Welcome to our Spanish football blog! Running since 2018, this is the place for analysis and opinion on the latest events in La Liga.
We aim to cover all the top-flight teams and won’t solely focus on the big clubs. There’s also the occasional dive into the Segunda Division and the world of Spanish women’s football.
We also get out and about and go in-depth on the matchday experience in Spain in the LLE on the Road section, while our La Liga history archives tell the tales of years gone by.
‘Albacetazo’, ran the headline of sports newspaper AS in December of 2011. Atlético Madrid had just suffered defeat at the hands of lowly Albacete, confirming ... Read more
Written by: Robert Barter
Published on: January 31, 2020
Luis Suárez turned 33 last Friday. The Barcelona number 9 is currently sidelined with a knee injury sustained in the Supercopa in Saudi Arabia at ... Read more
Written by: John Dillon
Published on: January 28, 2020
It’s shaping up to be one hell of a scrap for survival in La Liga this year with a number of sides at the bottom ... Read more
Written by: Mark Sochon
Published on: January 21, 2020
Seven months on from the despair of Anfield, this week Barcelona made the decision that many had been waiting for ever since that awful Champions ... Read more
Written by: Mark Sochon
Published on: January 14, 2020
LLE on the roadSpanish football blog
It’s just gone 4:00 p.m. on a Wednesday afternoon in a normally sleepy town on the border between the Comunidad de Madrid and Castile-La Mancha. ... Read more
Written by: Mark Sochon
Published on: December 23, 2019
As the footballing world prepares for the first Clásico of the season, fans of Barcelona will undoubtedly be brimming with confidence. Despite Los Blancos last ... Read more
Written by: Robert Barter
Published on: December 17, 2019
Since his arrival as head coach at Atlético de Madrid, former midfield general Diego Pablo Simeone has rightly assumed hero status amongst supporters of the ... Read more
Written by: John Dillon
Published on: December 10, 2019
Presently sitting 3rd in La Liga, it would seem all is well at Sevilla FC. The club’s new coach Julen Lopetegui has done a fine ... Read more
Written by: Kale Stockwell
Published on: December 3, 2019
Yesterday marked exactly eighteen months since Real Madrid were crowned European champions for the 13th time with their 3-1 victory over Liverpool. In truth, it ... Read more
Written by: Mark Sochon
Published on: November 27, 2019
A number of defensive stars left La Liga behind in the summer. Atleti’s trusty back four, which had played such a key role in their ... Read more
Written by: Mark Sochon
Published on: November 18, 2019
We are now a third of the way through the 2019/20 La Liga season and it’s at this kind of stage where the league table ... Read more
Written by: Mark Sochon
Published on: November 13, 2019