The hangover is real.
The finale of the 2018 World Cup took place 18 days ago. This feels somehow impossible in that these two and half weeks without meaningful football have felt like an interminable wilderness slog, despite the sense that there’s still a significant buildup of World Cup yet to be digested and metabolized.
Alas, here we are. The kickoff of the Premier League eight days away, with La Liga slated to get rolling a week later. As August 17 approaches, rather quickly at that, it’s time to take a look at the participants of the 2018-19 La Liga campaign.