I do feel for Lopetegui but on occasion sinners must suffer penance. The devil took him to a high plan overlooking the kingdoms of the world and said: "All this could be yours if you bow down and adore me”

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.

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

Spain’s Tiqui-taca high-possession passing brand of football was never intended to be like this - the drawn-out, overbaked version we saw of it in Moscow on ...

AS editor Alfredo Relaño gives his view on the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo and Leo Messi, Kylian Mbappe's performance against Argentina, and Spain's chances against Russia.

AS editor Alfredo Relaño takes stock of VAR after 48 games at the World Cup, and says it has been more successful than he had expected it to be.

We're not without reasons to see our glass as half full. Spain have topped a group also containing Portugal, the reigning European champions...

We saw 14 goals on yesterday’s action, when the second round of group games were concluded

It's going to be a siege, was how someone described it to me yesterday, and that's exactly what we used as today's headline in the newspaper.

"Rather today than in Russia," said David de Gea after gifting Switzerland a goal in a World Cup warm-up this month. Well, now it has happened in Russia.

La crisis ha tenido una solución-relámpago, con Hierro al cargo de la Selección