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Are Las Palmas now La Liga's most exciting team?

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Are Las Palmas now La Liga's most exciting team? As the saying goes, it’s best to let your football do the talking. Quique Setien has been a champion of this approach over the last fortnight, as speculation continues to surround his position as Las Palmas coach in the face of talks over a contract renewal. The 58-year-old has been in his pos...

Can new manager bounce propel Deportivo to La Liga safety?

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Can new manager bounce propel Deportivo to La Liga safety? Losing 4-0 to your relegation rivals is never a handy result for an already insecure coach, and so it proved for Gaizka Garitano last weekend. Leganes, known more for their profligacy than being prolific, netted 20% of their goals for the season against Deportivo La Coruna and sent the former Eibar ...

Messi papers over the cracks during Barcelona’s identity crisis

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Messi papers over the cracks during Barcelona’s identity crisis There can be no doubt that Luis Enrique is a victim of his own success. When he walked into the Barcelona job at Camp Nou back in 2013, there was an air of uncertainty regarding what to expect from him - but a historic treble soon set expectations high.After a resounding 4-0 Champions League defeat ...

Form Guide: Could improving Osasuna still pull off a great escape?

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Form Guide: Could improving Osasuna still pull off a great escape? Third time has been the charm for newly-promoted Osasuna, who have had to sack both Enrique Martin and Joaquin Caparros as coach in order to enjoy some improvements on the pitch under Petar Vasiljevic.This is the Serbian’s first attempt at management, after downing his tools as the club’...

Alaves make history after progressing to the Copa del Rey final

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Alaves make history after progressing to the Copa del Rey final Returning to the Spanish top-flight this season was already a huge achievement for Deportivo Alaves, who had managed to make their way back into La Liga after a decade’s absence. After defeating Celta Vigo this week in Copa del Rey semi-final action, reaching their first ever final in the comp...

How Espanyol are profiting from pragmatist Quique Sanchez Flores

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How Espanyol are profiting from pragmatist Quique Sanchez Flores Many would have been surprised when Watford announced that they would not be retaining Quique Sanchez Flores’ services at the end of the last Premier League campaign.The Spanish coach had guided the Hornets to a 13th-placed finish on their return to the English top-flight, coaxing plenty of go...

Winter Champions Real Madrid armed to deal with choppy waters

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Winter Champions Real Madrid armed to deal with choppy waters Both Carlo Ancelotti and Jose Mourinho have managed to lead Real Madrid to top spot at the midway point of the La Liga campaign. Each coach had contrasting fortunes.While Ancelotti witnessed the wheels falling off for his Los Blancos’ outfit in the second half of the 2014/2015 season, with Bar...

Sevilla’s season of self-discovery looks set to culminate in title charge

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Sevilla’s season of self-discovery looks set to culminate in title charge Real Madrid travelled to the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan on Sunday evening with hopes of taking their unbeaten run in all competitions to an unbelievable 41 matches. Sevilla were their in-form opponent, able to leapfrog Barcelona into second place with a win, and although Zinedine Zidane’s men shoul...

Finger pointing Barcelona need look at themselves rather than elsewhere

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Finger pointing Barcelona need look at themselves rather than elsewhere After a late Lionel Messi free-kick managed to get Barcelona out of jail against Villarreal, as La Liga action returned in 2017, Luis Enrique’s squad were left feeling as though they had been cheated out of the opportunity to win. Normally, an equaliser at the end of a tight contest can hold a...

Will Voro be the next man caught in the Valencia crossfire?

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Will Voro be the next man caught in the Valencia crossfire? Managerial re-shuffles at the Mestalla are becoming as predictable as the changing of the seasons, as Cesare Prandelli was the latest man to move on from Valencia’s poisoned-chalice of a hot seat. Expectations are, for some reason, as high as ever on the east coast of Spain. Rather than scalin...