Toni Kroos

Don’t mix and sport and politics, they say, but sport and politics do mix. Just ask Real Madrid, who spent the past few days fearing that when they bo(...)

As the rain fell on a wild night in Madrid’s northern suburbs, as the shapes and angles whirred past in front of him, Thomas Tuchel could be seen crou(...)

Real Madrid 1 Chelsea 1 Chelsea took a step towards the third Champions League final in their history but it could have been more than half way to Is(...)

Liverpool 0 Real Madrid 0 (Real win 3-1 on agg) The Anfield factor was not the vital ingredient that Liverpool ultimately missed most in their attemp(...)

Real Madrid 2 Barcelona 1 Real Madrid clung on for a 2-1 victory over Barcelona that sent them to the summit of La Liga as Lionel Messi’s Clasico goa(...)

Lionel Messi’s wife collected him from Barcelona’s El Prat airport in mid-November after playing a couple of international games in South America. Mes(...)

With 35 minutes gone at the Estadio Alfredo di Stéfano, Toni Kroos was yet to misplace a pass, or indeed, break into a jog. He looked fresh. He looked(...)

Real Madrid 3 Liverpool 1 There is no anger left from 2018, Jürgen Klopp insisted, but there must be from this match. Some things have changed since (...)

Real Madrid 3 Atalanta 1 (Real Madrid win 4-1 on agg) Real Madrid easily overcame Atalanta 3-1 at home in their Champions League last-16 second leg o(...)

Atalanta 0 Real Madrid 1 “Our idea is to attack for 90 minutes,” the Atalanta centre back Cristian Romero had said. Instead, down to 10 men early, he(...)