#2 Quality of Football
Yes, ‘good football’ is subjective. There is much to appreciate in a good tackle, and in the effective use of long-ball football. The likes of Sam Allardyce and Tony Pulis have found great success with their ‘direct’ style, and deserve credit for ensuring their teams get the job done.
This is how La Liga does long-ball football:
That’s not a superstar – that’s Sergio Leon, talisman of bottom of the league Osasuna against Las Palmas, hardly the most fancied of clubs.
There’s barely any argument to make anymore, the technical quality of most La Liga games are superior to those of the Premier League. Proof? Watch the pre-match warm-up. In Spain, rondos; whereas in England all we get are players running, stretching and jumping without the ball. Yes, the ‘blood-and-thunder’ games of the Premier League are one of its selling points, but when was the last time you can remember overpaid millionaires busting a gut in England?
For the purist, La Liga is without compare – even players from minnows have a technique far superior to any players of mid-table clubs in England. The previous statement reeks of snobbishness, something out of the mouth of a football hipster, – but it doesn’t make it any less true.
