Sergio Ramos

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 looks back on Real Madrid's latest defeat, to Alavés, another blow for Julen Lopetegui's team who have not scored in four matches.

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

Tonight, Real Madrid play in Moscow, a city which, in my generation's collective consciousness, has traditionally held an aura of mystery..

The most fervent Atlético-supporting friend I have sent me a text straight after the derby. "With VAR or without it, life stays the same," he wrote.