Lionel Messi

The picture of Sergio Ramos posing with a signed Iniesta shirt after El Clásico has redeemed my view ever so slightly after the intensity of some of the play we witnessed on Sunday night.

Relatively speaking, this latest edition of El Clásico feels a bit like a non-event, stifled by the events of the past few days

Last night's clash at Riazor began with disappointing news: Andrés Iniesta was not in Barcelona's starting line-up.

I remember reading an interview once with Woody Allen in ‘L’Équipe Magazine’ where the claimed that sport offered the biggest global spectacle