Guillem Balague names La Liga XI from the 2015/16 season
Sky Sport football expert Guillem Balague has picked La Liga XI from the 2015/16 season, with Real Madrid‘s Pepe, Marcelo and Ronaldo making the cut.
Guillem Balague names La Liga XI from the 2015/16 season
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Jan Oblak – Atletico Madrid
“GUILLEM SAYS: With no fewer than 23 clean sheets, Oblak is by a distance the goalkeeper of the season. Atletico have conceded just 18 goals in 37 league games this season and this is due in no small part to the 23-year-old Slovenian, who has more than filled the gap left by his predecessor, Thibaut Courtois.”
Mario Gaspar – Villarreal
“GUILLEM SAYS: A Villarreal man from top to toe, Mario Gaspar is a product of the club’s magnificent academy and has played his entire career with the Yellow Submarine, working his way up through the ranks from the youth sides to the first team for which he has made 170 appearances.”
Diego Godin – Atletico Madrid
“GUILLEM SAYS: Along with Oblak, Diego Godin is one of the main reasons Atletico came so close to winning the title for a second time in three years, and he could well lift the Champions League. Currently, in my humble opinion, he is the greatest defender in the world”.
Pepe – Real Madrid
“GUILLEM SAYS: Not everyone’s cup of tea by any means and while Pepe’s controversial and colourful career may well be reaching its conclusion, his form this season at the heart of the Real Madrid defence confirms he is still one of the world’s truly great defenders.”
Marcelo – Real Madrid
“GUILLEM SAYS: Officially a left-back, and while occasionally not the greatest defender in the world, he has on more than one occasion this season been one of Real Madrid’s greatest weapons with his lightning-fast forays down the left flank.”
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Andres Iniesta – Barcelona
“GUILLEM SAYS: Almost certainly the most popular player in the history of Spanish football, and probably the whole world, like a fine wine Andres Iniesta seems to get better as he gets older.
With time slowly but surely taking its toll, Barcelona have used the mercurial midfield genius from Albacete a little more sparingly this season and, as a result, have got the best from him.”
Bruno Soriano – Villarreal
“GUILLEM SAYS: Yet another product from the Villarreal academy conveyor belt, if Bruno Soriano was anything other than Spanish, he would almost certainly be an automatic choice in the midfield of any country in the world.”
Antoine Griezmann – Atletico Madrid
“GUILLEM SAYS: Antoine Griezmann was always a hot property at Real Sociedad, but has gone to a new level under the tutelage of Diego Simeone at Atletico Madrid.”
Lionel Messi – Barcelona
“GUILLEM SAYS: It’s difficult to try to write anything about Leo Messi, the little genius from Rosario de Sante Fe, that hasn’t been written already.”
Luis Suarez – Barcelona
“GUILLEM SAYS: Barring a goalfest from Cristiano Ronaldo on the last match of the season, it now looks certain that Luis Suarez will take away from the season with the much-prized Pichichi award for the highest goalscorer.”
“Cristiano Ronaldo – Real Madrid
GUILLEM SAYS: This has also been a season of change for the magnificent Cristiano Ronaldo who has had to come to terms with adjusting his style of play to a gradually deteriorating body.”