Tag: La Liga
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La Liga: Lemar grabs 99th-minute winner for Atletico Madrid
Thomas Lemar scored a dramatic injury-time winner as La Liga champions Atletico Madrid came from behind to beat newly promoted Espanyol. The France midfielder scored in the 99th minute to give Diego Simeone’s side a third victory from their opening four games. The hosts led from the 40th minute through a Raul de Tomas looping…
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Real Madrid named most visited football club website
La Liga giant Real Madrid have been named the most popular football club website on the internet. Realmadrid.com is the most visited football club website in the world for the fifth consecutive year, according to data provided by Comscore, the official internet measurement company. The average monthly number of unique users of the Real Madrid…
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Griezmann makes shock return to Atletico Madrid
Antoine Griezmann has rejoined Atletico Madrid from FC Barcelona on loan, just two years after leaving the Wanda Metropolitano. Atletico Madrid sold France striker Griezmann to Barca for 120 million euros (140 million dollars) in 2019, yet he has never managed to recapture his best form at Camp Nou. Lionel Messi’s departure to Paris Saint-Germain…
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La Liga: Depay secures Barca victory against Getafe
Memphis Depay scored Barcelona’s winner as they beat Getafe in La Liga. Sergi Roberto slid home the hosts’ opener from Jordi Alba’s cross after only 99 seconds. Sandro levelled for Getafe after a one-two with Carles Alena, both former Barcelona players. But Depay showed good skill from Frenkie de Jong’s pass before rifling into the…
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LaLiga: I have too many players at Barca – Koeman
Barcelona manager Ronald Koeman has concerns with his oversized squad. Barcelona have been unable to compete in the transfer market due to the financial pressures placed upon them from the previous administration, while they haven’t even been able to move on the players that they wanted to. “It’s impossible to have 32 players in the…
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La Liga: Demir makes Messi record in Barca debut
Yusuf Demir made his competitive Barcelona debut in their 1-1 draw at Athletic Bilbao on Saturday. During the match against Athletic Club at San Mames, Demir came off the bench to make his senior debut, becoming the youngest foreign player to play his first game for the club since Lionel Messi himself. Demir is just…
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La Liga president admits Messi Barca exit ‘traumatic’
La Liga president Javier Tebas says Lionel Messi’s departure from Barcelona was “traumatic”. Tebas admits Messi’s exit for PSG was a blow to the competition. He was talking at a press conference regarding the “historic and exceptional” LaLiga Impulso deal which was passed on Thursday, financed by the international investment fund CVC, which was voted…
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La Liga: Sergio Aguero out for 10 weeks
Barcelona have revealed that Sergio Aguero is set to be missing for “around 10 weeks” after suffering a calf injury that will delay his start to life at Camp Nou. The Argentina international only linked up with the Blaugrana at the start of the summer having become a free agent at the end of his…
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La Liga blocks Messi contract renewal at Barca
Barcelona are still unable to secure Lionel Messi’s future with a new deal, because of LaLiga’s refusal to make any concession, the UK Mirror reports. After being found guilty of operating significantly over the league’s wage rulings, Barca were punished. This means they were not allowed to register new signings, except they cut down their…
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La Liga: Bale returns to Real Madrid without jersey number
Gareth Bale has returned to Real Madrid this summer – with his old number now taken. Bale has lost the No11 shirt to teammate Marco Asensio, having spent last season on-loan with Tottenham. The Wales captain finds himself without a number, with few available. At the moment all the numbers (from 1 to 25) are…