Tag: LaLiga

MADRID: Defending Champions Real Madrid continued their winning streak to the season as they came from behind to outclass Mallorca 4-1 here at Santiago Bernabeu on Sunday.

Mallorca stunned the home crowd as they gained the surprise lead in the 34th minute when Vedat Muriqi scored a header. However, Federico Valverde levelled before the first half for Real after a phenomenal solo run and a brilliant strike in the stoppage time.

Vinicius Junior put the hosts ahead in the 72nd minute before Rodrygo Goes and Antonio Rudiger scored late goals to furhter the lead and steered the side to a fifth successive win in the Spanish League.

With the win, Real Madrid held off Barcelona to secure the top position in the standings.

Meanwhile, Athletic Club outpowered the home side Elche 4-1 on Sunday to secure their to jump to the fifth spot with the third win.

Getafe secured their first win of the season as they edged past Real Sociedad 2-1 in a home game.

The action-filled tournament is being telecasted live on Pakistan’s first HD Sports channel – A Sports and is simultaneously streamed on the digital platform of ARY Digital Network – ARY ZAP in crystal clear HD quality.

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VIGO: Iago Aspas shone with a powerful brace as Celta Vigo swept Cadiz to secure its second consecutive win in La Liga in the opening game of matchday four of the season. 

The home side made a promising start but failed to take a lead before halftime with winger Oscar Rodriguez missing an opportunity.

Aspas then opened the scoring in the 56th minute with a powerful shot from outside the box which landed in the nets beating the Cadiz goalkeeper Ledesma.

The breakthrough opened the floodgates for Celta in the latter stages of the game as Rodriguez doubled the lead just after six minutes.

Aspas then unleashed another strong hit from outside the box to make it 3-0 for Celta in the 75th minute.

Celta will now travel to Madrid for an away game against Atletico next weekend while Cadiz will play Barcelona in a home game in Andalucia.

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MADRID: Dani Alves announced on Wednesday that he is leaving Barcelona for a second time after returning to the club last year.

The 39-year-old, who rejoined Barca last November on a short-term deal until the end of the season, confirmed he would not be extending his contract.

“I would like to thank all the staff for the opportunity they gave me to return to this club and to be able to wear that wonderful shirt again, you don’t know how happy I am,” the Brazilian international said in an Instagram post.

Alves made 408 appearances in total for Barcelona, with 391 of those coming in his first spell from 2008-2016.

During that initial stint, he won six La Liga titles, three Champions League crowns and four Copa del Rey trophies.

Alves is still in line to be named in Brazil’s squad for the Qatar World Cup later this year and started both of their friendly wins over Japan and South Korea earlier this month.

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MADRID: The Spanish League LaLiga has filed a complaint to UEFA against Paris Saint-Germain for the breach of financial fair play rules adding to a similar complaint it had filed earlier against Manchester City, it announced on Wednesday.

LaLiga believed that the French Club have broken the financial fair play regulations when it offered a new multi-million pounds contract to its striker Kylian Mbappe, which convinced him to decline the offer of the Spanish club Real Madrid.

The Spanish League has already filed a similar complaint against Manchester City in April, objecting that club has continuously failed to comply with the rules.

Since then, the Premier League club has also confirmed the signing of Erling Haaland for £51.2m from the German club Borussia Dortmund. Real Madrid was also interested in signing Haaland.

“LaLiga considers that these practices alter the ecosystem and the sustainability of football, harm all European clubs and leagues, and only serve to artificially inflate the market with money not generated in soccer itself,” the Spanish league said in a statement.

LaLiga further alleged that the irregular financing of both the clubs was carried out either through direct money injection or through sponsorship or other contracts that did not correspond to market conditions or made economic sense.

The Spanish league had already tried to sanction PSG and Man City by UEFA in the past. In 2017 and 2018, it also filed charges against them for violating financial fair play guidelines.

UEFA sanctioned Man City a two-year ban from the Champions League in 2020 for “serious breaches” of FFP rules following an investigation. However, the Court of Arbitration for Sport overturned the ban.

Meanwhile, UEFA closed another financial fair play investigation against PSG in 2018 without imposing any sanctions. In 2014, both Man City and PSG were fined 20 million euros by the football’s governing body following the FFP breaches.

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