Mario Cortegana

Following a painful 4-0 home defeat by Barcelona and then the Ballon d'Or controversy, how will Madrid react against AC Milan tomorrow?

Real Madrid head coach Carlo Ancelotti says he believes the weekend’s round of La Liga matches should have been postponed due to the flooding in Valencia. Valencia’s Copa del Rey fixture at Parla Escuela, a team from just outside Madrid, was postponed last week before their La Liga home game against Real Madrid was also called off due to the disaster, which has killed more than 200 people. All matches in the Valencia region were postponed over the weekend but the remaining nine La Liga fixtures went ahead, with multiple coaches including Barcelona’s Hansi Flick and Atletico Madrid’s...

Real Madrid have hired former futsal player and coach Marcelo Serpa Coelho to Juni Calafat’s scouting staff. Serpa specialises in South American football, although his responsibilities will not be limited to that area. Madrid’s chief scout Calafat previously had Paulo Xavier as his main point of contact in Brazil, where he worked as the club’s Latin America scout between 2017 and 2023, before he joined Arsenal at the end of last year. Xavier was a highly regarded member of Calafat’s scouting team, and earlier in 2023, Madrid scout Gonzalo Novillo also left the club to join...

Carlo Ancelotti's side are in a rut, but some problems were foreseeable in the summer

Eder Militao left Real Madrid’s La Liga game with Osasuna on Saturday on a stretcher after suffering what appeared to be a serious knee injury. The Brazil international, 26, was forced off after 30 minutes at the Santiago Bernabeu after appearing to get his studs caught in the turf. He received treatment from medical staff on the pitch before leaving the field on a stretcher with his shirt covering his face. He was replaced by Raul Asencio, who came on to make his senior debut for the club. There has not yet been any confirmation of the nature of the injury. Manager Carlo Ancelotti will...

Real Madrid found the 'solutions' to their recent poor form, with a Vinicius Jr hat-trick sinking Osasuna. But more injury problems emerged.

Thibaut Courtois has told Belgium he still doesn’t want to be considered for selection while Domenico Tedesco is the head coach. Courtois has 102 caps for his country but announced in August that he was no longer available after being left out of Tedesco’s squad for the European Championship earlier in the summer. He had missed the majority of the 2023-24 campaign with a pair of knee injuries but proved his fitness ahead of the tournament by returning for Real Madrid’s Champions League final victory over Borussia Dortmund. Belgian FA CEO, Peter Willems, travelled to Madrid last...

Madrid are experiencing a troubled season on and off the pitch. Here, we explain the divisions happening behind the scenes

Mbappe was left out of the France squad for the second time in a row by Deschamps, a decision that has been a major talking point this week

Carlo Ancelotti is confident that Kylian Mbappe’s form will improve for Real Madrid. Mbappe, 25, has scored eight goals in 15 appearances after joining the Spanish giants from Paris Saint-Germain last summer but he has often been deployed as a central striker, having previously excelled from the left in France. This has raised questions about how best to fit him in the side, with Vinicius Junior having made Real Madrid’s left-wing position his own in recent seasons. “I see him happy, calm, happy,” said Mbappe. “Kylian has never asked me for a position on the pitch. They...