La Liga: Four things we learned in Spain’s matchday 24
The Spanish La Liga has experienced quite a few changes every weekend as the race for the title hots up after Real Madrid were held to a draw.
The Spanish La Liga has experienced quite a few changes every weekend as the race for the title hots up after Real Madrid were held to a draw.
Atletico Madrid and FC Barcelona are both looking to capitalise on Real Madrid's jam-packed fixture schedule to maintain pressure in the La Liga title race this weekend.
La Liga leaders Real Madrid will be hosting their neighbours Atletico Madrid for the second Madrid Derby this season.
Valencia and Real Madrid get the La Liga underway in 2025 on Friday in a match that could see Real go top, ahead of cross-town rivals Atletico and five points clear of archrivals FC Barcelona.
Diego Simeone has been named the Best La Liga Coach in December, an award for Atletico de Madrid’s sensational month of December which has seen the club rise to the top of the standings in the league.
After interacting with Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane, Areola agreed to the loan move to Real. However, he should be aware that getting match time might still be difficult at Real Madrid.
Real Madrid want him to stay with them since they are aware that he will not be able to recover in time to play for Belgium.
Simeone has dismissed any talk of winning La Liga title after his side preserved their 100 per cent win record with a superb comeback win against Eibar.
The striker, at the age of just 16 years and 304 days, now leads the list of most precocious goalscorers in a Barca shirt.
It was less than a week ago that Barcelona had, in fact, sent a delegation team to Paris to try and finalise the deal concerning the Brazilian.
