La Liga

Locally, Barcelona scraped to 1-0 win thanks to a a late first half goal from Samuel Etoo, and maintains its position as league leaders; while Espanyol won 3-1 and is slowly inching away from reglulation.  An American expat, my knowledge of football is rather limited; although, I have to say I'd rather watch it than the NFL nowadays, as sacrilegious as that will sound to my American friends.  Anyway, for more on La Liga and its many rich personalities, I recommend reading Sid Lowe from the Guadrian or Guillem Balague from Sky Sports.