Alfredo Relaño

After making such a bad start, Valencia have certainly got their centenary season back on course: they're into the final of the Copa del Rey and the last four of the Europa League...

The Manchester City manager was mistaken when he said he hadn't been hired to win in Europe, as his reaction to Sterling's disallowed goal proved.

We won't be getting a Leo Messi-Cristiano Ronaldo showdown in the Champions League final at the Wanda Metropolitano, then...

"If I'm honest, football doesn't feel the same if there's no Real Madrid game on a Sunday," a friend said to me this weekend...

Perhaps the most striking thing about the latest round of LaLiga fixtures is the Barcelona team we saw in Huesca...

AS Editor Alfredo Relaño looks at bad behaviour by the ultras in Spain, which seems to be on the rise once again.

Zidane is determined to sign Paul Pogba but the Manchester United midfielder isn't a player who president Florentino Pérez is very excited about, writes Alfredo Relaño.

Desde luego, el Villarreal no está de suerte este curso

A goal is like gold dust for the away team at this stage of the Champions League and for Barça last night it came as quick as the twelfth minute...

AS editor Alfredo Relaño analyses the Champions League matches between Liverpool and Porto and Tottenham and Manchester City as well as looking ahead to Wednesday night's games.

I write this from Madrid, which should go a long way to explaining the column's title. The Champions League quarter-finals get underway tonight...

Diego Costa's sending off was more significant perhaps because it was a game that many of us were clinging onto as the one that could keep LaLiga alive.

Atlético fought as far as they could in LaLiga but it was written in the stars that Barça would reclaim the title - in large part, due to Leo Messi.

Those who are in favor of leaving weekends for European competition and consigning national league fixtures to days during the working week have already managed to ...

AS Editor Alfredo Relaño analyses Valencia's 2-1 win over Real Madrid in LaLiga at Mestalla.

AS Editor Alfredo Relaño looks at an incredible night of LaLiga football in the Estadio de la Cerámica.

AS Editor Alfredo Relaño looks at what's still to play for in LaLiga, with European places up for grabs and relegation to be avoided.

AS Editor Alfredo Relaño analyses Huesca's fine debut in the Bernabéu where they came close to taking something from Madrid, and discusses Aspas' love of Celta Vigo.

Courtois is injured. He returned following games for Belgium and has not been able to train. It's bad luck. It seems that it never rains but it pours...

AS editor Alfredo Relaño argues that LaLiga president Javier Tebas and Spanish FA chief Luis Rubiales must find a way to come together for the better of Spanish football.

L’Équipe for many sports journalists has long been considered as 'the sporting bible' featured a cover story...

Piqué played with the Catalan team, and not with the Spanish team, which gave rise to numerous comments. He explained the situation...

I'm missing the Nations League, our dynamic group, with Croatia and England and good football. Those games had a vibe...

Tonight, we play in Malta in a match which, for a whole generation of Spaniards, brings back memories of THAT 12-1 win...