Take Real Madrid’s 1-0 loss at La Cartuja to Betis. Real Madrid had 20 shots, yet failed to score. The score hardly reflected the chances Madrid had created. Expected goals …
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Fifty thousand pages. That is the size of the dossier Real Madrid sent to Nyon, according to Diario AS, and on 1 October UEFA confirmed it had received what it …
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Football’s lawmakers rarely leave the game alone for long, and the 2026-27 season has brought another batch of laws aimed at time-wasting. Every side in the title race now has …
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Barcelona’s transfer business rarely lacks drama, but this summer’s version was unusually pointed. Rather than converting Marcus Rashford’s loan into a permanent €35m deal, the club spent €80m on Anthony …
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Real Madrid’s return to the top of Spanish football this season has come with José Mourinho back in the dugout, Kylian Mbappé leading the attack, and a plot twist nobody …
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Spanish football has always been a sport of intuition. The rondo, the pressing triggers, the late-night tactical tweaks before a Clásico, these were the domain of coaches who knew their …
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Liverpool have won six European Cups, and Spanish clubs have shaped a fair part of that record. Real Madrid lost the 1981 final to them and have since won two …
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Some players are remembered for a single moment, a goal, a save, a trophy lifted against the odds. Xavi Hernández is remembered for something harder to capture: a way of …
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Spanish football has produced generations of extraordinary players. While some dominated club football, others shaped Spain’s golden international era, and a handful did enough to change how the world viewed …
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France had scored 17 goals in six games coming into this semifinal. Mbappé was the tournament’s standout forward, Dembélé had been unplayable in patches, and Olise had been doing things …
