Janusz Michallik feels Barcelona sealed the La Liga title with a win over Atletico, but the injury to Andres Iniesta is a real concern for the club's Champions League hopes. Atletico Madrid's trip to the Camp Nou on Sunday was, understandably, billed as La Liga's most crucial game of the season: an Atleti win, and it was game on; a Barcelona win, and it was game over. It was the latter, of course, and more than the mere result summarising the overall La Liga season, it was the precise nature of the winning goal that encapsulated Spain's top flight this term. There was no surprise in the identity of the winning goalscorer: it was Lionel Messi, for his 600th career...
Tuesday, March 6, 2018
La Liga in decline as Barca, Madrid and Atletico feel increasingly less Spanish
Janusz Michallik feels Barcelona sealed the La Liga title with a win over Atletico, but the injury to Andres Iniesta is a real concern for the club's Champions League hopes. Atletico Madrid's trip to the Camp Nou on Sunday was, understandably, billed as La Liga's most crucial game of the season: an Atleti win, and it was game on; a Barcelona win, and it was game over. It was the latter, of course, and more than the mere result summarising the overall La Liga season, it was the precise nature of the winning goal that encapsulated Spain's top flight this term. There was no surprise in the identity of the winning goalscorer: it was Lionel Messi, for his 600th career...
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