Spain Soccer History - Foreign Player Import And Barcelona / Real Madrid Domination

Until now, the history of football in Spain has seen very few foreign players who come to the floor in the First Division. This was a direct effect on the strict rules imposed by the Spanish Federation, which allows no more than three foreign players a club team. However, the FC Barcelona and Real Madrid found a way around this rule and naturalized foreign players.

Some of the most famous examples of naturalized foreign players are legends as Alfredo Di Stefano and Ferenc Puskas for Real Madrid and Barcelona to Ladislao Kubala. Barcelona and Real completely dominated the league with this new ACE up your sleeves, and the only team that managed to interrupt this dominance being Atletico Bilbao in 1956.

This is a dual-power-station would soon be a monopoly, even if, like Real Madrid has begun the moment the most impressive in the early 1960's. Between 1961 and 1990, Primera Division Real Madrid showed an impressive 19 times in 29 seasons, their record of success in the league was briefly interrupted Real Sociedad, Valencia, Atletico Madrid and Barcelona a couple of times.

The 90 th century, however, the tables turn, when Johan Cruyff was manager of FC Barcelona, ​​where the assembly would be known throughout the history of Spanish football than the Dream Team. Players like Pep Guardiola, Txiki Beguiristain, Goikoetxea, Michael Laudrup, Hristo Stoichkov and Ronald Koeman took Barcelona blazing through the league and European Cup in 1992.

Over 90 years, Barcelona and Real Madrid have always fought for the League title, each side has its fair share of victories. Constantly on the top and compete for the championship, both teams would trigger the biggest rivalry in Spanish football history (and possibly the world, but Brazil - Argentina is the rivalry is about).

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