Pedro Riaño

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My name is Pedro Riaño Martínez and I was the founder of the Madrid-Barcelona.com website, where I have been the director since 2010. Before that, I was editor-in-chief of the newspaper Sport and I directed the magazines Esports Blaugrana, RB, La Saga del Barça and Don Balón. I don't understand soccer without Real Madrid and FC Barcelona as engines of interest for everyone else.

My passion for the last 15 years has been to report on Barça and Real Madrid.

Close-up of a short-haired, bearded man next to a player in a dark blue Real Madrid uniform looking to the side

Real Madrid

Florentino cooks up a top-level swap deal with Liverpool: 'You keep Rodrygo and I...'

Rodrygo's time is running out: the change Real Madrid is preparing

Two men in red jerseys celebrate in a crowded stadium; one of them raises his fist in victory while the other applauds.

Real Madrid

Report in Germany. Xabi Alonso's dark side: 'Communication problems'

A former Bayer Leverkusen footballer sells another story about Real Madrid's coach

A man with a beard and dark hair in front of the FC Barcelona crest.

F.C. Barcelona

Piqué goes fishing at Barça and takes a big fish to Andorra: the new Lamine Yamal

Piqué will pamper for a year at Andorra the new gem from Barça's youth academy

Two smiling people, one of them holding a golden trophy.

F.C. Barcelona

The big lie of women's soccer in Spain: not everything that glitters is gold

Barça's investment in talent for the women's national team is part of its wage bill and financial fair play

Two smiling men pose together in front of a light blue background.

F.C. Barcelona

Barça get €12M+3M for a Flick discard. He is transferred to Sporting de Braga.

Marcus Rashford's arrival has sped up the departure of a player who was not in Flick's plans

Two men posing, one wearing sunglasses and a black sweatjersey giving a thumbs-up, the other in a red and white soccer uniform smiling and celebrating.

F.C. Barcelona

Better and cheaper than Nico Williams. Rashford: if it works out, €30M. And if it doesn't...

Rashford joins Barça for much less than Nico: minimal risk and great potential

A Barcelona player appears next to a trophy while a Real Madrid player has a big red X over him, all on a purple background.

F.C. Barcelona

Lamine has outgrown the Golden Boy. Cubarsí already has a rival, and it's not Huijsen.

Lamine Yamal is in a league of his own. Despite being 18 years old, he no longer aims to be the best young player but to be the best in the world

Real Madrid player wearing the white uniform and a jersey with the number 10 in the team’s locker room

F.C. Barcelona

Real Madrid hasn't found a Spanish number 10 since it was worn by an anti-Madridist culé.

It has been 27 years since the number 10 at Real Madrid has had a Spanish national as its owner

Two Real Madrid players hug each other celebrating a goal during a soccer match.

Real Madrid

Neither Güler nor Bellingham: Real Madrid decides the new owner of Modrić's number 10

Modric showed his desire for Arda Güler to inherit his number, but the club thinks differently

Group of people wearing safety vests and helmets posing at a construction site inside a soccer stadium

F.C. Barcelona

Camp Nou won't be ready on September 14 and Laporta takes the bull by the horns: there's a Plan B

The option of playing at Montjuïc next season is starting to take shape

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