Elche hosts the second UEFA Nations League game later this evening – a match which Spain go into with spirits high and full of optimism

This evening Spain has a ‘double-opener’: the opening game for head coach Luis Enrique and the team’s debut match in the new Uefa Nations League.

A more direct style of football, lots of goals scored from set-pieces, basketball-style blocks from high balls into the box and less of an emphasis on ...

"Football's coming home" are the words on everyone's lips right now in England. The inventors of the game have come to this World Cup brimming with belief...