Articles written by Alfredo Relaño

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Tebas' drive to stage the Villarreal-Atleti game in Miami

Head of LaLiga Javier Tebas is hell-bent on taking a domestic league game and staging it overseas

Uncertainty over El Clásico

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We're through, but doubts remain...

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Robert Moreno asks for three wins

One point guarantees our qualification, a point we hope to achieve in Stockholm. But Robert Moreno is looking further ahead: he wants three victories...

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Sergio Ramos' tribute to the Olympic Games

The Real Madrid captain is yet another player who has achieved everything in his sport, but longs for the glory of having participated in the Olympics.

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A Sergio Ramos record and little else against Norway

The fixture to mark Sergio Ramos’ national record of 168 caps for Spain against Norway was little more than that in the end

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Roberto Carlos paints a picture of another era

Roberto Carlos abandoned the natural precautions when speaking to the media and acted as he does in private with friends, revealing everything, or almost everything.

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Spanish tennis owes Andrés Gimeno a debt

It was 1965 and Manolo Santana had just won Roland Garros for the second time, a feat that passed largely unnoticed in Spain except among a ...

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Dembélé's controversial sanction

AS editor Alfredo Relaño gives his take on the events that led to Barcelona's Ousmane Dembélé being sent off against Sevilla on Sunday.

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VAR is at its lowest ebb

The president of Leganés, Victoria Pavón, was driven by righteous indignation by what occurred against Levante last weekend to lodge an appeal with the Spanish Football ...

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Lionel Messi is now finely tuned with El Clásico looming

Four goals and two players sent-off was the outcome of a game that saw Barça move to second in the table, just two points behind Real Madrid who they face in a fortnight.

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With the points all but in the bag, Areola put victory in doubt

So, LaLiga's second-placed side went to the Bernabéu and lost 4-2, allowing Real Madrid to consolidate top spot...

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VAR getting bogged down in hair's-breadth offside calls

Over the past few days, I've been moved to recall a debate I had a while ago with Vicente del Bosque and Emilio Butragueño...

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The Spanish Super Cup in Saudi Arabia

All of a sudden, I see the Spanish Government are objecting to the Spanish Super Cup, Rubiales’ flagship project, being played in Saudi Arabia.

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Real Madrid-Brugge: An average game, an average result

AS editor Alfredo Relaño looks back on Real Madrid's 2-2 draw at home to Club Brugges in the Champions League on Tuesday night.

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The Bernabéu hoping to see the best Eden Hazard

Now that Real Madrid have sorted their defensive issues, it's time for Hazard and Co. to step up in attack, writes Alfredo Relaño

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Sevilla and Real Sociedad add gloss to a dull weekend

The start of LaLiga hasn't exactly been thrilling, writes Alfredo Relaño. The new arrivals who promised to light up the game in Spain have yet to start delivering.

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João Félix and Hazard failed to show up for derby date

Alfredo Relaño reflects on a decaffinated Madrid derby in which much was expected of Joao Félix and Eden Hazard but both failed to show up at the Wanda.

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Football's 18th Law is common sense

Alfredo Relaño looks at the various changes that have been made to the 17 "old, wise" laws originally put in place by Stanley Rous.

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The Bernabéu falls for Rodrygo at first sight

With Zinedine Zidane’s Paris sinners redeemed in Seville, the Real Madrid manager looked to his second string for the visit of Osasuna

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Ansu Fati changes the whole mood

The game at the Camp Nou left us with a slightly bland result: a 2-1 win for the home side, and the kind of outcome that would be disregarded if it didn’t leave certain open-ended issues.

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