La Liga Talk

After much pleading and begging, San Lorenzo have proved their worthiness to obtain the services of another former Ramón Díaz player at River Plate. His former team was in the race for a short period of time but they were not able to show them the money.
Andrés D´Alessandro is close to signing with […]

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The news that Los Maños got after their 2-0 loss to Real Madrid Sunday was probably just as hard to swallow. Argentine midfielder Pablo Aimar will have to undergo surgery after suffering from a chronic sports hernia that he has been dealing with since the end of last season.
Aimar was looked at in Madrid […]

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When a team wins love is in the air and things are great. When that situation changes, the same group of individuals do not seem to have that “love” as much any more. Fiery Argentine midfielder Andrés D’Alessandro returned to Zaragoza training after a tough past couple of days in which he saw […]

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Sometimes it’s not the wisest idea to having Spanish-speaking announcers commentating a soccer match in English, especially when it’s not their native tongue.
The perfect example was today’s Real Zaragoza against Racing Santander match. Here’s what the GolTV commentator said during the match:
“It’s a pity for Racing Santander that they no longer have Zigic in their […]

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Barcelona dropped 2 massive points against Espanyol which let Real Madrid off the hook as they clawed out a 2-2 draw against Zaragoza. Barcelona had been leading into the 89th minute and Real were losing but an amazing reversal of fortunes saw both games end in a draw.
Barca fell behind to a wonderfully worked Raul […]

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Here are some of my observations from last weekend’s La Liga matches:
Chelsea shouldn’t have a lot to fear in the Champions League with Valencia although the Blues still shouldn’t take the Spanish side lightly. Against Racing Santander, Valencia looked pretty average. And I didn’t think much of the atmosphere at the Mestalla stadium, the fifth […]

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