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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:

The Story Of Sevilla's Sixth Europa League Aug 25, 2020

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Sevilla are Europa League champions once again, for a sixth time. In this episode, we look back at their 2019/20 campaign and at how they managed to win this tournament yet again.

Gregor Chappelle (@gregorchappelle) looks back to the group stages and to the Round of 32, when Sevilla almost went out to Cluj. Then Matt Clark (@MattClark_08) charts the team’s progress through the Round of 16, the quarter-finals and the semi-finals. Host Euan McTear (@emctear) then catches up with Archie Rhind-Tutt (@archiert1) to discuss the victory over Inter Milan in the final, which Archie attended in Cologne.

In part two, we hear what Sevilla’s goalscoring hero Luuk de Jong had to say to BT Sport straight after the final and we also discuss Éver Banega’s impact with Peter Coates (@Pedro_Coates) of the @GolazoArgentino website. There's also some insight on what makes Monchi tick from Leeds United director of football Víctor Orta. And, finally, we hear just what it means to the fans by speaking to Chris Lail (@ChrisLail) of the @MonchisMen supporters’ group.

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LLL Live! Season Review - Audio Version Jul 22, 2020

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The 2019/20 season has been completed, so it's time to review the campaign as a whole. We held an LLL Live show just after the season ended, with host Euan McTear (@emctear) joined by Paco Polit (@pacopolitENG), Román de Arquer (@Aeroslavee) and Hasan Karim (@TheHasKarim).

The entire show is available right here in audio-only format, or the full video version can still be viewed on our @LaLigaLowdown Twitter feed. Enjoy!

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Matchday 38 recap: EuroGranada and unlucky Leganés Jul 20, 2020

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In our final matchday recap of the 2019/20 LaLiga season, we start by hearing from Granada fan Heath Chesters (@HeathGCF), who shared his reaction just moments after his team qualified for Europe for the first time ever. Paco Polit (@pacopolitENG) then breaks down the entire Europa League race and Valencia’s failure to qualify.

Host Euan McTear (@emctear) then explains the drama of the relegation battle, as Celta Vigo stayed up and as Leganés went down. We also hear from Alex Fitzpatrick (@Mallorcalex100) about Real Mallorca’s relegation and their hopes for the future.

In part two, Román de Arquer (@Aeroslavee) discusses Barcelona’s five-goal win at Alavés and Allen Dodson (@groguet01) reflects on the emotional goodbyes at Villarreal as Bruno Soriano, Santi Cazorla and maybe Javi Calleja bid farewell.

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Matchday 37 recap: Real Madrid are the champions Jul 17, 2020

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Real Madrid are champions of Spain, so that’s where we begin this recap of the 37th matchday of the 2019/20 LaLiga Santander season. We have on-the-whistle reactions from Real Madrid fans Emily Wilson (@wilson_emt), Hasan Karim (@TheHasKarim) and Kristofer McCormack (@k_mc06). Then, host Euan McTear (@emctear) and Román de Arquer (@Aeroslavee) dissecting the title race in general, focusing on Real Madrid’s 2-1 win over Villarreal and Barcelona’s 2-1 loss to Osasuna.

Then, Paco Polit (@pacopolitENG) discusses the race for the final Europa League spots. And Matt Clark (@MattClark_08) and Sam Leveridge (@samleveridge) explain what’s going on in the relegation battle, looking at Celta Vigo and Leganés respectively. One of those teams must go down, so we have an exciting matchday 38 in store. For now, this episode is your opportunity to reflect on all the storylines of matchday 37.

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Matchday 36 recap: So tense that Ocampos can't bear to look Jul 14, 2020

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It’s getting tense in LaLiga, so tense that Lucas Ocampos couldn’t even bear to watch as he took a no-look penalty...

In this recap episode, we start by discussing the title race as host Euan McTear (@emctear) speaks to Hasan Karim (@TheHasKarim) about Real Madrid’s latest win and to Román de Arquer (@Aeroslavee) about Barcelona’s latest victory.

We also discuss Ocampos and Sevilla with Alex Brotherton (@alex_brotherton), Atlético Madrid’s eighth straight Champions League qualification with Jeremy Beren (@JBBeren) and Osasuna with @The_Osasuna_Fan. There’s also some reflection on Cádiz’s promotion, on the situation in the relegation battle and on the sheer number of penalties we’ve seen in LaLiga this season.

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Matchday 35 recap: Espanyol's worst nightmare Jul 11, 2020

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In Matchday 35, we had our first confirmed relegation casualty as Espanyol were sent down to the second division for the first time in 27 years. Román de Arquer (@Aeroslavee) discusses the fallout of that, as they went down with a defeat at the home of their arch rivals Barcelona.That Barça win keeps them in the title race, but Real Madrid did win again too and host Euan McTear (@emctear) looks back at their victory over Alavés with Kiyan Sobhani (@KiyanSo).

In part two of the podcast, Paco Polit (@pacopolitENG) provides the lowdown on Adrià Guerrero and Víctor García, two players who he knows well and who made their debuts this week. Plus, Alex Fitzpatrick (@Mallorcalex100) discusses the excitement brewing on the island of Mallorca as they kept their survival hopes alive. Beñat Gutiérrez (@beinatguti) reflects on the importance of Raúl García for Athletic and Dom Tancock (@dorsetdom1905) offers some explanations for Getafe’s stuttering form since the restart.

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Matchday 34 recap: Yet another coaching casualty Jul 06, 2020

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There has been yet another managerial sacking in LaLiga, this time with Alavés firing Asier Garitano as they nervously look over their shoulders at the relegation zone. We discuss that decision with Alavés fan Rob Hextall (@robhextall) in this episode, before Brendy Boyle (@BrendyBoyle) wonders whether Garitano might be ready to now return to Leganés as he looks at the Pepineros’ long-term project.

We also reflect on the latest chapter of the title race, with Román de Arquer (@Aeroslavee) discussing Barcelona’s big win at Villarreal and Matt Clark (@MattClark_08) analysing Real Madrid’s three-point haul in Bilbao. There’s also lots of praise for the achievements of Real Valladolid and Granada with Martin Devlin (@MartiRVCF) and Heath Chesters (@HeathGCF ) respectively. As usual, the episode is hosted by Euan McTear (@emctear).

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Matchday 33 recap: Griezmann goes missing… and Aguirre’s sandwich too Jul 03, 2020

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Real Madrid have moved even further ahead thanks to their win over Getafe this week and thanks to Barcelona’s draw with Atlético Madrid. Hasan Karim (@TheHasKarim) discusses the Real Madrid victory, while Román de Arquer (@Aeroslavee) analyses all the talking points of Barça and Atleti’s draw. And there were many of them.

Valencia fan Paco Polit (@pacopolitENG) and Real Betis fan David Whitworth (@DCWh1tw0rth) are both brave enough to face the music and to tell the details of their clubs’ respective crises. Real Mallorca fan Alex Fitzpatrick (@Mallorcalex100), meanwhile, is full of hope as his side earned a huge win in their relegation battle. And host Euan McTear (@emctear) wonders where Leganés coach’s Javier Aguirre’s sandwich went and whether there might actually be more pressing matters at Butarque than that.

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Matchday 32 recap: Benzema’s backheel, Celades’ future and MGMT Jun 29, 2020

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Real Madrid have extended their lead in LaLiga, opening up a two-point gap over Barcelona. We discuss their win over Espanyol and Karim Benzema’s sublime assist with Espanyol fan Geoff Gillingham (@GeoffGillingham), who also explains what went on with the Abelardo-for-Rufete decision.

We also discuss Barcelona’s 2-2 draw at Celta Vigo with Ian Morris of the Celta USA (@CeltaUSA) account on Twitter, Sevilla’s poor form with Gregor Chappelle (@gregorchappelle) and Albert Celades’ Valencia future with Paco Polit (@pacopolitENG). Plus, host Euan McTear (@emctear) tries speaking some Basque to celebrate Eibar virtually confirming their survival.

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Matchday 31 recap: 1,128 days later… Bruno’s horror movie ends Jun 26, 2020

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As the world of Spanish football celebrates Bruno Soriano’s return after 1,128 days out with injury, we lead with that heart-warming story in this episode. Paco Polit (@pacopolitENG) explains just what the Villarreal midfielder went through as he fought to return to the pitch.

Román de Arquer (@Aeroslavee), meanwhile, focuses on the title race and Barcelona and Real Madrid’s respective midweek wins. We also hear from David Whitworth (@DCWh1tw0rth) on Betis’ first game with Alexis Trujillo in charge, from Alex Fitzpatrick (@Mallorcalex100) on Real Mallorca’s 15-year-old Luka Romero, from Javier Martín (@kikomartin) on Leganés’ bad luck and from Nic from Atlético Fans (@AtleticoFans) on his team’s impressive restart. There’s even more too, with it all hosted by Euan McTear (@emctear).

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