Liverlips said:
Good for Italy. How are the Spanish and Portuguese leagues in terms of playing their own people rather than overhyped black lesser lights?
Liverlips - The Spanish league is predominantly White. The majority of players are Spanish, with a significant Argentine presence. Here are a few breakdowns from the last batch of games - I've gone a bit further than usual by noting the nationalities of the non-Spanish White players in order to give You a bit of extra insight
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Deportivo La Coruna 0 Barcelona 4
DEPORTIVO LA CORUNA:
Started: 10 Whites (9 Spaniards, 1 Argentine), 1 black
Finished: 11 Whites (9 Spaniards, 1 Argentine, 1 Norwegian)
BARCELONA:
Started: 8 Whites (6 Spaniards, 2 Argentines), 2 blacks, 1 mestizo
Finished: 6 Whites (4 Spaniards, 2 Argentines), 3 blacks, 1 mestizo, 1 Arab
Real Madrid 4 Villarreal 2
REAL MADRID:
Started: 6 Whites (4 Spaniards, 2 Portuguese), 2 blacks, 1 Berber
, 1 Turk ("German" Ozil), 1 mestizo (Argentine Angel Di Maria)
Finished: 7 Whites (3 Spaniards, 2 Portuguese, 1 Brazilian, 1 Argentine), 1 black, 1 Turk, 1 mestizo, 1 half-Tunisian ("German" Khedira)
VILLARREAL:
Started: 11 Whites (8 Spaniards, 2 Argentines, 1 Italian)
Finished: Unchanged ratio
Levante 0 Valencia 1
LEVANTE:
Started: 10 Whites (10 Spaniards), 1 black
Finished: 10 Whites (9 Spaniards, 1 Uruguayan), 1 black
VALENCIA:
Started: 8 Whites (7 Spaniards, 1 Lithuanian), 2 blacks, 1 Turk
Finished: 7 Whites (5 Spaniards, 1 Lithuanian, 1 Argentine), 2 blacks, 1 Turk, 1 Arab
Here are the details of the match between two of the "less White, extra black" Spanish clubs (Mallorca 4 Almeria 1):
MALLORCA:
Started: 6 Whites (5 Spaniards, 1 Portuguese), 1 Israeli, 4 blacks
Finished: 6 Whites (3 Spaniards, 1 Portuguese, 1 Brazilian, 1 Uruguayan), 1 Israeli, 4 blacks
ALMERIA:
Started: 6 Whites (3 Spaniards, 1 Brazilian, 1 Dane, 1 Argentine), 2 mestizos, 3 blacks
Finished: 5 Whites (3 Spaniards, 1 Brazilian, 1 Argentine), 2 mestizos, 4 blacks
The Portuguese league is a lot "blacker", mainly due to the exceedingly high concentration of Brazilians. This, after all,is the nation whose greatest footballing"legend" is the Mozambican black Eusebio, whose statue stands at the entrance to Benfica's
Estadio da Luz...
Here are a few breakdowns of the last games involving the "Big Three" (FC Porto, Benfica, Sporting Lisbon). I've scrounged the results from Soccernet, which hasn't provided details of the substitutions (and in a stunning display of professionalism even failed to provide Uniao Leiria'steam against Benfica...
), so the starting lineups shall have to suffice.For a bit of extra detail, I've also listed each team's Brazilian content...
FC Porto4 Maritimo 1
FC PORTO:
Started: 5 Whites (2 Portuguese, 1 Romanian, 2 Argentines), 3 blacks, 3 mestizos
2 Brazilians (1 black, 1 mestizo)
MARITIMO:
Started: 6 Whites (1 Portuguese, 4 Brazilians, 1 Frenchman), 4 blacks, 1 black/mestizo
7 Brazilians (4 Whites, 2 blacks, 1 black/mestizo)
Sporting Lisbon 2 Braga 1
SPORTING:
Started: 9 Whites (5 Portuguese, 1 Spaniard, 1 Montenegrin, 1 Brazilian, 1 Chilean), 2 blacks
3 Brazilians (1 White, 2 blacks - I have included Liedson, the Brazilian black who is a "naturalised Portuguese" international)
S.C. BRAGA:
Started: 6 Whites (3 Portuguese, 3 Brazilians), 3 blacks, 2 mestizos
8Brazilians (3 Whites, 3 blacks, 2 mestizos)
Uniao Leiria 0 Benfica 3
BENFICA:
Started: 10 Whites (2 Portuguese, 2 Spaniards, 1 Brazilian, 1 Uruguayan, 3 Argentines, 1 Paraguayan), 1 black
2 Brazilians (1 White, 1 black)
Note that 22 Braziliansstarted for these fiveclubs. That is enough for two full teams...
Getting back to Serie A - unfortunately, not all Italian clubs are all that "White-friendly". Take Udinese for example -belowis the analysisof their 4-4 draw with AC Milan a few days ago.
UDINESE:
Started: 4 Whites (3 Italians, 1 Slovenian), 2 blacks, 1 Arab, 1 Albanian ("Swiss" international Almen Abdi), 1 Turk ("Swiss" international Gokhan Inler), 2 mestizos
Finished:4 Whites (2 Italians, 1 Slovenian, 1 Argentine), 3 blacks, 1 Arab, 1 Turk, 2 mestizos
AC MILAN:
Started: 7 Whites (5 Italians, 1 "Swede" - Ibrahimovic, 1 Brazilian), 4 blacks
Finished: 8 Whites (6 Italians, 1 "Swede", 1 Brazilian), 3 blacks