FIFA.com Has La Liga taken over?

Three of its teams had contested the UEFA Champions League semi-finals for two seasons running; Manchester United were fresh from winning the FIFA Club World Cup; and Cristiano Ronaldo had just been crowned FIFA World Player of the Year. Half a year has passed thereafter. wants to know if the status of having the sport's best league has also passed to Spain. There is certainly a strong case. Barcelona usurped United as the European kings, subjecting Sir Alex Ferguson's charges to a tutorial in Rome; several key components in team that recently broke international football's longest winning steak are based in La Liga; and, after Real Madrid signed Ronaldo and Kaka to challenge a