Blog Posts

Dominik Francis-Conway is back on LaLigaUK to ask whether José Mourinho's time in Madrid has met expectations.

The time has nearly come for the ‘Special One’ to part ways with Real Madrid after almost three years in charge. The Mourinho-Madrid love affair began in the summer of 2010 when José left Inter Milan to join what is regarded as the biggest club in the world - Real Madrid. I am not sure if it was fate all along for Mourinho to join Los Blancos as he had become only the 13th manager in history to win two UEFA Champions...

A look at other ways of betting on the Spanish League, even with a foregone conclusion title race.

The Spanish league is one of the most popular leagues in world football, both for football fans – due to the quality of the actual football – and sports betting fans. This league usually comes down to a two-horse race between the rival giants Barcelona and Real Madrid, but this season has not followed that script, as Madrid have suffered a fairly horrendous league campaign that sees them trailing Barca by a hefty thirteen points, going into the...

LaLigaUK was present at Old Trafford, as our Editor Paul Wilkes eventually found his seat amongst the waiting press pack.

Sir Alex Ferguson was "too angry to talk about the referee" according to his assistant manager Mike Phelan, who finally arrived after keeping the packed press conference waiting. He was so angry he didn't want his players talking in the mixed zone either, one who might have had plenty to say protested: "I can't," whilst a younger member of the squad admitted: "We have been told not to talk." The boss had...

There were 400 members of the press at the Santiago Bernabéu for the Champions League this week, LaLigaUK was one of them, Madrid based writer Steven Allweis took his seat amongst the journalists to describe the action.

It was a thoroughly entertaining match, an electric atmosphere in an unforgettable stadium and a fair, balanced result to lead into a potentially explosive second leg.

This was the match everyone was eager to see and it didn’t disappoint. Enthralling in the first half thanks to Real Madrid’s endeavour,...

A new feature on LaLigaUK, where we ask the experts that know, the all important questions surrounding the amazing world of Spanish Football. We will be asking journalists, writers, pundits, coaches and even players their thoughts on the burning issues.

Can Real Madrid concentrate on the Champions League, despite the distractions at the club and being so far behind in the league?

Guillem Balague - Sky Sports Pundit, AS Journalist and author of 'Pep Guardiola: Another Way of Winning'

Yeah, that's what they are doing...