With the Spotify Camp Nou as a backdrop and backed by the 38 trophies she has lifted in her 14 years as a blaugrana, Alexia Putellas said goodbye. “Yesterday I felt a huge emptiness, my heart hurt, and today I am full of love,” said the eternal culé captain, who tried to hold back her emotion.
From the euphoria of the fourth Champions, to the sadness of a farewell that, although anticipated in recent weeks, still hurts. The departure of Alexia Putellas is now a reality. Three days after being crowned European champions, Barça and their captain have announced her farewell with an emotional video through social media.
The football career of Fernando Marqués (Madrid, 1984) was never separated from his off-field problems. Alcohol, accidents, and disorders created for him at a very young age the image of a troublesome and undisciplined guy. He debuted at 17 years old with his Rayo Vallecano, in 2002, and before turning 23 he had already played for five teams —Rayo, Racing de Santander, Atlético de Madrid, Atlético Madrid B, and Castellón, as well as the under-20 national team— and three different categories. A ten in talent, a zero in attitude, was said about him.
The legendary basketball player Michael Jordan joined on Monday the tribute that Manchester City fans paid to Pep Guardiola at his farewell. After the parade that the first team made in a convertible bus to celebrate their two titles this season -FA Cup and the Carabao Cup, as well as the Women’s Super League and the FA Youth Cup-, at the closing event held at the Co-op Live Arena, near the Etihad Stadium, a message from Jordan was projected
After unveiling the call-up with the 26 chosen to represent Spain in the World Cup, Luis de la Fuente sat on a stool and openly discussed all his decisions. “It is a very mature, well-worked, and thoroughly analyzed list, we have spent many months going over it,” he began, flanked by the press chief of the Spanish national team.
The two blank years without major titles for Real Madrid, already difficult to digest for its fan base, have culminated in a defeat that does not count for the record but does erode its prestige in an incalculable way. The fact that the first team…
Three weeks before Spain debuts in the World Cup, which will take place on June 15 at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta against Cape Verde, Luis de la Fuente has cleared up the big question that for months has fueled conversations and speculations. The coach revealed this Monday the call-up with the 26 players who will try to claim the second star and offered few surprises but one big novelty: for the first time in the history of the World Cups, no Real Madrid player will defend the colors of the Spanish national team.
At 12:30 pm this Monday Luis de la Fuente will announce the names of the 26 chosen to compete in the 2026 World Cup representing Spain, a competition in which the national team participates as European champion and among the contenders to be world champions. Spain will close its local preparation with a friendly against Iraq on the 4th before traveling to the USA, where it will seek qualification for the knockout rounds against Cape Verde (June 15), Saudi Arabia (June 21), and Uruguay (June 27).
Alfredo Relaño (1951) welcomes La Vanguardia in his home in Aravaca, a haven of peace amid the whirlwind of information in Madrid, an atmosphere that accompanies him in a pioneering professional life (Canal+), of ‘guerrillas’ (AS) and multimedia: he now collaborates with Cadena Cope, Marca, and El Mundo. “I am on the other side of the mirror,” he says. He has just published his new book ‘366 footballers’. And he is one of Florentino Pérez’s targets.
Confetti rain and a huge stage to welcome the European champions. And they, the protagonists, the Barça players parading with sunglasses on. Many were hydrating with water bottles in their hands. Others, like Claudia Pina and Ona Batlle, came out with beer. Mapi León, with the number 4 jersey – like the four Champions League titles won -, was one of the most applauded of the afternoon. It was her last celebration since, like Ona Batlle, she will head to the Premier League. And the captains Irene Paredes, Patri Guijarro, and Marta Torrejón each appeared with the trophies of the Super Cup, the Queen’s Cup, and the Women’s League.
