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A local police stops a vehicle at a checkpoint in Madrid, Spain, Monday, Sept. 21, 2020. Police in the Spanish capital and its surrounding towns are stopping people coming in and out of working-class neighborhoods that have been partially locked down to stem Europe's fastest coronavirus spread. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Europe scrambles to contain rise in coronavirus cases

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

A local police stops a vehicle at a checkpoint in Madrid, Spain, Monday, Sept. 21, 2020. Police in the Spanish capital and its surrounding towns are stopping people coming in and out of working-class neighborhoods that have been partially locked down to stem Europe's fastest coronavirus spread. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Madrid adopts virus restrictions exposing poor-rich divide

By ARITZ PARRA and IAIN SULLIVAN and RENATA BRITO - Associated Press

A local police stops a vehicle at a checkpoint in Madrid, Spain, Monday, Sept. 21, 2020. Police in the Spanish capital and its surrounding towns are stopping people coming in and out of working-class neighborhoods that have been partially locked down to stem Europe's fastest coronavirus spread. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Europe adopts tougher virus restrictions as infections surge

By DANICA KIRKA and SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

Real Madrid's Dani Carvajal lies down on the ground during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Sociedad and Real Madrid at the Anoeta stadium in San Sebastián, Spain, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)

Real Madrid’s attack scrutinized day after Bale’s departure

By TALES AZZONI - Associated Press

FILE - In this Saturday, May 24, 2014 file photo Real Madrid's Gareth Bale celebrates after scoring his side's second goal in the Champions League final soccer match against Atletico Madrid at the Luz Stadium in Lisbon, Portugal. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File)

Top talent or aloof golf lover? Bale’s mixed Madrid legacy

By JOSEPH WILSON - Associated Press

A man wearing a face mask to prevent the spread of coronavirus decorated with the Spanish flag stands in a street in downtown Madrid, Spain, Friday, Sept. 18, 2020. With more than 11,000 new daily coronavirus cases, the attention in Spain is focusing on its capital, where officials are mulling localized lockdowns and other measures to bring down the curve of contagion. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Emergency tents, restrictions back as virus spikes in Madrid

By ALICIA LEÓN and ARITZ PARRA - Associated Press

Passengers wait to board a humanitarian flight to Canada at the La Aurora international airport in Guatemala City, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020. Authorities are preparing for the reopening of the airport on Friday as part of the gradual reopening of the country's borders by allowing national flights and some duly authorized international flights. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

The Latest: U of Colorado shifting students for virus cases

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Workers of a nursing home &quot;DomusVi Arturo Soria&quot; hold a minute of silence in support of the social and health sector and its workers in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020. After ending a strict lockdown in June having brought under control the virus transmission, Spain is now the European country where a second wave of the contagion is being more noticed. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Doctors in hard-hit Madrid: ‘It’s like March in slow motion’

By ARITZ PARRA - Associated Press

Real Madrid's head coach Zinedine Zidane, left, gestures as he stands alongside Manchester City's head coach Pep Guardiola during the Champions League round of 16, second leg soccer match between Manchester City and Real Madrid at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, England, Friday, Aug. 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Shaun Botterill, Pool)

Madrid without Bale and Hazard ahead of league opener

By TALES AZZONI - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, Sept. 4, 2020 file photo, a teacher demonstrates a robot that takes the temperature of children and displays it on a screen in a kindergarten in Madrid, Spain. Pupils under 3 years-old in the Spanish capital head to kindergartens on Friday, the first in-person school activity since the country imposed a strict lockdown in mid-March due to the Covid-19 pandemic. As cases continue to go up and fuel the debate over the return to schools in parents' group messaging chats, Spanish authorities last week issued revised guidelines for the reopening. They included making mandatory masks for students of age six or older, daily body temperature checks, hand-washing at least five times per day and frequent ventilation of classrooms. But many parents say that funding is insufficient to hire more teachers and that some schools just don't have additional space. (AP Photo/Paul White, File)

Fearing virus, parents in Spain rise against back to school

By SARA PUIG - Associated Press

Real Madrid's head coach Zinedine Zidane, right, talks with Real Madrid's Gareth Bale during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Mallorca at Alfredo di Stefano stadium in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, June 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Real Madrid makes some cash with squad moves for new season

By TALES AZZONI - Associated Press

A teacher demonstrates a robot that takes the temperature of children and displays it on a screen in a kindergarten in Madrid, Spain, Friday, Sept. 4, 2020. Pupils under 3 years-old in the Spanish capital head to kindergartens on Friday, the first in-person school activity since the country imposed a strict lockdown in mid-March due to the Covid-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Paul White)

Madrid struggles as center of pandemic’s 2nd wave in Europe

By ARITZ PARRA - Associated Press

Barcelona's Lionel Messi leaves the pitch after the the Champions League quarterfinal soccer match between Barcelona and Bayern Munich in Lisbon, Portugal, Friday, Aug. 14, 2020. Bayern won the match 8-2. (Rafael Marchante/Pool via AP)

Spanish league forced to deal with another star departing

By TALES AZZONI - Associated Press

FILE - In this Saturday, May 18, 2019 file photo, Olympique Lyon players celebrate with the trophy after they defeated FC Barcelona 4-1 in the women's soccer Champions League final match at the Groupama Arena in Budapest, Hungary. Europe’s top teams are preparing for the resumption of the Women’s Champions League at a knockout tournament in Spain. Defending champion Lyon is seeking its fifth straight title and is the side to beat. The tournament is scheduled to begin Aug. 21, 2020. (Tibor Illyes/MTI via AP, File)

Lyon the team to beat at Women’s Champions League finals

By KEN MAGUIRE - Associated Press

Real Madrid's Karim Benzema celebrates after scoring his side's first goal during the Champions League, round of 16, second leg soccer match between Manchester City and Real Madrid at the Etihad Stadium stadium in Manchester, England, Friday, Aug. 7, 2020. (Oli Scarff/Pool Photo via AP)

Man City seizes on mistakes to oust Madrid, reach CL QFs

Associated Press

In this file photo dated Sunday, June 2, 2019, Spain's former King Juan Carlos waves at the bullring in Aranjuez, Spain. The royal family’s website on Monday, Aug. 3, 2020, published a letter from Spain’s former monarch, King Juan Carlos I, saying he is leaving Spain to live in another country, amidst a financial scandal. (AP Photo/Andrea Comas, FILE)

Where’s Juan Carlos? Spain mulls former monarch’s future

By Barry Hatton and Alicia Leon - Associated Press

Madrid Open advised not to hold tournament amid virus uptick

Associated Press

Bathers enjoy the beach in Cadiz, south of Spain, on Friday, July 24, 2020. With the coronavirus rebounding in parts of Spain, it appears that several regions have not adequately prepared to trace new infections in what was supposed to be an early detection system to prevent a new cascade of cases. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Virus spike in Spain prompts UK, France to warn off tourists

By JOSEPH WILSON and DANICA KIRKA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, July 14, 2020 file photo, a health worker takes a sample for a PCR test for the COVID-19 at a local hospital in Hospitalet, outskirts of Barcelona, Spain. Health officials in northeast Catalonia have admitted that their preparations to handle the uptick in contagion that was expected as Spain tries to regain to a semblance of normality have proven insufficient. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)

Contact tracing falters in Barcelona amid virus spike

By JOSEPH WILSON - Associated Press

Barcelona's Lionel Messi, left, fights for the ball with Alaves' Victor Camarasa during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between Alaves and FC Barcelona, at Mendizorroza stadium, in Vitoria, northern Spain, Sunday, July 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)

Madrid and Barcelona savor break ahead of Champions League

By TALES AZZONI - Associated Press