Alfredo Relaño

I'm not sure as to how many consecutive games Harry Kane has failed to score for England, but it had to be yesterday when the Spurs player bucked this trend.

Alfredo Relaño looks ahead to the friendly game for Spain but acknowledges that there is more importance lying in the England vs Croatia match.

Luis Enrique said something which I half agree with - that he'd love Spain to reach the Nations League final but the real objective is Euro 2020.

AS editor Alfredo Relaño analyses Spain's defeat to Croatia and the situation in their Nations League group.

Scenario 1: if we win today in Zagreb, we will be sure of topping the group and can look forward to the 'final four' of this new competition...

The bullfighting world has already seen a 'Niño Sabio de Camas' (Paco Camino) and 'Faraón de Camas' (Curro Romero) and now we have the 'Panenka de Camas' in Sergio Ramos

Santi Solari was moved from the Real Madrid Castilla to oversee the first team following the dismissal of Julen Lopetegui as there were no other candidates.

All eyes were focused on events at La Bombonera and Balaídos, but the fall-out at Camp Nou became the talking point on Sunday evening as Real Betis claimed maximum points with a 3-4 win

The game had ended at the Metropolitano and suddenly the older fans in the stadium started to say to each other: “The hobbler’s goal!” Diego Godín’s ...

Next Thursday, Spain visit Croatia in Zagreb, in a game that will decide our fate in the recently rolled out Nations League...

AS editor Alfredo Relaño analyses Real Madrid's thumping 5-0 win over Viktoria Plzen and the changes wrought by new coach Solari.

AS editor Alfredo Relaño analyses Atléti's fine performance against Borussia Dortmund as well as Barcelona's draw against Inter and Real Madrid's match against Plzen.

The Champions League returns with Barcelona, Real Madrid, Atlético and Valencia all looking to make a push for one of the two qualifying places.

Alfredo Relaño looks back on the performance of Vinicius against Valladolid, as the young Brazilian puts added pressure on Gareth Bale to start performing.

A good Valladolid side, on the up this season and currently sitting in the European places, travel to the Bernabéu on Saturday to visit a another team in poor health.

Among the things I've noticed about VAR, the worst that has come to my attention is the area of red cards for serious foul play...

Big wins are always therapeutic, and Real Madrid got one last night. Yes, it was against third-tier opposition, but a thrashing is a thrashing...

Struck by the first appearance of Solari, an educated, cultured, well informed, refined type; a contributor to El País in recent times. He premieres in Melilla tonight...

I do feel for Lopetegui but on occasion sinners must suffer penance. The devil took him to a high plan overlooking the kingdoms of the world and said: "All this could be yours if you bow down and adore me”

AS editor Alfredo Relaño analyses the first Clásico of the 2018/19 season, which saw Barcelona thrash Real Madrid 5-1.

The Clásico is here, and its our first without Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo in many a long year...

The planned LaLiga match in Miami remains a major source of conflict between football's two main governing bodies in Spain...

When I heard that Miguel Cardenal (the former Sports Minister) was about to join Mediapro, I sent him a message informing him that the move would lead to plenty of speculation.

However much football you've seen, there's always something new to witness...