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Real Madrid drew 1-1 with Real Sociedad in LaLiga at home leaving them still five points behind Atlético Madrid at the top of the LaLiga table.

Mendy scored late on to give Real Madrid a narrow 1-0 win in the Champions League over Atalanta. Alfredo Relaño analyses the action in Bergamo.

After seven games in a row without a clean sheet, the Atleti coach decided to park the bus and go for a nil-all draw. The gambit did not work.

Both Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi defined the global game over the past decade or so with both players almost exclusively winning the Ballon d'Or award year after year.

Alfredo Relaño’s analysis of a match in which Zidane’s side easily beat a tame Valencia side who offered little. Benzema and Kroos grabbed the goals.

Real Madrid visited Alavés on their centenary, Javier Berasaluce, a goalkeeper who played for both clubs in the 1950s took the honorary kick-off, writes Alfredo Relaño.

At the end of the game, the Athletic Club players jumped euphorically and embraced as Marcelino beamed with the scenes resembling that of a title win.

Club officials spent the day complaining that the game should not be played. No reward for a trip Madrid didn't want to make in the first place, writes Alfredo Relaño.