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Ranking the 10 best LaLiga goalkeepers of 2023

18Nov

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Ranking the 10 best LaLiga goalkeepers of 2023

Thibaut Courtois and Marc-André ter Stegen get plenty of spotlight - as they should. They are the starting goalkeepers for Real Madrid and Barcelona, respectively, and the former of the two clearly established himself as the best in the world after helping lead Los Blancos to the Champions League Title last season. But those two superstars aren't the only great goalkeepers in LaLiga worth getting to know. Let's rank the 10 best LaLiga goalkeepers. Courtois and ter Stegen will feature highly, but who is No. 1? And how many surprises are represented on the list? 10. Jan Oblak, Atlético Madrid If this list were made before the 2021/22 season, Jan Oblak would undoubtedly be in the top three. And there was a point before Thibaut Courtois found his best form in the 2019/20 season that...

11Nov

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Here’s why Borussia Dortmund can’t win the Bundesliga

In the last 20 years, Borussia Dortmund have won the Bundesliga just twice. Both of those championships came under Jürgen Klopp in the 2010/2011 and 2011/12 seasons. No club in Germany has been able to end Bayern München's reign of dominance since then, and Die Roten look poised to secure an unprecedented 11th straight Bundesliga title. Every year, a few football fans outside the Bundesliga get their hopes up that Dortmund may challenge Bayern for the title, but BVB fans and astute German football fans know better than to set any expectations. Dortmund is a historic club. They once beat Juventus in a Champions League Final and took down an amazing Real Madrid squad in the Champions League semifinals roughly 10 years ago. Yet it seems like they cannot come anywhere near Bayern year...

Real Madrid’s 2022/2023 squad is capable of defending LaLiga and Champions League titles

10Oct

By Javier MartinezNo Comments

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Real Madrid’s 2022/2023 squad is capable of defending LaLiga and Champions League titles

After a stellar 2021/2022 campaign that saw Real Madrid win LaLiga and the Champions League, the ‘Merengues’ are looking to defend both titles as the 2022/2023 campaign begins to take shape. Despite their success, there were still areas where the team had issues with last season and needed to strengthen in the transfer window. Real Madrid's defense has a new look The most obvious was the defense where they struggled a lot on set plays and whenever any of the regular starters were missing. That need has now been filled with the signing of Antonio Rüdiger, who joined on a free transfer and will provide the necessary height and depth the team was missing. Additionally, it would allow Real Madrid to play in different formations, such as switching to playing with three defenders. What stil...

The Rise and Fall of Málaga in the 2010’s

26Aug

By Amadis HaliNo Comments

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The Rise and Fall of Málaga in the 2010’s

The UEFA Champions League is a competition that, despite existing to crown the absolute best team in Europe, is no stranger to deep runs from underdog sides – some of which being clubs that cannot even call themselves the best of their own country, let alone the continent. Just last season, Villarreal, who qualified for the competition as Spain’s fourth-best team, upset German and Italian giants Bayern Munich and Juventus to reach the best four of Europe’s elite competition. 150 minutes into their semifinal tie against Liverpool, Villarreal were level on aggregate with the Merseyside outfit and dreamed of scoring a winner to book themselves a ticket to the final – it was only in the last 30 minutes that their dream was crushed and their Cinderella story was brought to an end. Villarreal...

Can José Mourinho return AS Roma to the promised land in 2022/23?

14Aug

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Can José Mourinho return AS Roma to the promised land in 2022/23?

Without a moment's hesitation, Vincenzo Montella sprayed the most audacious of diagonal switches in behind for his revered strike partner. The weight of the pass was so perfect that the receiver required just two touches to outwit a Parma defender and beat Gianluigi Buffon at his near post. An already raucous Stadio Olimpico burst into a heightened state of frenzy. Gabriel Batistuta's 20th goal of the 2000/01 Serie A season all but sealed Roma's third Scudetto on a sweltering mid-June afternoon in the capital. Fabio Capello was a champion again, and the Giallorossi had reached the pinnacle of calcio for just the third time in their storied history. For Roma supporters, such success was necessary following an albeit brief period of Biancocolesti supremacy. Their fiercest rivals ha...

24Jul

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Sam Kerr’s FIFA 23 cover is a big deal, but more work must be done

For football fans, EA Sports' FIFA cover reveal has become a tradition, with the honour usually going to the most prominent or iconic players at the time. On Friday, FIFA confirmed that Chelsea Women's Sam Kerr and French superstar Kylian Mbappé would be on the cover of FIFA 23. Having Sam Kerr on the cover of FIFA 23 is a monumental achievement not only for women in sport, but also for female representation in the gaming space. It represents a shift in how the digital sports world views female athletes and is a significant step towards greater inclusivity for women in the video game realm. It will be the first game in the series to feature both women's club football and the Women's World Cup. The game will include the Barclays Women's Super League of England and the Division 1 of Fr...