English Premier League vs La Liga (EPL VS LA LIGA)
- By Sansar Gupta
- Published 01/13/2012
- Sports
- Unrated
A number of football fans have this debate that which is league is
better among the English Barclays Premier or the Spain's La Liga. For a
few years, these two competitive leagues have been battling for the top
spot and to prove which is more challenging is it English Premier
League? Is La Liga most watched around the world?
Well both BPL and La Liga teams play 38 games each whichever team
finished in the top four of the table gets the chance to play in the
most prestigious tournament in the world, the UEFA Champions League, the
mid finishers play in the UEFA Europa League and the bottom three teams
gets relegated to the second division of the club, which in England is
known as the Coca Cola championship and in Spain known as Segunda
Division.
In the 2010/2011 season, the BPL/EPL title winner went to Manchester
United who finished with 80 points followed by Chelsea with 72,
Manchester City who finished 12 points behind the gunners Arsenal. In La
Liga, Barcelona finished with an outstanding 96 points followed by Real
Madrid with 90 points and then down dropping by 25 points was Valencia
in third and Villareal with only 49 points.
Based on the points for the teams who finished in top four shows that
Barclays premier League is more balanced, challenging and competitive
against the top four in La Liga. For around a decade now, it has always
been the two teams, Real Madrid and Barcelona who have been competing
for all the major trophies in Spain. We have hardly seen that, Valencia
or Villareal or Athletico Madrid have given a breathtaking challenge to
the mighty two whereas in the EPL, the top four in the last two or three
season has not been constant; it has always been so competitive. EPL is
not ruled by Arsenal, Man Utd, Liverpool and Chelsea anymore, EPL has
become more and more open with teams such as Man City who have created
such a strong team, thanks to the Middle East billionaires, Tottenham,
Aston Villa and even Newcastle who have got such talented players with
their spirits rising every season.
Also in-terms of mostly watched around the World, English Premier League
is most watched than La Liga. Not taking into account Europe, Africa
mostly watches EPL matches since their main broadcast channel Sky Sports
is collaborated with the South African channel known as DSTV. Most of
the fans in Africa support English Premier League teams. Example taken
is Egypt, 85% plus population in Egypt support Manchester United and in
Kenya, most of the youngsters, teenage support Arsenal. Also in Asia,
most of the fans are more in to the English game rather than the Spanish
game.
In the Middle East and in Asian countries, most people watch La Liga.
Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman and others, most of the fans are Barcelona and
Real Madrid. When EL CLASSICO meets, it’s like rivals meeting with all
the chanting going on in Arabic language. Also in India especially the
Western Coast of India in Mumbai, most people prefer watching La Liga.
In conclusion, EPL still holds the dominance over the La Liga by just a
whisker. Even though, Barcelona has showed its dominance both in the
league and in UEFA by beating Manchester United in Wembley last season
but, EPL teams have been in the UEFA finals six times and won twice both
by Man Utd. Also the marketing which EPL has been doing over the past
few years and attracting, increasing millions of fan base has surely
made the English Premier League game to prevail. Arsenal, Chelsea and
Liverpool came to Malaysia not only to increase their fan base which
they did remarkably well but also to show to others who basically not
see football, that EPL have teams which are financially stabled.
Author says that nowadays, anybody can watch football from anywhere, thanks to internet and live football stream services where you can get the latest updates on the games and how your favorite team is performing. One of the stream live football website I use is http://www.StreamLiveSports.net/
