La Liga Lowdown

Matchday two of the 2020/21 LaLiga season saw Real Madrid back in action and saw Martin Ødegaard travel back to the Reale Arena. He was on loan there with Real Sociedad last season and then, in his first game back with Real Madrid, he took on the Basque club. The match finished goalless and this week’s episode starts off with host Euan McTear (@emctear) looking at the ins and outs of the result with Emily Wilson (@wilson_emt).

There’s also a discussion of what Manuel Pellegrini is doing right at Real Betis with David Whitworth (@DCWh1tw0rth) and of Iago Aspas’ latest moment of brilliance with Román de Arquer (@Aeroslavee). Plus, we look back at Granada’s perfect week and Alberto Cifuentes’ unique debut.

Then, this episode finishes with a discussion with Barcelona member Michał Gajdek (@michalgajdek), who travelled all the way from Poland to Barcelona to put his signature to the motion of no confidence brought against Bartomeu. He explains his reasons for making that journey and what the motion of no confidence is all about.

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The 2020/21 LaLiga Santander season has started! So, here comes La Liga Lowdown's matchday one recap, where the main story is Valencia. Paco Polit (@pacopolitENG) is on hand to explain the club's latest crisis and how they somehow finished matchday one top of the table.

Host Euan McTear (@emctear) also speaks to Beñat Gutiérrez (@beinatguti) about Athletic Club's difficult pre-season and opening weekend loss to Granada and he speaks to Allen Dodson (@groguet01) of @VillarrealUSA about the hype surrounding Villarreal and their struggles as they drew with Huesca. Matt Clark (@MattClark_08) takes a look at Real Betis' dramatic late win over Alavés and the crazy commentary that came with it.

There's all that and even more along the way in this recap of the opening weekend.

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We're back with the second of our two La Liga Lowdown preview podcasts, ahead of the start of the 2020/21 campaign. After preview podcast one looked at the title race, this time host Euan McTear (@emctear) is joined by Matt Clark (@MattClark_08), Paco Polit (@pacopolitENG) and Román de Arquer (@Aeroslavee) to discuss the fight to qualify for Europe and the relegation battle.

How good will this new-look Villarreal be? How bad will Valencia be after their exodus? Do Elche have time to put a strong squad together? Could this be the year that Eibar go down? And, can Granada do it again and cope with midweek football?

These are just some of the questions discussed in this episode, where we're also joined by David Whitworth (@DCWh1tw0rth) for a quick Real Betis update.

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A brand new LaLiga Santander season is just around the corner, with the first match to kick off on Friday, September 11th. It's time, then, to look ahead to the new campaign and that's what Euan McTear (@emctear), Paco Polit (@pacopolitENG), Román de Arquer (@Aeroslavee) and Gregor Chappelle (@gregorchappelle) do in this episode, the first of two preview shows being released by La Liga Lowdown this week.

In this one, the focus is on the title race and the first question is: Will there even be a real title race or will Real Madrid run away with it? The panel discuss how good Real Madrid look and how severe the problems at Barcelona really are. Then there's a look at Atlético Madrid and Sevilla and their chances of finishing top of the standings.

The panelists share stats, anecdotes and stories about each of the title challengers, before making their predictions for the order of this season's top four.

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Here comes a special La Liga Lowdown podcast in the hours after the news on Friday night that Lionel Messi is staying at Barcelona. The transfer saga has ended, but there’s so much to discuss.

In this episode, host Euan McTear (@emctear) is joined by Román de Arquer (@Aeroslavee) and Paco Polit (@pacopolitENG) to reflect on the winners and losers of the saga, on what Barcelona’s attack will look like in 2020/21, on how competitive they’ll be this campaign, on Bartomeu’s legacy and on the chances of Messi staying beyond the end of his contract next summer. 

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Sevilla are Europa League champions once again, for a sixth time. In this episode, we look back at their 2019/20 campaign and at how they managed to win this tournament yet again.

Gregor Chappelle (@gregorchappelle) looks back to the group stages and to the Round of 32, when Sevilla almost went out to Cluj. Then Matt Clark (@MattClark_08) charts the team’s progress through the Round of 16, the quarter-finals and the semi-finals. Host Euan McTear (@emctear) then catches up with Archie Rhind-Tutt (@archiert1) to discuss the victory over Inter Milan in the final, which Archie attended in Cologne.

In part two, we hear what Sevilla’s goalscoring hero Luuk de Jong had to say to BT Sport straight after the final and we also discuss Éver Banega’s impact with Peter Coates (@Pedro_Coates) of the @GolazoArgentino website. There's also some insight on what makes Monchi tick from Leeds United director of football Víctor Orta. And, finally, we hear just what it means to the fans by speaking to Chris Lail (@ChrisLail) of the @MonchisMen supporters’ group. 

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The 2019/20 season has been completed, so it's time to review the campaign as a whole. We held an LLL Live show just after the season ended, with host Euan McTear (@emctear) joined by Paco Polit (@pacopolitENG), Román de Arquer (@Aeroslavee) and Hasan Karim (@TheHasKarim).

The entire show is available right here in audio-only format, or the full video version can still be viewed on our @LaLigaLowdown Twitter feed. Enjoy!

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In our final matchday recap of the 2019/20 LaLiga season, we start by hearing from Granada fan Heath Chesters (@HeathGCF), who shared his reaction just moments after his team qualified for Europe for the first time ever. Paco Polit (@pacopolitENG) then breaks down the entire Europa League race and Valencia’s failure to qualify.

Host Euan McTear (@emctear) then explains the drama of the relegation battle, as Celta Vigo stayed up and as Leganés went down. We also hear from Alex Fitzpatrick (@Mallorcalex100) about Real Mallorca’s relegation and their hopes for the future.

In part two, Román de Arquer (@Aeroslavee) discusses Barcelona’s five-goal win at Alavés and Allen Dodson (@groguet01) reflects on the emotional goodbyes at Villarreal as Bruno Soriano, Santi Cazorla and maybe Javi Calleja bid farewell. 

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Real Madrid are champions of Spain, so that’s where we begin this recap of the 37th matchday of the 2019/20 LaLiga Santander season. We have on-the-whistle reactions from Real Madrid fans Emily Wilson (@wilson_emt), Hasan Karim (@TheHasKarim) and Kristofer McCormack (@k_mc06). Then, host Euan McTear (@emctear) and Román de Arquer (@Aeroslavee) dissecting the title race in general, focusing on Real Madrid’s 2-1 win over Villarreal and Barcelona’s 2-1 loss to Osasuna.

Then, Paco Polit (@pacopolitENG) discusses the race for the final Europa League spots. And Matt Clark (@MattClark_08) and Sam Leveridge (@samleveridge) explain what’s going on in the relegation battle, looking at Celta Vigo and Leganés respectively. One of those teams must go down, so we have an exciting matchday 38 in store. For now, this episode is your opportunity to reflect on all the storylines of matchday 37. 

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It’s getting tense in LaLiga, so tense that Lucas Ocampos couldn’t even bear to watch as he took a no-look penalty...

In this recap episode, we start by discussing the title race as host Euan McTear (@emctear) speaks to Hasan Karim (@TheHasKarim) about Real Madrid’s latest win and to Román de Arquer (@Aeroslavee) about Barcelona’s latest victory.

We also discuss Ocampos and Sevilla with Alex Brotherton (@alex_brotherton), Atlético Madrid’s eighth straight Champions League qualification with Jeremy Beren (@JBBeren) and Osasuna with @The_Osasuna_Fan. There’s also some reflection on Cádiz’s promotion, on the situation in the relegation battle and on the sheer number of penalties we’ve seen in LaLiga this season. 

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