La Liga Returns: What you need to know as Spanish football resumes
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| From Left: Real Madrid Welsh winger Gareth Bale and Barcelona Argentine forward Lionel Messi. In the photos, Bale in a training session at the Valdebebas Training Ground, Madrid, Spain, and Messi in a warm-up session prior to a La Liga match at the Estadio Camp Nou, Barcelona, Spain. Photo of Bale: Antonio Villalba/Real Madrid via Getty Images. Photo of Messi: Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images |
La Liga returns to action on Thursday and there is plenty at stake with the title race, European places and the battle to avoid relegation all wide open.
Games will be played behind closed doors every single day so the pace will be frantic, and with a host of compelling storylines to cover here is your guide to the remainder of the Spanish season.
Suarez's return to boost Barca?
Barcelona Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez in a training session 💪 👇
A tight title race is in store, with Barcelona two points ahead of Real Madrid.
But neither team has convinced. Barca have particularly struggled away from home, dropping points on 11 occasions on their travels in all competitions. Financial problems are forcing coach Quique Setien, appointed in January, to work with a threadbare squad containing only 18 senior professionals (excluding Ousmane Dembele, who is out indefinitely through injury).
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