PreviousLiveChronicle Now that he is the most inspired goalkeeper in Europe (84% saves), UD Las Palmas footballer Álvaro Valles thinks a lot about the day that another goalkeeper, Nico Monclova, broke his cruciate on a Third Division field. “That’s why they gave me the opportunity,” says Valles’ wife, María Saravia, who often remembers her husband, … Read more
Football has to do with culture, with tradition, with rituals, but we are in a moment in which it seems weakened, full of dents. First because we want to buy his heart with money when football has always been a selfless passion. The players pay the consequences. We have never seen so many injuries. Injuries … Read more
Jurgen Klopp, the most daring and most likeable coach that world football has produced in the 21st century, the only one who challenged the hegemony of Bayern in Germany and City in England, announced this Friday morning that he will leave Liverpool at the end of season. “How can I say it?” he whimpered, in … Read more
Iñaki Williams fights for the ball with Héctor Fort, in the match between Athletic and Barcelona in San Mamés.Luis Tejido (EFE) The complaint is always the same in Barcelona: money. In the Camp Nou offices they continue to point to “Bartomeu’s legacy”, in the sports management they complain about “Tebas’ financial fair-play”, while in the … Read more
Last Thursday, the Ministry of Education, Vocational Training and Sports approved the order that will regulate the electoral processes of the Spanish sports federations, the final text of which will be published in the Official State Gazette this Saturday. This was the expected step so that the managing commission of the Royal Spanish Football Federation … Read more
The image is the pure expression of any Copa del Rey match, one of those that are played in a tenth, in a mistake, in a rebound, in an individual action, in any genius. It was the 85th minute and the result was a 2-2 draw. Julen Agirrezabala does what goalkeepers have always been taught … Read more
The image is the pure expression of any Copa del Rey match, one of those that are played in a tenth, in a mistake, in a rebound, in an individual action, in any genius. It was the 85th minute and the result was a 2-2 draw. Julen Agirrezabala does what goalkeepers have always been taught … Read more
PreviousLiveChronicle There are times when coaches play Russian roulette with decisions that are an all or nothing bet. This Thursday Simeone played his way into the Cup semi-finals by sending Griezmann and Morata to the bench with more than half an hour left. The somersault turned out well because between the two who entered, Correa … Read more