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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:

David Beckham: The Real Madrid Years Apr 23, 2020

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In this episode, we look back on David Beckham's four seasons with Real Madrid between 2003 and 2007. Host Euan McTear (@emctear) starts the podcast off by explaining how Beckham ended up signing for Real Madrid even after an agreement had been announced with Barcelona.

Then Román de Arquer (@Aeroslavee) tells the story of Beckham's first couple of seasons at the Bernabéu and Paco Polit (@pacopolitENG) goes on to detail the Englishman's final two years in the Spanish capital. Sam Leveridge (@samleveridge) then tells the story of Beckham's post-Real Madrid career, while we also hear clips from Beckham himself on his time at Real Madrid.

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Wounded Giant: The Real Zaragoza Story Apr 09, 2020

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In this episode, we tell the Real Zaragoza story. The club from the fifth most populous city in Spain is a historic one and there is so much success to look back on.

Matt Clark (@MattClark_08) recalls their first few titles, before Dan Parry (@DanParry_) tells the incredible story of their European Cup Winners’ Cup triumph of 1995. We also hear match-winner’s Nayim’s take on his famous goal. Then Román de Arquer (@Aeroslavee) explains how Real Zaragoza started the 21st century in style. But they then fell down into the second tier and Paco Polit (@pacopolitENG) tells the story of the club’s fall.

Hosted by Euan McTear (@emctear), this podcast finishes on a positive note as we predict a brighter future for a Real Zaragoza team that was on course for promotion before the coronavirus crisis. If they make it back up, LaLiga will be welcoming back a classic Spanish football side.

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Samuel Eto'o: Mr Treble Apr 02, 2020

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In this podcast, we tell the Samuel Eto'o story, starting off with Paco Polit (@pacopolitENG) discussing his beginnings in Cameroon and his move to Real Madrid. We also hear from Alex Fitzpatrick (@Mallorcalex100) about his time at and Copa del Rey win with Real Mallorca and from Román de Arquer (@Aeroslavee) about all his success at Barcelona and his first treble.

In part two of the podcast, Serie A expert Conor Clancy (@ConJClancy) reflects on Eto'o's second treble, earned at Inter Milan just one year after he won three major trophies at the Camp Nou. We also hear about his final steps in club football from Matt Clark (@MattClark_08) and about his international career from Sam Leveridge (@samleveridge).

It's all hosted by Euan McTear (@emctear) and also features commentary clips from some of the forward's most epic moments, as well as the catchy club anthems from the main teams he played for.

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Diego Forlán: The two-time Pichichi winner Mar 27, 2020

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This episode of La Liga Lowdown is all about Diego Forlán, the Uruguayan striker who won the Pichichi award for the Spanish top division’s top scorer twice. He did so once with Villarreal and we hear from Paco Polit (@pacopolitENG) about his time in yellow, while he repeated the trick with Atlético Madrid and we hear from Sam Leveridge (@samleveridge) about his success in the Spanish capital.

In this podcast, which is hosted by Euan McTear (@emctear), we also hear from Matt Clark (@MattClark_08) about his beginnings, we hear from Román de Arquer (@Aeroslavee) about the exotic leagues where he finished his career and we hear from David Kraakman of the Warriors of Uruguay Twitter account (@UruguayanHeroes) about his national team success.

There are also some comments from the man himself from an interview Forlán gave to beIN Sports, as well as historic commentary clips from the most epic moments of his career.

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La Cartuja: Spain's Forgotten Stadium Mar 19, 2020

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The next four Copa del Rey finals will be held at the Estadio De La Cartuja in Seville, a stadium that is often forgotten. Built in 1999, it has hosted a number of events but has never truly felt like any team or any sport's home.

In this episode, hosted by Euan McTear (@emctear), we look at the story of this stadium, starting with Román de Arquer (@Aeroslavee) reflecting on its beginnings. Paco Polit (@pacopolitENG) goes on to discuss the wild dream of Sevilla and Real Betis groundsharing the stadium, which never came to fruition. Matt Clark (@MattClark_08) looks back on some of the biggest events and moments to have taken place at the ground. And Gregor Chappelle (@gregorchappelle) explains what the locals in Seville think of it.

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The lowdown on Spanish football and the Coronavirus Mar 15, 2020

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There was no football to recap this weekend, with Spain and the world of Spanish football hit hard by the Coronavirus this past week. Topics that seemed so important just a few days ago suddenly faded into the background.

While we’re not medical experts, we did want to bring you the lowdown from Spain. So, in this special episode, host Euan McTear (@emctear) is joined by Román de Arquer (@Aeroslavee) and by Paco Polit (@pacopolitENG) to lay out a timeline of the Coronavirus impacting Spanish football, to discuss the games and leagues that have been postponed, to reflect on the way it has brought people together on their balconies and to ask the big question: Who out of Román or Paco has the most rolls of toilet paper stored away?

We hope you’ll join us to reflect on one of the most unique and strangest weeks in the history of Spanish football.

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Matchday 27 recap: You can't bet on Betis! Mar 09, 2020

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Real Betis hadn't won any of their previous seven matches... so of course they went out and defeated the league leaders Real Madrid. In this episode we discuss Real Betis and their unpredictability with Radio Betis' David Whitworth (@DCWh1tw0rth). That result means Barcelona are leaders again and we analyse their win over Real Sociedad with Román de Arquer (@Aeroslavee).

There's also a recap of Atlético Madrid and Sevilla's unusual draw with Sam Leveridge (@samleveridge), a moment of relief from Mallorca-based Alex Fitzpatrick (@Mallorcalex100) after the islanders got their first away win, a look at Valencia's latest disappointing away result with Paco Polit (@pacopolitENG) and some all-Basque Copa del Rey final chat with Dan Parry (@DanParry_).

It's all hosted by Euan McTear (@emctear), along with some commentary clips from Cadena Cope.

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The Butcher of Bilbao Story Mar 05, 2020

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One of the most shocking stories in the history of Spanish football is the Butcher of Bilbao story. This was the nickname that was given to Athletic Club defender Andoni Goikoetxea, who broke Diego Maradona's leg, snapping it like a piece of wood as the Argentine would later describe it.

This wasn't the only incident to this story, though. As Román de Arquer (@Aeroslavee) explains in this podcast, there was a brewing rivalry between Athletic Club and Barcelona at that time. Paco Polit (@pacopolitENG) then details the many incidents that took place in matches between these teams between 1981 and 1984.

In part two of this podcast, Matt Clark (@MattClark_08) explains what happened to Maradona next and Dan Parry (@DanParry_) reflects on Goikoetxea's legacy. And it's all hosted by Euan McTear (@emctear).

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Matchday 26 recap: ZZ goes top on Clásico weekend Mar 02, 2020

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Here's La Liga Lowdown's matchday recap after Clásico weekend. Zinedine Zidane was bold and his Real Madrid team beat Barcelona 2-0 to go back to the top of the LaLiga table. We discuss the match in depth in part one of this podcast, as host Euan McTear (@emctear) speaks to Román de Arquer (@Aeroslavee).

Also coming up in this podcast, Alex Fitzpatrick (@Mallorcalex100) provides the lowdown on Getafe's latest win, as they took the three points in Mallorca. Paco Polit (@pacopolitENG) reflects on Valencia's victory over Real Betis and on what's going wrong for the Andalusian side this season. And Heath Chesters (@HeathGCF) provides a sense of the mood at Granada ahead of their big Copa del Rey week, while Dan Parry (@DanParry_) does the same for Athletic Club and Real Sociedad.

There's all that and more, plus commentary clips from Cadena Cope and LaLiga TV.

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Matchday 25 recap: Break a Lega Feb 24, 2020

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To start off this matchday recap, we discuss the Martin Braithwaite saga and all the ramifications of it. With Javier Martín (@kikomartin), we discuss how the striker's move to Barcelona has hurt Leganés and how Lega fell to a disappointing 1-0 defeat to 10-man Celta Vigo at the weekend. With Sam Leveridge (@samleveridge), we then discuss Braithwaite's Barcelona debut and Messi's master class in Barça's 5-0 win over Eibar.

We also hear from Paco Polit (@pacopolitENG), who was in the stadium as Levante defeated Real Madrid on Saturday. We hear from Román de Arquer (@Aeroslavee), who analyses Espanyol's struggles over the past week. And we have a match report on the Alavés vs Athletic derby from Dan Parry (@DanParry_).

All hosted by Euan McTear (@emctear) and featuring commentary from Cadena Cope, this is your recap of the 25th round of the 2019/20 LaLiga season.

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