Zidane

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.

Asked about the possibility of José Mourinho returning to Real Madrid yesterday, Sergio Ramos gave the suggestion short shrift. I'm not surprised...

Watching Vinicius in action at Son Moix on Saturday reminded me (as have other performances from the Brazilian) of the old figure of a ball-hogger who were so abundant in the 70s and start of the 1980s...