Alfredo Relaño, Spain's representative on the France Football Ballon d'Or voting panel, runs the rule over the all-time Dream Team selected this year.
At the end of the game, former FC Barcelona team-mates Luis Enrique and Frank de Boer shared an affectionate embrace
Atlético Madrid and Real Madrid are both in action tonight in the Champions League, against Lokomotiv and Inter Milan respectively.
Real Madrid 4-1 Huesca
Hazard back among the goals as Real Madrid see off Huesca
Real Madrid's victory over Valencia and the association between Hazard and Benzema show that Zinedine Zidane's side remain in the title race.
Alfredo Relaño analyses the role of the football player during his time at a club, motivated by the recent situation at FC Barcelona
'Informe Robinson', a Spanish sports documentary series hosted by TV pundit Michael Robinson, is always excellent. But I have found his recent look back on Real Madrid's 'Quinta del Buitre' particularly good...
AS journalist and No. 1 Real Madrid fan Tomás Roncero picks his line-up of Los Blancos' most influential performers against Barcelona.
Messi celebrated his sixth Ballon d'Or with a hat trick in front of an ecstatic home crowd. In LaLiga alone, Messi now has scored 35 hat tricks, notes Alfredo Relaño.
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.
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