On his debut, against Real Sociedad, he attempted a yard lob, and a clever spin and dink over the head of a defender brought to mind Neymar. Just as worrying is some of the younger prospects leaving; Ferran Torres to Manchester City last summer, Bryan Gil to Tottenham this year, among others. Increasingly defensive and cynical playing styles are a problem too, making a mockery of the cliche that it is easier to score in La Liga than the Premier League or Serie A, but also limiting excitement.
There is a spectacle that we have to take care of. The fans buy a ticket for a reason, we have to take care of the game or it hurts the spectacle. The Andalusians have one of the most vibrant fan bases in Spanish football; the city, in the southwest corner of Spain is surrounded by water and utterly beautiful, but the football is anything but. La Liga no longer has the best two players in the world, as it did for a decade, but in Vinicius and Memphis it has two players with the capacity to thrill, to shatter the carefully structured defences.
They are not the best two players in Spain, but they are the most exciting. A lot of the top talents remaining are reaching their final years of playing. Luka Modric and Karim Benzema are 35 and 33 respectively. The man who fired Atletico Madrid to the title last season, Luis Suarez, is Barcelona have younger diamonds in midfielders Pedri and Frenkie de Jong, but neither are individual match-winners, instead part of a greater whole.
Their quality is in their consistency. Atletico Madrid being champions is at once good and bad. Important, because it breaks up the Barcelona-Real Madrid hegemony, but bad because it turns an often dour playing style into a reference point. One Atletico is a breath of fresh air, 10 of them in a division is a problem. La Liga has averaged 1. There have been 11 draws in the first 20 games, and outside the usual top four, only Mallorca, Valencia and Real Sociedad have been able to record a victory.
Parties with vested interests claim this demonstrates increased competition; others just call it boring. The summer climate does not help. La Liga Premier: 3er Tiempo. NFL: Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Kansas City Chiefs. En Vivo Extra. Premier League: Leicester City vs.
Premier League: Watford vs. Norwich City. Premier League: Everton vs. Aston Villa. Premier League: Leeds United vs. Premier League: Southampton vs. Liga MX: Chivas vs. Premier League: Arsenal vs. Liga MX Femenil: Chivas vs. Previa Jamaica vs. Jamaica vs. Honduras vs. Costa Rica vs. Rumbo al Mundial: Objetivo Catar.
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