The Castle of Santa Bárbara, standing sentry on top of a mountain peak in the center of
Alicante, finds it origins in the 9th century during Arab rule.
La Liga clubs spent a week on vacation after the opening round of fixtures because of the
international FIFA date, although for Real Madrid and Barcelona, many of their players were on
international duty.
Arzak, a world-renowned restaurant in San Sebastián, fuses traditional Basque cuisine with
modern flavors and philosophies.
For the first time this season, the Spanish teams participating in European competitions will
have to adjust to the quick turnaround from the midweek European fixtures to the weekend matches in
La Liga.
La Tomatina Festival is held annually on the last Wednesday of August outside of Valencia in the
town of Buñol.
La Liga provides its supporters and spectators with its first midweek round of the season, and
through three rounds of this long campaign, the table has already sorted itself out in terms of the
apparent three tiers in La Primera División.
Barcelona 1 - 0 Sporting Gijon(1-0) 49' Villa
Atletico Madrid 1 - 1 Valencia(1-0) 19' Simao, (1-1) 83' Aduriz
Real Zaragoza 0 - 0 HerculesAlmeria 0 - 1 Levante(0-1) 39' Sergio
Depor could definitely use their former left back Filipe Luís Kasmirski at this dire
moment.
Flashback ten years ago to the year 2000. La Liga rose to the top spot of the UEFA coefficient
rankings for the first time since 1966. The final of the UEFA Champions League featured two
Spanish teams with Real Madrid defeating Valencia 3-0 at the Stade de France.
