Tag: La Liga

May 24, 2015

Cristiano Ronaldo hints at starting a farm supply business with Carlo Ancelotti

Great coach and amazing person. Hope we work together next season. pic.twitter.com/HqHHGjGGUH

— Cristiano Ronaldo (@Cristiano) May 23, 2015

Since Carlo Ancelotti delivered Real Madrid’s long awaited 10th Champions League title last season instead of this season, club president Florentino Perez is reportedly itching to sack him now. So after Real Madrid’s final match of the season — a 7-3 win against Getafe that left them just two points shy of Barcelona’s tremendous title winning campaign — Ancelotti revealed his feelings on the matter.

May 23, 2015

Xavi in tears after playing his final game at the Camp Nou

Having played more games and winning more trophies than any other player in Barcelona history, Xavi made his final appearance at the Camp Nou in Barca’s La Liga finale against Deportivo La Coruna.

May 21, 2015

PES 2015 ads appearing on La Liga teams’ socks

Like a plague spreading through the bloodstream, kit advertisements have now made their way down to players’ socks in La Liga. A deal has been struck between the LFP and Konami to slap ads for video game Pro Evolution Soccer 2015 (aka Not FIFA 15) on one of the last remaining sections of a player’s body that isn’t sponsored.

May 17, 2015

Watch Thomas Vermaelen celebrate a Barca title you had just as much to do with as he did

Former Arsenal captain Thomas Vermaelen moved to Barcelona in a £15 million deal last summer, but injuries have prevented him from playing a single minute for his new club this season. Despite this, when Barca clinched their 23 La Liga title after beating Atletico Madrid 1-0, Vermaelen was out on the pitch celebrating with his theoretical teammates, wearing his Barca away shirt maybe for the first time ever (coincidentally he wears No. 23).

April 29, 2015

Real Madrid attempted a double throw-in

(Sky Sports)

Real Madrid experimented with a new technique during their match against Almeria: synchronized throw-ins. Each with their own ball, Fabio Coentrao and James Rodriguez attempted side by side throw-ins at the same time, each targeting Pepe as the Almeria players seemed to say, “That’s not how this works!”

April 18, 2015

Real Madrid demonstrate several varieties of perfection against Malaga

Real Madrid recovered from the loss of Gareth Bale in the fifth minute (and Luka Modric later on) to beat Malaga 3-1 and provide a few of the season’s most aesthetically satisfying moments.

April 6, 2015

The inner thoughts of Cristiano Ronaldo as he scored five goals in one match for the first time

Cristiano Ronaldo scored five goals in a single match for the first time in his career to help Real Madrid to a 9-1 win against Granada. His first three all came within a span of just eight minutes and from there it only got better.

These are the inner thoughts of Cristiano Ronaldo as he enjoyed his most prolific day…

April 6, 2015

Celta Vigo player sent off for throwing grass at Sergio Busquets

With Barcelona up 1-0 late in their match against Celta Vigo, Sergio Busquets took his sweet time preparing to take a free kick. Celta’s Fabian Orellana did not appreciate what he perceived to be Busquets wasting time, so he picked up a chunk of the earth and threw it at him.

March 22, 2015

Barcelona’s pre-Clasico mosaic was rather beautiful

The impossible hype that consistently surrounds El Clasico should be enough to make the match itself a regular disappointment and yet it still lives up to the expectations almost every single time. A big part of this is the incomparable atmosphere. And Barcelona demonstrated this with their pre-match mosaic at the Camp Nou, accompanied by the 98,000 components of it singing their hearts out.

March 10, 2015

Lionel Messi’s monopolization of football’s records must be stopped

Records are an important part of sports. They provide a context that links the past and present, giving younger generations a means to appreciate what came before their time. They allow the names of legends to live on beyond the confines of their brief careers. And by monopolizing football’s records, Lionel Messi is destroying everything.