Life has never been easy for Espanyol fans. Just like Rayo Vallecano, Leganes or Getafe have always been living in the shadows of Real Madrid at the capital, Espanyol was always known as the smaller club in Barcelona. Even now, when Girona finally made it to the top flight, things...
Barcelona hosted a struggling Villarreal side at the weekend and picked up all three points that saw them reclaim top spot in La Liga. Although it was somewhat a shaky performance against a team that is battling to stay afloat amid the teams facing relegation, the full spoils are something...
Real Madrid secured a second consecutive win on Saturday as they saw off Valencia in La Liga. Los Blancos took an early lead as Dani Carvajal's cross into the box was turned into his own net by Daniel Wass, but the visitors did pin the hosts back. It wasn't until...
The glorious Wanda Metropolitano stadium was filled with 67,204 people, creating the passion and atmosphere of a true gladiatorial arena. Somehow, the roars of the crowd made the great derby between Barcelona and Atletico Madrid an even bigger event, if that is even possible for a game that is slowly...
Last time out in La Liga, Real Madrid looked like world beaters as they saw off Celta Vigo. Confidence was high as the European champions traveled to the Basque Country to face Eibar at Estadio de Ipurua. Instead, it ended in a historic 3-0 defeat, the first time the minnows...
This post originally featured on our comprehensive Barcelona analysis sister site, barcelonaanalysis.com. It was September 10th, two years ago, when Barcelona last yielded to an opponent within their own fortress of Camp Nou. Alaves surprised the Catalan giant and took away three points with a 2:1 victory on that night....
This post originally featured on our comprehensive Real Madrid analysis sister site, realmadridanalysis.com. Real Madrid continued to improve on Sunday night of match-day 12 in Vigo as they blew away Celta Vigo, costing their coach Antonio Mohamed his job and applying the pressure on Barcelona after they slipped up at...
This post originally featured on our comprehensive Real Madrid analysis sister site, realmadridanalysis.com. Santiago Solari made his Estadio Santiago Bernabeu debut as Real Madrid coach on Saturday but it was far from the dream start that he may have been dreaming for. Rather than a steamrolling of Real Valladolid, now...
This article originally featured on our dedicated Barcelona analysis site, barcelonaanalysis.com. If there is something bothering Barcelona nowadays it’s the away games, for sure. Whenever Blaugrana find themselves far away from their fortress, and the green grass of the Camp Nou, they struggle to find their footing. Luckily, that doesn’t...
This post originally featured on our dedicated Barcelona analysis site, barcelonaanalysis.com El Clasico is always a special day, not just in Spain but all over the world. No matter which team you support, if you like football, chances are you are watching Barcelona and Real Madrid provide us with yet another...
This post was initially featured on our dedicated Real Madrid analysis site, realmadridanalysis.com Heartbreak. Pain. Disaster. Crisis. There are many words which could be used to describe the way that coach Julen Lopetegui went down with a sinking ship as Real Madrid produced a Titanic-esque display at the Camp Nou...
This post initially featured on our dedicated Barcelona analysis website, barcelonaanalysis.com Barcelona have finally broken the deadlock, secured a win to their name after four failed attempts and took the first place all for themselves once again. Sevilla were resolute, and aggressive in their approach but a hectic first 20...
This post initially featured on our dedicated Real Madrid analysis site, realmadridanalysis.com In what could turn out to be Julen Lopetegui's last game in charge of Real Madrid, Los Blancos crashed to a humiliating 1-2 home defeat to Levante, who picked up their first win at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu...
On Sunday two of the best teams in the Spanish Primera Division, this season faced each other in the Wanda Metropolitano. In the end, Atletico was capable of beating the strong Real Betis of Quique Setién with 1:0. But, the game had a lot to offer. It was basically another...
This tactical analysis of Real Madrid's crisis inducing defeat to Alaves originally featured on our network site realmadridanalysis.com - the home for all things tactical, match, player, coach and recruitment analysis on Los Blancos Real Madrid's catastrophic form has continued heading into the international break, leading to speculation surrounding Julen...
This analysis for the Madrid Derby originally featured on realmadridanalysis.com In Europe's footballing capital, two giants met on Saturday evening at one of the continent's finest arenas as Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid came face to face in the Madrid derby. After a real battle, neither team managed to find...
Both teams had strong seasons during the 17/18 season, with Valencia reaching 4th place and Villarreal achieving 5th place in La Liga. Both teams also spent heavily over the summer, investing in over €175m in players between them, hoping that these players would be able to propel them to the next...
Atletico Madrid have had an indifferent start to the new La Liga season, and are already five points behind Barcelona and Real Madrid. Los Rojiblancos have been uncharacteristically sloppy defensively, keeping only two clean sheets in five league games so far, and conceding four goals in the process. Combined with a...
The summer of 2018 has been an eventful one for Real Madrid. Cristiano Ronaldo finally departed the Spanish capital for a new challenge at Juventus, and Florentino Perez surprisingly decided against dipping into his chequebook to replace the five-time Ballon d'Or winner, while earlier in the year, Zinedine Zidane also...
In arguably the most hotly anticipated Andalusian derby in history, Real Betis and Sevilla met at the Estadio Benito Villamarín this past Sunday. A 5-3 away win for Betis at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán in last season’s derby shocked La Liga and bolstered the reputation of the Seville derby globally....
