Real Madrid made a winning return to LaLiga action as they beat Eibar 3-1 in the Spanish capital on Sunday. Toni Kroos, Sergio Ramos and Marcelo eased Madrid into a comfortable half-time lead, with the visitors' second-half improvement yielding nothing but a Pedro Bigas consolation.

Xabi Alonso’s side had just been saved from the embarrassment of extra time by a fantastic Andriy Lunin stop. A strong Madrid line-up ultimately had to rely on a penalty, an own goal and a lucky Kylian Mbappe strike to reach the next round, and the game’s closing stages were tense.

Deportivo Alavés faces Real Madrid at the Estadio Mendizorrotza in Vitoria-Gasteiz on Sunday, Dec. 14. Kickoff is set for 9 p.m. CET local time, 3 p.m. ET or 12 p.m. PT in the US and Canada, 8 p.m. GMT in the UK and a 7 a.m. AEDT kickoff in Australia on Monday morning.

Back in the 2023/24 season, Joselu returned to Real Madrid 11 years after leaving, joining on loan from RCD Espanyol. Having had failed spells at the likes of S

There is still a great deal of pressure on Real Madrid's manager, after an unconvincing 2-1 win at Alaves on Sunday

Kylian Mbappé has scored in his return from injury. His goal helped Real Madrid beat host Alaves 2-1 in the Spanish league to relieve some of the pressure on coach Xabi Alonso.

Real Madrid ended a three-game winless La Liga run in Bilbao on Wednesday, but Celta are enjoying life on the road.

Barcelona president Joan Laporta has hit back at Real Madrid and Florentino Perez with some harsh words in a pre-Christmas speech. Perez went on the attack earlier this week, calling the Negreira Case the ‘biggest scandal in football,

The long-running Negreira case has once again ignited tensions at the very top of Spanish football, with a public and unusually sharp exchange between La Liga president Javier Tebas and Real Madrid