LaLiga’s partnership with YinzCam has helped 23 clubs to develop apps that help them grow internationally. LaLiga is Europe’s most popular league for app downloads, surpassing 100 million on September. For sporting competitions, strong digital engagement is about going beyond the matchday. A live match will naturally cause a spike in users opening apps to follow the score
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Mohammed Salisu, the Real Valladolid defender turning heads after less than a season in LaLiga Santander Among LaLiga’s most exciting defensive rising stars is Real Valladolid centre-back Mohammed Salisu, whose solid and composed displays in his debut season suggest a long and highly successful career is ahead of him. Valladolid’s 20-year-old Ghanaian centre-back has been one of the most impressive
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There are more and more women occupying Spanish football’s top roles. Here is a look at five of these pioneers. Guadalupe Porras. Assistant referee. Guadalupe Porras is an assistant referee in LaLiga Santander and she made history this season by becoming the first woman to form part of an officiating team in Spain’s top flight. After impressing during
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HOW LALIGA CLUBS ARE WORKING TO PUT AN END TO INJURIES IN FOOTBALL There’s no better signing than investing in health, ever larger and more professional medical departments are benefitting from the very latest in technology, and RC Celta is making its facilities and doctors available to the general public. “Every club in the big four European leagues
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Matheus Fernandes lands in LaLiga with Real Valladolid ahead of big summer move to FC Barcelona LaLiga’s latest rising star midfielder Matheus Fernandes has a chance to learn at Real Valladolid between now and the end of the season, before settling at Barcelona over the coming campaigns. A move which perhaps ran a little under the radar during
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The GOAT – Greatest Of All Time – is a term bandied about far too easily nowadays. It may well be tempting to say Lionel Messi winning his sixth Ballon d’Or makes him an inevitable candidate for that title, but the fact he received it for 2019 points to how little that trophy has always meant. It used to be
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Soccer 360 Magazine gives out the best and worst of 2019 Player of the Year – Lionel Messi, Barcelona and Argentina It’s hardly the most imaginative choice, but can it really be argued that Lionel Messi remains the best player on the planet? Before being awarded the Ballon d’Or he’d scored 46 goals in 54 games across the calendar
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For years pundits, players and fans had been complaining about referees and the inconsistent decisions they made every weekend. It had virtually become part of the game. So the news that VAR – video assistance referee – would be introduced to the Premier League this season was greeted largely with applause – and a little relief. Other countries had already
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The Real Madrid, Barcelona and LaLiga legend and current Real Valladolid president spoke as part of the “90 Años de Historias” programme to mark LaLiga’s 90th anniversary. In the interview, Ronaldo talks of how he left Barcelona, how Real Madrid was an even bigger club than he ever imagined, the ‘galacticos’ era, and how he still follows the ideas of
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Battling for position towards the top of LaLiga takes precedence as Champions League challengers Valencia and Atletico Madrid meet in Friday evening’s eagerly awaited Mestalla clash. Both Valencia and Atletico go into the game separated by just two points and three places in the table, with two of Spain’s biggest historic rivals caught up in a very dramatic race to
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