Best League in the World

According to the IFFHS (the International Federation of History and Statistics), the Spanish league was announced today as the best national football championship, narrowly beating the English Premier League. La Liga accumulated 1,092 points to England´s 1,039, and Serie A´s 1,021 units. Formerly third, Germany lost out to both Italy and Brazil and now find themselves in fifth place overall.


The top ten looks like this:

1. Spain
2. England
3. Italy
4. Brazil
5. Germany
6. France
7. Argentina
8. Portugal
9. Netherlands
10. Ukraine

While I welcome the fact that the IFFHS has called out Spain´s accomplishments, both in European and International tournaments, the fact is that this is as much a pyrrhic victory as any. It doesn´t feel like much of a win for the league as a whole when only two teams are genuinely competing for the title. No one wants parity, like the NFL: a league where any one team can win on any given year, but as a long-time follower I can´t help but think that the majority of Spanish league fans couldn´t give a toss whether Real Madrid or Barcelona win another in a string of league or European titles. Congrats to us. Yawn.

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