Alvaro Negredo

On Tues­day, the goal­keep­ers and defend­ers were dis­cussed, and Wednes­day, the mid­field­ers were dis­cussed.  With all of the cre­ative tal­ent in the mid­field, that will bring the pres­sure on the for­wards to con­vert the mul­ti­tudes of chances that Xavi, Xabi Alonso, etc. will cre­ate for them.  Obvi­ously, the two start­ing men up front would be […]

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The Jan­u­ary trans­fer win­dow is made for the top teams to rein­force their squads for a title run.  As a whole, the win­dow flew by with lit­tle fan­fare.  Real Zaragoza was one of the few teams in Europe to make sweep­ing changes to their ros­ter.  While their moves would hardly gather any front or back […]

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In terms of the foot­ball played on the pitch, the Sevilla — Real Madrid clash qual­i­fied as the best match of the young La Liga sea­son.  Hon­or­able men­tions to Ath­letic Bilbao’s 3–2 vic­tory over Vil­lar­real CF in Round 3 and the pul­sat­ing 2–2 draw between Valen­cia and Atlético Madrid last Sat­ur­day night, but this fixture […]

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Sevilla Flies Underneath the Radar

by Andy Pineda on September 23, 2009 · 0 comments

While the press and the media focus most of their ink and font on the newly built Real Madrid and the con­tin­ued bril­liance of FC Barcelona, Sevilla car­ries on with their con­sis­tent good form.  On the sur­face, there is noth­ing too sexy that imme­di­ately grabs head­lines, but arguably, Luís Fabi­ano is cur­rently play­ing as the […]

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