This is out of the top 5 European leagues, Serie A, LigaBBVA, BPL, Ligue 1 and the Bundesliga.

For interceptions per game 19 of the top 20 in Europe play in La Liga, with Lucio at 19th the first from any other league.

In fact LigaBBVA represents 50 of the top 60 players for this statistic. Which to me is an outstanding number.
Of the 10 represented in the top 60 from other leagues 6 are from the Bundesliga, 3 are from Serie A and one from Ligue 1.

I find this very very peculiar and I guess does this show the glaring deference in play-style and tactics in the leagues?

What do you make of it?

Could it be that in the other leagues they take the ball away from players then intercept the passes?

Have you slept, btw?

at the negging.

Do you have the list? Can you post it?








Did you have a nice valentines day?

Liga teams play with higher lines, rely more on short passes that are easier to intercept rather than to shoot into space, players are centrally located and form tighter groups, pressing is employed more?

Also, defenders are more the cerebral type rather than PL tanks.

1 Javi Fuego Rayo Vallecano DM(C)
2 Chico Mallorca D(C)
3 Nacho Betis D(L)
4 Raúl Rodríguez Espanyol D(C)
5 Bruno Villarreal M(C)
6 Alejandro Arribas Rayo Vallecano D(C)
7 Jérémy Toulalan Malaga D(C),DM(C)
8 José Casado Rayo Vallecano D(L)
9 Mateo Musacchio Villarreal D(C)
10 Tito Rayo Vallecano D(R)
11 David Zurutuza Real Sociedad AM(C)
12 Leonardo Ponzio Zaragoza D(LR),DM(C)
13 Carlos Martínez Real Sociedad D(R)
14 Javi Martínez Athletic Bilbao D(C),M(C)
15 Martín Demichelis Malaga D(C)
16 Sergio Osasuna D(C)
17 Pablo Cendrós Mallorca D(R)
18 Jordi Rayo Vallecano D(C)
19 Lucio Inter D(C)
20 Emir Spahic Sevilla

edit: Bruno is top 5 of course, incredibly smart DM.

Javi Fuego is beasting this year too

Whoever is negging me is an absolute twat, b*tch you are right to be hiding

Mr Nick09 wrote:Whoever is negging me is an absolute twat, b*tch you are right to be hiding

It's prob jiopsi and co lol

Positive votes given : 242
Negative votes given : 732

You might find this similar thread interesting

https://goallegacy.forumotion.com/t15586-18-of-top-20-top-incercepting-teams-in-europe-are-from-la-liga

Crimson wrote:

Mr Nick09 wrote:Whoever is negging me is an absolute twat, b*tch you are right to be hiding

It's prob jiopsi and co lol

Positive votes given : 242
Negative votes given : 732

Is this guy serious? He probably neg reps every RM post.

*Wait for him to neg rep me..*

Who cares about rep, seriously?

It's really annoying to just see the red there man. Especially when your post doesn't warrant it......

Not gonna make a big deal about it though......

The whole rep system is flawed imo. We each already know the posters we like and don't like

So.........

Whats the purpose of this thread?

Still:

La Diva <<<< EPL, Bundesliga, Serie A

Yeah seeing the list i remember how ZM did a whole feature about it

http://www.zonalmarking.net/2012/01/13/rayo-vallecano-interceptions/

highburied wrote:So.........

Whats the purpose of this thread?

Still:

La Diva <<<< EPL, Bundesliga, Serie A

It's not about which league is better.

It's about understanding the league's style of play that would cause such a large number of interceptions.

Yeah well, it's the short passing and the fact that you really can't tackle all that much in La Liga without being sent off, imho.

Just shows you the differences in playing style.

Here is a link to a visual representation of several key stats, comparing the big leagues in European Football. It includes Shots per Game, Shots on Target, Passing Accuracy, Tackles, Interceptions and Goals. Granted, it is put together by the Telegraph (an English Newspaper), but the stats seem to be accurate and this source has a reputation for quality.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/champions-league/9079716/Interactive-Graphic-how-Premier-League-passing-accuracy-compares-to-Europes-big-four-leagues.html

Off Topic: Neg repping isn't really a big deal but it does give an impression you just wrote a bunch of crap if you see a big red bar next to your post.

On Topic: It just shows the various styles at which teams play in their respective leagues. I maybe a bit bold to say that La Liga defenders have a keen eye of when to intercept a pass more considering that most of the clubs tend to play a more passing oriented game and also, hard tackling is a cardinal sin in Spain.