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For anyone interested in how VAR is working, I'd advise you to take time to reflect carefully on the words of Velasco Carballo, the man responsible for the system in LaLiga.

Alfredo Relaño considers the effects of the VAR system as LaLiga passes the halfway stage with voices raising concern over when it is being used.

Sunday's LaLiga action was brought to a close at the Villamarín, where Real Madrid needed a late Dani Ceballos free-kick to secure maximum points.

It would appear that the footballing goblins have conspired to help Isco with their mischief making. It wouldn't be odd to me, though, because he is such an attractive player...

Let's be clear, VAR is not 100% perfect. It's a system that can spot ‘geographical’ actions from a game from a side facing camera(s) and have a decision overturned or rectified given the circumstance

AS editor Alfredo Relaño analyses Real Madrid's 3-0 win over Leganés in the Copa del Rey.

Spanish referees have an expression that has been passed down to the current generation of match officials: "You're not a fully fledged ref. until you've been hit by the Real Madrid juggernaut".

Alfredo Relaño looks ahead to today's fixtures in which Real Madrid and Barcelona both play their games in the capital, just 23 kilometres apart.