Laliga Returns With 18 World Champions As Madrid Clubs Chase Flick's Barcelona

With the lingering buzz from New Jersey and the two stars still fresh in memory, the league, now LaLiga, begins—a fabulous talking point for ten months. It is a historic competition to be proud of. No other European league has concentrated nearly all the world's football giants in its records.

Only Beckenbauer and Pele escaped, their foreign affairs counted in dollars. Through here have passed Di Stefano, Cruyff, Maradona, Puskas, Ronaldo, Zidane, Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Kubala, Luis Suarez, Kempes, and Ronaldinho, to name just unforgettable icons. And it is the league of Hugo Sanchez's bicycle kick against Logrones.