Juan Ramón López Muñiz brought Málaga into La Liga in 2008 after a two-year hiatus in the second division. Throughout his playing career, he played on teams constantly scrambling either to stay in La Liga or to be promoted to the first division. He knows the mentality that a team needs to eschew whatever poor […]
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La Liga Jornada 34 Review: Málaga Denied of a Shock Victory at Mallorca
by Andy Pineda on April 26, 2010 · 0 comments Tweet
US TV Listings for Jornada 32: Apr. 13 — Apr. 15">La Liga Preview and US TV Listings for Jornada 32: Apr. 13 — Apr. 15
by Andy Pineda on April 13, 2010 · 0 comments Tweet
With El Clásico in the rear-view mirror, La Liga continues forward with a mid-week round that will help shape the European and relegation battles. For Real Madrid, a mid-week match should be good for them so that they can move on quickly from a mentally and physically draining edition of El Clásico. With Barcelona holding […]
Throughout Barcelona’s two-year run of groundbreaking excellence, Josep Guardiola i Sala role as a tactician tended to be undervalued. He reinstituted the “Total Football” concept that Johan Cruyff, Guardiola’s former manager at FC Barcelona, instilled when he was a player and a manager at the club, and he changed the culture inside the dressing room. He […]
La Liga Review: The Guillotine Falls On Manolo Jiménez
by Andy Pineda on March 26, 2010 · 0 comments Tweet
When Sevilla hosted cellar-dweller Xerez on Tuesday evening, an aura of uneasiness surrounded the Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán. In the front of the Sevillistas’ minds was the poor form of their team. An extended run of indolent performances culminated on Saturday evening with a 2–0 debacle against Espanyol, where Sevilla would lose Jesús Navas for a […]
La Liga Review: Real Madrid Proves To Be A Legitimate Threat to Barcelona
by Andy Pineda on March 8, 2010 · 2 comments Tweet
The Almería — Barcelona match had not concluded when Real Madrid took to the pitch, but a few minutes into their match with Sevilla, they knew that Barça slipped at the Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos and dropped two points with a 2–2 draw against Almería. Expectations were that Real Madrid would not have the […]
US TV Listings for Jornada 25: Mar. 6 — Mar. 11">La Liga Preview and US TV Listings for Jornada 25: Mar. 6 — Mar. 11
by Andy Pineda on March 5, 2010 · 4 comments Tweet
The marquee matchup of the weekend is the late Saturday kickoff between top four teams Real Madrid and Sevilla. The reverse fixture in early October was one of the matches of the season, and while Sevilla’s title chances faded away during the dregs of mid-season, they still lie fourth in the league, they have the […]
US TV Listings for Jornada 21: Feb. 6 and Feb. 7">La Liga US TV Listings for Jornada 21: Feb. 6 and Feb. 7
by Andy Pineda on February 5, 2010 · 2 comments Tweet
Two clubs pulled the plug on their managers after a string of poor results that came to a head in the last round. Ernesto Valverde’s Villarreal suffered a 0–2 defeat at the hands of Osasuna, and Jose Luis Mendilibar’s Real Valladolid could only manage a 1–1 draw at home against fellow relegation strugglers Almería. Villarreal […]
