Ernesto Valverde

AS columnist Alfredo Relaño says that Barcelona's main problem is dressing room clique formed by Messi, Suarez, Jordi Alba, Piqué and Busquets.

‘It all began with Atleti,’ we could say, paraphrasing Piqué. Barça lost to the rojiblancos in the Super Cup semi, and we could add that it was in incredible circumstances.

Mirandés have done it again! After knocking out Celta and Sevilla, their latest scalp was Villarreal last night, eliminating the top-flight side to march into the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey.

Quique Setién's Barça produced more than a thousand passes during Sunday's game but looking closely at this data, more than 70% of these combinations were backwards...

The Super Cup in Jeddah has left, on a separate stage, some sporting doubts the cause of which is maybe because it is called the same as it was, when it is not the same.