Popular Kannywood and Nollywood movie star Ali Nuhu has joined some selected celebrities in the world to unveil LaLiga Santander’s official ball for the 2021-22 campaign.
The multiple awards winning actor, director and producer posted a 30 seconds short video on his Instagram page ahead of the 2021-22 LaLiga campaign kickoff.
The short video clip of the actor states,” Hello guys, are you a soccer fan? LaLiga is back.
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As part of the preparations for the season’s curtain-raiser, the Spanish League body, Laliga, select a few celebrities in the world to unbox the official ball of a season.
“Unboxing” is the opening of LaLiga’s season official ball by a celebrity.
The official ball is sent to a celebrity associated with LaLiga by the league organisers.
The 2021-22 LaLiga Santander campaign gets underway tonight, 13th August 2021, with Valencia taking on Getafe at the Estadio Mestalla.
Atlético de Madrid begin their title defence away to Celta Vigo at the Estadio Baladois while Barcelona start their post Lionel Messi’s era at the Camp Nou against Basque side, Real Sociedad.
Thirty-four times LaLiga champions, Real Madrid also trade tackles away to Deportivo Alavés.
LaLiga
The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known simply as Primera División in Spain, and La Liga in English-speaking countries and officially as LaLigaSantander for sponsorship reasons, stylized as LaLiga, is the men’s top professional football division of the Spanish football league system.
Administered by the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional, it is contested by 20 teams, with the three lowest-placed teams at the end of each season relegated to the Segunda División and replaced by the top two teams and a play-off winner in that division.
A total of 62 teams have competed in La Liga since its inception. Nine teams have been crowned champions, with Real Madrid winning the title 34 times and Barcelona 26 times. During the 1940s, Valencia, Atlético Madrid and Barcelona emerged as the strongest clubs, winning several titles. Real Madrid and Barcelona dominated the championship in the 1950s, each winning four La Liga titles during the decade. During the 1960s and 1970s, Real Madrid dominated La Liga, winning 14 titles, with Atlético Madrid winning four.
During the 1980s and 1990s, Real Madrid was prominent in La Liga, but the Basque clubs of Athletic Club and Real Sociedad had their share of success, winning two Liga titles. From the 1990s onward, Barcelona has dominated La Liga, winning 16 titles to date.[5] Although Real Madrid has been prominent, winning nine titles, La Liga has also seen other champions, including Atlético Madrid, Valencia, and Deportivo La Coruña.
According to UEFA‘s league coefficient rankings, La Liga has been the top league in Europe in each of the seven years from 2013 to 2019 (calculated using accumulated figures from five preceding seasons) and has led Europe for 22 of the 60 ranked years up to 2019, more than any other country.
It has also produced the continent’s top-rated club more times (22) than any other league in that period, more than double that of second-placed Serie A (Italy), including the top club in 10 of the 11 seasons between 2009 and 2019; each of these pinnacles was achieved by either Barcelona or Real Madrid. La Liga clubs have won the most UEFA Champions League (18), UEFA Europa League (13), UEFA Super Cup (15), and FIFA Club World Cup (7) titles. Its players have accumulated the highest number of Ballon d’Or awards (23), The Best FIFA Men’s Player awards, including FIFA World Player of the Year (19), and UEFA Men’s Player of the Year awards, including UEFA Club Footballer of the Year (11).
