La Liga 2019/2020 & Spanish football generally.

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ITV4 still only have one game to show a weekend. La Liga can't get anyone to buy the full rights over here. :doh:

Athletic Club v Barcelona tonight at 8PM, ITV4.

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Athletic Club: Simon, Yuri, Nunez, Yeray, Capa, Dani Garcia, Unai Lopez, Muniain, Raul Garcia, De Marcos, Williams.

Barcelona: Ter Stegen, Semedo, Pique, Lenglet, Alba, S. Roberto, De Jong, Alena, Dembele, Suarez, Griezmann.

No Messi for Barca yet.

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Williams absolutely hammers it, Ter Stegen saves.

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What an effort from Rafinha, who came on for Old Man Suarez.

Matched by amazing save from Simon.

[GP]

I hope Greaseman flops.

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ADURIZ!

What a fucking hit.

And he's quite rightly going a bit mental.

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ADURIZ!!!

WHAT A GOAL!

:bow: :bow:

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Athletic Bilbao 1-0 Barcelona. FT.

Barcelona :haha:.

Valverde :haha:.

Greaseman :haha:.

Messi :haha:.

Barcelona without Messi :haha:.

Ancient Man Aduriz :bow:.

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Valverde. :haha:

Me for falling asleep. :haha:

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Barca 0-1Betis, Fekir!

[GP]

oh lol

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Barca are hopeless without Messi.

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Grease Man equalises.

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Me. :haha:

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3-1, Griezmann again and Perez.

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4-1 Jordi Alba.

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5-1 Vidal. :lol:

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5-2, Moron. :haha:

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Luis Enrique's daughter has died, aged 9 with bone cancer.

Awful might be understating it a bit.

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Osasuna 2-2 Barcelona, FT. :haha:

16 year old Fati with one of the goals for Barcelona. :bow:

A still Messi-less Barcelona, of course.

How much dirt does Valverde have on Bartomeu?

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Villarreal 1-0 Marketing, Moreno (not that one).

:lol:

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1-1 Bale.

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Villarreal 2-1 Marketing, Moi Gomez!

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2-2, Bale with his second.

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Barcelona 2-0 Valencia, Fati and De Jong.

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2-1, Gameiro.

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100% passing accuracy from De Jong in that first half. :wacko:

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4-1, Pique and Suarez.

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5-1 Suarez with his second. :lol:

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5-2 FT. Maxi Gomez with the last one.

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Granada 1-0 Barcelona, Azeez!

:haha:

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Messi is on to try and dig them out of another hole.

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Granada 2-0 Barcelona, Vadilla!

Granada top as it stands. :lol:

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Granada 2-0 Barcelona, FT!

Messi. :rose:

Fatty. :haha:

Suarez. :haha:

Valverde. :haha:

He has to be a goner, surely this time?

[Özim]

Valverde is a terrible manager, don't understand why Barcelona have stuck with him they should have replaced him before this.

[Letters]

Valverde is a terrible manager, don't understand why Barcelona have stuck with him they should have replaced him before this.

Wenger In? :unsure:

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Barcelona :haha:.

La Liga is turning into the PL. Record spending resulting in worse quality every year.

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https://streamvi.com/watch.php?video=1569354271

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Santi. :cloud9:

Messi went off injured again. :rose:

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49840614

Fined £265 quid?

FFS I could afford that fine!

[Thierrymon]

I mean, what is the point? Real and Barca have been tapping up players for years and this is the punishment?

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Barca will never do it again.

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Barca 1-0 Sevilla, Suarez overhead kick!

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Barcelona 2-0 Sevilla, Vidal.

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Barcelona 3-0 Sevilla, Dembele.

Barca looking a lot sharper without Griezmann. :rose:

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Barcelona 4-0 Sevilla, MESSI!!!!

Another freekick.

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Araujo and Dembele sent off. :haha:

Barca down to 9.

[Letters]

El Clasico postponed

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50096390

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Politics. :lol:

Should have held it in USA like they planned to with La Liga matches. :ninja:

Also, Eibar 0-3 Barcelona yesterday, Griezmann, Messi and Suarez with the goals.

Real Mallorca 1-0 Marketing from yesterday also, Lago with the goal.

Marketing. :haha:

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Levante 3-1 Barcelona. :haha:

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Barcelona 2-1 Celta Vigo at the moment.

Messi with both. One of them another ridiculous freekick.

Eibar 0-4 Marketing from earlier.

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3-1 Messi hat-trick. Another freekick. :haha:

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4-1 in the end, Busquets with the other.

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Leganes 1-0 Barcelona, En-Nesyri. :lol:

Valverde. :rose:

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Leganes 1-1 Barcelona, Suarez.

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Leganes 1-2 Barcelona, Vidal.

Teflon Valverde holds on again.

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Atleti 0-1 Barcelona was a FT result.

Messi with the late winner. :bow:

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Atleti 0-1 Barcelona was a FT result.

Messi with the late winner. :bow:

https://streamja.com/7b91

He makes it look so easy.

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And won the Ballon D'or too. :bow:

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El Clasico is on currently. Still 0-0.

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Yellow balls raining down on the pitch in protest to Madrid, regarding Catalan Independence.

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Disallowed goal for Bale. :lol:

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0-0 FT.

Utter snoozefest.

WTF was that?

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Looks like Valverde will finally be given the boot.

Only two years too late.

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Quique Setien appointed.

Wasn't he one Watford were linked with?

[Thierrymon]

It feels inevitable at this point that Poch will be managing United soon (probably next season).

[Mac76]

It feels inevitable at this point that Poch will be managing United soon (probably next season).

perfect fit - overrated grumpy manager who will want to spend tens of millions on big ticket flops - can't wait personally - just glad we were able to swerve on him

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Quique Setien appointed.

Wasn't he one Watford were linked with?

Quite possibly.

Watford tend to be linked with every manager in La Liga though. :lol:

Xavi turned down the job according to Balague.

Xavi doesn't want to have to manage Messi. :lol:

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Valencia 2-0 Barcelona, Alba own goal and Gómez.

Gabriel :bow:.

Coquelin :bow:.

Arsenal transfer legend Kondogbia :bow:.


Barcelona :haha:.

Messi :haha:.

Griezmann :haha:.

Setien :wave:.

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Barca. :haha:

Big chance for Marketing now.

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Real Madrid 0-0 Atletico Madrid, HT.

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1-0 Benzema.

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Marketing 2-4 Real Sociedad in the Copa Del Rey. :haha:

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3-4 in the end.

Marketing OUT. :haha:

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Athletic Club 1-0 Barcelona, Williams.

Barca are out now too. :haha:

[Globalgunner]

No new manager bounce for Barca. Guardiola in?

[GP]

Klopp in.

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Marketing 2-2 Celta Vigo, FT. :lol:

Marketing's lead at the top is just one point now.

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Barcelona 5-0 Eibar.

Just four goals for Messi.

Arthur with the +1.

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Messi has had a bit of a goal drought recently.

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Levante 1-0 Marketing, FT. Morales with the goal.

:haha:

Barca back on top again.

El Clasico next weekend too. :popcorn:

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El Clasico tonight from the Bernabeu at 8pm.

Hope it is a better game than the one earlier in the season; that was a shocker.

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Marketing: Courtois, Carvajal, Varane, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo, Valverde, Casemiro, Kroos, Isco, Benzema, Vincius Junior.
Subs: Areola, Militao, Modric, Bale, Vazquez, Mendy, Mariano.

Barcelona: Ter Stegen, Semedo, Pique, Umtiti, Jordi Alba, Vidal, Arthut, Busquets, De Jong, Messi, Griezmann.
Subs: Neto, Rakitic, Lenglet, Braithwaite, Firp, Collaso, Fati.

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Is this on Sky or BT these days?

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Carvajal and Jodi Alba booked.

Don't really know why. :lol:

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Is this on Sky or BT these days?

La Liga TV.

It's on as a Sky Channel but not for no additional cost.

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First time on commentary I've heard it pronounced Om Titty.

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Messi shot, weak.

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Arthur in on goal but can't finish it off.

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Woeful cut backs from both sides when otherwise would be through on goal.

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0-0 HT.

Shite.

[GP]

La Liga TV.

It's on as a Sky Channel but not for no additional cost.

Oh. Fuck that.

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Great save from ter Stegen to deny Isco.

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Varane clears off the line to deny Braithwaite.

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Marketing 1-0 Barca, Vinicius!

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Real Madrid 2-0 Barca, Mariano.

He only just came on. :haha:

Marketing going top.

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Barcelona 0-0 Real Sociedad currently. In to the second half.

:rose:

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Barcelona 1-0 Real Sociedad, Messi pelanty!

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Monreal should've earned a pelanty for Real Sociedad but somehow didn't.

[Mac76]

Monreal should've earned a pelanty for Real Sociedad but somehow didn't.

He's ex-Arsenal - refs know these things and stick to tradition...

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Real Betis 2-1 Real Madrid with not long to play!

Zidane. :doh:

Gave up the lead in La Liga after one bloody week.

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Real Betis 2-1 Real Madrid, FT.

Marketing. :haha:

Barca now lead in La Liga by two points.

[Niall_Quinn]

Six Barca board members have resigned over some sort of social media nonsense. And apparently Xavi is going to be the manager?

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Ancient man Aduriz has retired:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52743329


Which means his last ever goal and only goal of the season was this:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdEcndUZOQA

Barcelona :haha:.

[Globalgunner]

i heard he needs a hip replacement. Thats probably where he broke it. Hip replacement at 40? (shakes head)

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Real Mallorca 0-4 Barcelona from yesterday.

Vidal, Braithwaite, Jordi Alba and Messi with the goals.

Messi with an absolute +1 in the 93rd minute.

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Celta Vigo 2-2 Barcelona. :lol:

Marketing will go two points clear if they win tomorrow.

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Barca 1-1 Atleti currently.

Eventful game for Diegp Costa, OG and had a pelanty saved. :lol:

Ok so the pel had to be retaken but it's still funny. Saul with the pelanty for Atletico in the end.

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Barca 2-1 Atleti, Messi pelanty.

His 700th goal including goals for club and country.

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2-2 Saul pelanty again. :haha:

Barca. :haha:

Title is getting away from them.

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2-2 FT.

Barca. :rose:

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Marketing 2-0 Villarreal, Benzema with both.

They will be Champions.

Barca. :haha:

[GP]

Malaga have just made all of their players redundant.

[Marc Overmars]

A lot of reports circulating that Messi has asked to leave. :lol:

Realistically it’s probably only PSG and City that could afford him.

[GP]

Raul, you know what to do!

Oh...

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53911105

Handed in a transfer request. :wacko:

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Is it just the ultimate power move to get rid of Bartomeu? He knows the fans would back him over anyone else,and the idea of losing him would cause revolution.

It just seems unbelievable he would move anywhere else other than a year back at Newell's.

:popcorn:

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Well if he is looking for a retirement home...

I think it's legit to be honest, plus he knows realistically nobody else can get him if he doesn't try to engineer a move. No club would pay what it would take to get him our of there if he doesn't agitate for it himself.

Always thought he would stay there though.

[Marc Overmars]

Hopefully he comes to the PL. :popcorn:

Even if it means City getting him.

[Letters]

Obviously wants to win the FA Cup.
You know what to do, Lionel :cool:

[Mac76]

Obviously wants to win the FA Cup.
You know what to do, Lionel :cool:

Good point - this is on...! :lol:

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Imagine if he joined Real Madrid. :lol:

He should go to Juve tbf.

[GP]

Ronaldo would just run away from him again.

[Mac76]

He'll come to Arsenal, no question :lol:

Seriously the Kroenkes would surely get the business potential in having him - just think of the shirt sales, though unfortunately his name would be in that stupid gothic lettering...

[Marc Overmars]

Imagine the scenes if we signed him. :lol:

[Letters]

Just imagine him being kicked up the arse at Burnley away :lol:

[GP]

We wouldn't pick him for away games. He'd stay at home playing Fortnite with Mesut.

[Globalgunner]

Imagine the scenes if we signed him. :lol:

The Totts toilet bowl would surely collapse from sheer exasperation