LaLiga, the top professional football league in Spain, was founded in 1929, and is home to 20 of Spain’s top clubs. The current champion, Real Madrid, also holds the league record for most titles with 34. Barcelona’s Lionel Messi is the league’s highest all-time scorer with a staggering 467 goals.
A dos días de cumplir 38 años, Claudio Bravo volvió a demostrar que es un portero de clase mundial. El chileno fue fundamental en el 1-1 entre Real Betis y el Atlético de Madrid, al punto que el siempre lírico relator Ray Hudson no dudó en calificar sus intervenciones como "absolutely magisterial" (absolutamente magistrales). El cumplido no es menor, porque la frase generalmente acompaña a alguna genialidad de Lionel Messi.
It’s really, really not supposed to happen now.
It feels next to impossible at this point, although one look at the LaLiga table shows that Atlético Madrid, by virtue of a single point, still controls its own destiny in the title race with eight matches remaining following Sunday’s 1-1 draw with Real Betis.
But the narrative has changed. Rather than the feel-good tale of a team tinkering with new methods of expression, this is now a horror story — and like all good depictions of the macabre, you cannot look away.
Memorable y épico. Real Madrid y Barcelona brindaron hoy uno de los mejores clásicos del último tiempo, bajo una lluvia torrencial que añadirá condimento a su futuro recuerdo.
Por lo que pasó en el primer tiempo los merengues pudieron haberlo ganado por goleada. Por lo que pasó en la segunda etapa, el Barcelona pudo haberlo empatado.
Sergiño Dest became the first American to appear in El Clásico in October. On Saturday he became the first American to score with his butt in El Clásico.
Dest’s rear end accidentally sent a Toni Kroos free kick into the back of the net for what proved to be the winner as Real Madrid edged Barcelona 2-1 on Saturday at a cold, wet and rainy Alfredo Di Stéfano Stadium.
El Clasico is the biggest rivalry in sports, featuring the biggest stars in the biggest venues with some of the biggest prizes in soccer generally on the line. So who are the El Clasico top scorers, the players who shine when the lights are brightest and the pressure is on? We made a list, and it has some pretty impressive names on it.
MADRID - Barcelona forward Antoine Griezmann has been spared having to remember three different dates to mark the birthdays of each of his three children — as they were all born on April 8.
When the French World Cup winner confirmed on social media that his wife Erika Choperena had given birth to a baby daughter on Thursday, remarkably it was on the same date as their elder children, Mia (born in 2016) and Amaro (born in 2019).
La historia del Atlético de Madrid esta temporada se parece cada vez más a la de un grupo de jóvenes cuyas vacaciones en una casa frente al lago se transforman en una película de terror. Al principio, todo bien, alegría y un camino al título que iba a destinado a convertirse en la experiencia de sus vidas. Sin embargo, a medio camino las cosas comenzaron a torcerse. La ventaja de la que alguna vez gozaron se evaporó y hoy los monstruos, Barcelona y Real Madrid, le respiran en la nuca.
El tropiezo de Atlético de Madrid ante Sevilla dejó al Barcelona afilándose los dientes. De ganarle al Real Valladolid, los catalanes tenían la posibilidad de quedar a un punto de los colchoneros con aún nueve jornadas de LaLiga en disputa. La oportunidad, ciertamente, no la desaprovechó, pero costó litros y litros de sudor.
It has been a strange season in Spanish football as both Barcelona and Real Madrid are experiencing down years, but Atlético Madrid manager Diego Simeone has seized on the opportunity to win a second LaLiga title for his club.
For a long stretch of the season, Atlético was nearly unbeatable. Following a pair of nil-nil draws early in the campaign, Simeone's side won 15 of 16 league games — the only misstep a 2-0 defeat to crosstown rival Real Madrid. This put the club 11 points clear at the top of LaLiga.