It was telling that Alexander Sorloth was on the bench, and even more so that Antoine Griezmann joined him. Diego Simeone, renowned for taking a number of weeks, if not months, to acclimatise his new

Xabi Alonso’s Real Madrid start the 2025/26 season as the second favourites to win La Liga. A busy summer suggests they can close the gap to Barcelona.

Atletico Madrid suffers first opening defeat under Simeone, while Espanyol and Athletic Bilbao secure victories in La Liga.

Atlético Madrid's season opener did not go as planned, as they succumbed to a late comeback by Espanyol. The match began positively for Atlético when Julián Alvarez scored a stunning free-kick in the 37th minute,

Atletico Madrid manager Diego Simeone remained optimistic despite his team starting their La Liga campaign with a 2–1 defeat to Espanyol. This marks Atletico’s first opening-day loss under Simeone.

Real Madrid is back at the Bernebéu, looking to hit back from last week's 1-0 defeat to Espanyol, as they take on Atletico Madrid in a crucial Madrid derby. Jus

Atletico Madrid have been by far the busiest side in La Liga’s summer transfer window this summer, spending €175m on nine players, and offloading an entire XI in exchange for €68m. Los