VAR

We are already eight matchdays into LaLiga, a total of 79 games, and it seems like a good time to reflect on the impact of VAR's introduction.

AS Editor Alfredo Relaño analyses a hard-fought Madrid derby, and the effect Leo Messi had on the Barcelona - Athletic match, after starting on the bench.

I was tipped off about this from our 'in-house' referee Iturralde that in the majority of domestic top flight games where a standard number of cameras are utilised, the area of margin for incorrect off-side decisions is approximately 7%

I watched the Barça game with an ardent fan of the Catalan side Xabier Fortes and his initial annoyance of the evening came when Valverde's men took to the pitch in Butarque wearing their fluorescent yellow away kit

After the all-round smiles of Roma in the Champions League, spirits were dampened with a Madrid performance that faded and a game that looked more likely to end in a draw as the clock ticked down.

En las fotos de jugadas de área de antes de la guerra se podía ver a un señor de traje negro sentado en una sillita de ...

If Tangier seemed a far off place to Barça and Sevilla, imagine what Tallinn feels like to madridistas and atléticos

The Spanish Super Cup finally went ahead last night and embraced controversy right up to kick-off.

The Spanish football season officially kicks off tonight (or does it?) with a Super Cup not short on novelty...

As the start of the LaLiga season approaches, our referees are busy putting in hour upon hour of practice at using the video assistant referee (VAR) system.

The Video Assistant Referee system has impressed Alfredo Relaño although there is still more work to be done...

I'm happy, of course, whenever my team scores from a set play, but I’ve never left home or crossed the street just to see how my team scores from a dead-ball situation.

Yugoslavia failed to win any major footballing honour and neither subsequently have any of the nations that emerged after the break-up of the former federation.