Last week Toni Kroos dubbed him ‘in the top three in the world’ and Fede Valverde reminded everyone why, with a sensational strike from distance to seal a 3-1 win for Real Madrid over Sevilla.
The Fede Express delivered on time again with eight minutes left to send an unstoppable shot past Sevilla keeper Bono and finally kill-off defiant Sevilla. He hobbled off at the end after a clash with Papu Gomez, but that was the only bad new on a night when Madrid overcame a mini Sevilla comeback to pick up another impressive win.
They were showing off the family treasure before kick-off with Thibaut Courtois handed his recently-won Yashin trophy by Iker Casillas, and Zinedine Zidane also out in the driving rain to hand Karim Benzema his Ballon d’Or.