Alfredo Relaño takes a look at France Football's decision to award this year's Ballon d'Or to a team of the best ever with the normal prize suspended for Covid-19.
Alfredo Relaño looks at Real Madrid's 19/20 LaLiga triumph taking the title with one game to spare after winning every game since the restart from the Covid-19 lockdown.
A victory tonight for Madrid would allow the celebratory cries to ring out. They have won all their post-confinement games thus far and so the thought of them doing so again is reasonable.
Manchester City have escaped with a slap on the wrist and Financial Fair Play again looks weak in the face of state clubs.
Real Madrid resisted a Granada comeback in the second half after completely dominating the first 45. Little now stands between them and a LaLiga title.
Alfredo Relaño considers the Real Madrid win over Alavés and how the decisions influence the perceptions as much as the title race.
Alfredo Relaño discusses Barcelona defender Gerard Piqué's suggestion that LaLiga leaders Real Madrid are being favoured by Spain's referees.
La mano serena de Zidane mantiene al Madrid con un pleno de victorias en este tramo post-confinamiento de LaLiga
Alfredo Relaño reacts to Real Madrid's 1-0 win over Getafe on Thursday, which sees the LaLiga leaders move four points clear of Barcelona.
Messi marcó su gol número 700 (¡qué enormidad!) y lo hizo con distinción: transformando un penalti a lo Panenka
‘It all began with Atleti,’ we could say, paraphrasing Piqué. Barça lost to the rojiblancos in the Super Cup semi, and we could add that it was in incredible circumstances.
Alfredo Relaño analyses Real Madrid's slender 1-0 win over Espanyol in LaLiga that puts them two points clear of Barcelona who slipped up against Celta.
Alfredo Relaño reacts to Real Madrid's 2-0 LaLiga win over Real Mallorca on Wednesday, which saw renewed refereeing controversy.
Offside interference is one of the most difficult actions in football to call and especially controversial when it benefits Zinedine Zidane's side.
Real Madrid went top of LaLiga on Sunday night with a 1-2 win over Real Sociedad, but all the attention focused on three controversial decisions, confirmed by the VAR.
Real Madrid's victory over Valencia and the association between Hazard and Benzema show that Zinedine Zidane's side remain in the title race.
A Seville derby without fans is one of the strangest ways to kick off the interrupted campaign but Alfredo Relaño is in no rush to see stadiums full again.
People often ask me about Casillas' run for presidency of Spain's football federation and I tell them it is in hibernation due to coronavirus. It could stay that way...
Yesterday Zinedine Zidane said he was satisfied with how his players had all returned and he set himself the goal of 'winning something' stating that ”It is in our DNA".
During Sunday’s Carrusel Deportivo, a sports show on Spanish radio station Cadena SER, one of my co-pundits noted that Borussia Dortmund were the only team to win at home in the Bundesliga this weekend...
The return of the Bundesliag this weekend is good news for all concerned, writes Alfredo Relaño, and the Revierderby is a fine place to start.
The first round of Covid-19 testing has taken place among first and second division players with just five positive cases being detected along with three members of backroom staff.
There are all manner of idiots breaking lockdown rules and putting everyone at risk during the Covid-19 pandemic. Alfredo Relaño takes a look.
There are five recognised major leagues in European football with the French Ligue 1 the fifth in this ranking but the first to confirm that the competition will not proceed which has taken the other four by surprise.
On the same day the Spanish government outlined their plans to reduce lockdown restrictions, with plans to finish the current LaLiga season also very much under consideration...
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