Alfredo Relaño

Alfredo Relaño takes a look at this evening's Madrid derby at the Bernabéu which will be the first meeting between Real Madrid and Atlético to feature VAR.

I was tipped off about this from our 'in-house' referee Iturralde that in the majority of domestic top flight games where a standard number of cameras are utilised, the area of margin for incorrect off-side decisions is approximately 7%

I watched the Barça game with an ardent fan of the Catalan side Xabier Fortes and his initial annoyance of the evening came when Valverde's men took to the pitch in Butarque wearing their fluorescent yellow away kit

As a devout fan of the Ballon d'Or award and not just because I'm lucky enough to have been able to vote on behalf of Spanish media for the past three years

Alfredo Relaño gives his view on the FIFA Gala last night in London, where Real Madrid's Luka Modric was crowned The Best, and Salah won the Puskás award.

Alfredo Relano looks at the talking points in Sunday's General Assembly: Real Madrid taking on debt to remodel the Santiago Bernabeu stadium and LaLiga's game in Miami.

After the all-round smiles of Roma in the Champions League, spirits were dampened with a Madrid performance that faded and a game that looked more likely to end in a draw as the clock ticked down.

Yesterday Luis Rubiales responded to the request from Tebas about the much discussed LaLiga match in Miami, stating his opposition to the idea.

En las fotos de jugadas de área de antes de la guerra se podía ver a un señor de traje negro sentado en una sillita de ...

It was a happy night at the Bernabéu, crowned with a resounding 3-0 result, where Mariano scored the final goal that was the icing on the cake.

After opening victories for Barcelona and Atlético Madrid, against PSV and Monaco respectively, Alfredo Relaño looks at the strong start from LaLiga.

Handel's "Zadok The Priest" will be heard all over the world as the group stage of the Champions League gets underway.

Madrid has two fiestas, San Isidro and the Paloma. In the 1950s and 1960s there was another, the final of the Copa del Rey: always played here, and almost always with Athletic.

The final whistle blew and the players hugged each other, satisfied with their night's work and safe in the knowledge they had done all that could be asked of them...

San Mamés will open its gates to welcome Madrid, amounting to an evening of excitement and emotion. For time immemorial nothing has stoked up San Mamés quite like Real Madrid coming to town.

The scheduled date for the Miami match is approaching (January 26, 2019 for Girona-Barça) and we still don't know whether or not it will go ahead...

Alfredo Relaño reflects on the meeting between Rubiales, Infantino and Pedro Sánchez as they make Spain's proposal to host either Euro 28 or World Cup 2030.

After the disaster at the World Cup Spain are smiling again under new coach Luis Enrique. On Tuesday night they beat Croatia 6-0 in the Uefa Nations League.

Elche hosts the second UEFA Nations League game later this evening – a match which Spain go into with spirits high and full of optimism

Luis Enrique celebrated his first match in charge with a victory – a prestigious one at that, which puts Spain in a good position at the start of the UEFA Nations League.

One of the highlights of Saturday's game at Wembley was the fine performance from Saúl Ñiguez, with the player somewhat instrumental in a shift from the previous regime to the new Spain under Luis Enrique

This evening Spain has a ‘double-opener’: the opening game for head coach Luis Enrique and the team’s debut match in the new Uefa Nations League.

Last night saw the start of a new Uefa competition: The Nations League, the brainchild of the European governing body designed to eliminate meaningless friendlies from here through to November

Everything points to the Girona-Barça game scheduled for January as being the match selected by LaLiga as part of their US experiment

Bernardo Salazar Acha, the ‘memory’ of football, passed away on Tuesday afternoon. Unfortunately, it was both feared and expected, but it doesn’t mean it hurts any less.