El Gran Derbi is the best rivalry hardly anyone outside Spain cares about. Given that Sevilla and Real Betis have both been pretty good over the past half-decade or so, their matches are intense and well-played. Read more »
Sevilla Analysis
The World Is Made Of Both Heavy And Buoyant Things
Stasis & Opulence: La Liga's Identity Remains In Flux
What becomes of an identity if it is no longer true? We could find out this season as the state of La Liga's two superpowers has opened up a space for a host of other clubs. Read more »
Balancing Stardom, Parity And La Liga's Global Vision
Going hand in hand with a lack of high-end superstar power, an equally symbolic number as Real Madrid's attendance is 73: the projected point total of this year's La Liga champion. Read more »
La Liga Title Dreaming: Can Pablo Machin Balance Sevilla Into Europe?
Say Machin gets Sevilla in and around the Champions League places for the next three seasons - what's the next step for him? And is this the best way to develop a top level manager on the forefront of European football tactics? Read more »
La Liga Match Abstract: Real Betis 1, Sevilla 0
It may be an over-exaggeration to say that the result saved Quique Setien's job, but he badly, badly needed these points. Betis finished the match with 62% possession and nearly doubled Sevilla with 436 completed passes. Read more »
You Can't Go Home Again: Monchi Finds Ambition At Roma
Anyone as successful and driven as Monchi will want to make decisions on his own terms. His track record presents a reversal on the traditional problem of a club obsessed with continental success at the expense of domestic play. Read more »
Paco Jemez & Vincenzo Montella Add Passing & Personality To La Liga
Whether fighting relegation at Las Palmas to battling for a Europa League position with Sevilla, these are the stakes from year to year in La Liga. Read more »
Monchi's Shadows Loom Over The Roma Project
Will Monchi build a Spanish side in Italy, or shape his transfer policies for Serie A? Will he move forward with Luciano Spalletti as his manager? Read more »
Sevilla, Jorge Sampaoli Manage A Season Of Emotions
It would be harsh to judge this season as a failure no matter how it ends, and Sevilla can still win matches based on sheer individual quality. But we've seen glimpses of what could be when the pieces are ticking together, and we've seen Sampaoli and Sevilla win with style. Read more »
2016 Year-End Soccer Club Portfolio Rankings
Real Madrid has jumped ahead of Barcelona and Bayern Munich to be our top-ranked team to finish 2016, while Borussia Dortmund and Atletico Madrid have moved into the top-5. Read more »
Jorge Sampaoli Presses Sevilla Into The Future
Sevilla will be entertaining to watch in a way that experiments with equal chance of large success or brutal failure often are. Read more »
Sevilla's Sustainable European Machine
To take Monchi out of Sevilla would be to rob him of the intangibles and the small secrets that distinguishes his signings. He talks his role at the club as a passion first, job second. Here's how he has made it happen for more than a decade. Read more »