Rodrygo Goes

AS editor Alfredo Relaño eflects on Lionel Messi, Karim Benzema and Eden Hazard after Real Madrid and Barcelona's respective emphatic victories in LaLiga midweek.

Zinedine Zidane faced a match point, and saved it. Defeat would have been a calamity that the club's hierarchy would most likely not have stood for.

As Madrid surrendered their lead at the top at Son Moix, Zidane’s standing took a knock.