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This season, Real Madrid is competing for the top spot in La Liga with an opponent that is not accustomed to competing with the big boys, which is Girona.
Although Real Madrid won 3-0 over Girona in a match that brought them together this season, the latter, the “dark horse”, succeeded in beating Barcelona, its neighbor and title holder, 4-2, to take the lead by two points from the “Merengue”, and prove its right to compete for the title and compete with each other. grown ups.
It seems that, with Girona and Real Madrid at the top, 9 and 7 points behind Barcelona, respectively, the conflict will intensify between the “Royal Club” and the team owned by the City Football Group.
History of Real Madrid against the Black Horses
The Spanish newspaper “Marca” published a report on the history of Real Madrid’s rivals, dark horses like Girona, throughout the history of La Liga, a list that included obscure names, but they succeeded at some point in competing with the team for the most important local title there.
This rare list included teams such as Real Sargoza, Las Palmas, Sevilla, Deportivo La Coruna, Villarreal, and others.
Seville 1957
Sevilla was Real Madrid’s strongest competitor for the Spanish League title during the 1956-1957 season.
The “Merengue” then succeeded in dominating the lead from round 11 until the end of the season in week 30, where it scored 44 points, 5 points ahead of the Andalusian team.
But Sevilla at the time, and unlike Girona now, failed to top the tournament in any round, but it was the main rival for the title.
Las Palmas 1969
In the 1968-1969 season, Las Palmas was Real Madrid’s first competitor for the title at the time, while Barcelona came third.
Champions Real Madrid finished the season with 47 points, 9 points behind the Canary team, while Barcelona came behind them with 36 points.
Zaragoza 1975
Real Zaragoza was Real Madrid’s competitor for the local league title in the 1974-1975 season, but the “Merengue” in the end won the title by 12 points (50 to 38).
Sargoza then had a wonderful season thanks to Nino Arua and Cacho Blanco, and he succeeded in winning 6-1 over Real Madrid in the most important matches of the season.
Sporting Gijon 1979
Sporting Gijon, currently in Division Two, were contenders for domestic glory in the 1978-79 season.
Gijon was only 4 points away from the lead at the end of the season during its golden period, after it qualified twice for the Spanish King’s Cup final, including once against Real Madrid itself in 1982, a confrontation that the capital team won 2-1.
Deportivo La Coruna 95 and 2001
Deportivo La Coruna, the Spanish League champion in 2000, and currently participating in the third division, was Real Madrid’s main competitor for the local title twice, in 1995 and 2001.
At that time, Deportivo included great players such as the Brazilian duo Mauro Silva, Bebeto and Donato, and captain Fran, and the team was crowned champion of the local cup in 1995.
Deportivo finished second in La Liga in 1995 after a heated struggle with “Merengue” with 51 points, 4 points behind Real Madrid.
In the 2000-2001 title defense season, the “White and Blue” came in second place behind Real Madrid by a full 7 points (80 vs. 73), at a time when the team included among its ranks at that time the Brazilian Silva with his compatriot Emerson, and the Moroccan duo Noureddine Naybet and Salah El-Din. Basir, Lionel Scaloni, the current Argentine national team coach, and others.
Villarreal 2008
Villarreal, known as the Yellow Submarine team, finished runner-up in the 2007-2008 season with 77 points, 7 points behind Real Madrid.
The submarine battalion at that time included senior players such as Frenchman Robert Perez, Danish John Dahl Thomason, Italian Giuseppe Rossi, Uruguayan Diego Godin, Argentine Gonzalo Rodriguez, and Turkish Nihat Kahvashi.
2023-12-20 22:03:17
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