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Alaves' Andoni Gorosabel, left, kicks the ball ahead of Real Madrid's Rodrygo during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between Alaves and Real Madrid at the Mendizorroza stadium in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain, Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Ricardo Larreina)

Mallorca probing another racial-abuse incident after fan makes monkey gestures at Real Madrid game

By Tales Azzoni - Associated Press

Manchester City's head coach Pep Guardiola attends a press conference at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Monday, April 8, 2024. Real Madrid will play against Manchester City in a Champions League soccer match on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Real Madrid well rested to take on Man City in Ancelotti’s 200th Champions League game

By Tales Azzoni - Associated Press

FILE - Isabel Diaz Ayuso speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Madrid, Spain, April 26, 2021. A Spanish judge has opened an investigation for alleged fraud and false documentation against the sentimental partner of Madrid's powerful rightwing regional president, Isabel Diaz Ayuso. Ayuso, who is seen as a possible future party leader and prime minister candidate, has come under fire in recent months on several fronts but news reports of treasury investigations into alleged tax fraud by her partner has led opposition parties to call for her immediate resignation. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)

Powerful Spanish regional leader under pressure as court investigates her partner’s tax affairs

By Ciarán Giles - Associated Press

Barcelona's then-16 year old Pau Cubarsi controls the ball during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Betis and Barcelona at the Benito Villamarin stadium in Seville, Spain, Sunday, Jan. 21, 2024. Spain has called up Barcelona’s 17-year-old Pau Cubarsí for the first time to play friendlies in preparation for this summer’s European championship in Germany. (AP Photo/Jose Breton, File)

Barcelona’s 17-year-old defender Pau Cubarsi gets first call-up for Spain

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Real Madrid's Vinicius Junior celebrates after scoring his side's opening goal during the Champions League round of 16 second leg soccer match between Real Madrid and RB Leipzig at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, on March 6, 2024. Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti says that he has “never seen a player who has been so poorly treated” as his forward Vinícius Júnior. Ancelotti said on Saturday, March 9, 2024 a day before Madrid plays Celta Vigo. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File)

Ancelotti says Vinicius is ‘poorly treated’ by fans and players in Spain

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Real Madrid's Jude Bellingham, third left, remonstrates after his goal was disallowed when referee Gil Manzano, center, who blew for time during the La Liga soccer match between Valencia and Real Madrid at the Mestalla Stadium in Valencia, Spain, Saturday, March 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Breton)

Bellingham gets 2-game suspension for complaining to referee who blew whistle before he scored

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Real Madrid's head coach Carlo Ancelotti takes his seat on the bench ahead of the La Liga soccer match between Valencia and Real Madrid at the Mestalla Stadium in Valencia, Spain, Saturday, March 2, 2024. Spanish state prosecutors have accused Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti of alleged tax fraud. Prosecutors said in a statement Wednesday, March 6, 2024, that they are accusing Ancelotti of two accounts of tax fraud that would be punishable with four years and nine months of prison. (AP Photo/Jose Breton, File)

Spanish prosecutors accuse Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti of alleged tax fraud

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Real Madrid's Jude Bellingham celebrates after scoring his side's third goal during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Girona at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Bellingham will play at Valencia after recovering from ankle sprain, Madrid coach says

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American Airlines airplanes are parked at their gates at JFK International airport in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

American Airlines flight to Spain pulls U-turn due to cracked windshield

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

PSG's Kylian Mbappe, right, scores his side's opening goal during the Champions League, round of 16, first leg soccer match between Paris Saint Germain and Real Madrid at the Parc des Princes stadium, in Paris, France, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022. Mbappe has told Paris Saint-Germain he will leave the club at the end of the season, it was reported on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)

Ancelotti not thinking about Mbappe just yet, says focus remains on winning this season

By Tales Azzoni - Associated Press

PSG striker Kylian Mbappe shows his jersey during a press conference Monday, May 23, 2022 at the Paris des Princes stadium in Paris. Mbappe has told Paris Saint-Germain he will leave the club at the end of the season, it was reported on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler, File)

Real Madrid free to make another run for Mbappe after disappointment from several years ago

By Tales Azzoni - Associated Press

Barcelona's Luis Suarez, right , Valencia's Jose Luis Gaya, left, during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between Valencia and FC Barcelona at the Mestalla stadium in Valencia, Spain, Sunday, Nov. 26, 2017. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)

Madrid’s Bellingham asks to be substituted after hurting left foot in Girona game

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Farmers with their tractors attend a protest in Pamplona, northern Spain, Friday, Feb. 9, 2024. For fourth non stop days, farmers in Spain have staged tractor protests across the country, blocking highways and causing traffic jams to demand of changes in EU policies and funds and measures to combat production cost hikes. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)

Farmers in Spain, Italy and Poland protest over European Union policies and competition

By Ciarán Giles and Monika Scislowska - Associated Press

General view of the Mestalla stadium played in an empty stadium because of the coronavirus outbreak, during the Champions League round of 16 second leg soccer match between Valencia and Atalanta in Valencia, Spain, Tuesday March 10, 2020. Atletico Madrid is revamping its training facilities. Sevilla and Valencia are rebuilding their stadiums. Sporting Gijon is expanding its youth academy. This week Spanish clubs are showcasing projects funded with their shares of the $2.1 billion that private equity group CVC Capital Partners is investing in the Spanish league.(AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)

How private equity is changing the global soccer landscape with big investments in clubs and leagues

By Tales Azzoni - Associated Press

FILE - Demonstrators protest against Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and a potential amnesty law outside the European Parliament, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023 in Strasbourg, eastern France. Spain's lower house of Parliament is Tuesday to debate and likely approve an enormously controversial amnesty law that aims to sweep away the legal troubles of hundreds of people, involved in Catalonia's unsuccessful 2017 independence bid. A key question is whether a Catalan separatist party manages to include clauses that cover terrorism that will guarantee protection for fugitive leader Carles Puigdemont. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias, File)

Spain’s lawmakers are to vote on a hugely divisive amnesty law for Catalan separatists

By Ciarán Giles - Associated Press

Real Madrid's Vinicius Junior reacts during a Spanish La liga soccer match between Las Palmas and Real Madrid at the Gran Canaria stadium on the Canary island of Las Palmas, Spain, Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerardo Ojeda)

Real Madrid overcomes Las Palmas to reclaim lead of Spanish league

By Joseph Wilson - Associated Press

Barcelona's head coach Xavi Hernandez greets fans before the Spanish Super Cup semi final soccer match between Osasuna and Barcelona at Al Awal Park Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. (AP Photo)

Barcelona visits Betis needing a win after being demolished in ‘clasico’ by Madrid

By Joseph Wilson - Associated Press

Real Madrid players celebrate scoring their first goal during the Semi Final of Spanish Super Cup match between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid at Al Awal Park Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024. (AP Photo)

Barcelona seeks morale boost against Real Madrid in Spanish Super Cup final held in Saudi Arabia

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Real Madrid's Antonio Rudiger scores his side's first goal during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Mallorca at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, on Wednesday, January 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Rudiger scores as Real Madrid edges Mallorca 1-0

By Tales Azzoni - Associated Press

Spanish soccer player Jenni Hermoso, center, arrives at the Audiencia Nacional court, in Madrid, Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024. The Spanish player who was kissed on the lips by the soccer president after the Women’s World Cup final has appeared in court to testify in the sexual assault case against the former official. Jenni Hermoso was at the Madrid court to give her version of the kiss by Luis Rubiales following Spain’s victory over England in the final in Sydney in August. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Jenni Hermoso testifies in sexual assault case after kiss at Women’s World Cup

By Tales Azzoni - Associated Press