This article is a continuation of La Liga: A tale of two cities (Part 2).
The early part of the 1980s saw Real Madrid’s dominance come to a break. However, the later part of the decade was another glorious period in the history of the legendary football club.
Los Blancos managed to win five trophies in a row once again in the second half of the 80s and undisputedly established themselves above all other teams in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Spain-c3011.
It was an era of outstanding football in the Iberian Peninsula and fans were treated to spectacular matches to watch. The faithful filled up the stands on every given opportunity and important clashes saw fans swarm to the stadiums with great fervor.
However, all of this entertaining football was coming from only one team at that time and Madrid had become a worldwide brand. The Whites represented the importance of the beautiful game inside Spain and displayed how much it mattered to the masses.
However, the disparity amongst the clubs became too vivid to ignore and everyone understood that no matter what happens in the Spanish La Liga, the favours will be bestowed upon the Spanish capital-based football club.
The early 1990s saw http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 bounce back and make a return to top flight as they managed to win four La Liga trophies between 1991 and 1994. At that time, the Catalans were led by none other than Johan Cruyff, who masterminded the way to stop the growing
Madrid juggernaut.
Interestingly, the Whites broke Barca’s run as they were able to claim yet another title.
From then on, the story was similar to the past. With Los Vikingos dominating everything followed by resurgence from the Camp Nou outfit and minor achievements from other football clubs who enjoyed minor glitches of glory in between a flow of continuity
which had gone on forever.
Hence, it was either La Blaugrana or Los Merengues who were always triumphant in the Spanish Primera Division. If it wasn’t for these two clubs, the whole map of the domestic league would have been different.
Madrid being champions had almost become monotonous and experts expressed their disdain at their ability to purchase new world class players.
At one point, squads from both sides were equally brilliant in terms of star players. However, a greater spending ability surely allowed the Santiago Bernabeu outfit to buy players from all other Spanish and European clubs. So deep were their pockets that
they even went on to buy players who represented their most fierce and traditional rivals.
Footballers such as Luis Figo are among the many examples which show how complicated matters had gotten. Nevertheless, it was clear to see that the Spanish giants would do anything to remain on top.
The injection of capital in the Spanish Primera saw the dawn of the new era. Clearly, there was no other club with the spending prowess of the Santiago Bernabeu outfit and hence this led to the rise of the famous “Los Galacticos”.
Aided by their deep pockets, Los Vikingos were able to acquire the services of any player they pleased. At one point, they actually had each and every top player as a member of their squad. A side which had the likes of Zinedine Zidane, Luis Figo, David
Beckham, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roberto-Carlos-c31317.
To be continued….
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