Deportes

Even during the Champions League final match in Budapest, skirmishes began in Paris between riot police and groups of fans – or mere troublemakers – on the Champs-Élysées and near the Parc des Princes, the stadium where PSG usually plays. The clashes escalated as the hours passed and spread to other cities such as Clermont-Ferrand, Limoges, Dieppe, Valenciennes, Grenoble, and Bordeaux. The toll was 780 arrests across France. Of these, 457 arrests were made under police custody. This figure represents a 32% increase in arrests compared to last year, according to Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez in a press conference.

This time PSG, last year’s European champion in a memorable thrashing of Inter Milan, did not steamroll. They added the second title in the penalty shootout, after unsuccessfully scraping against Arsenal’s defensive cement, who took advantage of Havertz’s early goal to turn the…

Even during the Champions League final match in Budapest, skirmishes have already begun in Paris between riot police and groups of fans – or mere troublemakers – on the Champs-Élysées and near the Parc des Princes, the stadium where PSG usually plays. The clashes escalated as the hours passed and spread to other cities such as Clermont-Ferrand, Limoges, Dieppe, and Valenciennes.

Paris is a city of museums. And PSG can already start expanding theirs in the image and likeness of the Louvre or the Orsay. Since Luis Enrique arrived at the Parc des Princes, trophies have not stopped coming into their display cases, including the last two Champions League titles. The Parisian team had never won it before, and in three years with the Asturian coach, they have won the great continental tournament twice in a row. This time it had nothing to do with the walkover against Inter, but they had to suffer until the end. Then everything went their way. In Budapest, everything was against them. They started losing, forced extra time, went to penalties, and only when Gabriel Magalhães missed Arsenal’s fifth penalty could they celebrate their new dynasty.

Anthony Gordon appeared before the press at dinnertime. But he was not sparing with words; rather, he elaborated on his first impressions, and even dared to speak several times in Spanish. “Believe it or not, since I was three years old I already wanted to play for Barça. I have learned more Spanish in the last two years because at Newcastle we had a physio with whom I practiced,” he revealed.

The signing of Anthony Gordon was one of the most frantic ones remembered at Can Barça until yesterday when the pace suddenly slowed down. The agreement was closed on Wednesday, he landed in Barcelona on Thursday to undergo the medical examination, but this Friday, when he was supposed to sign the contract and be presented in the commercial area of Spotify Camp Nou, everything slowed down. Suddenly.

The signing of Anthony Gordon by Barça has been one of the most frantic in recent memory, but this Friday it suffered an unexpected delay in the contract signing. The agreement was closed on Wednesday, he landed in Barcelona on Thursday to undergo the medical examination, and the official announcement of the signing was scheduled for Friday at noon, following the formal signing of the agreement.

FC Barcelona is a walking paradox when it comes to the state of its economy. The signals it sends are those of a club with a tight budget when it comes to increasing resources for certain areas (women’s football, basketball, and other sections), but at the same time, it has not only just signed a forward like Anthony Gordon for 70 million euros plus 10 million in variables for its men’s football team, but it also does not rule out acquiring the services of Julián Álvarez, another offensive player for whom Atlético is asking 150 million. Everything has an explanation, although not without risks.

Enrique Riquelme (Cox, Alicante, 1989) took up the challenge from Florentino Pérez and entered the arena of Real Madrid to run in the elections on the upcoming June 7. His speech is forceful against what he considers a project to privatize the club by the current president.

The Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich, who fell in the second round of Roland Garros, confirmed after the match the abrupt break with the one who since last January had been his coach, the Argentine Mariano Puerta, finalist in 2005 of the clay Grand Slam, the first won by Rafa Nadal.