La Liga Preview and U.S. T.V. Listings for Jornada 23: Feb. 12 — Feb. 14
Round 23 of 38 might be a little too early to mention relegation six-pointers, but with teams twelfth to twentieth a within a slender five points of each other and the gap widening between these teams and the first eleven of La Liga, a three-point win should not be underestimated as time snowballs downward to...
La Liga Preview and U.S. T.V. Listings for Jornada 22: Feb. 5 — Feb. 6
Two of the most active clubs in the January transfer window meet together this weekend in an Andalucian derby at the Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán between Sevilla and Málaga. Málaga and new owner Sheikh Abdullah Al Thani scoured the world in January for bright, young talents and seasoned veterans (or washed-up former stars depending on...
La Liga Jornada 21 Review: Athletic Bilbao Fortifies Sixth Place in La Liga Over Atlético Madrid
The headlines emanating from Bilbao have had little to do with Athletic's white-hot form, as the rumors swirling around Fernando Llorente's future destination have blanketed this historic club. Tottenham Hotspur has been the main culprit of the Llorente saga, originally offering €30 million, but after Athletic rejected the bid, they upped the ante to an...
La Liga Preview and U.S. T.V. Listings for Jornada 21: Jan. 29 — Jan. 31
Espanyol's surprising start has not only stretched to this juncture of the season but has also improved from a club that only garnered points at home to a team that can win the tough matches away from home. Impressively winning at Sevilla and Getafe in their last two games have shown that a top-six finish...
La Liga Preview and U.S. T.V. Listings for Jornada 20: Jan. 22 — Jan. 24
La Liga officially begins the second half of its season this weekend, and FC Barcelona has continued its stellar form with a staggering fifty-two points out of a possible fifty-seven points, a Spanish record for the opening half of any campaign. Despite this extended run of breathtaking football, Barça only has a four point lead...
La Liga Preview and U.S. T.V. Listings for Jornada 16: Dec. 18 — Dec. 20
Back from personal vacation, this weekend's round of matches is the last one of the 2010 calendar year before the players go on their own vacations during the La Liga winter break. To top off the end of 2010, El Derbi Barceloní headlines the round as FC Barcelona travels to the south of the city...
La Liga Preview and U.S. T.V. Listings for Jornada 14: Dec. 4 — Nov. 6
Now that the El Clásico tornado has swept through Spain, leaving bits of Real Madrid debris in its wake, everyone can take a breath and move on with the rest of the season. Real must pick up the pieces and stay in the present rather than dwell on the 5-0 beating that Barcelona handed them...
La Liga Preview and U.S. T.V. Listings for Jornada 12: Nov. 20 — Nov. 22
The Valencian Derby between Villarreal and Valencia jumps out as the headline match of the weekend in La Liga. Since Villarreal rose to La Liga for the first time in 1998, their record at home against their neighbors Valencia is an impressive 7-2-2, including winning five of their last six meetings. While Villarreal lost 3-1...
La Liga Preview and U.S. T.V. Listings for Jornada 11: Nov. 13 — Nov. 14
The highlight match of the weekend will occur at the Camp Nou, where Villarreal will want to display their résumé as a legitimate threat to a dominion currently ruled by Real Madrid and FC Barcelona. After a topsy-turvy month of results where they looked somewhat hapless in away fixtures at Hércules and Sporting Gijón in...
La Liga Jornada 10 Review: Atlético Madrid Suffers Another Derby Loss to Real Madrid
As with most local derbies (national derbies such as El Clásico between Real Madrid and Barcelona, Le Classique between Marseille and Paris Saint-Germain, De Klassieker between Ajax and Feyenoord, etc. excluded), the derby means a little more to one club than the other. While Arsenal always wants to defeat their north London neighbor Tottenham Hotspur,...
Real stay top with comfortable win in Madrid derby
• Barcelona outplay Getafe but remain a point behind• Villarreal keep up the pressure with a 4-1 victoryReal Madrid maintained their one-point advantage at the top of the Primera Division tonight after a comfortable win over their city rivals Atlé...
La Liga Preview and U.S. T.V. Listings for Jornada 10: Nov. 6 — Nov. 8
In Atlético Madrid's 1-2 win in the UEFA Europa League over Rosenborg in Norway on Thursday, Rosenborg enjoyed long spells of dominance over their Spanish opponents but could not convert more than once on their many scoring opportunities. Atlético capitalized on two of their only three chances in the match and escaped with a valuable...
