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Simeone the Saviour and bad news for Moyes' boys
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La Liga Loca FFT's Spanish expert Tim Stannard is here with some good news for Atletico Madrid supporters...
Year Zero: Spain need pruning, not root-and-branch reform
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Spain FFT's Spanish expert, Tim Stannard, reflects on Spanish musings of the future after a disastrous Brazil 2014...
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...
Athletic’s miracle model finally comes good as Champions League awaits
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La Liga Loca Tim Stannard reports on a brilliant night for the Basque Country, as Athletic Bilbao qualify for Europe's elite competition in their first official game at the shiny new San Mamés...
International break offers no respite for Florentino Perez
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La Liga Loca La Liga may be on a bit of a break, but the Real Madrid president still has plenty on his plate...
La Review: Atlético enjoy their very, very, very good weekend
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La Liga Loca FFT's Spanish expert Tim Stannard rounds up a successful two days for the champions...
Big Weekend Preview: Barça’s new look and a big shift from James
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La Liga Loca FFT's Spanish whizz Tim Stannard on another dose of new-look Barca, running Rodriguez and a tough time for Gerard Deulofeu...
Perez's cowboy job to blame for Real's muddled mess
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La Liga Loca TIm Stannard on the troubles brewing for Carlo Ancelotti after just three months at the Bernabeu...
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...
La Review: Rocking Valencia ship tosses captain overboard after Sevilla defeat
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La Liga Loca Phil Neville's got the Los Che hotseat until they can find a new man permanently, writes Tim Stannard...
Spain searches for answer to Messi’s muscle malaise
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La Liga Loca FFT's Spanish expert Tim Stannard on the injury affair causing a kerfuffle in Catalonia...
The Week in Real Madrid: La Liga hoodoo continues as title slips away once more
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The Week In... Zinedine Zidane's men couldn't lift La Liga in the end, even if they deserve credit for the way they mustered their strength to push Barcelona to the wire under the Frenchman, writes Tim Stannard...
10 big questions in La Liga: Are Real Madrid to blame for this Neymar nonsense?
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La Liga Loca Tim Stannard brings you the big talking points in Spain...
Big Weekend Preview: Rayo’s repetition, predicting Piqué and preparing for Moyes?
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La Liga Loca Tim Stannard pops the questions for the latest round in La Liga ...
Four reasons to watch this weekend’s Copa del Rey games
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La Liga Loca FFT's Spanish expert Tim Stannard on Spain's old cup competition given a fresh lease of life...
Florentino scrubs Iker Casillas from his club
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La Liga Loca Tim Stannard explains how Real Madrid have cleaned up the problem of former hero Iker Casillas...
Dempsey, lumberjacks and 67,000 fans: Seattle and the MLS's North-West hotbed
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MLS It's not just the Premier League which boats a footballing hotbed in the North-West. Tim Stannard reports on how the Seattle Sounders are spearheading a West Coast revival in the MLS
Real Madrid fans hope for “final to end all finals” - if football still exists
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La Liga Loca One La Liga team through, another possibly to follow - but will the league itself still be going? Tim Stannard's not sure...
Big Weekend Preview: Why Real Madrid are destined for double, Córdoba’s sneaky sabotage
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La Liga Loca Tim Stannard suggests why derby defeat at Atletico might not be all bad for Carlo Ancelotti's Champions League winners...
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...
Are billions arriving to bail out beleaguered Valencia?
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La Liga Loca FFT's Spanish expert Tim Stannard with the latest from up-and-down Mestalla-land...
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...
La Review: Table tennis, wise man Simeone and a mighty Rayo record
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La Liga Loca Clonk! Clink! Spain's Big Two are swapping points like tennis players but, says Tim Stannard, it might go the full five sets...