La Liga or the Premier League?
Which League is the best?
IN MY OPINON
La Liga has been the most successful league in European competitions. That's why their UEFA coefficient is the highest. Contrary to popular belief it is not just the big two being Barcelona and Real Madrid, responsible for this (Europa League is factored in). No other league has sent a greater variety of teams to ANY stage of the CL.
Group stage: 13 different liga teams have qualified compared to 10 from the Bundesliga and Ligue 1.
Round of 16: 10 Liga teams to all other big leagues 6.
Quarter Finals: La Liga and Ligue 1 have both sent 7 different teams.
Semi Finals: La Liga has sent 6 different teams to the BPL's 5 .
Final the BPL and La Liga are tied with 4 different teams qualifying (but the Spanish teams have won more finals).
This season even with Barcelona's faliure to reach the Semi Final for the first time in 8 years, another Spanish team has taken their place. In the Semi Finals of the European Competition's 4 of the final 8 teams left in all of europe were from La Liga.
1.Real Madrid CL
2. Atletico Madrid CL
3. Sevilla Europa League
4. Valencia Europa League
The performance of the Spanish teams in the CL and Europa league is impressive. I don't see any of the other PL teams outside the top 3/4 doing anything in Europe. The PL may be balanced, but that doesn't mean it's teams are a match for La Liga's. The money and attention the PL gets are great smokescreens for their payroll and revenue.
Now people always tell me how La Liga is a two horse race, their is no balance, etc. I'll agree that the EPL is more balanced (the table is generally closer) but the results year to year are often very consistent which is why only 6 different BPL teams have made it to the round of 16 in the CL compared with 10 teams from Spain. The competition for those 3rd and 4th place spots is more unpredictable in Spain because there aren't the same teams finishing in these spots year after year. Then many of these teams go deep into the tournament (Málaga last season, Atlético this season). Also as far as the title race goes only 5 different teams from Spain or from England have won their respective titles in the last 20 years...
Conclusion: La Liga is the best while the EPL is the most exciting. The Premier League Title has been a game of musical chairs between Liverpool, Man City, Chelsea, and Arsenal. Next year Man U will come back and make it 5 teams that will challenge for the title. Who knows, If Tottenham get a good manager that can get the players in good form it could be a 6. If we’re talking about the level of the clubs that are a bit further down the ladder then obviously Spain in terms of [European] trophies is better. If we’re talking about atmosphere and equality, well, the Premier League is a competition that’s very equal where there are always four or five teams fighting for the title, more or less. For me however, the difference is that the Spanish league has possibly six or seven of the best players in the world, maybe ten even, and that says a lot about the league and the football. Of course the English league is fantastic, though.
Winner: La Liga
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