ANALYSIS
Long reads: tactics, finance, data and the academy.
Tactics
How Alonso's 3-2-5 build-up changed Madrid's midfield
The structural tweak behind the spring winning run, in six pictures.
2d · 9 minFinance
Inside the wage structure: what Madrid can actually spend
The salary pyramid, amortisation, and the room left this window.
3d · 7 minData
Mbappé's shot map: the numbers behind 38 goals
Expected goals, shot zones and what changed after January.
4d · 6 minAcademy
Castilla's pipeline: who makes the leap this season
Five names, their pathways, and what the coaches say.
5d · 8 minTactics
Defending the counter: Madrid's rest-defence problem
Why the champions still concede on transitions — and the fix.
6d · 10 minOpinion
The captaincy question was never about the armband
What the decision tells us about the dressing-room hierarchy.
1w · 5 min