Casemiro

AS editor Alfredo Relaño analyses Real Madrid's thumping 5-0 win over Viktoria Plzen and the changes wrought by new coach Solari.

Alfredo Relaño examines Toni Kroos' recent declarations, in which he reminded Julen Lopetegui that he is a very different kind of player to Casemiro.

The game began with a colossal error from Toni Kroos, who sloppily knocked a ball back towards his own area

The most fervent Atlético-supporting friend I have sent me a text straight after the derby. "With VAR or without it, life stays the same," he wrote.

After the all-round smiles of Roma in the Champions League, spirits were dampened with a Madrid performance that faded and a game that looked more likely to end in a draw as the clock ticked down.

The final whistle blew and the players hugged each other, satisfied with their night's work and safe in the knowledge they had done all that could be asked of them...

San Mamés will open its gates to welcome Madrid, amounting to an evening of excitement and emotion. For time immemorial nothing has stoked up San Mamés quite like Real Madrid coming to town.