All posts tagged "football"
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Goals win games – Back to basics for La Liga’s shot-shy strugglers
GETTY IMAGES It sounds quite obvious but you can’t win a football game without scoring goals, and...
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Exploring the Stadiums of Madrid: Rayo Vallecano and Getafe
Multiple clubs in top flight football has for years been the preserve of London & Moscow. Then...
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Welcome to the People’s Republic of Vallekas
Late March last year as I was walking up the steps at Portazgo metro in Madrid, a...
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How Barça’s player of the century almost joined Real Madrid
FCBarcelona.com Futbol Club Barcelona celebrated its centenary year in 1999, and to mark that historic event the...
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The race for European football’s promised land hots up in Spain
EFE The race for La Liga’s fourth place is as tight as ever this season with any...
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La Liga beckons as Liverpool legend weighs up his future
PA IMAGES Istanbul, 25 May 2005. Liverpool’s Steven Gerard rises majestically to power Jon Arne Riise’s cross...
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Catalunya’s Hidden Gems: Lleida, Reus and Tarragona
We conclude our stadium tour of Catalunya with a look at three stadiums to the west of...
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Chelsea linked with swoop for Dutch star
Chelsea could be set to steal Valencia target Gregory van der Wiel from under the noses on...
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¡La cantera! – The changing face of one club in Spain
In the summer of 2009 Granada CF was a club weeks away from collapse. Italian investment, matched...
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Jefferson Montero finally starts to light up La Liga
GETTY IMAGES After his all action Man of the Match performance against Real Madrid on Saturday night,...
