Alfredo Relaño

Valencia are on the up. Having put together a run of good results that have kick-started their LaLiga campaign and left them in the semis of the Copa...

AS editor Alfredo Relaño analyses the semi-final draw for Spain's Copa del Rey, which sees Valencia and Betis happier than Barcelona and Real Madrid.

Alfredo Relaño looks at the mouth-watering line-up for the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey, ahead of this afternoon's draw in Las Rozas.

Among other things he was asked about, Guardiola managed to say that for him the three best teams of this decade would be Juve, Bayern and Barça...

Atlético are non-stop. Morata has now been brought in to bolster their attack and for their testing make-or-break tie against Juve in the Champions League.

AS editor Alfredo Relaño looks at the decision to host the Copa del Rey final at the Estadio Benito Villamarín and praises the move "to cut off a source of bad blood" between the clubs.

AS editor Alfredo Relaño analyses Real Madrid's 4-2 win over Espanoyl at Cornellà, which saw Benzema score two goals and put in a fine overall performance.

Alfredo Relaño looks at Javier Tebas' plan to take the Week 21 game between Girona and Barcelona to the United States. A project which never came to fruition.

Son los misterios del fútbol. El Madrid ha recobrado la energía y el ánimo, que van de la mano, y luce una vez más ese aspecto imponente que le coloca por encima de cualquier amenaza.

Alfredo Relaño looks back at last night's Copa del Rey quarter final at the Bernabéu and concludes that Solari's Real Madrid are now on an upward trajectory.

It's a sad day for the Copa del Rey if even Barcelona, who win it almost every year, turn their backs on it...

VAR has successfully corrected 59 decisions: 59 bad calls from which, were it not for the system, there'd have been no going back...

When it comes to VAR, that Luis Suárez incident against Leganés was all we needed. Images have finally emerged that show beyond any doubt...

AS editor Alfredo Relaño gives his take on the collapse of LaLiga Second Division club Reus' collapse.

The first big blow for Lopetegui landed with the visit of Sevilla, when Madrid’s image became scratched and torn as they lost 3-0

The ‘Chumi case’, in reference to the Barça centre-back – whose development and realised potential will become clear in the future - brings us back, face to face, to the whole ‘Cheryshev question mark’.

Traditionalists may blanche at a new fixture system in LaLiga, but it is designed to help Spain's European competitors.

AS editor Alfredo Relaño analyses the latest round of fixtures in the Copa del Rey, with Atlético Madrid out to GIrona, and Real Madrid through despite defeat to Leganés.

For anyone interested in how VAR is working, I'd advise you to take time to reflect carefully on the words of Velasco Carballo, the man responsible for the system in LaLiga.

Alfredo Relaño considers the effects of the VAR system as LaLiga passes the halfway stage with voices raising concern over when it is being used.

Sunday's LaLiga action was brought to a close at the Villamarín, where Real Madrid needed a late Dani Ceballos free-kick to secure maximum points.

It would appear that the footballing goblins have conspired to help Isco with their mischief making. It wouldn't be odd to me, though, because he is such an attractive player...

Football, eh!? Doing nothing or sometimes less, Dembélé's performances were being questioned, and worse. Then it all changed...

Let's be clear, VAR is not 100% perfect. It's a system that can spot ‘geographical’ actions from a game from a side facing camera(s) and have a decision overturned or rectified given the circumstance

AS editor Alfredo Relaño analyses Real Madrid's 3-0 win over Leganés in the Copa del Rey.