I don't have a ton of knowledge about many of the soccer leagues as I'm a fairly new fan of the sport (Starting with our run prior to the South African world cup in the Gold Cup). I'm starting to get far more invested in the sport as a fan and finding my admiration for the sport growing a great deal. As a result, I'm starting to try and learn far more about all of the major foreign leagues since its the only way to follow a large number of the best players in the world. So far the only two leagues I have much knowledge about are the MLS and the EPL.
I've started trying to learn far more about some of the other major leagues such as the Budasliga and La Liga. These two leagues seem strange to me, but La Liga stands out far more than any other major league I've ever known. It has by far two of the most talented leagues worldwide in Barcelona and Real Madrid, but outside of those two teams the rest of the league seems to be a dumpster fire with many teams facing not only relegation but bankruptcy? From what I can gather, La Liga simply exists for Real Madrid and Barcelona to treat as pre-season and reap television contract money from so that they can put together a team to compete in the Champions League which is the only place they're actually tested.
Am I completely misreading this league? How can anyone enjoy watching these two teams beat every other team in the league by 5 - 8 goals routinely? That simply doesn't seem to be a competitive or watchable league in the least?
I haven't read as much about Bundesliga and only really know anything about Bayern Munich but it seems to have similar issues. Can anyone who actually knows anything about these leagues give me any better insight into how they're considered decent leagues at all? I understand that La Liga has two of the best teams on the planet, but there's absolutely zero competition or watchable soccer in that league as far as I can tell. How can you enjoy watching those two teams fight for the championship year after year while everyone else simply exists as cannon fodder?
I've started trying to learn far more about some of the other major leagues such as the Budasliga and La Liga. These two leagues seem strange to me, but La Liga stands out far more than any other major league I've ever known. It has by far two of the most talented leagues worldwide in Barcelona and Real Madrid, but outside of those two teams the rest of the league seems to be a dumpster fire with many teams facing not only relegation but bankruptcy? From what I can gather, La Liga simply exists for Real Madrid and Barcelona to treat as pre-season and reap television contract money from so that they can put together a team to compete in the Champions League which is the only place they're actually tested.
Am I completely misreading this league? How can anyone enjoy watching these two teams beat every other team in the league by 5 - 8 goals routinely? That simply doesn't seem to be a competitive or watchable league in the least?
I haven't read as much about Bundesliga and only really know anything about Bayern Munich but it seems to have similar issues. Can anyone who actually knows anything about these leagues give me any better insight into how they're considered decent leagues at all? I understand that La Liga has two of the best teams on the planet, but there's absolutely zero competition or watchable soccer in that league as far as I can tell. How can you enjoy watching those two teams fight for the championship year after year while everyone else simply exists as cannon fodder?