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A brand new weekly mini-podcast bringing you the best in Spanish football, focusing on LaLiga, arguably the best league in the world. We’ll tell you not just what happened, but how and why, using our extensive squad of reporters spread throughout Spain. We’ll have big-name interviews with current and former players and managers from LaLiga, and we’ll truly interact with our listeners, featuring them in our content, encouraging their comments and challenging them regularly. Follow us and chat with us on Twitter: twitter.com/LaLigaLowdown Watch our videos on YouTube: youtube.com/c/LaLigaLowdown Insight. Interviews. Interaction. In English. Spanish Football. Sorted.

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Latest Episodes:

Matchday 7 recap: The one with Ramos and Real Madrid's Clásico joy Oct 26, 2020

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El Clásico was the blockbuster fixture of Matchday Seven and this week's episode starts by discussing Real Madrid's 3-1 victory over Barcelona, with Matt Clark (@MattClark_08) taking us through the action and the best commentary clips, before Román de Arquer (@Aeroslavee) and host Euan McTear (@emctear) break down the key details of the game. That includes the Ramos penalty incident, Griezmann's benching, Koeman's passiveness and much more.

There was more than just El Clásico, though, this weekend. It was Osasuna's centenary and they celebrated it with a win, so fan and journalist Ignasi Torné (@groundhopperbcn) explains why this was such a special occasion for the club. We also hear from Gregor Chappelle (@gregorchappelle) to break down Sevilla's mini winless run and Paco Polit (@pacopolitENG) joins the podcast to discuss how good Elche are... and how bad Valencia are.

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Matchday 6 recap: The one where Cádiz and Getafe kill giants Oct 19, 2020

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Cádiz and Getafe each earned 1-0 victories on the Saturday of LaLiga's Matchday Six, defeating Real Madrid and Barcelona respectively, and we start the podcast by discussing these two giant-killing victories. Alex Brotherton (@alex_brotherton) explains what this win means to Cádiz, to the club and the city. Then Román de Arquer (@Aeroslavee) explains what Getafe did to frustrate Barcelona.

Host Euan McTear (@emctear) is also joined by Heath Chesters (@HeathGCF) to discuss how great Granada are, while Paco Polit (@pacopolitENG) reflects on what happened in Villarreal vs Valencia as Dani Parejo came back to haunt his former side. Plus, Sam Leveridge (@samleveridge) picks out the best pieces of commentary from a wild Huesca vs Real Valladolid match.

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Matchday 5 recap: The one when Atlético had zero shots on target at home Oct 05, 2020

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In this episode of La Liga Lowdown, we start by trying to work out what went wrong for Atlético Madrid, who went from scoring six in one game to failing to register a shot on target. Jeremy Beren (@JBBeren) of @intothecalderon joins host Euan McTear (@emctear) for that discussion on all things Atleti.

We also hear from Gregor Chapelle (@gregorchappelle) on Barcelona vs Sevilla and Paco Polit (@pacopolitENG) on Levante vs Real Madrid. Sam Leveridge (@samleveridge) breaks down the drama of Real Valladolid vs Eibar and, finally, Alavés fan Rob Hextall (@robhextall) explains just how much relief there is around the club after their first win of the season.

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Matchday 4 recap: The one where Elche get revenge Oct 02, 2020

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We’ve just had the first midweek round of the 2020/21 LaLiga season, so here comes our first midweek matchday recap. We start by discussing Elche's win over Eibar and hear about Eibar’s problems from Basque journalist Beñat Gutiérrez (@beinatguti).

There’s also praise for league leaders Getafe, with Geta fan Dom Tancock (@dorsetdom1905) joining the pod to explain what they’re doing so well. Barcelona fan Román de Arquer (@Aeroslave) does likewise, expressing his surprise at the Catalan side's perfect start to the campaign.

There’s also a happier Paco Polit (@pacopolitENG), after Valencia pulled off a shock win at Real Sociedad, their first away win of 2020. Plus, host Euan McTear (@emctear) reflects on Real Madrid and the Benzema-Jović partnership and marvels at nine-man Cádiz’s impressive win in Bilbao. Finally, Matt Clark (@MattClark_08) rounds up the eccentric commentary from Movistar and Cadena Cope that added atmosphere to a fun Villarreal-Alavés clash.

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Matchday 3 recap: The one where Suárez and Barcelona both win the divorce Sep 28, 2020

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The big story this week in Spanish football is Luis Suárez’s transfer from Barcelona to Atlético Madrid. Both sides had huge wins in this weekend’s matchday, so both parties will feel they’ve won this divorce. At least so far...

Barcelona-based Román de Arquer (@Aeroslavee) and host Euan McTear (@emctear) get stuck into Barça and Atleti’s wins, especially the great performance of Ansu Fati. There’s also a discussion of Real Madrid’s dramatic victory over Real Betis with Hasan Karim (@TheHasKarim).

Paco Polit (@pacopolitENG) explains just how much Valencia fans are starting to get worried, while Elche fan Neil Parsons (@NEIL1PAR) reflects on his side’s first game back in the top tier since 2015. There’s all that and much more, including Sam Leveridge’s (@samleveridge) discussion of the best commentary clips of the weekend.

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Matchday 2 recap: The one where Ødegaard went back to Real Sociedad Sep 21, 2020

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Matchday two of the 2020/21 LaLiga season saw Real Madrid back in action and saw Martin Ødegaard travel back to the Reale Arena. He was on loan there with Real Sociedad last season and then, in his first game back with Real Madrid, he took on the Basque club. The match finished goalless and this week’s episode starts off with host Euan McTear (@emctear) looking at the ins and outs of the result with Emily Wilson (@wilson_emt).

There’s also a discussion of what Manuel Pellegrini is doing right at Real Betis with David Whitworth (@DCWh1tw0rth) and of Iago Aspas’ latest moment of brilliance with Román de Arquer (@Aeroslavee). Plus, we look back at Granada’s perfect week and Alberto Cifuentes’ unique debut.

Then, this episode finishes with a discussion with Barcelona member Michał Gajdek (@michalgajdek), who travelled all the way from Poland to Barcelona to put his signature to the motion of no confidence brought against Bartomeu. He explains his reasons for making that journey and what the motion of no confidence is all about.

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Matchday 1 recap: The one where crisis club Valencia won the derby to go top Sep 14, 2020

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The 2020/21 LaLiga Santander season has started! So, here comes La Liga Lowdown's matchday one recap, where the main story is Valencia. Paco Polit (@pacopolitENG) is on hand to explain the club's latest crisis and how they somehow finished matchday one top of the table.

Host Euan McTear (@emctear) also speaks to Beñat Gutiérrez (@beinatguti) about Athletic Club's difficult pre-season and opening weekend loss to Granada and he speaks to Allen Dodson (@groguet01) of @VillarrealUSA about the hype surrounding Villarreal and their struggles as they drew with Huesca. Matt Clark (@MattClark_08) takes a look at Real Betis' dramatic late win over Alavés and the crazy commentary that came with it.

There's all that and even more along the way in this recap of the opening weekend.

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2020/21 LaLiga Season Preview - Part 2: European qualification and the relegation battle Sep 10, 2020

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We're back with the second of our two La Liga Lowdown preview podcasts, ahead of the start of the 2020/21 campaign. After preview podcast one looked at the title race, this time host Euan McTear (@emctear) is joined by Matt Clark (@MattClark_08), Paco Polit (@pacopolitENG) and Román de Arquer (@Aeroslavee) to discuss the fight to qualify for Europe and the relegation battle.

How good will this new-look Villarreal be? How bad will Valencia be after their exodus? Do Elche have time to put a strong squad together? Could this be the year that Eibar go down? And, can Granada do it again and cope with midweek football?

These are just some of the questions discussed in this episode, where we're also joined by David Whitworth (@DCWh1tw0rth) for a quick Real Betis update.

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2020/21 LaLiga Season Preview - Part 1: The title race Sep 07, 2020

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A brand new LaLiga Santander season is just around the corner, with the first match to kick off on Friday, September 11th. It's time, then, to look ahead to the new campaign and that's what Euan McTear (@emctear), Paco Polit (@pacopolitENG), Román de Arquer (@Aeroslavee) and Gregor Chappelle (@gregorchappelle) do in this episode, the first of two preview shows being released by La Liga Lowdown this week.

In this one, the focus is on the title race and the first question is: Will there even be a real title race or will Real Madrid run away with it? The panel discuss how good Real Madrid look and how severe the problems at Barcelona really are. Then there's a look at Atlético Madrid and Sevilla and their chances of finishing top of the standings.

The panelists share stats, anecdotes and stories about each of the title challengers, before making their predictions for the order of this season's top four.

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Messi is staying at Barcelona: What does it all mean? Sep 05, 2020

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Here comes a special La Liga Lowdown podcast in the hours after the news on Friday night that Lionel Messi is staying at Barcelona. The transfer saga has ended, but there’s so much to discuss.

In this episode, host Euan McTear (@emctear) is joined by Román de Arquer (@Aeroslavee) and Paco Polit (@pacopolitENG) to reflect on the winners and losers of the saga, on what Barcelona’s attack will look like in 2020/21, on how competitive they’ll be this campaign, on Bartomeu’s legacy and on the chances of Messi staying beyond the end of his contract next summer.

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