Spanish football has rebounded the emotion of this Friday. LeagueIt will start with summer time and will last until 26 May 2024. Almeria-Rayo lifts the curtain Compete on a day when current champions Fútbol Club Barcelona inaugurated with a visit to Getafe, and Real Madrid, who came in second last year, went to Bilbao to face Athletic. Atlético, who finished third at the end of the season, will host Granada at the Metropolitano.
While the transfer market is still open, LaLiga EA Sports take your first steps under the sign of austerity and with the same favorites as usual in the absence of clear alternatives.
2023-2024 League candidates
Barça once again nominated for the titledespite financial difficulties that continue to plague him. Without major conventions and with some unwanted goodbyes like Ousmane Dembele’s. the azulgrana team entrusts itself to last year’s base and Contribution of La Masia youth To challenge Real Madrid. He will also do so with the added challenge of his traumatic transport to the Montjuic Olympic stadium due to work at the Camp Nou.
The whites managed to strengthen themselves. Especially in the market despite the departure of Karim Benzema Jude Bellingham. But unknowns regarding Thibaut Courtois’ last-minute injury and possible arrival kylian mbappe They sow doubts about the team’s potential. Also, Madrid is facing the constraints required by its history after adding just three leagues to the last 10, but it is clear that even this will not cause the club to give up its old European fondness.
In any case, neither Barça nor Madrid will be out of sight. athletiche had already shown last year that he could threaten the two greats with his spectacular second round. The additions this summer have bolstered a solid roster as the team revolves around Griezmann.well designed to play the football of Diego Simeone, who will complete his thirteenth season on the bench of the bed club.
From the European struggle to the liberation war
A large squad of teams aspires to join the fight for European positions. Real Sociedad, Villarreal and Betis emerge as the best ranks To discuss the locations of the Europa League and even the Champions. And they seem to leave from a lower step Osasuna, Athletic or Sevilla itselfWith José Luis Mendilibar at the helm, claiming to be right at the end of the campaign by clinching the seventh Europa League after clinching his league stay with a brilliant final sprint.
The course of the competition will determine whether more teams participate in this battle. Losing this train can lead to a more or less comfortable or ambiguous uncertainty that teams like best. Girona, Rayo or Mallorca.
Below this line, the descent abyss is already visible. Almeria, Celta, Getafe, Cadiz and Valencia they walked too many days on the survival wire last year. If they don’t step up, they risk replaying, perhaps with the newly promoted player, at the expense of falling into the pit: Granada, Alaves and Las Palmas.
League calendar and important dates
After kickoff this weekend, the competition will run until May 2024, but will be paused up to four times to celebrate the windows reserved for international team matches in addition to the winter break at Christmas. Fans without football from Friday 22 December to Monday 1 January.
The first Clásico of the league will not arrive until the 11th matchday weekend, Sunday 29 October.and it will be held in Barcelona. The second round Madrid-Barça match will be played on the weekend of April 21, on the 32nd match day.
LaLiga calendar asymmetric programming where the first never overlapped with the second round. It also includes different variants. For example, studies in a stadium. Real Madrid once again made a request to start the season away due to the work at the Santiago Bernabeu.
transfer market
Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid) and Ilkay Gundogan (Fútbol Club Barcelona) will be the main new faces of a course marked with minimum spend; This confirms the difficulties faced by many clubs in the competition.
In the absence of the latest moves, reinforcements at the rear of the Atlético de Madrid have also played a leading role in the market. hands on experience Cesar Azpilicueta (33 years old) and strength through Turkish Caglar Soyuncuas well as strengthening the left side Javi Galan.
Madrid completes reinforcements Joselu Mato, Fran García and Arda GülerBringing Barça first one martinez (Athletic) already like a youth team oriol romeu.
As for the other teams, bet moved with additions. Marc RocaHector Bellerin and above all, Isco Alarcon. In addition, Portuguese striker André Silva is returning to national football to consolidate the leadership of Real Sociedad, who signed the Norwegian football player. From Alexander Sorloth to VillarrealWhile Seville didn’t move much (Djibril Sow, Adrià Pedrosa and Federico Gattoni). An experienced player, like a Dutch defender, also makes it to the League. Daley Blind to play in Girona.
like the players Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba (Barcelona), Marco Asensio (Real Madrid), Sergio Canales (Real Betis) or Pau Torres (Villarreal)and references of recent years such as the French forward Karim Benzema (Real Madrid). Like other featured players Nicola Jackson and Samu Chukwueze (Villarreal) or Kang-in Lee (Mallorca) They are no longer part of LaLiga. A loss of talent in the competition that teams have had to face due to poor economic health.