Basque Country Overview

Turkey's clash with their guests Belgium, played this Thursday evening at the Gürsel Aksel Stadium, produced early excitement in the fifth round of the group stage of the UEFA Nations League.

Real Madrid are no longer the team we once knew. In just a few weeks, the equation inside the dressing room has flipped, the balance of power has shifted, and the once untouchable star now finds himself under threat of a spot on the substitutes' bench, while the player who was once a promising talent has become a genuine leader of the new project. This is José Mourinho's era in Madrid, an era that recognises no names, only performance.

French star Michael Olise is enjoying a standout season with his club Bayern Munich, but his long-term future may lie away from the Bavarian giants.

In the space of a single week, the Santiago Bernabeu stadium, the stronghold of Spanish giants Real Madrid, found itself at the heart of two parallel battles, neither of them any less heated than the other.