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Friends turned into foes at the weekend as both Fuengirola teams, Barona and the Lions, faced off in the playoff final for the Liga Andaluza. Having lost to the Lions in the normal season 7-2, Barona put on a major show of strength to avenge the
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Rob Palmer opinion
If a Formula One car has no fuel in the tank then it's about as useful as a tractor with no diesel... and that just about sums up Barcelona. In La Liga they have so far proven to be the “Invincibles” with a reserve of energy, yet when it came to ... misguided. Valverde has squeezed every last globule of energy out of a team that has all but mathematically won La Liga and is in the Copa del Rey final. He's done this with one of the most limited Barcelona squads in recent years. Philippe Coutinho and
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Rob Palmer Opinion
...sacked him after just ten games in 2004. The other candidate is Garitano, another man who left Bilbao unfulfilled as an unwanted reserve player in the 90s. He's lifted Leganés from the third tier to an established La Liga position with his prudent
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ROB PALMER Opinion
...magical moments from Cristiano Ronaldo now that he's turned 33 years of age. Before January he scored only four goals for preservation in the La Liga library but now he's donating again with an additional 18 goals in 11 Liga games this year (including four
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ROB PALMER
...apart from the final, so that looks like loose talk. Meanwhile the president of La Liga Javier Tebas warns that it is too expensive and he can't see it happening. Gimmicky “through the eyes of the striker” technology is fine, something that may bring
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ROB PALMER
Time to hold my hands up and admit that Girona have confounded my expectations and, refreshingly, brought the opposite of what I feared they'd bring to La Liga. When you hear that the ownership of a team is shrouded in mystery and they are ... stuck with that as he's taken on the might of La Liga, famously beating Real Madrid back in October. I always believe a club thrives if it has a strong local accent in the changing room; think the Nevilles at Manchester United, Gerrard and Carragher at
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Rob Palmer opinion
This Real Madrid band is like an egotistical monster of rock - the bigger the arena or festival, the better the performance. I once saw Meatloaf; I'd been waiting for years to see the legend in the flesh. When he came to my local arena he was all o
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Rob Palmer
...after all. Don't get me wrong, he's still phenomenal as his statistics of nine goals in six Champions League appearances confirm; it is just that he's now unable to return the absurd figures in domestic football; it's four goals in fourteen Liga
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Daryl Finch
The Fuengirola Lions inline hockey team played three Liga Sur games in Águilas (Murcia) last weekend, beating Sancti Petri 10-0, Murcia Roller 7-3 and Tiburones de Cartagena 13-4. The Lions now top Liga Sur, as well as the Liga Andaluza with ... sister team Barona. The next round of Liga Sur games will be in Fuengirola on 10 March.
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Rob Palmer opinion
...though. Barcelona fans would welcome an international class talent and Liverpool supporters would lament the loss of one of the so called “Fab Four”. It's argued that Barcelona are so far ahead in La Liga there's no desperation to sign a player who can't