Julian Alvarez
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La Liga
Atlético Madrid v Real Madrid: Derby Preview, Team News and Predicted Line-ups
There is a particular kind of tension to a Madrid derby played in September, before anyone knows what either team really is. Nobody has been found out yet. Nothing has been decided. And yet the Metropolitano on Sunday afternoon will feel like a match in May, partly because both sides…
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Soccer
It’s Lamine Yamal’s year: Barcelona’s 2026/27 Season Preview
Barcelona begin this season as the best team in Spain and, on the evidence of the past two years, nowhere near the best team in Europe. That gap is the whole story of Hansi Flick’s third campaign at the Camp Nou, and it is not a gap you close by…
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Champions League
Champions League Semi-Finals Review: Nine goals in a Parisian thriller, and controversy in Madrid
The Champions League semi-finals have delivered everything the competition promises at its best. In the space of 24 hours, European football served up a nine-goal spectacle in Paris and a tense, penalty-riddled stalemate in Madrid, leaving all four ties beautifully poised heading into the second legs. Budapest is now firmly…
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Soccer
Champions League Quarter-Finals Review: Bayern, Atlético and PSG take control
The first legs of the 2025/26 Champions League quarter-finals delivered almost everything you could want from the last eight: a youthful record-breaker in Lisbon, a historic night at the Bernabéu, a red card that turned a Spanish city derby completely on its head, and a Parisian dismantling that left serious…
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Soccer
Inside the Argentinian League Crisis
Argentina should be one of the most compelling domestic leagues in the world to sell. It’s the country of Messi and Maradona, where stadiums still feel like theatres and youth academies keep producing players Europe wants before they’ve even hit their peak. And yet, week to week, Liga Profesional often…
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Soccer
Supercopa Showdown: Jeddah Hosts a Clash of Spanish Titans
Tuesday, January 6, 2026 The Spanish football elite have touched down in Saudi Arabia once again. This week, the King Abdullah Sports City (KASC) in Jeddah plays host to the 2026 edition of the Supercopa de España. With four of Spain’s heavyweights battling for the season’s first piece of major…
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