Football matches

It’s going to be strange getting used to it but it was something which had to happen – LaLiga will no longer be based on its ...

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.

So a decaffeinated El Clásico they claimed! In truth what we got was a bustling game played at a high pace and with tension in abundance which threw up four goals and plenty of talking points.

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