Champions League

Zidane’s side just managed to grab a win against Huesca, with a late Varane goal. Alfredo Relaño looks at the side’s problems.

Cholo Simeone’s Atlético Madrid are flying along in LaLiga, thanks to rejects from Barcelona and Real Madrid: Luis Suárez and Marcos Llorente.

Real Madrid were beaten in extra-time 2-1 by third-tier side Alcoyano in the Copa del Rey. Alfredo Relaño analyses the game and the fall-out.

Five years ago Zinedine Zidane came to Florentino Pérez’s rescue, putting the house in order and winning that season’s Champions League, and the two that followed.

The FA handed the Atlético defender a 10-week ban for a betting infringement, at a time when England have no games and Chelsea await in Europe.

The proposal promoted by the ECA and richest clubs on the continent will undermine domestic leagues but that isn't the only objection that this initiative throws up.