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Its usually a two horse race but it has been ages since we have seen Barcelona and Madrid having competitive teams in the same season, its usually one of these two totally out of shape while the other coasts through the title. When can pretty much say that its a single horse race.
Then you have the other teams that on paper have good squads but never manage to compete for the title, they either start strong or simply don´t start at all like Sevilla this season.
The only excitement seems to be when the transition occurs, when Barcelona lost form last season and Madrid started to regain their form, but that year up until this last one was the worst I have seen with both Madrid and Barcelona playing poor football, with Barcelona missing chance after chance to open the distance and Madrid also failing to close up until the very end with Sevilla simply choking as usual.
That made the excitement, but not the quality of the football played, it was actually the bad football displayed by both that made the season competitive.
So I wonder how high such a league can be rated when for years what we see is just an switch of powers between two teams that are never in form at the same time. Add the quality of referees and this league does not live up to the money spent.
Then you have the other teams that on paper have good squads but never manage to compete for the title, they either start strong or simply don´t start at all like Sevilla this season.
The only excitement seems to be when the transition occurs, when Barcelona lost form last season and Madrid started to regain their form, but that year up until this last one was the worst I have seen with both Madrid and Barcelona playing poor football, with Barcelona missing chance after chance to open the distance and Madrid also failing to close up until the very end with Sevilla simply choking as usual.
That made the excitement, but not the quality of the football played, it was actually the bad football displayed by both that made the season competitive.
So I wonder how high such a league can be rated when for years what we see is just an switch of powers between two teams that are never in form at the same time. Add the quality of referees and this league does not live up to the money spent.