Conmebol

With football shut down due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the debate goes on about how and when to finish the 2019-21 season.

Alfredo Relaño looks back at last night's Trofeo Gamper meeting with Arsenal and Messi's passionate pre-match speech to a 99,000-strong crowd at Camp Nou

Watching River Plate out there parading the trophy, I thought of Alfredo Di Stéfano, who I saw taste success so many times on the same pitch...

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.