🥐 Xabi under fire, Maradona in focus: 5️⃣ stories for your Tuesday

Today is Champions Tuesday, but the football news isn't limited to just that. Just ask Xabi Alonso, as he faces his first significant storm in Madrid, or the protagonist of the day's most beautiful story.

These are the five news stories we've selected to start the day off right.

🏆 Barça at Stamford Bridge

Barcelona returns tonight to Stamford Bridge in the Champions League setting, and every time they do, beautiful memories come to mind. The ball bounced to Iniesta...

⚔️ The Crisis of Xabi Alonso

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The Real Madrid locker room is a powder keg. According to Arancha Rodríguez, one of the journalists closest to Florentino Pérez's sentiments, there are six players who don't buy into the coach's message, with Vinicius at the forefront.

The rest, with names and surnames, are Valverde, Camavinga, Rodrygo, Brahim, Endrick, and Mendy.

Courtois, Mbappé, Arda Güler, Carreras, or Huijsen are with the coach.

🔟💔 Maradona ETERNAL 5 years after his passing

Today, November 25, 2025, the football world, and especially Argentina, commemorate the fifth anniversary of Diego Armando Maradona's passing.

🇭🇹 We were robbed of a great headline...

Saint-Maximin has denied the rumors claiming his presence with Haiti in the World Cup. "Probably because I'm from Guadeloupe and French Guiana, but to be clear, there are no plans related to the Haitian national team," he explains.

Goodbye to what could have been a great story.

💚 The most beautiful story of the day

The one story they won't take from us is the one that happened in Saint-Étienne. Brahim, an 87-year-old fan, was able to visit the Geoffroy-Guichard stadium for the first time in his life. It's never too late if the passion is great.

Darn speck of dust that got in my eye...

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