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Why Raúl became the symbol of Spanish football’s evolution from La Furia to La Roja
“If you want to win, play me. If not, put someone else in.” Real Madrid…
The damned career of Christoph Metzelder
In the end, it was a career of unfulfilled potential, one cruelly defined by injuries.…
When Real Madrid offered Alfredo Di Stéfano to Manchester United
When Manchester United and Real Madrid locked horns in the last-16 of the 2013 Champions…
Miguel Pardeza: the famed Real Madrid outcast who took Real Zaragoza to unprecedented heights
The notoriously predatory Emilio Butrageuño was the dominant figure within Real Madrid’s legendary Quinta del…
Bale raising his game as Real Madrid move on from Ronaldo
Gareth Bale faces a huge week as he bids to prove that there is life…
Javier Portillo: the man Real Madrid thought was Raúl’s heir
It is late March 2002 in Athens. Not far from the centre of town, at…
Building and destroying a legacy: Luís Figo at Barcelona
“Whites weep. Congratulate the champions.” Enthusiastically delivered words of a similar emphasis were expelled from…
When Real Madrid Castilla reached the Copa del Rey final and played in Europe
Spain’s domestic cup competition, the Copa del Rey, has provided plenty of weird and wonderful moments…
The seven years that saw Emilio Butragueño and Hugo Sánchez score 43% of Real Madrid’s goals
This feature is part of Duology Real Madrid revolves around the European Cup. It is…
Raúl, Fernando Morientes and the reshaping of Real Madrid as a continental power
This feature is part of Duology As your footsteps take you down the corridors and…
How Alfredo Di Stéfano and Ferenc Puskás became football’s most prolific partnership
This feature is part of Duology The authoritative magazine on all matters football, World Soccer,…
Where does Karim Benzema rank amongst the best of his generation?
Illustration by Sachin Sing. View more on Instagram and Behance. A fleet of Lamborghinis and…
Christian Karembeu: the outsider who divided France
“Cultural genocide.” Those were the words of Jean-Marie Tjibaou, leader of the Kanak Independence Movement, after…
Sergio Ramos: the legendary defender who’ll be remembered for everything but
There will be statues of Sergio Ramos in Madrid one day. He more than deserves…
When two become one: the Iván Zamorano and Marcelo Salas diaries
After coming together for the first time in 1994, Iván Zamorano and Marcelo Salas…
Fernando Morientes and the haunting of Real Madrid
If an animal is left to starve, while those around it eat their fill, it…
Nine trophies in 342 games: the colossal legacy of Vicente del Bosque
FEW MANAGERS IN the history of football boast as impressive a CV as Vicente del…