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World Photo Day: 10 iconic photos from the last decade of LALIGA EA SPORTS 1. Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo greet each other before ElClasico, as the best individual rivalry and the best team rivalry in world football come together. Between them, they scored an unbelievable 786 LALIGA goals. (2016/17) 2. Fireworks in the capital’s sky as Atlético de Madrid inaugurate their Estadio Wanda Metropolitano, now called the Estadio Cívitas Metropolitano. The stadium was named the Best Stadium in the World at the World Football Summit in 2018. (2017/18) 3. Football is played beneath the famous sunset of CD Leganés’ Estadio Butarque, just south of Madrid. (2019/20) 4. Aritz Aduriz scores the opening goal of the 2019/20 LALIGA EA SPORTS season with a stunning bicycle kick. The most spectacular goal of his LALIGA career, it was also his last before he retired in 2020. (2019/20) 5. Cristiano Ronaldo performs his famous ‘Siuuu’ celebration at the Bernabéu. (2017/18) 6. The view at SD Eibar’s Ipurua, the smallest stadium to host LALIGA EA SPORTS football in the modern era. The club, who hail from a town of less than 30,000 inhabitants, were first promoted in 2014 and stayed in the top flight for seven seasons. (2018/19) 7. On Matchday 38 of 2022/23, Joaquín played the last game of his long career and was substituted to an emotional ovation. The Real Betis legend finished with 622 appearances in LALIGA EA SPORTS, a record as this was exactly the same number of matches in the top flight as Andoni Zubizarreta. (2022/23) 8. Real Betis fans throw soft toys onto the pitch at half time at one home match at the Benito Villamarin every season, to donate to local children’s charities. (2021/22) 9. After an unprecedented three-month break due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, LALIGA football finally returned with El Gran Derbi, the Seville Derby, between Sevilla FC and Real Betis. The players held a minute’s silence before kick-off to honour all those who’d lost their lives in the previous months. (2019/20) 10. Lionel Messi unveils a Newell’s No.10 shirt under his FC Barcelona shirt to pay tribute to Diego Maradona, days after the Argentine legend’s passing. (2020/21)