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WhoScored La Liga All Star XI - Gameweek 3

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WhoScored La Liga All Star XI - Gameweek 3 It’s something of a rarity to see neither Barcelona nor Real Madrid in the top two after three rounds of La Liga matches. Valencia and Real Betis led the way in Spain’s top division after Gameweek 3, with both teams winning all of their opening fixtures. Barcelona’s 8-0 win over Os...

WhoScored La Liga All Star XI - Gameweek 2

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WhoScored La Liga All Star XI - Gameweek 2 Barcelona’s surprise draw at Real Sociedad handed the initiative to Real Madrid this weekend and Jose Mourinho’s side made no mistake, beating a valiant Getafe to edge two points clear of their rivals at the top of La Liga. Wins for Valencia and Real Betis saw them join Madrid on six poi...

WhoScored La Liga Team of the Week - Matchday 1

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WhoScored La Liga Team of the Week - Matchday 1 The players’ strike is over and the first round of La Liga matches are now complete. Barcelona and Real Madrid already top the table, with hammerings dished out to Villarreal and Real Zaragoza respectively, and there’s no surprise to see their players dominate the WhoScored ratings. Havi...

WhoScored.com’s Spanish National Dream Team XI

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WhoScored.com’s Spanish National Dream Team XI World Cup holders Spain travel to Bari tonight for an intriguing showdown with Italy. The friendly has been somewhat overshadowed by the upcoming Spanish Super Copa between Barcelona and Real Madrid; Sergio Ramos and Xavi have already withdrawn from Vicente del Bosque’s squad ahead of the firs...

Top 5 Goal Scoring Centre Halves for 2010/11- La Liga

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Top 5 Goal Scoring Centre Halves for 2010/11- La Liga Next up in our look at the top scoring centre-halves of 2010/11 is La Liga. The top two teams are represented here, with Gerard Pique and Ricardo Carvalho proving their importance at either side of the pitch for Barcelona and Real Madrid respectively. There were impressive performers near the foot o...

The Best Wingers for Crossing & Dribbling Across Europe

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The Best Wingers for Crossing & Dribbling Across Europe As a round-up of WhoScored.com's feature on Europe's best attacking wingers from each of the top 5 divisions, we have collated the leading 5 players per category based on crossing and dribbling levels from each of the leagues, with some interesting conclusions to be drawn.As a reminder, all players ...

La Liga’s Top 5 Attacking Full-Backs for 2010/11

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La Liga’s Top 5 Attacking Full-Backs for 2010/11 The third in our series of articles showcasing the most attacking full-backs across Europe’s top five leagues sees La Liga under the spotlight. The displays of Daniel Alves for Barcelona last season illustrate just what a world-class presence he is for the Champions League winners, while Marce...

Hey Big Spenders: La Liga - Malaga

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Hey Big Spenders: La Liga - Malaga Spanish side Malaga CF are the focus of our 'Big Spenders' feature for La Liga and it isn't hard to see why. Since the takeover of the club by Sheikh Al Thani last June, wholesale changes have been made to secure their safety and progress the club onto the bigger stage.Having brought in Jesualdo Fer...

La Liga's Top 5 Wingers for Defensive Contribution

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La Liga's Top 5 Wingers for Defensive Contribution Our round up of the best 5 wingers for defensive contribution in each of the top 5 European divisions concludes in Spain with La Liga. All figures shown relate to the performances each player made from wide positions only and are based on WhoScored.com ratings for defensive contribution, including t...

La Liga's Leading 5 Crossing Wingers

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La Liga's Leading 5 Crossing Wingers WhoScored.com's final episode of our feature focussing on the world's top crossers and dribblers of the ball, compiling the best 5 players from each of the top 5 divisions, concludes in Spain with La Liga. All players to have played fewer than 20 games from the wing were filtered out in order to pro...