Dirty Tackle 03 November @ 07:24 PM EST
The rise of La Liga and its increasing appeal to foreign players can be attributed to more than
just Real Madrid spending money like a teenage girl with a trust fund. Everyone agrees that the
"Beckham Law", which allows footballers to pay almost half the taxes that normal people do, has
been a big draw, especially as the tax rate has risen in the UK.
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Alcorcon ply their trade in the third tier of the Spanish league and when they came up against
big spending La Liga giants Real Madrid in the first leg of this Copa Del Rey (the Spanish
equivalent of the FA Cup) they were probably just dreaming of the much needed cash the tie would
generate, however the Alcorcon players had other ideas.
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Four losses, two wins, one draw. It was not a good week for Spanish clubs in European competition.
Champions League title holders Barcelona, previously thought to be all but unbeatable, kicked
things off with a dispiriting home loss to Rubin Kazan Tuesday. A day later, the Madrid clubs
turned in a pair of stinkers; Real played poorly in losing to AC Milan at home and Atletico were
trounced 4-0 by Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.
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Three games this Saturday afternoon & evening have been played inRound 7 of the Spanish League –
"La Liga". Here is a brief summaryof results, scorers & videos of some brilliant goals that were
scoredtoday.Big surprise in the DEPORTIVO A CORUÑA clash with SEVILLA FC,the end result was a 1-0
victory for the home team.
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Utility player wanted by La Liga strugglers.
Madrid Atletico Madrid are having difficulties in the Spanish league are interested in
the French midfielder from Lyon, Jeremy Toulalan, and Arsenal's Ivorian defender Emmanuel Eboue,
according to sports daily As on Thursday.
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Real Madrid had started the Spanish season with five consecutive victories before yesterday's match
against Sevilla, just as the defending champions of FC Barcelona, and I think that most outside
observers of Spanish football considered that the Spanish league will be a question of FC Barcelona
versus Real Madrid, and all other teams are just to be observers.
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The Footie 25 September @ 01:55 AM EST
Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaká have been able to prove their
worth for Real Madrid after playing against Villareal in the Spanish
League, September 23, 2009. The game ended 2-0 with the only two goals being put in by Ronaldo
and Kaká.
The $233 million salary between the two of them might be worth it after all.
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Futblog 21 September @ 04:36 AM EST
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Originally uploaded by deco189 Creo que esta foto habla por si sola, mientras algunos pocos se
ciegan y siguen pensando que un solo hombre es el fútbol y endiosan a jugadores, sin duda el
equipo siempre levantara y hará grandes a las individualidades no al revés.
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FOOTBALLSUP 16 September @ 05:49 AM EST
Real Madrid secured a swashbuckling 5-2 away win against FC Zurich last night, with world record
signing Cristiano Ronaldo scoring two trademark freekicks. But their defensive frailties were again
evident, despite coach Manuel Pellegrini playing them down. Can this hastily assembled team of
superstars actually win the thing?
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All quiet on the Spanish league front this week, with the traditional stop-start beginning to the
season dictated by the September wave of World Cup qualifiers. Spain thrashed Belgium 5-0, but
that's hardly news. Nobody expected anything else, but the blip at the hands of the USA back in
June seems to have had the desired effect, and the team is looking even more awesome than before.
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El Mundo published last Sunday their Top 10 11 WAGs from the Spanish League. An odd list though
they didn't gather the best footballer wives from the Iberian country, but they created a strange
'starting eleven' which some people may not agree with. Well, here they go: 1. Patrizia Ruiz
(Miguel Ángel Moyá, Mallorca).
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La Liga kicks off this weekend and on this week's main report we ask whether the Spanish League
is now better than the Premier League. Explanations of key terms are explained in
bold at the end of the transcript below.
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La Liga kicks off this weekend and on this week's show we ask whether the Spanish League is now
better than the Premier League. We also review the big football stories from around the world in
the good, the bad and the ugly, including violence in East London. Come along to the site at
languagecaster.
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La Liga kicks off this weekend and on this week's show we ask whether the Spanish League is now
better than the Premier League.
- Read our football news review in the good, the bad and the ugly
- Check out a new football expression in English for Football
- Follow the weekly predictions battle between Damon and Damian in the Listen only to the main
report here - complete with transcript
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huge collection of football vocabulary, football cliches and football phrases) Worksheets and
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La Liga kicks off this weekend and on this week's show we ask whether the Spanish League is now
better than the Premier League.
- Read our football news review in the good, the bad and the ugly
- Check out a new football expression in English for Football
- Follow the weekly predictions battle between Damon and Damian in the Predictions
competition
- >Listen only to the main reporthere - complete with transcript
For learners of English check out our Football Language Resources page with: Football glossary (a
huge collection of football vocabulary, football cliches and football phrases) Worksheets and
transcripts
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La Liga kicks off this weekend and on this week's show we ask whether the Spanish League is now
better than the Premier League.
- Read our football news review in the good, the bad and the ugly
- Check out a new football expression in English for Football
- Follow the weekly predictions battle between Damon and Damian in the Predictions
competition
- Listen only to the main report here - complete with transcript
For learners of English check out our Football Language Resources page with: Football glossary (a
huge collection of football vocabulary, football cliches and football phrases) Worksheets and
transcripts
Automatically receive the podcast each week by clicking on the icon
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I am happy to say that we are only one week away from the start of Spain's La Liga Primera
Division season. And let's be honest. We have all been anxiously awaiting the start of La Liga
this season a little more then the usual calender year. And surprisingly it isn't because of the
rapidly approaching World Cup.
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Manchester United centerback Nemanja Vidic has been mooted as one of the names Barcelona
coach Josep Guardiola is considering to reinforce his defensive area.
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Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Lionel Messi, and Andrés Iniesta would be absent from the Spanish Super Cup,
but Josep Guardiola wold not be worried as he would line up with a combination of veterans as well
as Barca Babies that have been able to prove their worth time and time again.
This formula would not fail him again as the Blaugrana came out on top in the away leg of the
first significant match of the 2009-10 Spanish league at San Mamés 2-1.
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Espanyol captain Daniel Jarque has died after he suffered a cardiac arrest following a training
session, the club have confirmed in a statement.
The 26-year-old midfielder had been training in Coverciano, Italy, where the squad are on a
pre-season camp.
Club doctors and Italian paramedics tried to revive Jarque without success.
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The Galacticos era has returned to Real Madrid. This time though, president Florentino
Perez has signed players (let's face it, coach Manuel Pellegrini has little say in the transfers,
although he wouldn't be complaining about the signings thus far!) with the long term in mind.
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Real Madrid are prepared to offer Liverpool a choice of Alvaro Negredo, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar or
Rafael Van der Vaart as part of the deal to take Xabi Alonso to the Bernabeu as the Spanish club
try to break the deadlock surrounding one of the summer's longest-running transfer sagas.
Alonso handed in a formal, written transfer request on Wednesday night in a bid to expedite his
move, held up for several weeks by Real's refusal to meet Liverpool's £30 million asking price for
the Spanish international.
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Barcelona manager Josep Guardiola has admitted it will be difficult to sign Liverpool midfielder
Javier Mascherano this summer.
The Spanish league champions have been linked with a move for the Argentinean midfielder
consistently this summer, with the player's agent Walter Tamer claiming that he would prefer a move
to the Camp Nou.
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Barcelona have reached an agreement in principle with Internazionale's Zlatan Ibrahimovic for
the striker to sign for the European champions.
"There are agreements in principle with the player and with Inter and the documents are being
drawn up," Barcelona's sporting directo Begiristain told Barca TV.
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The Spanish newspaper is reporting that Mediterráneo Nilmar has agreed to join
Villarreal.The headline quotes Nilmar as saying- "I am happy to be coming to Villarreal".
Alter failing to agree terms with Wolfsburg earlier this week, it is reported that Villarreal will
pay €15 million for the striker who featured in Inter's 2-2 draw with São Paulo last night.
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2006 - captains England in the World Cup, doesn't do well
2006 - loses captaincy, is told he'll never play for England again
early 2007 - Signs deal with the LA Galaxy, Madrid coach benches him, but not for
long
early 2007 - Becks plays key role in turning Madrid around to win La Liga (Spanish
league)
Mid 2007 - Is asked to rejoin England
Mid 2007 - Starts playing with LA.
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MIKE JACOBS 21 July @ 12:13 PM EST
For those who wonder about the idea of 'running the score up' against an opponent, read the AP wire
report of a pre-season exhibtion between Villarreal and Navata. Where this seems to be a common
practice in college football, this has reached a new level in soccer.
GERONA, Spain (AP) -- Villarreal has begun its Spanish league preparations with a 27-0 victory
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Team Overview: Valencia Club de Futbol is historically considered the third
strongest club in Spanish League football behind Barcelona and Real Madrid. Valencia has won
seven Primera Division titles including two in recent years (2001-2002, 2003-2004). The club has
also won the Copa del Ray seven times as well including winning the tournament last season.
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Futbolita 14 July @ 10:38 PM EST
via Fotonoticias
Raul The Great has finally spoken out and insists that he's "not afraid" of the
new Galacticos who've joined in recent weeks. Uh, what he really means is that
he's already decided who'll be getting invites to Mamen's Christmas parties.
"Cristiano is a wonderful boy and has a very good relationship with the
group.
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Soccerblog 14 July @ 01:05 AM EST
The Espanyol Barca derby may prove to much more interesting with former Celtic playmaker
Shunsuke Nakamura joining Espanyol. He was unveiled today in front of 6000 fans. He said he would
have to be mentally and physically faster to compete in the more demanding Spanish league.
We can expect a duel between Nakamura and Iniesta although the Japanese at 31 years of age is
off his peak while Iniesta continues to grow into one of the world's best attacking
midfielders.
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Former Kop star makes hush-hush visit to Barcelona Ex-Liverpool winger Jermaine Pennant could be on
his way to the Spanish league after making a secret trip to Barcelona. OTP spies spotted the
26-year-old on an Easyjet flight from Liverpool to Barcelona yesterday evening. But Pennant was
reluctant to talk about his trip as he arrived in Spain.
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Over the weekend, Cristiano Ronaldo, confidently stated that Spain's top flight, La Liga, was a
better league than the English Premier League. He specifically cited the current influx of top
class stars to La Liga as his evidence. (Given Ronaldo's ego he was probably referring to
himself..... and, at a push, Kaka) However, does Real Madrid's single handed recruitment drive
improve the quality of La Liga or, simply, Madrid themselves?
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Ex-Manchester United striker Cristiano Ronaldo wasted no time to label the Spanish Liga as
superior to the Premiership, having signed for Real Madrid.
The Portuguese 24-year old said:
I think La Liga is going to have more quality because of the players that are arriving. All the
players have a lot of quality and the referees protect the players.
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