Athletic

AS editor Alfredo Relaño looks at the decision to host the Copa del Rey final at the Estadio Benito Villamarín and praises the move "to cut off a source of bad blood" between the clubs.

AS editor Alfredo Relaño analyses the latest round of fixtures in the Copa del Rey, with Atlético Madrid out to GIrona, and Real Madrid through despite defeat to Leganés.

'Athletic, Athletic, club de limpia tradición...' That was the first anthem I knew of the old and beloved Athletic Club, 'world football's unique case', as L'Équipe once wrote.

Although many see him as an aloof individual with a short fuse, in this instance Luis Rubiales has shown that he has a smooth touch, one that former Italian PM Mario Andreotti claimed was perennially lacking in Spanish politics.