Alfredo Relaño

The overnight table shows Real Madrid in an uncomfortable position - lying fifth, two points behind Villarreal, and level on points with Sevilla.

Un bárbaro, un multirreincidente con años de cárcel en su pasado, apuñala a un chaval en un bar, muy cerca del Wanda Metropolitano

An excellent late goal from Asensio was the highlight for Real Madrid in their visit to Leganés. Well that a non-stop performance from Lucas Vázquez who never stops running.

Discussing the current situation at Real Madrid yesterday, Santiago Segurola caused me to consider the parallels with the New England Patriots.

Iconic Spanish actress Concha Velasco visited AS to draw the 50th anniversary celebrations to a close.

Nineteen match-days, half the season whereby each team has played against one another and time to take stock of the situation.

Cristiano Ronaldo's current deal with Real Madrid expires in 2021 but with the passing of time it appears unlikely he will fulfil its term...

Villarreal had never previously won at the Bernabéu, but on this occasion did just that, thanks to a late goal scored on a lightning-quick counter

Some years ago, I read a piece by César Luis Menotti in the newspaper El Gráfico entitled: "Individual connections make for a great collective"...

Uefa's Team of the Year includes five Real players. It's no surprise, and there's little arguing with the quintet: Ramos, Marcelo, Kroos, Modric and Cristiano.

Real Madrid are crossing off days on their calendar with the club focused on the Champions League tie against PSG which could be pivotal in determining how their season evolves

Barça have just paid a colossal sum of money in signing Philippe Coutinho, who is a fine player but one who didn't even feature in the Top Ten ranking in the recent Ballon D'Or list

Alfredo Relaño analyses the goalkeeping situation at Real Madrid with Zidane saying he doesn't need Athletic keeper Kepa.

16 points adrift ! The odds are stacking up against Real Madrid although I imagine they will win their game in hand against Leganés...

Philippe Coutinho has arrived at Barcelona, joining the LaLiga giants for a Spanish-record sum of 120m euros+40m euros...

It turns out that a couple of days ago, Kepa Arrizabalaga passed a medical revision in Madrid

It’s quite plain to see now - Real Madrid’s second choice side is not what it was

Diego Costa is an Atlético Madrid player, but he also belongs to us all in a way because Julen Lopetegui sees him as part of the Spain set-up...

Era un clásico, años atrás: ¿comerá el turrón Fulanito? Así se expresaban las dudas sobre si tal entrenador iba a pasar el Rubicón de las Navidades ...

Atlético Madrid have already flaunted Diego Costa and Vitolo, while Real Madrid and Barcelona are hot on the heels of Kepa and Coutinho respectively.

Otro año que se va, otro que viene

Over the past two years we've seen messages being interchanged between Zinedine Zidane and Eden Hazard

Cristiano Ronaldo is unique. Yesterday the striker was honoured with his fifth Globe Soccer award in Dubai,

As is the tradition, on December 28 every year we become kids again. The photographs that accompany each journalist in the paper version of AS are from our respective childhoods...

In the Spanish edition of AS today, we've got an interesting take on El Clásico by Xabier Fortes, who writes about a wrong move by Marshal De Grouchy...