Sentences with phrase «liga title rivals»

Suarez struggled initially but has found his feet of late, netting seven goals in his last seven appearances, including most crucially his effort against La Liga title rivals Real Madrid.

For Barca, they have an 11 - point lead over nearest La Liga title rivals Atletico Madrid and so can perhaps afford to rest key players in the league to prioritise the Champions League and Copa del Rey final.

Not exact matches

23 — Having wrestled the title off last season's champions Atletico, Barca are now celebrating their 23rd La Liga win, continuing their superb rise in the modern era as they look to catch up with bitter rivals Real Madrid on 32.

Real have failed to retain their Champions League title this term — being eliminated in the semi-finals by Juventus — and have also fallen short in La Liga, as rivals Barcelona have claimed the Spanish championship.

Should Barcelona end up being successful in their pursuit of Juventus forward Dybala, it'll definitely be a good addition to Ernesto Valverde's squad as they look to regain the La Liga title from rivals Real Madrid.

While the Rojiblancos do not share the same kind of rivalry with Barca as with Real, Griezmann could still be well advised not to strengthen one of their title rivals in La Liga.

The Spanish giants take on Getafe in their final game of the La Liga season, with little to play for as they now have no chance of catching rivals Barcelona to win the title.

Turan has impressed in La Liga since joining Atletico from Galatasaray back in 2011, and helped guide the club to a La Liga title win in the 2013/14 season, as well as on a run to the Champions League final, where Diego Simeone's side were eventually beaten by city rivals Real Madrid in Lisbon.

The 28 - year - old also contributed greatly to helping Atletico to the La Liga title in 2013/14, plus also playing a crucial role in guiding them to the final of the Champions League, scoring against Chelsea in the semi-final before the club eventually lost to city rivals Real in Lisbon.

Zidane was downbeat about his team's current form, which has also seen them fall eight points behind rivals Barcelona in the race for the La Liga title.

Real Madrid do not tolerate failure lightly, and there can be no doubt that heads will roll this summer after bitter rivals Barcelona sealed a La Liga title win on Sunday.

Nevertheless, based on this report, he didn't do much to impress Messi on Thursday, and he'll now be desperate for his team as a whole to react at the weekend in order to take a major step towards winning the La Liga title by dealing a huge blow to a direct rival in Atleti.

The Catalan giants travel to the Spanish capital to face their fierce rivals in what is a must win fixture for Messi and co. if they are to have any chance of winning this year's La Liga title.

Eight of the last 12 La Liga titles have gone to our great rivals and one has been taken by our city rivals Atletico Madrid and that is simply not good enough.

Last season saw Real Madrid need a fantastic late run of results in La Liga just to get close to the eventual title winners Barcelona and put pressure on their fierce rivals, but this time the football boot has been on the other foot so to speak.

As Real Madrid still had a chance of nipping ahead of great rivals Barcelona to win this season's La Liga title and be crowned champions of Spain, Zinedine Zidane would have had no thoughts of rotating his squad and resting players for the Champions League final, which they are favourites to win with every online Sportsbook.

You might think I am being a bit presumptuous about Real Madrid having the Spanish title sewn up, as Los Blancos still have eight La Liga games to play and are only three points above our main rivals FC Barcelona, who we still have to play in the second El Clasico of the season.

Rounding off the ones to watch are four of La Liga's biggest teams as Real Madrid look to wrangle the title back from their rivals Atletico as it could be a defining year for Gareth Bale.

In every season they used to be the most top rival of La Liga title.

Iniesta was forced off during Barca's 1 - 0 La Liga defeat of title rivals Atletico Madrid on March 4 and has not played since, missing the weekend win over Malaga.

Atletico won their 10th La Liga title in a campaign that saw them overcome the odds to beat their city rivals and the Catalan team to the title, despite the significant financial gulf between the rojiblancos and La Liga's «big two».

Los Blancos are only one point behind Atletico and Barcelona and one big signing could be enough for them to wrest this year's La Liga title away from their two biggest rivals.

That victory puts Ronaldo and co top of La Liga standings, three points ahead of their arch rival, Barcelona and with one more game left in the league, a point will be enough for Zidane's boys to finally grab that league title.

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They have watched their fierce rivals Real Madrid win two Champions League titles and one La Liga title over the two seasons and were beaten heavily over the two legs of the Spanish Cup earlier at the start of this campaign.

Atletico Madrid tore apart city rivals Real Madrid 4 - 0 at home to open up the La Liga title race on Saturday in a triumph crowned by a spectacular ov -LRB-...)

Nonetheless, Barcelona are expected to continue with their pursuit of top players during the window as they look to strengthen the squad in order to wrestle the La Liga title back from rivals Real Madrid and recent reports have claimed that the Blaugrana are currently considering a move for Tottenham star Dele Alli.

Watching arch city rivals Atletico Madrid lift the La Liga title was a bitter pill to swallow, with salt rubbed further into the wounds by Barcelona also finishing above Real Madrid in the table.

A third Club World Cup in four years brings Madrid level with rivals Barcelona as the most successful side in the competition's history and adds to the La Liga, Champions League, UEFA Super Cup and Spanish Super Cup titles already won by Zinedine Zidane's men this year.

And then there is also the fact that Barcelona may not like to sell Sanchez to a direct rival for the La Liga title.

Atletico have arguably had their greatest ever season, having beaten both Real and Barcelona to La Liga Primera title — their first since 1996 — despite the team's total wage bill being a fifth of their local rivals.

This black Real Madrid jersey 2011 - 2012 will be worn by the likes of Kaka and Cristiano Ronaldo as Real seek to wrest the La Liga title away from arch rivals Barcelona, who will also be wearing a black away kit, albeit one made by Nike, this season.

The dejected look on Cristiano Ronaldo's face at the final whistle of his Real Madrid side's 1 - 0 crushing defeat over minnows Osasuna last Sunday told you all you need to know about their waning La Liga title hopes as they slipped 7 points behind fierce rivals Barcelona - sitting comfortably in first place in the La Liga table.

Costa spent three seasons at the Vicente Calderon and scored 36 goals in all competitions in the 2013 - 14 season which saw Atleti lift their 10th La Liga title and lose the final of the Champions League to their city rivals Real Madrid.

It is a Madrid derby and with the two rivals scrapping it out in the title race in La Liga this is going to be another fascinating encounter between the two.

If Barça are able to confirm their status as favorites and get the three points, they'll put immense pressure on title rivals Real Madrid who have one of their toughest assignments of the season away to Real Sociedad, the only other team in La Liga with a perfect record so far.

Dembele will form a fearsome forward line alongside five - time World Player of the Year Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez as Barca aim to wrestle the Champions League and La Liga titles back from rivals Real Madrid.