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La Liga – Week 26 Results & Table
The Madrid derby mostly helped Barcelona, getting within one point of the league leaders after an easy win over Almeria, while Atletico Madrid remain at third, three points behind Real Madrid, leading the table for another week.
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Match Highlights – Atletico Madrid vs Real Madrid
Somehow, no player was sent off in a fiery derby between Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid, ending in a 2-2 draw at the Vicente Calderon, with the home side probably looking better for most of the very aggressive and tense 90 minutes.
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Premier League vs La Liga – How TV Money is Spread
There isn’t complete parity in the Premier League, but it’s clear to see why there’s no chance in hell someone will make that mistake about the Spanish La Liga, which continues to be a two (and maybe three sometimes) league most of the time because of the way TV money is distributed among the teams.
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La Liga – Week 25 Results & Table
A weekend of upsets, while Real Madrid come away as the big winners and sole league leaders after their win over Elche, while Barcelona fall against Real Sociedad and Atletico Madrid lost to Osasuna.
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FC Barcelona – Lionel Messi Breaks Records Every Time he Touches the Ball
Not the grandest of displays from Barcelona, but it doesn’t matter when you have someone like Lionel Messi on the team, who didn’t just help turn the match around and win it for his team, but also set a new record for goals for just one club in Spanish football, reaching 334 career goals for Barca, surpassing Telmo Zarra.
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FC Barcelona – Lionel Messi is in Uncharted Territory
Despite the perception, Lionel Messi and Barcelona don’t always win the Spanish La Liga championship. However, it’s been a rare occasion to see them fail locally over the last five years, which makes this season somewhat hard to stomach for Barca fans who tend to ignore everything that happens outside the Camp Nou.
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Real Madrid – Cristiano Ronaldo Should Have Been Sent Off Sooner
The fiery match between Real Madrid and Athletic Bilbao still hasn’t gone completely off the map. Athletic Bilbao are filing an official complaint against the Madrid press over things written about Carlos Gurpegi. Cristiano Ronaldo was sent off for scratching him in the face, but could have seen the red card earlier for his stomp on Mikel Rico.
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Real Madrid – Cristiano Ronaldo Gets a 3 Match Suspension
It seems that Cristiano Ronaldo scratching Carlos Gurpegi in the face is going to cost him and Real Madrid three matches in the tight La Liga championship race, although there’s a very good chance an appeal will reduce the punishment.
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Match Highlights – Atletico Madrid vs Barcelona
The top two teams in Spain, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, finished their first league match of the season in a tense, tactical and aggressive 0-0 draw, which actually benefits the third team in the La Liga title race triangle.
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La Liga – Atletico Madrid vs Barcelona
The match of the season in Spain usually pits a different team from the capital city against Barcelona, but the work done with Atletico Madrid over the last two years finds them, at the moment, as joint leaders in the La Liga and the biggest challenge for the league champions.