La Liga Lowdown

La Liga Lowdown returns to review Matchday 2 of the 2021/22 season, as Levante and Real Madrid served up a Sunday night classic!

Sam Leveridge (@samleveridge) is joined by Matt Clark (@MattClark_08) to analyse the results and the standout performances, including Atleti's win over Elche in front of fans at the Wanda Metropolitano.

We hear from Hasan Karim (@TheHasKarim) who dissects Real Madrid’s roller-coaster draw with Levante, and Román De Arquer (@Aeroslavee) also joins us to evaluate Barcelona’s draw against Athletic Club.

Finally, Sam and Matt debate their MVP picks for the round.

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Join La Liga Lowdown for our first matchday recap of the season, the first LaLiga matchday without Lionel Messi in almost 17 years. Sam Leveridge (@samleveridge) is joined by Ruairidh Barlow (@RuriBarlow) to discuss all the action and the best performances.

Special guests Domagoj Kostanjšak (@DKostanjsak), Paco Polit (@PacoPolitENG) and Ian Morris (@CeltaUSA) also join us to take a look at how Barcelona have adapted to life without Messi, José Bordalás' dramatic Valencia debut and Celta Vigo's narrow defeat to defending champions Atlético Madrid.

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Following on from our preview of the top half of LaLiga, La Liga Lowdown returns with a preview of the other end of the table, analysing who will face a battle for safety and who could hope to push on from mid-table mediocrity. Matt Clark (@MattClark_08) and Ruairidh Barlow (@RuriBarlow) discuss and debate who will get dragged into the relegation fight.

We hear from fans of two newly promoted sides as Matt speaks to Paul McGarraghy (@PaulMcGarraghy) about Real Mallorca and Sam Leveridge (@samleveridge) catches up with Geoff Gillingham (@GeoffGillingham), a fan of Segunda champions Espanyol. There's also talk on Valencia and Getafe as José Bordálas swapped one club for the other ahead of their season-opening fixture on Friday night, and much more!

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La Liga Lowdown is back for 2021/22! In our first pod for the season, Matt Clark (@MattClark_08) and Sam Leveridge (@samleveridge) discuss a very different LaLiga after a turbulent summer. In this first part of our pre-season preview, we take a look at the top of the table.

We hear from fans of Spanish football’s top three, as Sam talks to Atlético Madrid fan Jeremy Beren (@JBBeren), and Ruairidh Barlow (@RuriBarlow) catches up with Real Madrid obsessive Hasan Karim (@TheHasKarim) and a devastated supporter of Lionel Messi-less Barcelona, Román de Arquer (@Aeroslavee). There’s also talk on the race for Europe, with a whopping five Spanish teams heading to the Champions League. Stay tuned for part two of our season preview looking at the bottom half of LaLiga later this week!

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It’s our final matchday recap podcast of the 2020/21 LaLiga season and we start by congratulating the champions Atlético Madrid. Ruairidh Barlow (@RuairidhBarlow) brings us the energetic commentary clips of the goals in Los Rojiblancos’ decisive victory in Valladolid, while we hear from Atleti fans Sam Leveridge (@samleveridge) and Jeremy Beren (@JBBeren) as they explain what this title means.

We also hear about how Elche secured survival, with Elche fan Keith Farnan (@Keith_678) praising Fran Escribá for the excellent job he has done there. David Whitworth (@DCWh1tw0rth) joins the pod too to talk about EuroBetis. Then, Allen Dodson (@groguet01) has his say on Villarreal’s lack of rotation in their loss to Real Madrid and looks ahead to the Europa League final. As always, the podcast is hosted by Euan McTear (@emctear). 

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This is the latest episode in our series looking at the history of every club in Spain’s top division. This time the focus is on Real Betis, one of the very best-supported clubs in Spain. Euan McTear (@emctear) hosts and recaps some of the club’s highlight moments, before Paco Polit (@pacopolitENG) and Román de Arquer (@Aeroslavee) walk us through the club's history.

Then, Andrew Miller (@AndrewMillerNBA) picks and discusses three all-time Real Betis legends, before David Whitworth (@DCWh1tw0rth) explains what makes a matchday at the Benito Villamarín so special.

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The penultimate round of the 2020/21 LaLiga season was one for the ages, as Atlético Madrid came from behind to defeat Osasuna and stay top of the standings. Host Euan McTear (@emctear) checks in on Atleti fan Jeremy Beren (@JBBeren), to see how he coped with all that drama, while Hasan Karim (@TheHasKarim) also offers the Real Madrid fan perspective after they won in Bilbao to keep the pressure on.

Barcelona are now ruled out of the title race and Román de Arquer (@Aeroslavee) reflects on their most recent disappointment, while also praising Celta Vigo’s positive end to the season. Matt Clark (@MattClark_08) serves up all the drama from the relegation battle, Paco Polit (@pacopolitENG) explains how the return of fans to LaLiga stadiums went and there’s even more in this matchday recap too. 

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In the latest episode of our La Liga Lowdown club podcasts series, we tell the story of Levante and how they established themselves as a regular top-flight club.

Euan McTear (@emctear) starts the podcast by looking back over some of the Granotas’ all-time highlights. Román de Arquer (@Aeroslavee) and Paco Polit (@pacopolitENG) then provide the detail on the club's history. Ruairidh Barlow (@RuriBarlow) picks three all-time Levante legends. Then, Pål Ødegård (@paalpot75) explains what a matchday at Levante’s Estadi Ciutat de València is like. 

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In this recap episode of the midweek LaLiga Santander action, we start off by discussing Barcelona’s collapse against Levante and how that 3-3 draw came about, with host Euan McTear (@emctear) joined by Román de Arquer (@Aeroslavee) to break down all the implications of it.

We also discuss the two Madrid teams and their victories, with Sam Leveridge (@samleveridge) reflecting on the way Atleti fans suffered through their win against Real Sociedad and with Hasan Karim (@TheHasKarim) happily surprised by the comfortable way Real Madrid dealt with Granada.

There’s also discussion of the relegation battle and how the bottom six is as tight as ever. We have Alan Feehely (@azulfeehely) bringing the local commentary clips from Vitoria Gasteiz as Alavés won their six-pointer against Elche. 

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We’ve got a momentous LaLiga matchday to recap this Monday, as we had Barcelona vs Atlético and Real Madrid vs Sevilla on the same weekend. Both games were draws, leaving every side a little frustrated and unhappy. Joining host Euan McTear (@emctear) to discuss these matches, we’ve got Román de Arquer (@Aeroslavee) on the game at the Camp Nou and Hasan Karim (@TheHasKarim) on events at Valdebebas, including that dramatic penalty incident.

In this episode, we also hear about the drama of the relegation battle, starting with Matt Clark’s (@MattClark_08) recap of Alavés vs Levante. Then Paco Polit (@pacopolitENG) explains what’s going on at Valencia, where it was a weekend of fan protests. 

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