SPAIN: La Liga

Messi scored the winning goal against Atl Madrid and this victory is very important for Barca

Real had one more hard game today. They won after Ronaldo scored a goal at 84th minute 2-1

Villareal - Bilbao, Villareal must win this game

Barcelona legend Andres Iniesta will leave the Spanish club at the end of the season.

The Spain midfielder, 33, has made 669 appearances in 16 seasons, winning 31 trophies with Barca and three major tournaments for Spain.

Iniesta, who has been linked to a move to the Chinese Super League, has not said where he will play next season.

Sevilla have sacked manager Vincenzo Montella after just four months in charge following their 2-1 defeat to Levante on Friday evening.

The Italian has been replaced until the end of the season by Joaquin Caparros, who previously coached Sevilla between 2000 and 2005.

The loss at Levante was Sevilla's ninth game without a win, leaving Montella's side seventh in La Liga and hanging on to a qualification place for next season's Europa League.

A Sevilla statement read: "Sevilla have dismissed Vincenzo Montella after the side's bad run of results.

Montella led Sevilla to a memorable win over Manchester United at Old Trafford in the Champions League last-16

"After a call from club chairman José Castro, (Caparros) did not hesitate in accepting control of the first-team squad, as the team pushes to achieve European football in the season's four remaining games."

Montella joined Sevilla in December, just one month after being sacked by Serie A side AC Milan.

In his short spell at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium, Montella led Sevilla to a memorable win over Manchester United in the Champions League to take his side into the quarter-finals.

He also took Sevilla to the Copa del Rey final - although they were then thrashed 5-0 by Barcelona.

In total, Montella took charge of 28 matches as Sevilla manager, winning 11, losing 10 and drawing seven.

Betis have won their two La Liga games this season against Andalusian teams (six goals scored and three conceded).
Málaga have lost their three league derbies, failing to score in all of them (five goals conceded).
Betis are unbeaten in their last seven La Liga games (W6 D1); the last time they were unbeaten in more consecutive games in the top flight was in March 2007 (nine).
Betis have kept a clean sheet in six La Liga consecutive games for the first time in their history.
Only Real Madrid (60.6%) and Barcelona (63.6%) have posted better average possession figures in La Liga this season than Betis (57.4%).
Málaga have scored with a league-low 6% of their shots in La Liga this season (22 goals/363 total shots).
Real Betis 2-0 at 6/1

Betis hasn't lost lost 7 games in a row. Betis is just a better team and they need to take points against such opponents because they are in the 5th place which let to play in the Europa league next season. It is worth to take Betis -1.5

Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos says they will not give Barcelona a guard of honour in El Clasico at the Nou Camp on Sunday.

Barcelona were crowned La Liga champions after they beat Deportivo La Coruna and can go the league season unbeaten if they avoid defeat in their final four games.

The Catalan's next league match is at home to Real Madrid, live on Sky Sports, and full-back Jordi Alba has suggested they should be given a guard of honour by their rivals prior to kick-off.

But Ramos has rejected the idea with Real Madrid head coach Zinedine Zidane instructing his side not to respect Barcelona's league triumph.

The defender said ahead of their Champions League semi-final second leg against Bayern Munich: "What Zidane says is gospel. We're making too much fuss out of all this.

"Barca have the title, which is what they wanted, but there will be no guard of honour full stop.

Atl. Madrid won against Arsenal and they are going to play in the Europa league final. However, they are in the second place of this league which would let to play in the Champions league next season and they wouldn't need to worry about... Espanyol is safe from the relegation zone. I think Atl Madrid should win this match confidently

Zinedine Zidane has quit as Real Madrid manager just days after becoming the first coach to win the Champions League in three consecutive seasons.

Zidane, 45, replaced Rafael Benitez in January 2016 and despite his European success has come under pressure for winning only one La Liga title during his two and a half years in charge.

In January this year, Zidane confirmed he signed a contract extension at Real to keep him at the club until 2020 but said "it does not mean anything".

A month later, Zidane said: "Being a coach is extremely tiring - more so at a club like Real Madrid, When I feel there is nothing more to give, I'll walk away".

Gareth Bale, who scored twice in Real's 3-1 win over Liverpool in Saturday' Champions League final, and Cristiano Ronaldo have both cast doubts on their future at the Bernabeu since lifting the trophy.

Real Madrid want Tottenham's Mauricio Pochettino as their new head coach following Zinedine Zidane’s decision to leave, Sky sources understand.

Real have not spoken to Pochettino and Tottenham sources have told Sky Sports News that no buyout clause exists in Pochettino's new five-year contract, which he signed only last week.

Those sources also deny there is a verbal agreement for Pochettino to be granted permission to discuss a La Liga move.

Spain coach Julen Lopetegui will take over as Real Madrid boss after the World Cup.

The 51-year-old, who has been in charge of the national team for the past two years, has agreed a three-year contract at the Bernabeu.

The move comes as a surprise, with Lopetegui not featuring prominently among the host of managers linked with the role since the departure of Zinedine Zidane days after Madrid's 3-1 victory over Liverpool in the Champions League final.

What do you think about this choice?

Mateo Kovacic has revealed he wants to leave Real Madrid this summer and move to a club where he can "play regularly".

Maybe he has to move on to develop his potencial

LaLiga referees to become the highest-paid in Europe



Salary rises will see Spanish referees becoming the highest-paid in Europe, as LaLiga plan to increase their income by more than 50 percent in the upcoming seasons.

Commencing this season, the referees of the first division will get a 53 percent rise on their salary reaching 296,000 euros per year by 2022/23, while their assistants will have their pay check boosted by 61 percent.

Moreover, as MARCA learned, the lower-tier referees and assistants' salary will rise by 67 percent and 82 percent, respectively.

LaLiga will assume the Social Security expenses of the members along with the introduction of VAR, which is set to apply from 2019/20 in the Segunda Division, will also contribute to their income improvement.

The new technology integration will provide the referees with the opportunity to attend more games each season as video assistants.

LaLiga's plan also includes new sponsorship deals and a relocation plan that will ensure referees' football involvement after retirement.

La Liga 2018/19 season fixtures



First round:



"El Clasico" date:



Madrid derby:

Real Madrid-Real Betis in the opener is a very interesting fixture

Ousmane Dembele just scored a ridiculous goal in the super cup..

No words to describe that finish

Lionel Messi has now won 33 trophies as a Barcelona player! He's their most decorated player of all time.

9x La Liga
4x UEFA Champions League
6x Copa del Rey
3x UEFA Super Cup
8x Spanish Super Cup
3x FIFA Club World Cup