Analysis: Four things we learned in Spain's matchday 18

NAMPA / Xinhua
2026-01-05
MADRID, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) --- La Liga returned this weekend with FC Barcelona and Real Madrid both win, albeit in different ways. Here are some things we learned in Spain this weekend. 1 Joan Garcia stakes his claim Until now Spain coach Luis de la Fuente has resisted calls for Barcelona goalkeeper Joan Garcia to be included in the Spain squad, but if Garcia continues to show the form he has produced in the last month, it will be hard to leav......
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