Lucas Vázquez

La cantera sigue siendo buena receta

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.

All eyes were focused on events at La Bombonera and Balaídos, but the fall-out at Camp Nou became the talking point on Sunday evening as Real Betis claimed maximum points with a 3-4 win

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

I watched the Barça game with an ardent fan of the Catalan side Xabier Fortes and his initial annoyance of the evening came when Valverde's men took to the pitch in Butarque wearing their fluorescent yellow away kit

After the all-round smiles of Roma in the Champions League, spirits were dampened with a Madrid performance that faded and a game that looked more likely to end in a draw as the clock ticked down.

As yet another day goes by without any moves made by Real Madrid in the transfer market, Valencia’s concern will be growing over whether Florentino decides to swoop late for Rodrigo.

The most striking part of the Juve game, or at least the most surprising, was seeing Marco Asensio in the role of a false No

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.

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.

Something I liked even less than seeing no goal-scoring solution was that Sergio Ramos and Isco were allowed to miss the entire trip,

Plenty of good play, but short on that crucial finishing touch. That's how you could summarise Spain's display in their 1-1 draw against Switzerland...