La Liga, Week 7: Real Madrid have no problem destroying Athletic Bilbao

Nope! Los Che are kicking the absolute piss out of Atléti! Miranda started the 13-minute beating with this really, really bad own goal.

Then, he completed one of the worst three-minute spells for any defender in the history of the sport by losing a 50-50 header, then getting turned, then getting shoved aside, then getting torched all in the matter of about five seconds, leading to Andre Gomes’ awesome second goal.

Los Che welcome the defending champions to the Mestalla for their first big test of the year, and a chance for Nuno’s squad to announce their intention to be a contender for a Champions League place. While it’s important to remember that one game won’t define a team’s season, a loss by Valencia would allow them to be written off to a certain extent as just another La Liga team who is good, but predictably not good enough to challenge the usual suspects at the top.

Unfair and ridiculous as that might be, it’s the current state of affairs in the top flight of Spanish football. So we shall see how Valencia play on Saturday and go from there.