Florentino Pérez

Yesterday Solari summed up the competition Madrid will be vying for later on today perfectly, when they face Kashima - the same team that pushed them all the way two years ago.

AS editor Alfredo Relaño takes a look at Real Madrid's current poor form and worries about what awaits them at the Club World Cup.

I have a suspicion that when Isco said “if they sack Lopetegui then they need to get rid of the rest of us” this was the first nail in thew coffin for him as a Madrid player.

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...

Alfredo Relaño dedicates his column to the late FC Barcelona president Josep Lluís Núñez, who was laid to rest in Barcelona yesterday.

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.

AS journalist Tomás Roncero is keen to see James Rodríguez return to Real Madrid from Bayern Munich, where has been on an extended loan deal.

Uefa president Alexsander Ceferin has put the brakes on any plans for a European Super League.

Santi Solari was moved from the Real Madrid Castilla to oversee the first team following the dismissal of Julen Lopetegui as there were no other candidates.

The game had ended at the Metropolitano and suddenly the older fans in the stadium started to say to each other: “The hobbler’s goal!” Diego Godín’s ...

The Champions League returns with Barcelona, Real Madrid, Atlético and Valencia all looking to make a push for one of the two qualifying places.