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"You rly saw evidence of Barcelona paying refs?"
This defense is misdirection, changing the narrative of what the Negreira case is about.
This Debate piece gives a good dive into what the (potential) issues are.
RFEF & Barca work: foolish, unethical, or illegal?
🤐 La Federación cesó a Negreira tras recibir un chivatazo de la investigación por los pagos de 7,5 millones
En paralelo, Albert Soler, reformó la Ley del Deporte decretando la prescripción de los delitos deportivos
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Gündogan is a strong leader - one that, if we're being honest, is a bit counter-cultural to the current environment at FC Barcelona.
He points to his teammates' maturity, situational IQ, mistakes - NOT the referee.
Compare that to the norm of Xavi, Laporta, etc. (Barca guys).
Ronald Araújo and João Cancelo's ears are still stinging.
Gündogan nothing if not honest. Steam nearly coming out of *his* ears.
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We know they had pretty much the same tweet lined up if City lost. Lol
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This is why people make fun of PL pundits so often, and with such justification.
These guys have faced peak Messi and Ronaldo, they’ve beaten Pep’s Bayern. I doubt the Atleti locker room is star-struck right now.
In a league that has had Lionel Messi and co at Barcelona and Cristiano Ronaldo and co at Real Madrid, Michael Owen claims the Atleti players are now sat in the dressing room thinking:
"We've never played anything like that."
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
#LIVATL
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There’s not a single team in football, apart from Real Madrid, that could get outplayed like this but still have people thinking they’re favorites to win out.
Truly in their DNA. This trophy just belongs to them.
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I guess this is the end of the tired "but most of Madrid's trophies came in the 50s & 60s against farmers" narrative. They now have more CL trophies in the modern era than any other club does in their entire history.
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Barcelona
Real Madrid
Atletico Madrid
Real Sociedad
Sevilla
La Liga will, yet again, have 5 teams in the Champions League next season. 🇪🇸
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Copa del Rey champions since the format change:
Valencia
Real Sociedad
Barcelona
Real Betis
Real Madrid
Clear success, imo.
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Messi scores 1 goal per game, people call him the GOAT.
Atleti scores 1 goal per game, people say they’re awful.
Double standards, people are hypocrites.
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Madrid selling Ronaldo, Varane, and perhaps Casemiro when they did (and for the amounts they did) gives such a sharp contrast to Barcelona - who have kept guys like Busquets &Pique on huge salaries until their careers are practically over.
Big difference, 100s of millions worth.
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10 years ago, Lionel Messi scored ~2x as many goals as Benzema did this year. 50 Liga goals then, 27 for Benz now. He also had 25% more assists.
Perspective.
Once in a lifetime, Lionel Messi.
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🚨 A new scandal in Spanish football?
Former Federation President, Luis Rubiales, used his power to benefit Sergio Busquets and Barcelona for an upcoming Clasico in 2019.
Breaking news of another scandal tied to Barcelona?
Not exactly. Thread. 👇🏽
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Spending since Xavi's arrival:
Barcelona: €256.4m
Madrid: €209.5m
La Real: €73.4m
Atleti: €69.7m
Girona: €37.25m
Lots of subtle exaggerations in narratives around Xavi atm.
1. This isn't a mediocre squad.
2. His financial ruin phase is a dream for majority of Liga clubs.
It’s honestly a bit bonkers to think how a coach that won a league + a Super Cup in 2.5 years with a mediocre squad at a club in financial ruin and institutional disarray can be driven from his post because of the immense pressure, scrutiny, and demands to be competitive and win.
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La Liga table since Xavi took over last season: 🏆
1. Barcelona - 142
2. Real Madrid - 133
3. Atletico Madrid - 118
4. Villarreal - 104
T5. Real Sociedad - 99
T5. Real Betis - 99
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We can never praise Simeone's impact too much.
As Xavi once said, he's had a Cruyff-like impact for Atletico Madrid. History-altering.
Atlético Madrid are now preparing their 23rd Champions League knockout rounds tie ever.
Diego Simeone will have been coach for 21 out of the 23 ties.
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Arda Turan retires with as many Liga titles as Cristiano Ronaldo. And Turan won it with 2 different teams. 👀
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Benzema, 2022 Ballon d’Or winner.
Don’t let that victory cause anyone to forget how enormous the likes of Vini, Courtois, Alaba, and Modric were this season.
Congrats to the (respectful, non-toxic) Madrid fans on here. 🏆👏🏽🏆
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Lionel Messi is absurd. Goodness, what an effort to get that goal. What a demoralizing player (for the opposition).
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This whole knockout stage has been classic Real Madrid. You have to appreciate their ties to this trophy. Unique relationship, Madrid and the Champions League. Amazing run so far.
Is Man City the better team? Probably. Doesn’t matter, they’ll be watching the final from home.
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Lionel Messi, GOAT.
Past his prime, no longer at his physical peak, still peerless. The best.
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Goals this season:
Luuk de Jong—4
Neymar—3
And y’all laughed at Koeman. 🙄😭
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Considering how much I hear about the Prem’s “physicality”, I sure am seeing a lot of complaints about how much physical Atleti is.
“Let them play”, no? 😉
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Gavi off injured.
I’m shocked. He’s only played 12,134 minutes in the last 3 seasons.
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Reminder: he’s 22 years old.
Many ppl say Vini needs to grow up/react better.
1. Lots of y’all are older than 22 & act like 12 yos… pot, meet kettle.
2. Until you’ve been on the receiving end of racial abuse in a public forum of this size, don’t give advice on how to respond.
This is not easy to watch. Or hear. But it is essential. Vinicius Junior. Welling up with tears after being subjected to a fresh wave of racist abuse. This has been a regular occurrence for six months in La Liga.
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Imagine if City had mighty Vallejo and Vazquez off the bench. CL guaranteed.
The lack of squad depth cost us at the end. You can’t win UCLs with 37 year old as back up DM and no striker.
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Luuk de Jong is the footballer Madrid fans wish Benzema was. Too good for this Barcelona team.
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Ballon d’Oh miss from Jorginho. They’re running out of reasons not to crown Messi at this point.
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Missing 2 world cups in a row and spending his best years at PSG will cause Verratti to be left out of countless convos about the greatest midfielders of this generation.
Unfair and unfortunate.
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Replace European with African, South American, Asian, North American.
Then replace Saudi Arabia with Europe.
How does it sound then?
🗣️ “European football loses with this situation. I imagine that we will have to somehow control this escape of talented players.”
Man City midfielder Rodri believes people in charge of football need to take control of the amount of top players moving to Saudi Arabia. 🇸🇦
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I used to think Ronaldo’s time with Barcelona was the greatest single-season tenure I’ve seen.
Then they signed Luuk de Jong. Pinnacle.
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Hazard really should leave Chelsea this summer. He’s too good to be fighting for third place in England. He should go play for Madrid and fight for third place in Spain instead.
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If you're a Real Madrid fan, it probably feels like destiny.
If you're a rival fan, you can't help but laugh at it.
If you're a neutral fan, you just expect it.
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Would anyone objectively disagree that Xavi’s Barcelona has become one of the most enjoyable sides to watch in La Liga?
Talking about viewing, not quality. La Real, Betis, Celta are other sides up there, to be clear.
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Oh
@totalBarca
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1. Denied evidence documented in court as being AI-generated. A lie.
2. Made up a story about VAR audio. Another lie.
3. Hyping an article from ElDebate, an article they didn’t even read. It says the opposite of their claim.
Dumbing down Barcelona Twitter. 🥴
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The whole team running to Messi after the final whistle says it all. Even the GOAT is afforded an off night and needs his teammates to pull off a win despite a poor performance sometimes. Nothing to critique there, what a moment.
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Some childish Madrid fans called me a hater back in December for saying Jude Bellingham’s goal-scoring was *likely* unsustainable.
He now has 1 goal in his last 8 games.
Maybe, just MAYBE I’m not a hater.
Maybe y’all just don’t like reasonable takes that aren’t hyping ur guys.
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Shouldn’t a club the size of Barcelona’s be a bit more thoughtful about who handles their social media?
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Can’t help but feel slightly disappointed at the response of Madrid’s players & captains during that situation.
Unsurprisingly, it was POC that ran to defend Vini immediately. Rudiger & Tchouaméni, then Vazquez & eventually Benzema (to carry on).
Kroos, Modric notably avoidant.
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Ramon Planes ➡️ replaces Antonio Cordon at Betis.
Cordon ➡️ replaces Mateu Alemany at Barcelona.
Alemany ➡️ joins Unai Emery at Aston Villa.
A rare chain of events where all 3 clubs come out with a victory. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Big fan of all 3, happy to discuss.
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For those wondering why Diakhaby chose not to stand behind the anti-racism banners today, this is what happened just 2 years ago.
He was the victim of racial abuse & walked off the pitch w/his teammates.
This didn't get NEAR the attn that bigger teams' players have. He knows.
The Valencia players have walked off the pitch at the Carranza 🦇
Mouctar Diakhaby was visibly angry after an altercation with Cadiz's Juan Cala, and ultimately left the pitch with his teammates following behind him
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When German directness and South American machismo/shame culture clash. 😁😬
🚨❗️ Ronald Araújo on Gundogan’s comments on his red card after the PSG game: “I’d rather keep for myself what I really think…”.
“I have my own codes and values that I think you need to respect”.
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Lionel Messi now leads the Pichichi race and everything feels back to normal in Spain.
He really doesn’t have a proper rival these days. Fun while it lasted.
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Barcelona is making one of the best defenses in La Liga look like a midtable side tonight. Dembele has been involved in all 3 goals.
So fun to watch when they’re playing like this. 😍😍
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The inevitable has arrived. We’ve reached the time where dudes who didn’t actually watch Xaviesta’s careers are speaking with forced confidence about them.
Remember, there’s NO shame in saying, “I’m too young to have actually watched [whichever player] regularly”. No shame.
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No shame in that loss for Barcelona. Huge improvement over last season, as you’d expect with such massive investments. They were never really outmatched and should feel confident about what they’re capable of this season.
Not quite among the elite, and that’s okay. Progress.
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The mental gymnastics that fans of Man United, Barcelona, Liverpool, Madrid are doing after the results of H2H battles in the last 2 weeks. 😂😂
Man United beating La Liga's top defense proves...
But Madrid trouncing Liverpool proves...
But Liverpool 6-0...
But Classico...
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🔵 Coutinho
🔵 Dembele
🔵 Griezmann
⚪️ Hazard
⚪️ Tchouaméni
⚪️ Jovic
🔴 Felix
🔴 Lemar
🔴 Costa
Interesting that the 3 most expensive signings of La Liga’s top sides were almost all misses (for various reasons) in the last ~5 years. ❎❎❎
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One of the best LBs of this era leaves Barcelona.
Top, top fullback. Similar peak to Marcelo, but longer-lasting.
Won it all, one of the greats of the current era. 👏🏽👏🏽
Petulant, often scapegoated, marked heavily by one major moment of weakness, but undeniably great. 👋🏽
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Percentage of penalties saved in their Liga career:
Oblak—33%
Courtois—18%
Ter Stegen—8%
In the UCL:
Oblak—50%
Ter Stegen—40%
Courtois—0%
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At this point, I kinda wonder if Lewandowski & Raphinha are competing to see who can disappoint Culers the most. 🤦🏽♂️
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Kroos is the best itw at what he does but drops off considerably when asked to do things beyond his core skill set.
Allow him to dictate play & build up in real-time and there's no one better. Leave him deep to win the ball/add protection and he's a liability. Outclassed tonite.
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Makes me so happy to see a young footballer rebound from a tough injury and still play at a high level. Hoping for the best for Ansu Fati!
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Vinicius Jr brought to tears during his presser as all Qs are about racism.
Meanwhile, his teammate Dani Carvajal is once again talking about how racism isn’t an issue in Spain.
Teammates.
Tone deaf, out of touch… maybe in denial?
🗣 Dani Carvajal: "I don't believe that Spain is a racist country. I come from a humble neighborhood in Leganés, there has never been any problem... I have friends of a different skin color, and there has never been a problem. Then there are people who go to the stadiums to let…
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"What Cruyff did with Barcelona, Cholo has done with Atletico Madrid."
-Pep Guardiola
Wow, those are big words considering who said it and who he referenced.
(From Amazon's Simeone series.)
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Madrid barely holding on.
Girona keeping up the title chase.
Barcelona still unbeaten.
Atleti with the league's longest winning streak.
Basque rivals fighting for Europe.
Loving La Liga so far this season!
Next up, el Clasico.
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Malaga is officially going down to the 3rd division.
It’s becoming a classic timeline in Spain.
1. Wealthy owner buys small club, fans get excited.
2. Money flows, early success.
3. Owner wanted club for other commercial opps.
4. Disinterest from owner, club free falls.
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Barcelona says they submitted a proposal for Messi.
Messi says there was no formal proposal.
Almost sounds like someone is trying to save face again…
Official statement from FC Barcelona on Leo Messi's decision to play for Inter Miami
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Wirtz, Bellingham, Pedri, Musiala
What an exciting group of next-gen stars. 😍
Fanboys can argue about who’s better. I’m just here to enjoy them all, the top tier of their generation.
Wirtz joins the group w/his 1st club trophy, prob the most impressive of all. 👏🏽
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The more I watch Gavi, the more I’m convinced he’s from Argentina, not Spain.
If he was a decade older, I’d almost assume he spent his youth fanboying Diego Simeone more than any Spanish midfielder of their golden generation. 😆
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On the whole of this season, you’d struggle to name a better CB than Antonio Rüdiger.
Monstrous at times. Even more impressive when you consider how recked Madrid’s back line has been.
Madridistas, where does he sit in your ranking if MVPs this term?
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18 MVPs in 26 matches. 🤯
Isco Alarcon wins his 18th MVP of the Match in La Liga this season for his goal and performance in Real Betis’s 1-1 draw against Sevilla in El Gran Derbi. 💫🇪🇸
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The Pichichi race will be a battle between Lewandowski, Aspas, and Benzema - a bunch of old dudes in their mid-30s. And I'm 100% here for it, lol.
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When are y'all gonna admit that Zidane is playing with the dark arts?
BREAKING - Sergio Aguero requires surgery on a knee injury and likely to miss remainder of season for
#MCFC
, and a serious doubt for Champions League clash v Real Madrid. More follows.
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You’ll struggle to convince me that
@totalbarca
isn’t one of the most toxic, immature, thoughtless accounts on this platform.
With the likes of them, Sara, and so many in the same vein, you don’t have to wonder why the fan base has such a large percentage of childish toxicity.
Arda Güler gets injured and the first thing this absolute weirdo thinks about is tweeting this. Tweeting about karma because an 18 year old got injured. Make it make sense.
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The Ballon d’Or?
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One thing the Champions League consistently does is remind me of how different fan cultures view the game.
I saw Kante's run. Zero technical quality needed, just running and giving a layoff. Not noteworthy for Liga fans, "brilliant" on PL Twitter.
Different, not better/worse.
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How can you not like watching Pedri?
I’m not even talking about rating him—fans will always argue about the details of that nonsense.
I just mean as a fan of football, you’ve gotta enjoy how he plays.
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I hope Barcelona can pull off this Güler deal. 🤞🏽
Pedri, Güler, Torre. De Jong still young too. 😍
Couldn’t care less if they have “La Masia DNA” or are from the academy.
That’s a talented group for the future.
This strategy worked for Madrid, no shame in following suit. 👏🏽👏🏽
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I often can’t help but smile when guys like Roberto score big goals.
Club guys who have battled near-constant criticism and dislike, still giving their all and playing a key role.
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Remember when Madrid was “set for the next decade” after they grabbed Ødegaard, Ceballos, Theo, Hakimi, Llorente, Brahim, Reinier, Jovic, Odriozola - or Kovacic, Lucas Silva, James, Illarramendi before that?
Good times. So predictable, football. Just look at age and we’re set.
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💣💣 BREAKING: Madrid *and* Barcelona have been laundering money with every transfer involving a Brazilian player since 2012. 👀
Proof: I emailed & called BOTH clubs about this and neither has replied to me. 😡😡
Do you think the Telegraph would pay me for this "news"?? 😏
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I don’t even care for Real Madrid. I dislike them, they’re obviously my least favorite club in Spain.
I just happen to dislike Chelsea Twitter and English media even more at the moment. 😆
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I saw some English “analysts” saying last night’s bore showed how far behind South American football had fallen.
If this first half is supposed to be the pinnacle of European excellence, I’d suggest they just keep quiet.
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Pogba, Van de Beek, Mbappe, Hazard, Mendy, Jovic. This will be one the most talented Madrid sides to lose out to Messi’s Barcelona.
L'Equipe are reporting that they expect Paul Pogba to complete a move to Real Madrid before the start of Euro 2020.
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If Barcelona actually grabs Haaland, Gaya, and Azpilicueta this summer, I’ll publicly admit that this is Iniesta’s burner.
High hopes, I love the plan… let’s see how it goes.
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I have a suggestion for La Liga fans this season, especially Cules and Madridistas.
Commit to following an additional team. Learn about their history, players, style. Commit to watching them every week.
Just one, maybe a different one each half of the season.+
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So Messi is de Bruyne's playmaking combined with Ronaldo's goal scoring and Hazard's dribbling. That's just unfair.
Kevin De Bruyne has now recorded 67 league assists since 2012/13.
Lionel Messi (68) is the only player with more in Europe’s top 5 leagues.
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Who doesn’t love seeing Frenkie de Jong and Pedri back together? 😍😍
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-Barcelona’s young scorers
-Atleti’s multi-era midfield trio
-La Real’s & La Real’s near-full XI
-Valencia’s new hopes
So many academy-driven stories in Spain, as always.
If you want expensive signings & big name, enjoy the Prem.
This👆🏽 is La Liga.
Pedri (2002), Fermín (2003), Gavi (2004), Guiu (2006) & Lamine (2007) have all scored league goals for Barcelona this season.
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Jesus Navas is the 1st player in history to win the the World Cup, Euros, and Nations League. 🏆🏆🏆
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Being upset at Dembele for "chasing money" is a bit ironic, almost hypocritical, considering it was Barcelona who lured him from BVB with outrageous wages.
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BREAKING NEWS: The team that wins the most games has won the most games with Soto Grado as referee.
🤯🤯
DID YOU KNOW?
Barcelona is the Spanish team w/the highest win % under Rd Burgos, the ref of the derby when Barca clinched La Liga last season.
Coincidence? You decide. 🤔🥴
Real Madrid is the team that has won the most times in La Liga (9) when Soto Grado is the referee... He was the referee of the game between Barça and Getafe.
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My header has 3 of the best CBs in my time as a Liga fan. W/his retirement, Pique will be the last to move on.
A vocal leader, controversial public figure, & sometimes streaky player, Pique leaves as a club legend. One of the greats, he'll be back soon in a new capacity. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
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For me, losing a match when the other team just played better is easier to take than losing when I feel like my team was better for most of the match.
Culers - I'm guessing this one feels more like the latter?
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Busquets' weaknesses have been on full display, once again. He simply can't handle quick transitions, and leaves too much on the CBs.
His "revival" under Xavi, like under Enrique, is about protecting him in midfield with extra movement and coverage from teammates.+
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1 Copa title, 5 finals, 3 Player of the Tournament awards. 2 "minor" trophies (U20 World Cup and Olympics).
People gotta do some real mental gymnastics to make this look disappointing, underwhelming, or anything not positive now.
(And yes, I realize some people still will.)
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Fans of Atletico Madrid & Barcelona (and any team fighting for a top 7 place) need to thank Sevilla & Madrid for carrying Spain's UEFA coefficient in recent seasons. 😁😆
We'll feel this in a few years.
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This Barcelona match is a microcosm for Rakitic and Suarez's last couple of years.
Use AND remove them properly and they can be stellar. Depend on them for too long or in the wrong situation and they become less effective.
Comes down to coaching as much as their own quality.
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Hearing Paul Scholes express the all-too-common arrogance before the match makes this a bit sweeter. Lots of that from English pundits and big accounts on my TL this week.
Nice to see them humbled.
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I can’t wait to listen to the VAR discussions when they’re released tomorrow/Tuesday.
Almeria will feel they were on the receiving end of some unfair calls that cost them a historic upset if Real Madrid.
Outrage in La Liga today.
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Easy to do when you're playing the likes of PSG, Atletico Madrid, Juventus, and Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, and Napoli. Let's not forget that he failed to score against Legia Warsaw. Twice.
20 goals in his last 12 Champions League games for Cristiano Ronaldo.
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Sensationalist reporting from Lucas & Managing Madrid. Amateur stuff.
Koke said Vinicius can celebrate however he wants, nothing wrong w/it. Then, when asked by the reporter, said he’d understand fans being upset, that it’d be normal.
Why do fan pages have such low standards?
Koke about Vinicius’ dances: "If he celebrates like that at the Wanda, there would be trouble"
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How many players in Spain have been better than Federico Valverde this season?
Name them, if you would.
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There’s an irony in a bunch of Europeans getting upset about other countries “taking over” sports they’ve historically “owned”.
We’ll build our empires off of your culture and resources, thru exploitation, but you better not take our sports thru… state funds.
Bernardo Silva is in his peak years & has been one of the best players in Europe for the last five years!
I wasn’t worried about the Saudi League taking players in their 30’s, a touch worried with players below the elite (Neves) but if this happens it feels like a game changer…
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How fair is it to say each of the following?
1) None of these are Barcelona legends
2) Pedro is closest to legend status, despite being the least talented
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