Spanish football News
Speaking after the inauguration of the Tata Aircraft Complex in Vadodara alongside Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, Modi said “While yoga is highly popular in Spain, Spanish football is liked in India."
The 2020-21 season of the Spanish top-flight will kick-off on September 12 while the final game of the season will take place on May 23, 2021.
The first El Clasico of the season between Real Madrid and Barcelona will take place on Oct. 25 at the Camp Nou with the return-leg in April 2021 at the Santiago Bernabeu.
Teams that participated in UEFA Champions League will sit out the opening week. As a result, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid will see a delayed start to their respective campaigns.
Barcelona and Levante will now meet in the second leg of the Copa del Rey last-16 tie at the Nou Camp on January 18.
Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane sought to quash media speculation about his future by stating emphatically that he wants to remain with the club.
Man of the moment Marco Asensio scored twice and Cristiano Ronaldo was also on target as Real Madrid kept up the feel-good factor with a thrilling 5-3 victory at Real Betis
Spain has provided the winner of the Champions League each year since 2014 and six of the eight finalists in that time, while four of the last five winners of the Europa League have also been from La Liga.
The defending Liga champions suffered a shock 2-1 defeat in their first ever league visit to Catalan side.
The Catalans, who are aiming to win the trophy for a joint-record fourth year running and 30th time overall, won 3-0 despite picking a heavily-rotated side without Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez or captain Andres Iniesta.
Sevilla slip down to fourth thanks to a 1-0 defeat at Athletic Bilbao with Mikel Vesga scoring the only goal of the game.
Madrid missed the presence of Cristiano Ronaldo and Sergio Ramos through suspension but almost stole the three points in stoppage-time when Karim Benzema's shot was turned on to the post by Valencia goalkeeper Neto.
It is still not certain whether Alena will spend next season with the first team or continue with the B-team.
Unhappy Ronaldo has left his future at the Spanish giants in doubt after angrily announcing last week that his "conscience is clear."
If it is considered that Ronaldo merely committed an administrative error, he would have to repay the 8 million, as well as the corresponding fine.
Former Barcelona striker Sandro Ramirez opened the scoring for Malaga with a breakaway goal in the 32nd minute before Jony added a 90th-minute second for the hosts.
Barcelona recently reached a deal to extend the contract of Uruguay striker Luis Suarez to June 2021.
With this double, Messi moved ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo in the race for Golden boot with 11 for the season.
The Argentina forward scored both goals in Barca's 2-0 Champions League win at Celtic.
The 31-year-old forward joined Real in 2009 and is the European champions` all-time leading scorer with 371 goals in 360 games.
Atletico Madrid remain just three points back of their city rivals thanks to doubles from Yannick Carrasco and Kevin Gameiro
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