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The Week In Barcelona: Messi continues to be the messiah – from midfield
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The Week In... The Argentine's influence continues to grow from deeper writes Tim Stannard, as Barcelona shuffle closer and closer to defending their La Liga title...

Benzema and Ronaldo go rogue as injury fears increase for Champions League
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La Liga Loca Tim Stannard looks ahead to a pivotal weekend in La Liga, with the battles at the top and bottom of the table ready for another twist...

The Week In Barcelona: Super Suarez ensures all is back to normal at Camp Nou
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The Week In... Tim Stannard sums up the Catalans' resurgence following two blowout victories against lesser opposition, with Luis Suarez displaying his goalscoring greed of old...

Why the Clásico might not be such a mess for Real Madrid after all
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La Liga Loca Tim Stannard reviews the weekend action from La Liga, after the Big Two get a helping hand from Lady Luck. Oh, and some referees…

Why Real Madrid supporters are on the brink of a loyalty swipe left
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La Liga Loca The capital-based club are ready to ditch Florentino Perez from their hearts and find a new man to love, writes Tim Stannard...

Why the relegation zone is no longer fatal in La Liga
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La Liga Loca Tim Stannard explains that after Elche's relegation, teams in Spain's top flight will need more than just points earned on the pitch to stay up next season...

Barça show why Spurs Method wins in the end
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La Liga Loca Tim Stannard looks at how the Spanish and European champs have conceded eight goals in their last two games...

Alien invasion: The secret of Atlético Madrid’s success revealed
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La Liga Loca Tim Stannard thinks he's cracked (or maybe he's just cracked?) the reason behind Atleti's stunning rise...

Dani Güiza: A living (if "confused") legend returns to Spanish shores
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La Liga Loca Tim Stannard rejoices as Spain's fun-loving night owl heads home to join the team he said he never would...

Big trouble in big China for Rayo Vallecano
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La Liga Loca Sponsors influencing club signings and the unlikely return of a former hero for one of Madrid's La Liga outfits?

Are we seeing the start of a big Ronaldo-Benitez bust-up?
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La Liga Loca The former Liverpool manager's first days in his new job have not begun well, says Tim Stannard...

La Preview: Why Barça need to get nasty, and G-Nev needs a games console reboot
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La Liga Loca Last weekend was boring, writes Tim Stannard – so it’s a good job this one won’t be...

Benitez breathes easier while El Nevvo takes charge in Mestalla
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La Liga Loca The Spanish clubs continue to seek European glory - with a familiar English face settling into place, notes Tim Stannard...

La Review: Barca falter as Madrid's big two close the gap
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La Liga Loca G-Nev's team grab a point to deny Barcelona at Mestalla and help the chasing pack, writes Tim Stannard...

La Preview: Barca bid farewell as Atletico look to take advantage
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La Liga Loca A preoccupied Barcelona, determined Atleti and resurgent Ronaldo provide Tim Stannard's talking points this week - not to mention Gary Neville's La Liga debut...

Body swap may be best option for under-fire Rafa
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La Liga Loca The Real Madrid boss doesn’t even have to oversee any games to get yet more stick than before, writes Tim Stannard...

La Review: Madrid start ethical debate as Atlético fail at chance of being Christmas stars
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La Liga Loca With freshly crowned World Club champions Barcelona away, the big two (left behind in La Liga) will play, right?

La Mini Preview: Spain gets festive for midweek frolicking... and Rafa trolling
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La Liga Loca La Liga doesn't normally 'do' games at Christmas – but they've got no choice this year, cackles Tim Stannard...

La Preview: Flo Pérez’s bald patch gets some airtime, as Benítez gets his backing
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La Liga Loca Hi-ho, it’s to a Barça-less La Liga weekend we go. But Tim Stannard’s got plenty else to talk about…

Moyes set to move house as Real Madrid suffer Sevilla syndrome
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La Liga Loca Another defeat for the Scot's Sociedad side looks to have all but sealed his exit, writes Tim Stannard...

La Preview: Bathrooms, Benzema and Espanyol’s bright new world
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La Liga Loca Tim Stannard sets you up for the weekend's La Liga action...

Barça face era of austerity as financial past catches up
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La Liga Loca There's always something interesting going on in the wonderful world of Barcelona, and Tim Stannard's got the latest...

Celta keep on keeping on to put pressure on Real Madrid and Barça
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La Liga Loca These are exciting times at the top of La Liga, writes a loved-up Tim Stannard...
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