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Alfredo Relaño takes a look at France Football's decision to award this year's Ballon d'Or to a team of the best ever with the normal prize suspended for Covid-19.

Hay una clara similitud como futbolistas entre Maradona y Messi

The Ballon d’Or was created by journalists, just as the European Cup - today’s Champions League - was, and came into existence in 1956 as an accompaniment to the competition.

A Barcelona supporting friend of mine claimed on Saturday: "These performances from Ansu Fati won't be long in curing Messi's injury"...

As with most summer tournaments, the Carranza Trophy was not in particularly good shape. Let’s just say these competitions have seen better days...

After coming into being on the Old Continent, football took a while to be accepted across the pond, where its lure was countered by the claims of baseball, basketball and their own football...

There is no longer any doubt: Messi finding success with Argentina is becoming an even taller order, writes Alfredo Relaño.

Watching Barça’s spectacular fall at Anfield on Tuesday, I remembered the other times they have crumpled in the Champions League: the 4-0 defeat to PSG, the 3-0 defeats in both Turin and Rome.