Gerard Piqué

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.

The team with the biggest budget this season in the Liga 123 was Barcelona B and their 47 million euro budget

So a decaffeinated El Clásico they claimed! In truth what we got was a bustling game played at a high pace and with tension in abundance which threw up four goals and plenty of talking points.

 "Happy, but not getting carried away", was our headline after Friday's draw in Germany, in which Spain played very well but took all too few shots...