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1 month ago | 
theanalyst.com | RYAN BENSON |David Segar |Jamie Kemp |Robbie Dunne
With Spain’s topflight officially done and dusted for the campaign, we look back onit by picking our La Liga Team ofthe Season for 2024-25. Barcelonawere the champions in Spain in 2024-25, securing their 28thtop-flight title with two matches to spare. They dethroned theireternal rivals RealMadrid in the process, who ended the season by parting wayswith legendary manager Carlo Ancelotti, with Xabi Alonso takingover ahead of next season.
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Mar 19, 2025 | 
theanalyst.com | Jamie Kemp |Ana Gonzalez |Ana González
Álex Baena has already become one of La Liga’s most impactful midfielders, but outside of Spain he isn’t a household name. That won’t be the case for long. In a game against Valencia in January 2012, Villarreal put together one of the most iconic passing sequences in modern La Liga history. Starting from a free-kick on the touchline, deep in the opposition half, Borja Valero put the ball in motion. Marcos Senna returned it. Valero gave it back to Senna.
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Feb 13, 2025 | 
theanalyst.com | Jamie Kemp |Ana Gonzalez |Ana González |Jonathan Manuel
Ao Tanaka might not be the name you see on the scoresheet or assist list week by week, but he’s the orchestrator of the choir. We analyse why he’s become the key component of Leeds United’s promotion charge. Leeds United won 27 league matches last season; the most ever by a Championship side who didn’t go on to be promoted.
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Feb 6, 2025 | 
theanalyst.com | Robbie Dunne |Jamie Kemp |Matt Sisneros
The top two in La Liga go head-to-head this weekend in the Madrid derby. We analyse where the game will be won and lost. Saturday’s Derbi Madrileño promises to be one of the games of the season in La Liga, with the top two, Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid, separated by just a single point in the table.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
theanalyst.com | Jamie Kemp |Matt Sisneros
Spain’s triumph at Euro 2024 was more than just a trophy. Arriving 12 years after the nation’s golden period of 2008-2012 – one of the defining eras by any team – it was confirmation that La Roja were back at the top table of international football. Twelve years may be a long time by its basic definition, but in international football? Try telling England fans that constitutes a long wait.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
theanalyst.com | Jamie Kemp |Ana Gonzalez |Ana González
It’s been an impressive start for Hansi Flick at Barcelona, but can they put an end to Real Madrid’s 42-game unbeaten run in La Liga in El Clásico this weekend? Hansi Flick’s first Clásico experience is upon us and, as always, the first one will come billed as a moment of truth. Like it or loathe it, the defining narratives are waiting to be devoured by the Spanish media; the airwaves filled long into the night, whatever happens at the Santiago Bernabéu. Are Barcelona the best team in Spain?
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Aug 12, 2024 | 
theanalyst.com | Jamie Kemp |Ana Gonzalez |Ana González
Can Pep Guardiola’s side win a fifth successive Premier League title? We ask if there’s any stopping them with our Manchester City 2024-25 season preview. Is the Pep Guardiola era closer than ever to its end, or is his fire burning as brightly as ever? Quite frankly, it’s hard to know which end of the spectrum we’re at.
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Jul 24, 2024 | 
theanalyst.com | Jamie Kemp |Ana Gonzalez |Ana González
Dani Olmo was one of the stars of Euro 2024, but the Spain international has been shining for a while now at club level. We take a closer look at Olmo’s talents. Among the many ways international football differs from the club game is that proportioning the talent of a squad across positions is much harder to achieve. In fact, it’s pretty much impossible to control most of the time.
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Jul 15, 2024 | 
sports.yahoo.com | Jamie Kemp
It was another case of so close yet so far for England, but few can argue that Spain were the worthy winners of Euro 2024. Using the Opta index - which grades players across a wide pool of metrics - the sports analytics company have formulated a team of the tournament using data to support the selections. Their picks have come from a plethora of extra insights from a database that contains every touch made at Euro 2024.
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Jun 12, 2024 | 
theanalyst.com | Jamie Kemp |Matt Sisneros |Jonathan Manuel
Thriving in his new number 10 role, Bellingham’s attacking output can provide England with the thrust they need to go all the way at Euro 2024. There were 12 days between Karim Benzema bidding farewell to Real Madrid and Jude Bellingham arriving. At that point, it wasn’t logical to think either had much to do with the other as far as ‘replacements’ go.
