
I was speaking with a friend of mine yesterday about Sergio Ramos playing with the Spanish national team and it reminded me of the joke about the two Basques who went out early to pick mushrooms.

The Nations League has gone so smoothly for Spain that they only need a point from this evening’s game to reach the finals, to be played in June next year between the four group winners.

Alfredo Relaño praises the early goal glut brought to the Spanish national team by new manager Luis Enrique after the friendly win over Wales.

The newly rolled out Nations League fills a number of international dates previously given over to friendlies, but not all of them...

Like everyone else, I could only sit back and admire Jordi Alba - the quality of his play, the form he's in, his enthusiasm - as I watched him at Wembley...

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