Sitemap - 2023 - La Liga Lowdown

Isco - A picture of health in a Real Betis shirt

Feliz Navidad! Lucas lifts Real Madrid top: LaLiga Matchday 18 recap

European Super League: Everything you need to know

Is Atleti's title race run?

Jonatan Giráldez brings a trophy-laden spell at Barcelona Femeni to an abrupt end

Athletic Club on the rise as Sevilla fall further: LaLiga MD17 Recap

Remember the Kings League?

Infantino-esque Xavi Hernández might look north to Real Sociedad to inspire his project

Farewell Champions League group stage: Gloves off for Xavi?

The night Girona went from dreamers to believers

LaLiga Matchday 16 Recap: The iconic Girona game, an iconic Girona team

Three unmissable matches this weekend

Copa del Rey magic places curse on two LaLiga clubs

Civil war at Sevilla and are Athletic the ‘other’ Basque club now?

What the Women’s Champions League reforms means for Spanish teams

Real Madrid Makes History as Jude Bellingham Clinches Golden Boy Honour

It had to be him: LaLiga Matchday 15 recap

Kickstarting a New Era: Barcelona Exploring New Balance as Nike Sponsorship Hangs in Balance

Three things to watch on Matchday 15

The impact of Artifical Intelligence on football: will it ruin the sport?

Four Champions League teams and no light at the end of the Sevilla tunnel

Spain are loving life in the inaugural Women's Nations League

Morales boosting & RIP El Tel: LaLiga Matchday 14 recap

Javier Tebas resigns

Real Madrid's €500m money-spinning scheme - funded by the taxpayer?

Winter is coming: LaLiga MD14 Preview

Is Luis de la Fuente at fault in Gavi blame game?

Transforming the Pitch: Las Palmas and Spanish Stadiums Gear Up for the 2030 World Cup

A hollow victory and season-changing international break

Xavi and the 6 La Liga managers under pressure - their discourse, explanations and excuses

Florentino Pérez unleashes yet another verbal assault on Javier Tebas and LaLiga

Captain Marcelino to mute the mutinies and asking the tough Xavi questions

A guide to Real Madrid's Women's Champions League group stage opponents

A gamble worth taking

Familiar saviours as Marcelino set to return: LaLiga Matchday 13 recap

Anaylsing Barcelona's Women's Champions League group stage opponents

Luis de la Fuente’s Chosen Ones: Two Possible Debuts but No Pedri

The quality is real: Champions League MD4 Recap

Barça's hangover drags on

Las Palmas: Relegation candidates defying expectations

Unstoppable Girona as Madrid pair drop points: LaLiga Matchday 12 recap

The problem that faces Girona if they qualify for the Champions League

Concerning chasmic Copa clashes

El Clásico deep dive, rocky waters for Sevilla and Villarreal, and the dirtiest game in Spain

Aitana Bonmatí: From the shadows to centre stage

LaLiga MD11 Recap: Late show in 'El Clásico' & beyond

EL Clásico Curious Facts: 6 Things That Define Today's Clash

Decisions and Dilemmas: How will Carlo Ancelotti and Xavi Hernández approach El Clásico?

Champions League MD3 Recap & 'El Clásico' preview

Joan Laporta and Xavi claim that 'sociological Madridismo' is being used against Barcelona

Xavi's Thirteen: Trusting the process

La Liga Matchday 10 Recap: The Sergio Ramos adrenaline derby and the best debut yet?

The cult of something - anything - Diego Alonso needs to form at Sevilla

Villarreal president Fernando Roig offers insight to LaLiga transfer business and addresses his team's poor start to the season

International break pod: How do we really feel about Spain and La Liga quarter poll

Three things to look out for in LaLiga this weekend

Alexia Putellas makes history (again)

International break recap: Germany awaits as Spain qualify

Introducing Bryan Zaragoza: Spain & LaLiga's newest superstar

Who is new Sevilla boss Diego Alonso?

International Break Pod: There's Only One Mona Lisa

Villarreal's blame game

Getafe's promising Irish talent John Joe Patrick Finn

LaLiga Matchday 9 Recap: The life of Bryan

Rafa's date with destiny

“Barça is the most difficult club in the World”

La Liga Lowdown Champions League Recap - Why can't Barcelona control games?

Caroline Weir's ACL injury is bad news for Real Madrid and their title tilt

The Champions League heats up for the Spanish teams

LaLiga Matchday 8 Recap: Madrid on top as La Real Take the Derby.

Samba at Montilivi: Savinho’s journey from São Mateus to rising star in LaLiga

La Liga Matchday Recap: Girona líderes and knives out, amid foul-mouthed midweek

What went wrong for Vicente Moreno at Almería?

Míchel's mighty Girona targeting LaLiga summit

LaLiga Power Rankings: September

LaLiga Matchday 6 Recap: Real Madrid imperfect as Girona gol crazy

Xavi extends with Barça as Champions League dream looms in the horizon

You’ve lost that winning feelin’

Champions League review and Madrid derby: The most Atleti thing ever

João Félix is giving Freddie Mercurial

Four teams who could win the Liga F title

La Liga Matchday 5 Recap: Shark attack and Valencia go to Guerra

Club football is back: Partidazos, dugout dilemmas & more

Irresponsible or sustainable?

International Break Pod: Seismic - Six of the best in Granada

5 LaLiga managers among the biggest spenders in football

"I don't know if it's fair or unfair, but I'm here"

International break pod: The button of greatness

A Precocious talent: Please handle with care

Vilda’s long-awaited dismissal finally arrives

Midweek podcast: Tarde y mal

Matt's Midweek Musings

Hot blood in Sevilla: Ramos returns after 18 years and asks for forgiveness

LaLiga Matchday 4 review: Weathering the storm

LaLiga Transfer Window Roundup: Who won and who lost?

The luck of the draw

Midweek Pod: Seventh heaven for Simeone

LaLiga Power Rankings: August

Barça’s future No.9 aiming for the Golden Boot in Brazil

LaLiga Matchday 3 review: From Rubi to diamonds

15 football expressions in Spanish LaLiga fans need to know

Enough is enough. We stand with Jenni.

Osasuna are back on tour, but for how long?

Midweek Pod: Repugnant Rubiales

Why Xavi Hernández and Barcelona are struggling so much with low blocks - a theory

Top five moments of Spain’s Women's World Cup triumph

La Liga Matchday 2 and World Cup Review: Spain - Your World Champions

Everyone's favourite footballer completes his fairytale move, Santi Cazorla is back!

Painful night for Sevilla who loses sixth of seven UEFA Super Cups

Midweek Podcast: Ecstasy at Eden Park

History in the making: Spain to the WC final

The Style Council

LaLiga Matchday 1 Review: Bordaball is back as brilliant Bellingham bosses Bilbao

We're off and running

2023/24 Season Preview - Part Two

2023/24 Season Preview - Part One

Welcome to 2023/24

Your 2022/23 Spanish football wrap

2022/23 Season review

Summer spending spree is already under way.

The Culé connection in the Canaries

It hurts to see you go again...

Karim Benzema leaves Real Madrid as the quintessential artist: full of contradictions

5 most used U21 players to debut this season in LaLiga

Pucela pain, Ben-se-va, EurOsasuna and Barça's new home

LaLiga Matchday 38 Recap: A photo finish

Real Valladolid vs Getafe: The biggest game of the La Liga season

Spain: Past, present and future, in some order

Who will answer the Conference call?

Magic

Magnificent Seven: Sevilla are champions again

Celta Vigo threatening to capsize as Titanic disaster looms

LaLiga relegation: What results does each team need?

"Too good to go down"

LaLiga Matchday 37 Recap: Farewell Camp Nou, hello relegation drama

Squeaky bum time

The bizarre case of Kang-In Lee

LaLiga Matchday 36 Recap: There's life in seven of the dogs yet

Don't take your kids to the stadium

A disgrace without precedents

The final countdown

Let's not overcomplicate things.

La Liga Matchday 35 Recap: Racism stops football

Take me right into the danger zone

Joselu to Real Madrid might just be a masterstroke

Nobody wants it like them

European Review: Nobody loves it like Sevilla do

Miracles only happen once in a blue moon

5 crucial games in Barça's title run

The Real Madrid man in action in the other Champions League semi-final

Barça Campeones

LaLiga Matchday 34 Recap: Campeones and outrage, a truly LaLiga combination

Eurovision

Moral champagne for Sevilla against Juventus

Bittersweet: European recap & Matchday 34 preview

Sergio Busquets, one and only

All to play for in Manchester

The Kings League is back in action

King Carlo and his champions: Copa del Rey final review

Florentino Pérez is not looking for a manager, but his search is not over

Football, at its agonising best.

Ilusión y ganas

Covered in gold: LaLiga Matchday 33 recap & Copa final preview

Espanyol's worst nightmare

Barcelona begin counting the cost of Lionel Messi

Glory within reach

The Gladiators

Home comforts: LaLiga Matchday 32 recap

Who is Lamine Yamal?

Bordalás is back as the Pichichi race hots up

Dembélé to return 90 days later

Guerra brings liberation: LaLiga Matchday 31 recap

When Jagoba Arrasate was Real Sociedad coach

Castellanazo in Catalunya

Mateu Lahoz's journey could come to an end

Valencia win a game and Barcelona get closer: LaLiga Matchday 30 recap

Txuri-urdin Champions League dream is back on track

Barça celebrate 'Sant Jordi' with a much needed win

Unrelenting schedule: Saturday preview

Misfits United overcome the real United

Mendimiracles at the Pizjuán: European round-up and LaLiga Matchday 30 preview

The Sevilla League is back

Ben Hayward Q&A

Lowest common denominator

Keep the champagne on ice

Misery at Mestalla as Bilbao bounces: LaLiga Matchday 29 recap

Bilbao Basques in glory as European race intensifies

Jornada 29: Saturday's LaLiga preview

Todo OK, José Luis

Mendilibar's Theatre of Dreams: European recap and Matchday 29 preview

Samu Chukwueze unchained

From Fast and Furious to a convertible

The best defence in LaLiga history?

Talking points from Matchday 28

LaLiga Matchday 28 Recap: Mañana día libre

Three reasons you should ditch Primera for Segunda on Easter Sunday

To Europe and back in 237 seconds

Atlético Madrid's own rising from the dead

Carlo Ancelotti was right - so was Xavi Hernández

Copa del Rey Semi-Finals Review: El Clásico analysis, Osasuna are heading to Sevilla

(Poll) 'El Clásico' starting XI for the Copa del Rey

Gritted teeth at Espanyol

The moment of the weekend came at San Mamés

LaLiga Matchday 27 Recap: A rise, a fall and a look ahead to the Copa del Rey

Messi's return to Barça a little closer?

Three things to look out for in LaLiga this weekend

Show your working to get the credit

The Kings League is here to stay

Humbled at Hampden

Remembering when Scotland's visit to Spain ended in an abandoned match

Someone in Brazil believes they have a fire going

From Stuttgart to stardom via Stoke-on-Trent

5 things you didn't know about Luis de la Fuente

Norway have much more than Erling Haaland to threaten Luis de la Fuente's party

Norwegians in Málaga: Spain preview and LaLiga latest podcast

What, why and what to expect: Jorge Sampaoli out at Sevilla, José Luis Mendilibar in

Madrid prevaricate to cover for their downfall in LaLiga

Doce es la dulce

La Liga MD 26 and El Clásico Recap: One líder with mucha Liga below them

Xavi 3-2 Carlo Ancelotti

El Clásico in numbers

Dearth, defeat & disappointment: European review & Clásico preview

Clásico corner: Stats stacked in Barça's favour

Two key Cádiz players banned in a critical stage of the season

One positive and one negative for Real Madrid ahead of El Clásico

Four players who must be in the Spain squad

The value of winning 1-0

Xavi Simeone and the wrath of relegation: LaLiga Matchday 25 recap

Can Carvalhal’s classy Celta push for Europe?

Card-fest in Cádiz sets relegation fight alight

Betis down and almost certainly out

Real Sociedad stuck with the summit in sight

European Review from Old Trafford and the Mafia

Betis hoping to engineer an upset

Barcelona - guilty until proven innocent?

Crisis on the Costa: Málaga are nearing disaster

The title tilts on a single goal

LaLiga's gone all sixes and nines: LaLiga matchday 24 recap

Three conclusions from Saturday's games

Let the finger-pointing begin

Messi vs Ronaldo has a successor: Araújo vs Vinícius

Blood, sweat and balloons

El Clasico preview, Galicia's worst kept secret and the best value signings in La Liga

The bar giveth and the bar taketh away

Ronaldinho takes the Kings League to a whole new level

Madre mía, Almería: La Liga Matchday 23 Recap

All aboard the Carlos Carvalhal express

The Madrid Derby won by Barcelona

LaLiga club & player pronunciations sorted

Barça fail again on the big stage

Is defeat ever not a failure?

Can Barcelona bite back?

Sliding doors in North West England?

You come at the King... You best not

Borja Iglesias, the kind-hearted panda

Three things from Sunday’s action

LaLiga Matchday 22 Recap: a falcon in Pamplona, a parakeet in Alicante

How Athletic became Atlético and one of Spain’s greatest clubs gave birth to another

Míchelin star cuisine at Montilivi

Barcelona react, but they do not learn

Barça amidst a possible refereeing scandal

The dream of my life: Baraja is back

Staring into the abyss

Diego Martínez is a good manager, but...

Decisive Depay delivers top-four twist

LaLiga Matchday 21 Recap: The tightest league in Europe

Signs of life at Sevilla

Jornada 21: Saturday's LaLiga preview

7 ex-LaLiga footballers you didn't know were still playing

A final to play and Iraola set to stay: La Liga Lowdown midweek podcast

Champions of the World: Real Madrid's history in the Club World Cup

Return of the penalty king

'Xaviball' leads the way

Debut delight for Segunda's deadline-day deals

Wait... did that really happen? LaLiga Matchday 20 Recap

Salvation Saturday? LaLiga round-up

Saturday's LaLiga preview

Swings, roundabouts and injuries

LaLiga transfer market ranking

La Liga Lowdown Transfer Round-Up: Beaten to the punch

Libertad DSF

Gennaro's Gotta-go

Mind the gap: LaLiga Matchday 19 Recap

The good, the bad and the ugly: Half-term report card

Barcelona’s defensive performance: Fact or fiction?

Who are the best LaLiga players to watch?

Copa del Rey quarter-final Recap: Arrasate's having a party

La Liga Lowdown's Friday transfer round-up (27/01/23)

For the (away) fans

Waiting for Gattuso

Vindictive Vinícius

Álex Baena and the art of striking the ball

Cheers, tears and fears: LaLiga Matchday 18 Review

Meet Linares' Alberto González: the first football manager to work from home

Mallorca are earning their stripes

La Liga Lowdown's Friday transfer round-up (20/01/23)

The gift that keeps on giving?

Scoring with washing machines: La Liga Lowdown's midweek roundup

Hasta la muerte?

Empire State of Mind

A Supercopa statement

Barcelona are Super Champions: Supercopa and LaLiga matchday 17 recap

Esto va en serio

Not all fairytales have a happy ending...

Celta's steadying ship

La Liga Lowdown's Friday transfer roundup (13/01)

Supercopenalties: Semi-final review & LaLiga MD17 preview

How did the Spanish Super Cup end up in Saudi Arabia?

Supercopa de España Preview

Bale's Real Madrid career in goals

La Liga Lowdown's Jornada 16 quiz

LaLiga Matchday 16 Recap: This season isn't like the others

A timely reminder

Can Real Madrid win five trophies in five months?

La Liga Lowdown's Friday transfer roundup.

What is ‘El Alcorconazo’?

LaLiga Matchday 16 Preview: He goes a bit bonkers

Copa de la Democracia

Insane ratings in the Kings League debut

Lahozing the plot?

LaLiga Matchday 15 Recap: Welcome to 2023.

Old Lucas Signs