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A spectre is haunting European football. Watch almost any game, no matter the level, and you will notice it. From inverted full backs to extreme high lines, the tactical threads of the match will eventually converge onto a singular point: Pep Guardiola. In this episode Nick is joined by Writer and Presenter for The Athletic, Jon Mackenzie, to discuss his new book where he explores where Pep's near total dominance has come at the cost of the game itself, with modern football's protagonists caught between acknowledging Guardiola's greatness and wanting to evolve the sport beyond him. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts and over on our YouTube Channel. Also make sure to check out the new El Partido Store, for plenty of podcast merchandise as well as unique designs for fans of Spanish Football. https://elpartido.myshopify.com/ Follow us on Social Media too by searching for @El_Partido.es on X, Instagram and TikTok. If you want even more content from El Partido, then head over to our Substack to read more articles and join our Patreon for even more extra bonus content! https://www.patreon.com/c/El_Partido_es?view_as=patron&vanity=El_Partido_es https://substack.com/@elpartido Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to La Crónica, a newly weekly installment from the team at El Partido where we bring things up to the present and talk about the biggest stories in Spanish football from this week. In this episode, we break down the fallout of Real Madrid's loss in the Madrid Derbi and ask, do they have a victim mentality? We also look at Sabadell, who are riding high on their return to the Spanish Segunda and heading into the THREE WEEK international break, we look into the reasons why Spain love playing in the Nations League. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts and over on our YouTube Channel. Also make sure to check out the new El Partido Store, for plenty of podcast merchandise as well as unique designs for fans of Spanish Football. https://elpartido.myshopify.com/ Follow us on Social Media too by searching for @El_Partido.es on X, Instagram and TikTok. If you want even more content from El Partido, then head over to our Substack to read more articles and join our Patreon for even more extra bonus content! https://www.patreon.com/c/El_Partido_es?view_as=patron&vanity=El_Partido_es https://substack.com/@elpartido Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There are fewer games in football that sit on a knife edge than El Clasico - but that's not always been the case. During the late 90s, Barcelona began establishing a dominance at home that saw Real Madrid go 16 games without a win and 6 seasons without evening scoring a goal! Up steps Raul - who not only broke the goal scoring hoodoo, but hit the Camp Nou with a celebration that has become as iconic as much as controversial at the time. In this episode, Nick & Paul look back over that game, how Real Madrid finally broke their bad run at the Camp Nou and how Raul and his celebration became enshrined into the very fabric of El Clasico! Listen now wherever you get your podcasts and over on our YouTube Channel. Also make sure to check out the new El Partido Store, for plenty of podcast merchandise as well as unique designs for fans of Spanish Football. https://elpartido.myshopify.com/ Follow us on Social Media too by searching for @El_Partido.es on X, Instagram and TikTok. If you want even more content from El Partido, then head over to our Substack to read more articles and join our Patreon for even more extra bonus content! https://www.patreon.com/c/El_Partido_es?view_as=patron&vanity=El_Partido_es https://substack.com/@elpartido Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to La Crónica, a newly weekly installment from the team at El Partido where we bring things up to the present and talk about the biggest stories in Spanish football from this week. In this episode, we look into the details of the latest updates to the La Liga Salary Cap and discuss whether it is a good thing or a bad thing for Spanish football, the sacking of Coberan and Goulay at Valencia and what would break the cycle at Mestalla as well as looking at whether it is a matter of when and not if, Castellon are promoted back to La Liga! Listen now wherever you get your podcasts and over on our YouTube Channel. Also make sure to check out the new El Partido Store, for plenty of podcast merchandise as well as unique designs for fans of Spanish Football. https://elpartido.myshopify.com/ Follow us on Social Media too by searching for @El_Partido.es on X, Instagram and TikTok. If you want even more content from El Partido, then head over to our Substack to read more articles and join our Patreon for even more extra bonus content! https://www.patreon.com/c/El_Partido_es?view_as=patron&vanity=El_Partido_es https://substack.com/@elpartido Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We think it's time to cheer up fans of Valencia so we're bringing back our FIRST ever episode - The Crushing Machine! Rafa Benitez is often a manager that can split opinion but go back 25 years and he was on the cusp of completing the extraordinary. Join Nick and Paul for a brand new podcast, taking a nostalgic view of Spanish football. This week, it's all about Rafa Benitez and his Valencia side that went on to complete a Title and European cup double when Rafa's methods were seen as some of the most innovating in world football. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts and over on our YouTube Channel. Also make sure to check out the new El Partido Store, for plenty of podcast merchandise as well as unique designs for fans of Spanish Football. https://elpartido.myshopify.com/ Follow us on Social Media too by searching for @El_Partido.es on X, Instagram and TikTok. If you want even more content from El Partido, then head over to our Substack to read more articles and join our Patreon for even more extra bonus content! https://www.patreon.com/c/El_Partido_es?view_as=patron&vanity=El_Partido_es https://substack.com/@elpartido Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to La Crónica, a newly weekly installment from the team at El Partido where we bring things up to the present and talk about the biggest stories in Spanish football from this week. In this episode, we look into the recent rise of police clampdowns at football games on fans bringing the Estelada to games after two incidents in the space of a month, can Troy Parrott become the next Irish Superstar after his heroics against Real Madrid and is Inigo Perez struggling to get the best from Villarreal because there's still too much of the Marcelino blueprint in the team? Listen now wherever you get your podcasts and over on our YouTube Channel. Also make sure to check out the new El Partido Store, for plenty of podcast merchandise as well as unique designs for fans of Spanish Football. https://elpartido.myshopify.com/ Follow us on Social Media too by searching for @El_Partido.es on X, Instagram and TikTok. If you want even more content from El Partido, then head over to our Substack to read more articles and join our Patreon for even more extra bonus content! https://www.patreon.com/c/El_Partido_es?view_as=patron&vanity=El_Partido_es https://substack.com/@elpartido Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

13 years ago, a Welshman became the World's most experience footballer. Gareth Bale had emerged at Tottenham as one of the best wingers in modern football, showcasing power and pace along with an incredible eye for goal. It was this transformation that caught the eye of Florentino Perez and made him determined to make Bale his next Galactico. Whilst the excitement around Bale was high on his arrival, by the time he left 9 years later, he was booed and jeered out of the door... So what happened? How did a player of Gareth Bale's exceptional talent, a winner of 19 trophies including 5 Champions Leagues leave under such a cloud? In this episode we look back at Gareth Bale and his time with Los Blancos and ask the question, should he be considered a Real Madrid legend? Listen now wherever you get your podcasts and over on our YouTube Channel. Also make sure to check out the new El Partido Store, for plenty of podcast merchandise as well as unique designs for fans of Spanish Football. https://elpartido.myshopify.com/ Follow us on Social Media too by searching for @El_Partido.es on X, Instagram and TikTok. If you want even more content from El Partido, then head over to our Substack to read more articles and join our Patreon for even more extra bonus content! https://www.patreon.com/c/El_Partido_es?view_as=patron&vanity=El_Partido_es https://substack.com/@elpartido Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to La Crónica, a newly weekly installment from the team at El Partido where we bring things up to the present and talk about the biggest stories in Spanish football from this week. In this episode, we take an explore of the homecoming phenomena in Spanish football as Alvaro Morata becomes the latest star player to return home, the current antics around Cadiz CF and why the off-field finances have come under scrutiny from the fans and finally, will Nick have to eat some humble pie over the form of Pierre Emerick Aubameyang? Listen now wherever you get your podcasts and over on our YouTube Channel. Also make sure to check out the new El Partido Store, for plenty of podcast merchandise as well as unique designs for fans of Spanish Football. https://elpartido.myshopify.com/ Follow us on Social Media too by searching for @El_Partido.es on X, Instagram and TikTok. If you want even more content from El Partido, then head over to our Substack to read more articles and join our Patreon for even more extra bonus content! https://www.patreon.com/c/El_Partido_es?view_as=patron&vanity=El_Partido_es https://substack.com/@elpartido Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There is one ambition that many followers of Spanish football from overseas share - the ability to get to grips with the language! Whether it's to understand the press conferences, listen to the commentary or the most desired of all, speak to your fellow fans in their native tongue. That's why the concept of Multilingual Matchdays is such a brilliant idea - learning Spanish whilst watching La Liga! In this episode we speak with George Turner, the man behind Multilingual Matchdays to find out more about this brilliant idea, where we can join and most importantly, why learning Spanish through your passion for Spanish football will help make it easier to develop your language skills. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts and over on our YouTube Channel. Also make sure to check out the new El Partido Store, for plenty of podcast merchandise as well as unique designs for fans of Spanish Football. https://elpartido.myshopify.com/ Follow us on Social Media too by searching for @El_Partido.es on X, Instagram and TikTok. If you want even more content from El Partido, then head over to our Substack to read more articles and join our Patreon for even more extra bonus content! https://www.patreon.com/c/El_Partido_es?view_as=patron&vanity=El_Partido_es https://substack.com/@elpartido Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to La Crónica, a newly weekly installment from the team at El Partido where we bring things up to the present and talk about the biggest stories in Spanish football from this week. In this episode, Paul returns from holiday to join Nick to discuss the Julian Alvarez Saga as the Metripolitano makes its feelings clear on the wantaway man, how Presa continues to bring La Liga into disrepute with his treatment of Rayo Vallecano and it's fans plus we discuss AD Ceuta and their campaign to make sure the authorities don't abandon their city during the current humanitarian crisis in the exclave. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts and over on our YouTube Channel. Also make sure to check out the new El Partido Store, for plenty of podcast merchandise as well as unique designs for fans of Spanish Football. https://elpartido.myshopify.com/ Follow us on Social Media too by searching for @El_Partido.es on X, Instagram and TikTok. If you want even more content from El Partido, then head over to our Substack to read more articles and join our Patreon for even more extra bonus content! https://www.patreon.com/c/El_Partido_es?view_as=patron&vanity=El_Partido_es https://substack.com/@elpartido Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

8 years ago, Málaga dropped out of La Liga and it looked as if the Spanish top flight was about to lose one of their biggest clubs forever. Following that relegation, the club from the Costa del Sol have been on a troubled journey that saw them even get relegated to Spain's dread El Pozo, the third tier of Spanish football where some clubs never return. Fast forward 4 years later, in a turn of events built on the never say die attitude of Malaguistas, the club lined up this Wednesday against the might of Diego Simeone's Atletico Madrid in a return to La Liga that nobody expected. To celebrate this monumental yet against all odds achievement, join Matt Harrison (host of the Lost Boyos Podcast) as he takes us with him to the Metripolitano as the homegrown built Málaga CF return to Primera to take on Atleti! Listen now wherever you get your podcasts and over on our YouTube Channel. Also make sure to check out the new El Partido Store, for plenty of podcast merchandise as well as unique designs for fans of Spanish Football. https://elpartido.myshopify.com/ Follow us on Social Media too by searching for @El_Partido.es on X, Instagram and TikTok. If you want even more content from El Partido, then head over to our Substack to read more articles and join our Patreon for even more extra bonus content! https://www.patreon.com/c/El_Partido_es?view_as=patron&vanity=El_Partido_es https://substack.com/@elpartido Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to La Crónica, a newly weekly installment from the team at El Partido where we bring things up to the present and talk about the biggest stories in Spanish football from this week. In this episode, we are joined by the brilliant Paco Pollit to discuss the news making the headlines this week. Whilst recording, a Ballon D'Or winner landed in Barcelona to complete his move, we discussed the Supercopa being moved where East meets West as well as the worries around Mestalla as Corberán leads Valencia into their final season at their iconic home. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts and over on our YouTube Channel. Also make sure to check out the new El Partido Store, for plenty of podcast merchandise as well as unique designs for fans of Spanish Football. https://elpartido.myshopify.com/ Follow us on Social Media too by searching for @El_Partido.es on X, Instagram and TikTok. If you want even more content from El Partido, then head over to our Substack to read more articles and join our Patreon for even more extra bonus content! https://www.patreon.com/c/El_Partido_es?view_as=patron&vanity=El_Partido_es https://substack.com/@elpartido Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We are back and so is La Liga football in Spain! After a long summer of World Cup football, we return to normality and launch Series 3 of El Partido, yet another Spanish football podcast. In this episode, to celebrate the return of La Liga this weekend, Nick and Paul look over the greatest opening games and debuts in years gone by with some shocking results and unique first starts for some legendary players. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts and over on our YouTube Channel. Also make sure to check out the new El Partido Store, for plenty of podcast merchandise as well as unique designs for fans of Spanish Football. https://elpartido.myshopify.com/ Follow us on Social Media too by searching for @El_Partido.es on X, Instagram and TikTok. If you want even more content from El Partido, then head over to our Substack to read more articles and join our Patreon for even more extra bonus content! https://www.patreon.com/c/El_Partido_es?view_as=patron&vanity=El_Partido_es https://substack.com/@elpartido Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to La Crónica, a newly weekly installment from the team at El Partido where we bring things up to the present and talk about the biggest stories in Spanish football from this week. In this episode, we discuss whether Real Madrid's gamble of re-signing Jose Mourinho and going on another Galactico spending spree will work or whether it is a sign of desperation from Florentino Perez. We also discuss the fallout of Gianni Infantino's plans to sell off the World Cup and what that might mean for Spain's World Cup in 2030 as well as waxing lyrical about the return of 3 Sleeping Giants to La Liga and how we think they will fair this season. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts and over on our YouTube Channel. Also make sure to check out the new El Partido Store, for plenty of podcast merchandise as well as unique designs for fans of Spanish Football. https://elpartido.myshopify.com/ Follow us on Social Media too by searching for @El_Partido.es on X, Instagram and TikTok. If you want even more content from El Partido, then head over to our Substack to read more articles and join our Patreon for even more extra bonus content! https://www.patreon.com/c/El_Partido_es?view_as=patron&vanity=El_Partido_es https://substack.com/@elpartido Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

During the 1920's, a small nation from South America reshaped the global game and became the world's first global footballing superpower! In this episode Nick is joined by Martin da Cruz, author of Uruguay: Football's First Global Power, to talk about how this football obsessed country took centre stage in decisive era in world football and how they pioneered football innovations to become the dominant force of the decade, culminating in winning the first ever World Cup on home soil! Available now wherever you get your podcasts and on YouTube! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices