Alfredo Relaño

Ousmane Dembélé spent time over Christmas in Qatar but it may have been time wasted with the player's latest setback as he may have to undergo surgery to deal with his latest muscular problem..

Ninety years ago the national Spanish football league was created with clubs, who, up to that point were involved in regional championships where the victor and ...

Alredo Relaño looks back on the Madrid derby as Real Madrid beat Atlético 1-0 thanks to a perfect goal created Vinicius, Mendy and Benzema.

"Push forward with verve and daring, overpower the opposition with the force of a hurricane..." Those are the words of Mirandés' club anthem...

The game at La Romareda was ended as a contest by Vinicius Júnior in the 72nd minute, when he finished off a move conjured up by James Rodríguez...

Alfredo Relaño looks ahead to another instalment of the Copa del Rey as we reach the Round of 16 stage of the competition and previews the game in Zaragoza.

There were nasty scenes at Cornellá on Saturday, when Athletic Bilbao's Iñaki Williams was subjected to monkey chants by a section of the Espanyol crowd...

Alfredo Relaño reflects on Sunday's meeting between Valladolid and Real Madrid which was resolved by a Nacho header, courtesy of a Toni Kroos centre.

Alfredo Relaño looks back on Atlético Madrid's shock Copa exit at the hands of Cultural and lauds the new format of the competition for making such upsets possible.

Alfredo Relaño looks back on Barcelona and Real Madrid's respective laboured wins against minnows Ibiza and Unionistas in the Copa del Rey.

Unionistas de Salamanca, the 2B side who face Real Madrid tonight in the Copa del Rey in the small athletics ground located beside the El Helmántico stadium...

Quique Setién's Barça produced more than a thousand passes during Sunday's game but looking closely at this data, more than 70% of these combinations were backwards...

Alfredo Relaño gives his view on Quique Setién's first game in charge of Barcelona, who scraped past Granado with a 1-0 win at Camp Nou.

Alfredo Relaño looks back on Real Madrid's 2-1 win over Sevilla at the Bernabéu on Saturday.

The debate surrounding the national teams is set to return.

The Super Cup in Jeddah has left, on a separate stage, some sporting doubts the cause of which is maybe because it is called the same as it was, when it is not the same.

Style is non-negotiable, something sovereign… This is often heard in football and hangs on the lips and keyboards of the many Barcelona journalists that monitor the life of the club.

The world of football is still coming to terms from the aftershock following Barcelona's loss to Atlético Madrid in Jeddah last week in the Spanish Super Cup ...

Alfredo Relaño looks back on Real Madrid's Super Cup final victory against Atlético Madrid.

So, the final of the 2020 Spanish Super Cup will feature both teams, that according to Ernesto Valverde had no right to be present in Jeddah ...

With the attacking trio of Bale-Benzema-Hazard all missing, Zidane opted to go into the semi-final playing with five midfielders and Jovic playing as a lone striker...

José Mourinho defined the Super Cup as the biggest trophy of the summer and the smallest of the season proper. In a bid to get away from that...

"Don't call me Guti, call me José María Gutiérrez," the former Real Madrid star demanded at his unveiling as Almería coach. I can see where he was coming from...

We reach the halfway point of the season with Barça as winter champions on goal difference (28-26), level on 40 points with Real Madrid.

Alfredo Relaño analyses Real Madrid's 3-0 win at Getafe.