In the second Madrid derby last season, played at the Vicente Calderon, Atletico Madrid suffered an early setback as Koke had to come off after suffering an injury. In only the tenth minute of the game, he was substituted in favour of a then 20-year-old named Saul Niguez. Just eight minutes later, the young midfielder executed a spectacular bicycle kick ...

Sports possess an amazing power and enable us to be and to do so much more. It has the ability to help individuals become more than a solitary unit and work in tandem for something bigger and better, it helps galvanise a country for a common cause and, better still, it has the ability to give a sense of identity ...