La Liga Weekly

In the third part of our Segunda player interview series, we get the opportunity to learn about one of the newly-promoted sides in this year’s Segunda – CE Sabadell. Sabadell have become the fourth team from Catalunya to play in the Liga Adelante, joining Barcelona B, Girona and Gimnastic, and offering more proof that some of the best futbol in Spain is coming from the country’s northeast corner. Sabadell have a long, rich history in Spanish futbol having played a total [...]

In three years time the World Cup in Brazil will have just have finished. It will have been the first World Cup held in South America since 1978 and the whole continent will hope to put on a show not just off the pitch, but on it too.  This Copa America should have been a chance for Brazil and Argentina to show the world that they are forces to be reckoned with. In the same way that winning the European [...]

In the second installment of our preseason interviews with players from the Segunda Division, La Liga Weekly spoke with Alcorcon striker Quini who shared his thoughts on playing with the suburban Madrid club. Considered one of the biggest revelations last season, Alcorcon was in the mix for a playoff berth until the 41st week of the season, a great accomplishment for the modest club that was newly promoted last season. A big part of their success was their top striker, Quini, [...]

For the next several weeks La Liga Weekly will be bringing you interviews of various Segunda Division players as all the clubs ramp up for the 2011-2012 Liga Adelante season. Today’s installment includes an interview with Valladolid defender and team captain Javier Baraja. ============================================ Real Valladolid’s 2010-2011 was truly a season of two halves. A very poor first half of the season led to a midseason coaching change with former Atletico boss Abel Resino taking over. At one point the [...]

It was another sun-splashed May afternoon in the coastal town of Benicassim, Spain. A slightly hobbled Giuseppe Rossi was still recuperating from Villarreal’s match the night before against Real Madrid. The New Jersey native, sore from a Marcelo first-half tackle, eased into his chair, ordered an apple juice and gazed out onto the Mediterranean. “Looks like paradise, right?” he said. On that day, life was good for Rossi. Villarreal had clinched a berth in the Champions League for the next [...]

Summertime ramble with Mark Denis Ong Madridista supreme and Corey the man of many words on all of Spain’s La Liga. Topics include, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Malaga, Roman transfers and more…           Give us a listen and leave your comments! Podcast Powered By SerieAWeekly Standard Podcasts: | itunes |Download | Embeddable Player

They are one of the most intriguing stories of the past season and will continue to be so throughout the upcoming season in La Liga. Many experts are even throwing them into the race for a European Cup spot next season. What a change if you back track to just six months ago when they were fighting for their relegation lives. Talking about Málaga has been rather sexy this season. From extreme lows – losing to Real Madrid 7-0 or [...]

Andres Iniesta the wine connoisseur? No harm in trying a World-Euro-ChampionLeague Champion’s wines from Iniesta right. Iniesta has a winery located in his hometown, Fuentealbilla, Spain.  There are three types of wine produced by this family company, Corazon Loco a white wine, Finca El Carril an old red wine, and the third wine a chardonnay named after Iniesta’s daughter, Valeria. Interested in trying Iniesta wine? The best wines of this world champion according to diariosport reveals his hometown investment has [...]

Real Madrid look to be building a team for the future, according to manager Jose Mourinho.  From their preseason training camp at UCLA in California, the Spanish Giants have reported that both defenders Sergio Ramos (Spanish) and Pepe (Portuguese) have inked new deals to keep them at Madrid until 2017 and 2016 respectively. Put the transfer rumors to bed with these two stars! That being said, Madrid has spent 130 million euros to build a defensive future (don’t forget about [...]

So with all the Segunda teams back in camp this week to prepare for their upcoming campaigns, I thought it only appropriate to take a moment and reflect on the summer signings. Without question, the team that has been the most active has been Cartagena. The team has bid adieu to Toche, Victor, Riga and Cygan plus Botelho who heads back to Arsenal after his loan spell. Helping fill their places are a whopping 12 new players including Dimas who [...]

Today the good folks at the RFEF published both the Primera and Segunda ‘calendarios’ which came with the usual fanfare and brooding over when Barcelona and Madrid play each other. (Who cares? Betis-Sevilla is week one!) We also learned the dates of all 42 weeks of the upcoming Segunda season so let us take a look and see which games shape up to be intriguing ones. Truly one has to start with the return of the derbi gallego as Deportivo [...]

Welcome to Madrid Fabio Coentrao!  “Los Blancos” finally signed the Portuguese defender for 30 million kilos after luring him away from Benfica and many other clubs.  With the 23yr old joining the club, the question now becomes: Will Marcelo or Fabio start the first La Liga match?   Jose Mourinho wants Iker Casillas to abandon the captain’s armband.  Perhaps, he thinks it’s a distraction or maybe he’d prefer for the goalkeeper to not bear such responsibility?  Possible replacements include Xabio [...]