La Liga Lowdown

We start this week’s episode by analysing new Celta Vigo coach Eduardo 'Chacho' Coudet’s first three matches in charge of the club, with Ian Morris (@CeltaUSA) explaining why he believes this might be something more than the club’s annual new manager bounce.

There’s also discussion of Barcelona and Real Madrid’s very different trips to Andalusia, with Román de Arquer (@Aeroslavee) looking at Barça’s defeat at Cádiz and Hasan Karim (@TheHasKarim) discussing Real Madrid’s win at Sevilla. Ruairidh Barlow (@RuriBarlow) also looks at the best commentary clips from Levante vs Getafe, while the episode is hosted by Euan McTear (@emctear). 

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This Matchday 11 recap episode looks back over the weekend in which LaLiga said goodbye to Diego Maradona. At Barcelona, Leo Messi did so in his own special way and host Euan McTear (@emctear) and Barça correspondent Román de Arquer (@Aeroslavee) start this week’s episode by discussing that touching moment.

We also hear from Jeremy Beren (@JBBeren) on Atlético Madrid’s new tactics and their title chances, from Hasan Karim (@TheHasKarim) on Real Madrid’s latest sleepy performance, from Paco Polit (@pacopolitENG) on Levante’s struggles and from Matt Clark (@MattClark_08) on Sevilla’s late winner in Huesca. 

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Atlético Madrid achieved a statement win over Barcelona this weekend, the first ever time Diego Simeone has won a LaLiga game against Barça as a coach. That's the main topic of discussion in this week's episode, with Román de Arquer (@Aeroslavee) offering his opinions to host Euan McTear (@emctear). We hear Ronald Koeman and Diego Simeone's thoughts on the game too.

Then, Alan Feehely (@azulfeehely) recaps the drama of Sevilla vs Celta Vigo and Paco Polit (@pacopolitENG) looks back on the game of two halves that was Villarreal vs Real Madrid. We round up the other results and also hear from Ignasi Torné (@groundhopperbcn) as he tells us about his interesting trip to see the Basque selection face Costa Rica at Ipurua.

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In this week’s episode, our lead story is the Real Sociedad vs Granada match, with the latter only having seven first-team players available due to a COVID-19 outbreak. Granada fan Heath Chesters (@HeathGCF) laments the fact that it wasn’t called off. Real Sociedad supporter Phil Ball (@PhilBallTweets) then agrees that it shouldn’t have taken place, before explaining what has made Real Sociedad so strong in general this season.

We also hear from Paco Polit (@pacopolitENG) about Valencia’s win over Real Madrid and from Román de Arquer (@Aeroslavee) to discuss Barcelona’s win against Real Betis. Martin Devlin (@MartiRVCF) breathes a sigh of relief on the pod as Real Valladolid get their first win and Matt Clark (@MattClark_08) talks through the best commentary clips from Atlético Madrid’s victory over Cádiz. As usual, it’s all hosted by Euan McTear (@emctear). 

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Eden Hazard is back and he marked his return with a wonder goal in Real Madrid's 4-1 win over Huesca in Matchday 8. Hasan Karim (@TheHasKarim) joins host Euan McTear (@emctear) at the start of this week's episode to discuss that Real Madrid victory, while we also hear what Hazard himself had to say in his post-match interview. Then, we have Román de Arquer's (@Aeroslavee) thoughts on Barcelona's draw at Alavés and he explains why he's not overly concerned.

Also in this week's episode, we hear from Ian Morris (@CeltaUSA), who offers his thoughts on what's going wrong at Celta Vigo and who explains what's going on with the club captaincy. Alan Feehely (@azulfeehely) brings the best commentary clips from Athletic Club's come-from-behind win over Sevilla. And Juan Osorio of the Cádiz-based Eibar supporters group De Euskadi Kadi (@DeEuskadiKadi) explains the origins of these two teams' unique friendship.

All that and more makes up this week's matchday recap.

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El Clásico was the blockbuster fixture of Matchday Seven and this week's episode starts by discussing Real Madrid's 3-1 victory over Barcelona, with Matt Clark (@MattClark_08) taking us through the action and the best commentary clips, before Román de Arquer (@Aeroslavee) and host Euan McTear (@emctear) break down the key details of the game. That includes the Ramos penalty incident, Griezmann's benching, Koeman's passiveness and much more.

There was more than just El Clásico, though, this weekend. It was Osasuna's centenary and they celebrated it with a win, so fan and journalist Ignasi Torné (@groundhopperbcn) explains why this was such a special occasion for the club. We also hear from Gregor Chappelle (@gregorchappelle) to break down Sevilla's mini winless run and Paco Polit (@pacopolitENG) joins the podcast to discuss how good Elche are... and how bad Valencia are.

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Cádiz and Getafe each earned 1-0 victories on the Saturday of LaLiga's Matchday Six, defeating Real Madrid and Barcelona respectively, and we start the podcast by discussing these two giant-killing victories. Alex Brotherton (@alex_brotherton) explains what this win means to Cádiz, to the club and the city. Then Román de Arquer (@Aeroslavee) explains what Getafe did to frustrate Barcelona.

Host Euan McTear (@emctear) is also joined by Heath Chesters (@HeathGCF) to discuss how great Granada are, while Paco Polit (@pacopolitENG) reflects on what happened in Villarreal vs Valencia as Dani Parejo came back to haunt his former side. Plus, Sam Leveridge (@samleveridge) picks out the best pieces of commentary from a wild Huesca vs Real Valladolid match.

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In this episode of La Liga Lowdown, we start by trying to work out what went wrong for Atlético Madrid, who went from scoring six in one game to failing to register a shot on target. Jeremy Beren (@JBBeren) of @intothecalderon joins host Euan McTear (@emctear) for that discussion on all things Atleti.

We also hear from Gregor Chapelle (@gregorchappelle) on Barcelona vs Sevilla and Paco Polit (@pacopolitENG) on Levante vs Real Madrid. Sam Leveridge (@samleveridge) breaks down the drama of Real Valladolid vs Eibar and, finally, Alavés fan Rob Hextall (@robhextall) explains just how much relief there is around the club after their first win of the season. 

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We’ve just had the first midweek round of the 2020/21 LaLiga season, so here comes our first midweek matchday recap. We start by discussing Elche's win over Eibar and hear about Eibar’s problems from Basque journalist Beñat Gutiérrez (@beinatguti).

There’s also praise for league leaders Getafe, with Geta fan Dom Tancock (@dorsetdom1905) joining the pod to explain what they’re doing so well. Barcelona fan Román de Arquer (@Aeroslave) does likewise, expressing his surprise at the Catalan side's perfect start to the campaign.

There’s also a happier Paco Polit (@pacopolitENG), after Valencia pulled off a shock win at Real Sociedad, their first away win of 2020. Plus, host Euan McTear (@emctear) reflects on Real Madrid and the Benzema-Jović partnership and marvels at nine-man Cádiz’s impressive win in Bilbao. Finally, Matt Clark (@MattClark_08) rounds up the eccentric commentary from Movistar and Cadena Cope that added atmosphere to a fun Villarreal-Alavés clash. 

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The big story this week in Spanish football is Luis Suárez’s transfer from Barcelona to Atlético Madrid. Both sides had huge wins in this weekend’s matchday, so both parties will feel they’ve won this divorce. At least so far...

Barcelona-based Román de Arquer (@Aeroslavee) and host Euan McTear (@emctear) get stuck into Barça and Atleti’s wins, especially the great performance of Ansu Fati. There’s also a discussion of Real Madrid’s dramatic victory over Real Betis with Hasan Karim (@TheHasKarim).

Paco Polit (@pacopolitENG) explains just how much Valencia fans are starting to get worried, while Elche fan Neil Parsons (@NEIL1PAR) reflects on his side’s first game back in the top tier since 2015. There’s all that and much more, including Sam Leveridge’s (@samleveridge) discussion of the best commentary clips of the weekend. 

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