Ruairidh Barlow
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Ruairidh Barlow
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Spanish Football Correspondent🇪🇸
Osasuna and Vicente Moreno runaway leaders in the most handsome manager in La Liga table. Weak year mind.
May 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Given where they were, and the lack of changes, Hansi Flick is one win away from a masterpiece of a season.

The best season Barcelona have had for a decade. Since Messi, Neymar, Suárez, Luis Enrique and the treble. No small thing.
May 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Ayoze Pérez up to 19 goals this season, 16 in La Liga. That moves him into 4th in the Pichichi rankings and top of the Zarra rankings.

Such a neat and smart player, and at €4m maybe the best value for money signing in Spain (Europe?).
May 3, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Real Madrid... Ancelotti said it yesterday. They accept more risk at the back because of the firepower they have, saying they are now more effective up front with Mbappé.

Today they created enough to win it, but every game is a risk. Especially if the magic four aren't on it.
April 5, 2025 at 4:41 PM
What an unbelievable job Corberán has done with Valencia. Bottom when he took over. Just 12 points.

Now on 34, 7 clear of the drop and with a win at the Bernabéu. Beyond the numbers though, watching how comfortable they are on the ball, how they battle off it - night and day.
April 5, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Don't recall a game with six goals with so few chances. Rocky game for Barcelona, struggled to lift the tempo, with Pedri more frustrated than ever.

That said, Barcelona will play better or worse, but they keep staring adversity in the face and they don't blink.
March 17, 2025 at 9:08 AM
What a performance from Villarreal. As mature as you'll see from them in a long time.

Just when Atleti were ramping up, they kept the ball for about three or four minutes straight. A little more clinical from set pieces and they'd have nicked that.
January 25, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Hard to beat football.
January 25, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Question is, are Real Madrid nursing a four-day hangover?
January 16, 2025 at 8:29 PM
You look at the teams... One of the very worst Valencia's we've seen, and I'd probably only have guaranteed ahead of their opposite numbers Lukebakio, Bade and maybe Gudelj from the Sevilla team.

There's a few are debatable, those are the only three I think are clear.
January 11, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Meanwhile away from all that Supercup nonsense.
January 10, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Carles Puyol taking a picture with his partner wearing the captain's armband really fits my image of him like a tailored glove.
January 9, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Always wanted to know what it felt like to glide around the Metropolitano like Griezmann. Unfortunately I'm not great at ice skating.
January 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Álvaro Rodríguez with a goal that did not belong in this game.

And now Nyom!! Have to hand it to Bordalás, Nyom right-mid looked very defensive, but gets the assist with a sly push to boot, then scores the second just milling around in the box.
November 22, 2024 at 9:37 PM
Loudest Valladolid fans have been so far? Telling Ronaldo to piss off.
November 22, 2024 at 8:14 PM
Getafe-Valladolid. González Fuertes. Am I masochist?
November 22, 2024 at 8:02 PM