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AS Editor Alfredo Relaño discusses the "insane initiative" to play Champions League games at the weekends.

In the centre of Valencia, there's a plaque that marks the spot where the city's biggest club, Valencia CF, was born 100 years ago today, in the now defunct Bar Torino.

Real Madrid fans were treated to a Zinedine Zidane inspired performance at the Santiago Bernabéu against Celta Vigo

It's widely known in football parlance as a 'Panenka' style penalty after the famous Czechoslovakia international stunned the world in the final of the 1976 European Championships.

Just as the dust began to settle from Cristiano's hat-trick which saw Atlético eliminated on Tuesday ("God's fury" according to the ‘La Gazzetta’),

It was a big disappointment for Atleti as their hopes of playing the Champions League final at home vanished into the thin Turin air.

Zinedine Zidane said 'yes' to a Real Madrid return, and in the process banished the spectre of José Mourinho, who a jittery Florentino Pérez had been toying with bringing back...

Sunday's 4-1 win over Real Valladolid leaves the spectre of José Mourinho looming a little less large at Real Madrid...

AS editor Alfredo Relaño looks ahead to Real Madrid's meeting with Vallodolid.

When Florentino went down to the dressing room after the Ajax defeat, the Madrid players were expecting a different kind of speech.

For Florentino, post-game events turned out to be worse than the actual game. Today, 8 March, is a good moment to announce the birth of Real Madrid Women's team.

After Tuesday evening's 4-1 Champions League humbling by Ajax, which brought Real Madrid's European reign to a close after a total of 1,011 days...

Real Madrid suffered their heaviest home defeat in Champions League history to Ajax last night. In little over 7 days, they are out of three competitions, writes Alfredo Relaño.

As Jorge Valdano told Tomás Roncero a few years ago, when Real Madrid were running the risk of ending their Centenary year trophyless, writes Alfredo Relaño.

One of the wonderful things about football is its great variety and the different styles which coaches employ to win games - all of which is valid, argues Alfredo Relaño.

AS Editor Alfredo Relaño analyses Barcelona's second win at the Bernabéu in four days, that puts an end to Real Madrid's title challenge.

And so it is, 95-51-95. After 241 Clásicos played since 1902, both teams have recorded exactly 95 wins each, with 51 games ending in draws.

It's generally accepted that sincerity is a virtue but not one to boast about as that would be construed as immodest and then we're faced with a very different debate

AS Editor Alfredo Relaño argues that the renovation of the Bernabéu is having an effect in terms of Real Madrid's ability to score goals.

In a different era, Barça’s fear of Gento was well documented and you could see them retreat when he received the ball.

As the game against Levante ended, Solari had to go through the embarrassment of praising Bale. He did not suggest that he was offended by his star's attitude.

If it is possible for a victory to leave a bad taste in the mouth, Real Madrid's at Levante was such a case in point, writes AS Editor Alfredo Relaño.

Mendilibar's observation about Leo Messi's ability to suddenly pop up and find spaces out of nowhere was in evidence again yesterday in Seville, writes Alfredo Relaño.

First Barça, Madrid and Atlético, now Chelsea.