and the UEFA Champions Leagu. It also has a Twitter feed and is open to comments. Chief [...]

In a highly contested match filled with controversial decisions, the initial reactions from fans and media was to concentrate on the obvious themes left from the match played. Was it 5 or 7 penalty shouts, or was the likely answer one obvious one (the Pique handball and even that has to show intent and since he was turning away from it I can see why the ref didn’t call it) and one debatable one (the Abidal foul on Malouda-initial contact [...]

If you want to read my full report about the Champions League match between Chelsea and Barca try this link here but I’ll try to give a little more here for the rest of my readers. When we left Barca last we had Pep Guardiola and Xavi Hernandez complaining about refereeing mistakes that cost them severely in last weeks preliminary match. Hiddink told them to grow some before getting on a plane to London, so the young Catalan coach decided [...]

Barca triumph over Real in EL Clasico at the Bernabeu, a must see for all. Complete Match Day Results Saturday, 2 May 2009Real Madrid 2 – 6 BarcelonaNumancia 2 – 0 MalagaVillarreal 0 – 2 Sevilla Sunday , 3 May 2009Deportivo La Coruna 1 – 0 ValladolidMallorca 2 – 1 GetafeOsasuna 1 – 2 Recreativo HuelvaRacing Santander 0 – 2 AlmeriaSporting Gijon 1 – 1 Athletic BilbaoEspanyol 3 – 0 ValenciaReal Betis 0 – 2 Atletico Madrid

The first 100 days in charge of Espanyol, yes as.com are comparing him to President Obama, have been frought with as many difficulties as the young American President. The club had fallen from a respectable midtable start under Tintin Marquez to dangerous levels within two disastrous winter months. The club panicked and brought in relegation specialist Jose Maria Esnal (Mane’) who proceed to gain two points from six matches. He was fired after a humiliating 4-0 loss away at Malaga. [...]

The week ended for Real Madrid with another series in a long line of indignities: losing 2-6 to an FC Barcelona squad that had clearly been looking forward to the return leg at the Bernabeu since just after their last visit when the blaugrana hoisted the traditional honor guard for their hated rivals to celebrate winning the league the week before. Add last week’s temporary loss of motor control for one Brazilian player (the Portuguese international defender Pepe) and another [...]