What do you think about Mourinho’s statements on La Liga’s lack of competitiveness ?
“I was in Spain, but I didn’t enjoy it because I won a title with a record of 100 points and 121 goals, but we played only three or four competitive matches all season. There is a big, big gap between the giants and the others."
“This season I rested a few players against Bradford and I lost against Bradford. And that is English football. You are winning 2-0 and you concede a goal you know you are going to have hell for the last few minutes and you might draw 2-2 and lose two points,”
“This is the reality of the Premier League. You have no time. It’s not just about the number of matches, it’s the intensity. And it’s not just physical intensity, you feel the intensity mentally.
“I think the difference between the two leagues [Premier League and La Liga] is huge. Would they [Barcelona and Real Madrid] win the Premier League? Maybe yes. Maybe not.”
https://www.the42.ie/mourino-talks-la-liga-premier-league-2111724-May2015/
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He’s not wrong tho, anytime any other La Liga team gets hot, Atletico, Barca and Madrid fans always say, oh they’ll fall off in spring. The league is not competitive.
How is that any different from other leagues? How many Premier Leagues have United, Arsenal or Tottenham won in the last 10 years? How many teams have won it apart from city in the past 5 years?
Surely that’s not case in PL, right? Arsenal stayed dominant until the last round and City certainly didn’t win league 5. time in 6 years and this season definitely won’t be same, right?!
I mean these quotes are effectively discussing current field of play in the PL aswell.
This is why people who claim the Spanish league was the best league in the world during the 2010s are mad.
How many Ballon DOrs were from the EPL in the last decade?
Do you think Haaland should’ve won the Ballon dor?
Ballon D’Or is a popularity contest, in the past decade dominated by 2 single players who happened to play in La Liga.
Yeah but Ligue 1 is Farmers League you people say
And Liga is top tier even though it’s only Barca or Real winning with 90+ points all the time + huge gap
Just curious. I’ve always thought Premier League is better than La Liga. But, how do we all reconcile that with European results? It’s not just Barca and Real in UCL. It also includes Atlético and Sevilla in UEL. Is it that EPL is deeper so top teams are more tired in Europe?
Barca in the champions League? Lmao. 8 years ago maybe.
The Spanish league is less intensive and those teams can manage their squads easier with resting players etc. In the premier league you have to play your best or else you will just lose. In als Liga you could play squad players and still win especially if you’re the top two. So you get a good team that’s better rested playing a good team that plays intense games twice a week. We always see teams being weaker after a champions league game, you can’t even rest your players in the prem because you will risk losing. You don’t have that in La Liga. They still play good football but edge it out having an easier league.
Very true. People on here think they know better than Mourinho 😂
And why cron and messi’s stats need to be taken in context
Conte said the same thing. Of course fans of other leagues will always deny it but the managers and players always say the same thing- the EPL is harder and more stressful than any other league.
Do you have a link to the Ronaldo one by any chance?
The emperor of all shit stirrers strikes again
La Liga still dominate Europe
Europa League* fffy
In the last 10 years in the Premier League, Man United, Man City, Leicester, Chelsea, and Liverpool all won the league. In La Liga - Real Madrid, Barca and Atletico. La Liga is dull compared to the Prem.
Mancity has literally won 4 of the last 6 premier leagues and together with Liverpool have had similar points.
Chelsea - 2016/2017 - 93 points
Mancity - 2017/2018 - 100 points
Mancity - 2018/2019 - 98 points
Liverpool - 2019/2020- 99 points
Mancity - 2020/2021 - 86 points
Mancity - 2021/2022 - 93 points
Mancity - 2022/2023 - 89 points
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Madrid - 2016/2017 - 93 points
Barca - 2017/2018 - 93 points
Barca - 2018/2019 - 87 points
Madrid - 2019/2020 - 87 points
Athletico - 2020/2021 - 86 points
Madrid - 2021/2022 - 86 points
Barca - 2022/2023 - 88 points
Mancity 4 of 6 with 3 in a row
More 90+ wins than laliga
Your fanboyism is really showing
So City have been dominant in the past few years…? That doesn’t change anything, the competition as a whole is more competitive than La Liga, Real and Barca are always in the UCL.
*money. The competition isn’t higher, the average salary and reward money is
How come they dominate European competition for the past 15 years, can one put the no of LaLiga CL and EL vs any other league who can come close to
Weak with girona top.
Mancity has literally won 4 of the last 6 premier leagues and together with Liverpool have had similar points.
Chelsea - 2016/2017 - 93 points
Mancity - 2017/2018 - 100 points
Mancity - 2018/2019 - 98 points
Liverpool - 2019/2020- 99 points
Mancity - 2020/2021 - 86 points
Mancity - 2021/2022 - 93 points
Mancity - 2022/2023 - 89 points
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Madrid - 2016/2017 - 93 points
Barca - 2017/2018 - 93 points
Barca - 2018/2019 - 87 points
Madrid - 2019/2020 - 87 points
Athletico - 2020/2021 - 86 points
Madrid - 2021/2022 - 86 points
Barca - 2022/2023 - 88 points
Mancity 4 of 6 with 3 in a row. More premier league winners have had 90+ points than laliga.