Alfredo Relaño looks back on Barcelona's pre-season game against Chelsea in Japan, which saw Antoine Griezmann star in the new checkered shirt.

I enjoyed el Niño Torres' interview in As recently after he announced his retirement and his desire to return to Atlético Madrid.

I was speaking with a friend of mine yesterday about Sergio Ramos playing with the Spanish national team and it reminded me of the joke about the two Basques who went out early to pick mushrooms.

Something I liked even less than seeing no goal-scoring solution was that Sergio Ramos and Isco were allowed to miss the entire trip,

All players leave, taking with them a piece of that gratifying life that football gives us, but some take a larger piece than others, and Iniesta's is one of the largest.