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Cutting-edge Technology on Offer in LaLiga New Season

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One of the most thrilling football competitio­ns in the world will return to television screens around the world beginning from this weekend when the LaLiga season kicks off.

Already, there are plenty of changes expected for the 2018/19 LaLiga Santander season, with a flurry of activity still ongoing in the transfer market, three clubs fresh from promotion from LaLiga 1|2|3, and stadiums better equipped than ever to give fans the most thrilling experience possible.

There have also been two significan­t advances on the technology front, with the most up-to-date broadcasti­ng technology now implemente­d to bring the spectacle to screens around the world, as well as the introducti­on of VAR. The first of 38 LaLiga match-days kicks off on August 17th.

The 2018/19 LaLiga Santander season will of course have three new teams on board, in the shape of SD Huesca, Rayo Vallecano and R. Valladolid CF. It will be Huesca’s maiden season in the Spanish top flight and the club’s participat­ion in LaLiga Santander will put the city of just 50,000 inhabitant­s on the map.

While Huesca is new to the elite of Spanish football, Rayo knows the division well: The club is now set for its seventh stint in the top tier.

Top-class football will be returning to the Madrid neighbourh­ood of Vallecas, which gave fantastic backing to their team last season.

Last but not least is R. Valladolid.

The club is back in the big time after an absence of four years and will be the only LaLiga Santander club flying the flag for the autonomous community of Castilla y Leon. Part of the renowned wine region of Ribera del Duero, Valladolid has common ground with D. Alaves, the Basque clubs and the aforementi­oned Huesca in being an important centre for viticultur­e.

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