🥐 Xabi, a wonder goal and a shock sacking 5️⃣ stories to kick off Monday

Here are five of the news stories making headlines on Tuesday morning and setting the day's agenda.  

🤝 Madrid tries to fix things

🗣️ Xabi Alonso: "El penalti era clarísimo, era muy claro."

🗣️ Vinícius Jr: "Es muy claro y no lo pita porque soy yo."

HONOR 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 pic.twitter.com/dKHqgqC2m9

— (fan) REAL MADRID FANS 🤍 (@AdriRM33) December 14, 2025

Even if it was just a makeshift bandage, Real Madrid managed to stop the bleeding by winning in Vitoria. Xabi Alonso keeps his job, and one of the images of the match is him embracing Vinicius. Signs of recovery?

🧤 The ter Stegen file

DILEMA TER STEGEN

PORTADA DE SPORT PARA EL LUNES pic.twitter.com/lbLo8kKLAa

— Mundo_Blaugrana (@Blaugranas_sv) December 15, 2025

Barcelona kicks off its Copa del Rey campaign tomorrow in Guadalajara, and Flick must choose a goalkeeper amid an uncertain transfer market scenario. Ter Stegen needs minutes to aim for the World Cup, but the German's priorities are Joan García and Szczesny, in that order.

And what does the club say? According to Sport, they would love to free up the German's salary to make room for a new signing. Will benching him be used as a pressure tactic?

🤔 Football, don’t try to understand it

⚽️‼️ÚLTIMA HORA | Guillermo Almada le dice SÍ al Real Oviedo

➡️ Informa JI Tornadijo que el ACTUAL entrenador del Real Valladolid se ha comprometido con el Real Oviedo para ocupar su banquillo

🗣️ Hay una claúsula de salida pero hay buena sintonía entre clubes para negociar pic.twitter.com/McPiJYG6yK

— Carrusel Deportivo (@carrusel) December 14, 2025

Real Oviedo, owned by the Pachuca Group, dismissed Luis Carrión yesterday, the club's second coach since the season began, and candidates are already being mentioned to inherit the role, with Guillermo Almada, the Real Valladolid coach, as the frontrunner.

If the deal goes through, we would see an unprecedented situation: a top division club hiring a second division coach whose own fans have just asked him to leave due to poor results.

The relationship between Pachuca and Ignite, the groups that own both clubs, is key in this bizarre operation.

🫂 A tifo of brotherhood

SCHALKE UND DER FCN! 💙🤍❤️🖤 pic.twitter.com/drpBXheXja

— FC Schalke 04 (@s04) December 14, 2025

It's one of the most beautiful images of the weekend. To celebrate their friendship with the Nuremberg ultras, Schalke put on a magnificent display featuring the crests of both clubs. Beautiful.

🎥 And a great goal from Doué to finish

Désiré Doué opened the scoring after returning from injury in the 3-2 away win against Metz in December 2025.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here.

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