Alfredo Relaño

The Brazilian’s red card for leaving a leg in on Foden ruined the Spanish side’s best spell of the game and led to a mass confrontation between the teams.

Carlo Ancelotti’s side threw away a two-goal lead against Chelsea only to come back to force extra-time and go on to win it.

Real Madrid have become so used to bouncing back after losing the first leg that protecting a lead feels strange, writes Alfredo Relaño.

Up until last night, Barcelona hadn’t had a single penalty awarded against them this season in LaLiga but yesterday, three were given, writes Alfredo Relaño.

Real Madrid’s meeting with Getafe wasn’t pretty to watch but it did give us the chance to enjoy watching Marcelo in one of his final games for the club, writes Alfredo Relaño.

Despite being outplayed for much of their Europa League quarterfinal first leg by Eintracht Frankfurt, Barcelona managed a 1-1 draw.

AS honorary president Alfredo Relaño reacts to Real Madrid’s 3-1 win over Chelsea in the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals on Wednesday.

Alfredo Relaño reacts to Manchester City’s 1-0 win over Atlético Madrid in Tuesday’s Champions League quarter-final first leg at the Etihad Stadium.

Guardiola’s model and Simeone’s are poles apart. Two different schools of thought with one common aim - to win. Alfredo Relaño looks ahead to tonight's tie between City and Atlético.

After a weekend of some debatable decision, our willingness to embrace a new era of football with VAR is getting harder to keep up, writes Alfredo Relaño.

Los Blancos were saved three times by Courtois and were gifted a penalty by González Fuertes, which, as the third penalty, made the bad even worse.

Since two qualify, the problem is not how strong the 'other good one' in the group is, which in this case is Germany, but what comes next.

With 29 teams going into today's World Cup group stage draw, Alfredo Relaño looks back at how Senegal booked their place at Egypt's expense.

Alfredo Relaño reacts to Barcelona's Women's Champions League win over Real Madrid, which saw a world-record attendance for women's football.

AS honorary president Alfredo Relaño reacts to Spain's 5-0 friendly win over Iceland at Riazor on Tuesday.

Alfredo Relaño discusses VAR and the recent incorrect decision to disallow a goal by Miguel Gutiérrez in a Real Madrid Castilla game against Balona.

Alfredo Relaño pays tribute to former Pontevedra captain Cholo, who has died at the age of 88.

Goals from Ferran Torres and Dani Olmo saw Spain past Albania on the national side's return to Catalonia after an 18-year absence.

At Madrid, there’s a sense of irony that the two highest paid players have been officially declared unfit by the coach: Bale and Hazard, tied at 27 million.

Alfredo Relaño discusses how Barcelona were able to add so successfully to their squad in January, despite their parlous financial state.

AS honorary president Alfredo Relaño on the turnaround at Barcelona since Xavi Hernández returned to the Camp Nou as head coach.

AS honorary president Alfredo Relaño continues to dissect Real Madrid's Clásico hammering by arch rivals Barcelona at the weekend.

AS honorary president Alfredo Relaño reacts to Barcelona's 4-0 Clásico win over Real Madrid on Sunday night.

Xavi is playing Pedri further up the pitch. He's arriving in the box more often now, and if he doesn't get into the box, he shoots instead.

Alfredo Relaño reacts to Villarreal's famous Champions League last-16 win over Juventus on Wednesday evening.