No sooner had last night’s Champions League tie concluded than Butragueño unequivocally showed his support for Lopetegui, who will be in the dugout to oversee Sunday’s El Clásico.

No sooner had last night’s Champions League tie concluded than Butragueño unequivocally showed his support for Lopetegui, who will be in the dugout to oversee Sunday’s El Clásico.

A head coach whose days are numbered, a president who is is looking (and failing) to find a replacement...

Alfredo Relaño discusses why Julen Lopetegui's reputation is now in tatters, and the rumours that Real Madrid are already searching for a replacement.

Too much confidence can be a mortal sin in the game of football. Spain took to the pitch in Seville with such an air of superiority so much so that England were 0-3 ahead at the interval.

Real Madrid have now gone three games without scoring, and the fans are up in arms. It's no surprise...

The game began with a colossal error from Toni Kroos, who sloppily knocked a ball back towards his own area

AS Editor Alfredo Relaño analyses a hard-fought Madrid derby, and the effect Leo Messi had on the Barcelona - Athletic match, after starting on the bench.

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