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![Los jugadores del Real Madrid, Luka Modric (Croacia), Isco (España) y Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal).](https://img.asmedia.epimg.net/resizer/v2/4CPODRRT3VO6BNHF6MYHK6LVZE.jpg?auth=43f36401af1b4e70fe4ce25466a81577817883f35bc7a19f75f7e7e54788d802&width=360&height=203&smart=true)
AS editor Alfredo Relaño analyses Spain's game against Morocco, which saw Spain top their group by a pure mirable and head into the last 16 of the World Cup 2018 to play Russia.
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It's going to be a siege, was how someone described it to me yesterday, and that's exactly what we used as today's headline in the newspaper.
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AS Editor Alfredo Relaño analyses the draw between Portugal and Spain in World Cup 2018 Group B, which saw Cristiano Ronaldo score a hat-trick.
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AS editor Alfredo Relaño looks at the decision Spain coach Julen Lopetegui needs to take regarding who plays up front for Spain at the World Cup in Russia.
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The traditional view used to be that, when it comes to the national team, there's no such thing as a friendly...
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Ramos, Busquets and Isco back for the dress rehearsal that awaits us in the city of Krasnodar, within a fantastic stadium which was described to me as 'a futuristic Roman circus'.
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Something I liked even less than seeing no goal-scoring solution was that Sergio Ramos and Isco were allowed to miss the entire trip,
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For Julen Lopetegui's Spain, preparations for this month's World Cup finals begin in Vila-real tonight against Switzerland, a tougher test than it might appear.
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REAL MADRID-LIVERPOOL
Klopp to face two players he has tried to sign in Isco and Asensio
With the final in Kiev getting ever closer, Gareth has gone into 'Eurovision mode' and stunned us all.
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