Villarreal president Roig: Real Madrid, Barcelona superiority killing Spanish Liga
Villarreal president Fernando Roig fears for the Spanish Liga after the opening round of the season.
Twenty-four hours after Real Madrid won 6-0 at Real Zaragoza, Roig's Villarreal were thumped 5-0 by Barcelona.
"This is not the league we want. I sell players to balance budgets and others ask and are granted credits," barked Roig.
"If you want a two team league, well, you've got it. But this is not good for football. I fear for the game in the next three or four years.
"If things do not change, this will be the death of Spanish football."
Despite the concern, Roig admitted Barca were outstanding on the night.
"They did great and Villarreal have played a very bad game, one of the worst," he added.
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Matches
| Home | Away | Score | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat May 12th | |||
| Real Sociedad | Valencia | 18:00 | |
| Real Betis | Barcelona | 2 - 2 | 20:00 |
| Sun May 13th | |||
| Levante | Athletic Club | 18:00 | |
| Racing Santander | Osasuna | 2 - 4 | 18:00 |
| Real Madrid | Mallorca | 4 - 1 | 18:00 |
| Málaga | Sporting Gijón | 18:00 | |
| Rayo Vallecano | Granada | 18:00 | |
| Villarreal | Atlético Madrid | - 1 | 18:00 |
| Getafe | Real Zaragoza | - 2 | 18:00 |
| Espanyol | Sevilla | 1 - 1 | 18:00 |
Tables
| Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Real Madrid | 38 | 32 | 4 | 2 | 89 | 100 |
| Barcelona | 38 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 85 | 91 |
| Valencia | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 61 |
| Malaga | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 58 |
| Atletico Madrid | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 56 |
| Levante | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 55 |
| Osasuna | 38 | 13 | 15 | 10 | -17 | 54 |
| Mallorca | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | -4 | 52 |
| Sevilla | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 50 |
| Athletic Club | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | -3 | 49 |
| Getafe | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | -11 | 47 |
| Real Sociedad | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | -6 | 47 |
| Real Betis | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | -9 | 47 |
| Espanyol | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | -10 | 46 |
| Rayo Vallecano | 38 | 13 | 4 | 21 | -20 | 43 |
| Real Zaragoza | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | -25 | 43 |
| Granada | 38 | 12 | 6 | 20 | -21 | 42 |
| Villarreal | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | -14 | 41 |
| Sporting Gijon | 38 | 10 | 7 | 21 | -27 | 37 |
| Racing Santander | 38 | 4 | 15 | 19 | -35 | 27 |
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Comments (19)
First step to addressing the inequalities of La Liga was to evenly divide the TV contract money between all the clubs.
Skewing the payouts to where RM and Barca get the Lion's Share while the other clubs collect the left behind scraps ensures that the smaller clubs can't play on an even playing field.
La Liga was more interesting when Deportivo and Valencia were challenging for honors. Now its Barca 1st, RM 2nd, and 3rd place is 20 points behind at the end of the season.
@2-6 U R cnut. Man City would easily thrash barca. Time of spanish bitchez has come to the end, now English team will rule the world. feck putalona & *****-suking messi.
and how many teams can win the 8-2 and 9-1 league????????????????? that's right only 1 man utd.............who were no match for Barcelona in champions league finals in 09 and 11.................... and some people think man city can win the title haha they must be on drugs, i would love to see man city come up against Barcelona in the champions league it could be 5-0 or 6-0.................................
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