Five years ago Zinedine Zidane came to Florentino Pérez’s rescue, putting the house in order and winning that season’s Champions League, and the two that followed.

As we saw last week in Kiev in the game against Dynamo, the Barcelona side without Lionel Messi delivered a solid performance in Budapest.

Barça win another Champions League game for a clean sweep of three wins from three games and maximum points in the bag.

Julen Lopetegui's Europa League winners face the might of Champions League holders Bayern in Budapest with fans returning to European football.

We reach the halfway point of the season with Barça as winter champions on goal difference (28-26), level on 40 points with Real Madrid.

Imagine the scene. It's Monday night at the Metropolitano, and Robert Moreno faces the media post-match...