Hay Liga! La Liga Season opening schedule

A week late, after a lot of handwringing, the players union AFE and LFP burning a lot of midnight oil, we have an agreement to play football. Week#2 is the new Week#1.
Here is the game slate for this weekend

Game	Day	Spain	Eastern	Pacific
Sporting x Real Sociedad	27-Aug Saturday	1800 CET	1200	0900
Valencia x Racing	27-Aug Saturday	2000 CET	1400	1100
Granada x Betis	27-Aug Saturday	2200 CET	1600	1300
Atlético x Osasuna	28-Aug Sunday	1200 CET	0600	0300
Athletic x Rayo	28-Aug Sunday	1600 CET	1000	0700
Mallorca x Espanyol	28-Aug Sunday	1800 CET	1200	0900
Getafe x Levante	28-Aug Sunday	1800 CET	1200	0900
Zaragoza x Real Madrid	28-Aug Sunday	2000 CET	1400	1100
Sevilla x Málaga	28-Aug Sunday	2200 CET	1600	1300
Barcelona x Villarreal	29-Aug Monday	2100 CET	1500	1200

The best games are back-loaded.

Sevilla - Málaga promises to be a cracker. Málaga might have lost out on the 5-star start of opening with champions Barcelona at home but an Andalucian derby at the Sanchez Pizjúan isnt a bad compromise

Barcelona - Villarreal has catapulted into one of the best fixtures of La Liga in the recent times. This fixture almost always guarantees delightful football with the level skill on display in both these sides. Barcelona will be on short rest after playing the European Super Cup against FC Porto on Friday.

Among others, Granada x Betis is another Andalucian derby. This was a Liga Adelante (2nda division) derby last year but both teams got promoted into Primera this year. Should be a good game.

Happy that La Liga is back! Now lets relax and enjoy. Forzafutbol will bring a lot of great content every day of the season, as usual.

Viva La Liga!!!

The Seville Derby podcast with Monchi's Men and Ooh Betis

Hello Forzafutbol podcast listeners!

Welcome back. The main course of our podcast #161 is the Seville derby. We have two excellent gentlemen supporting either side, Adam from Ooh Betis a great blog about Real Betis in english and Aaron from Monchi's Men an excellent blog for all things Sevilla in English.
We recorded this a few days ago with Adam in England doing the show at 6.30am for him and Aaron at 11.30pm for him. We thank them both for their availability at an odd hour.

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Segment#1 : La Liga round up

Elisa, Mando and I discuss the current headlines of La Liga

1. Strike - will there be one or not, why are the players justified in striking etc.
2. Latest transfer rumours - Falcao to Atleti; De Guzman to Villarreal; Gio Dos Santos and more
3. Super Cup 1st leg : Reactions and impressions

Segment#2 : Seville Derby

1. Introduce our guests
2. Discuss the past seasons of Sevilla and Betis
3. Transfer status of the two teams

Segment #3: Seville Derby

1. Expectations of the game
2. Adam and Aaron give reasons why their team would win
3. Predictions
4. Wrap up

All this sprinkled in with some special music that Sevilla and Betis fans love.

It is a bummer that this game wont be played this weekend but they podcast is a fun way to have a feel for the game and what it means to the two sets of fans in Seville.

Thanks for listening and please drop us a line of feedback to help us get better.