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If the Top 5 Leagues in Europe Ended Today…
We still don’t know what most football leagues around Europe are going to decide regarding the fate of the season, but if the people in power along with UEFA make a decision to end the season based on the current league tables, these would be the title winners, Champions League qualifiers and relegated teams in […]
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Iago Aspas Proves That Chasing the Big Club Dream Isn’t For Everyone
With a brace in Celta’s 2-0 win over Huesca, Iago Aspas has reached 10 league goals for the fourth consecutive season. Another milestone in a prolific second tenure with the 31-year old’s boyhood club, this time without a move to a bigger club waiting around the corner. Aspas made that switch once, joining Liverpool in […]
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La Liga Referees Trying to Help Real Madrid Catch Up With Barcelona
Just when it looked like Barcelona were running away with the La Liga title, two awful mistakes by referees seem to be injecting some artificial interest in the Spanish league, helping out Real Madrid.
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No One Believes in Barcelona Anymore, But That Doesn’t Bother Lionel Messi
It’s been almost a decade since Barcelona entered a season as underdogs in the title run. Today, in a 5-0 win over Espanyol, was the first time Los Cules looked like a title team, even if most of it was Lionel Messi taking his ability and execution up a notch, finishing with an effortless hat trick.
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Comparing the Number of Champions in Europe’s Top Football Leagues Since 1993
When the European Cup was changed to include a group stage heading into the 1992-1993 season, began what can be referred to as the Champions League era, followed by perhaps an even bigger change a few years later with the Bosman rule.
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Real Madrid, Hoffenheim & RB Leipzig Only Undefeated Teams Left in Europe
Out of all the teams in the English Premier League, Italian Serie A, Spanish La Liga, German Bundesliga and French Ligue 1, only three remain undefeated: Real Madrid, Hoffenheim and RB Leipzig.
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Longest Title Droughts in European Football
When a season begins, opposing fans love to remind Liverpool supporters of how long it’s been since their last championship. Well, 26 years is quite a long time, but there are quite a few clubs in Europe’s top leagues, that have been waiting for a lot longer. Some of them are quite massive, and it’s surprising to find out they haven’t won a championship in such a long time.
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Goals & Highlights – Barcelona vs Real Sociedad
In one of their easiest wins of the season, Barcelona romped through Real Sociedad with a brace from Neymar and more goals from Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi, his first goal since coming back from injury on his first start.
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Goals & Highlights – Real Madrid vs Barcelona
The first El Clasico of the season will be remembered for a long time, as Barcelona humiliate Real Madrid 4-0 at the Santiago Bernabeu, with Lionel Messi coming on as a substitute, Cristiano Ronaldo looking awful while Luis Suarez (twice), Neymar and Andres Iniesta take care of the scoring.