The La Liga Best XI for 2013-14 season was chosen by the official portal of the LFP, and there was a huge surprise as there was not even a single player from Barcelona on the list. Lionel Messi was the surprising exclusion from the list.
The players mostly consist of players from Atletico Madrid because of their title winning season under coach Diego Simeone, which has caused a lot of speculation among people around the world.7 players were included from Atletico Madrid. There are a few players from Athletic Club as well ( Laporte and Iturraspe) as they performed really well by coming in 4th last season.
Rakitic, who was Sevilla’s best midfielder last season, made into the list as well as the central attacking midfielder.
The two players who expectedly made it into the attack were Cristiano Ronaldo, the 2014 Ballon d’Or winner and Diego Costa, who was Atletico Madrid’s best player last season.
The LFP reporters said that it was a really tough choice for them to narrow it down to 11 players. They were clear to additionally highlight particular players who didn’t feature in their chosen team.
Here is the first XI squad.