Ken Early

Correct.

What time is that game on?

8 o'clock.

8 p.m.

Okay.

Is that Irish or Spanish time?

Okay.

So, well, okay, the situation is Barcelona are 11 points clear and Real Madrid can get a maximum of 12 points from their last four games.

Yes.

But they did not lose because of the heroism of Vini Junior, who turned up for the game, unlike certain other people, scored two goals and punished the loyal Catalans of Espanyol and took the points back to the capital to prolong the agony just a week longer.

But what was happening?

elsewhere in the country, while the Royal Madrid players, the loyal players of Real Madrid were battling for the crest till the last moment.

Well, a plane was landing at some kind of elite aerodrome and, you know, obviously the little stairs comes out and the door opens and who walks out?

Only the general himself, Mbappe.

And so the whole thing is 12 minutes before kickoff, 12 minutes before the Real Madrid team kicked off against Espanyol, Kylian Mbappe stepped out of the private jet, which was whisking him back from Italy, where he had spent the last several days living it up in Caleri and hanging out with his girlfriend, Esther Esposito, just because he's injured.

He thinks he can treat Real Madrid like that.

so I was wondering like we're injured unavailable to play football well he's got this was it semi-tendonosis or something some kind of a you know kind of a niggling problem and he's he's been out for a little while obviously the

I know the title is theoretically still, you know, it's not done yet.

But I suppose there's a sense of it's done.

And he's got the injury and he's trying to prioritize refreshing, getting himself back in shape for maybe a different competition, for a different team that plays in blue in forthcoming American attractions.