Sergio Ramos is now just four games from the all-time record for international appearances held by Egypt’s Ahmed Hassan but suddenly breaking that and doing it leading Spain to glory at the Euros looks like one of the biggest challenges of his career.
‘Sergio is just coming back from injury,’ said Luis Enrique after he had left him on the bench for the second game running on Wednesday and then only put him on for an hour. ‘He has come back from it very quickly.’
Too quickly, it now seems, judging from events since the match.