Could La Liga dominate the EPL?

Could we see La Liga domination of the EPL again in the Champions League?
Author: Rapheal Harry ---
Gone are the days when La Liga teams easily destroyed EPL teams in Europe, back then the nemesis of La Liga was the Serie A and to an extent Bundesliga. One could predict the winner of ties between La Liga teams and EPL except for games involving Barcelona (who had a poor record against British teams).

When European games come up, I still remember games like Arsenal vs. Deportivo in 2001/2002 thereabout, I believe that was the day Arsene Wenger became crazy with the idea of Beautiful Football. I watched the game with my uncle who supports Arsenal, the look on his face was priceless, He said “This Spanish teams should be banned, Look at how they embarrassed us (Gunners)” . The clash between Barcelona and Liverpool at Anfield was another of those games where La Liga was educating the EPL teams, all Liverpool fans watching the games with me and my friends walked out after the first half. But my Favorite was Real Madrid’s conquering of Man.utd. Funny enough it was the second leg which Man.utd won that made some of my EPL fans admit that La Liga was on its own. A red devil fan was amazed that Real attacked 4 times and scored 3 goals and struck the bar once. To him what would have happened if Real needed a result like in 2000? I remember Arsenal fans praying against meeting Valencia in the knockout stages cause to them Carew may not score all season but soon as he sees the Arsenal colors he starts to score.

Since then Billionaires have gone into the EPL, the average team there spends so much money and all of a sudden their teams began to get results against La Liga. Mourinho started with the Chelsea vs.Barsa drama, Arsenal embarrassed Real Madrid (still one of my worst games in Europe), Manchester united has been earning results in Spain and Liverpool have beaten Barcelona and Real Madrid on Spanish soil (the 2nd leg made me puke). Now they do not fear us, they see La Liga teams as what they can conquer; even present Barcelona needed the referee’s help to overcome Chelsea two seasons back. Is it still possible for La Liga teams to change the tide against EPL? I say YES it is.

Despite the influx of Cash into the EPL the quality of the game there is still very much the same, ‘Kick and Run’ football is still played by most of the teams. The Giants of the EPL are coached by foreigners and you can tell by the style of play. But even the Giants all struggle against teams that can keep the ball on the ground and not load crosses upon crosses into the box. If La Liga teams keep to that style that has made our teams a classic to watch and add more physicality, I believe we can overcome EPL again.

Take Valencia’s game against Manchester United. A Man.utd fan said to me, Valencia was too
respectful. This is one of the worst Manchester sides ever based on form, Valencia should have gone for the kill, and believed they could get a result. I’m sure they would have gotten at least a draw. This season should Barsa meet Chelsea and Madrid meet Arsenal what do you think would happen? I believe Madrid would be able to survive Arsenal's inability to match beautiful football with scoring and Madrid has more Physical men to do the job in the midfield. But Chelsea is a different thing entirely, they are the strongest and most physical side in the Champions League. I do not see Barsa been able to match them on the physical side especially since losing Yaya Toure who was a beast with brains, unlike Mascherano he is simply a Beast the brain part is more with Busquets.

I want to see 3 La Liga teams in the Semi finals again, we did it before without spending like the EPL teams do today. I believe Valencia are on the right part to what they did in the early 2000s, something tells me Barcelona have pressed the self destruct button on themselves while if Mourinho stays more than two seasons with Real, Europe would fear Madrid just like she did during the Del Bosque era. Should Manzano be able to lift Sevilla like he did with Mallorca they might just have found the real replacement to Juande Ramos. Atletico Madrid has shown that when they want to, they can take on anyone. Question is can they be more consistent? They will have to find adequate cover /replacements for Aguero and Forlan. Villareal is on a quite revival, never under estimate them. It would also help a lot for the revenue sharing in La Liga to be resolved quickly and the big two no longer getting a huge chunk of all the revenues. It should be shared accordingly and evenly, it will go a long way in saving La Liga teams and giving them a more competitive edge over their Rivals from other Leagues.

VIVA LA LIGA!