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Spanish association football league
The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known as the Primera División or La Liga, and officially known as LaLiga EA Sports for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Spain and the highest level of the Spanish football league system. Governed by the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional, it is contested by 20 teams over 38 matchdays.
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Municipality in Basque Country, Spain
Bilbao is a city in northern Spain, the largest city in the province of Biscay and in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. With a population of 347,342 as of 2024, it is the 11th most populous city in Spain, and the most populous in northern Spain. The Bilbao metropolitan area has 1,037,847 inhabitants, making it the most populous metropolitan area in northern Spain. The comarca of Greater Bilbao is the fifth-largest urban area in Spain. Bilbao is also the main urban area in what is defined as the Greater Basque region.
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Rayo Vallecano de Madrid, S.A.D., often abbreviated to Rayo, is a professional football club based in the Puente de Vallecas district of Madrid, Spain. The club competes in La Liga, the top flight of Spanish football.
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Rayo Vallecano supporters celebrated the abandonment of their match against Athletic Bilbao as if it were a victory after throwing marbles and paper planes onto the pitch. The fan collective released a statement demanding the immediate resignation of president Raul Martin Presa.
Rayo Vallecano’s La Liga clash with Athletic Bilbao was abandoned on Saturday after home supporters threw paper planes and rubber balls onto the pitch in
The LaLiga match between Rayo Vallecano and Athletic Club was definitively abandoned on Saturday. Rayo supporters voiced their dissatisfaction with club president Raúl Martin Presa by throwing paper aeroplanes and other objects onto the pitch en masse.