Deportes

The champion earned the right to defend their crown, to put their name in the history books, aiming to become the second team to repeat the title in the Champions – only Zidane’s Madrid has done it. PSG will face Arsenal on May 30 in Budapest in a final where they will carry the burden of being the favorite. And not just for being the champion, no, also because they eliminated Bayern after a colossal tie, culminated this Wednesday at the Allianz with a second-half display that managed the match for the ages. The Parisian team is a capitalized team, a consolidated project in the image and likeness of Luis Enrique, who threatens to reign in Europe in the purest Louis XIV style.

Arteta’s Arsenal, which seemed on the ropes seven days ago, crowns its fantastic week with an almost definitive step towards winning the Premier League due to Manchester City’s stumble and with a ticket to the Champions League final in Budapest (Saturday, May 30) after a suffocating tie against Atlético, who will end the season empty-handed. Simeone’s gamble to put everything into the Cup, a final they lost on penalties to Real Sociedad, and the European competition, in which they performed at a superlative level, did not pay off perfectly, but they were knocked out by details against the ‘gunners’, who had more composure and squad depth, victorious in the delicate moments in both matches.

Mapi León will not continue at FC Barcelona. As reported by the program Tot Costa on Catalunya Ràdio and confirmed by this newspaper, the Aragonese center-back will put an end to nine seasons as a blaugrana, also being one of the undisputed starters in the heart of the defense. According to sources familiar with the operation, the defender will move to the London City Lionesses, owned by Michele Kang.

Barcelonismo woke up this Monday with a bittersweet taste on its lips. Half intoxicated with happiness after celebrating the passage to the sixth consecutive Champions final, half clouded by the tears of Alexia Putellas who may have stepped on the Camp Nou for the last time this Sunday dressed in blaugrana. The culé captain’s contract ends in June and, although she has the possibility to activate the optional year of her contract, her future is farther than close to Barcelona.

Kylian Mbappé’s latest move has exhausted the patience of Real Madrid fans. A large part of the supporters (whose feelings they expressed on social media) did not like his trip to Cagliari (Italy). Despite being injured and doubtful for Sunday’s Clásico, the season has once again been disappointing and without titles, and the forward landed in Madrid, according to images from El Chiringuito, only 12 minutes before the start of the match against Espanyol (0-2). His vacation was interpreted as a lack of commitment.

The Department of Agriculture has asked the Tour de France organization to make a change in the route in the final section of the second stage of this cycling competition to avoid passing through Collserola, an area affected by swine fever. The Generalitat argues that “this is not the first time a route has been changed due to a health crisis.”

They have won five Ballon d’Or awards between them. They are the best in the world. Two icons of FC Barcelona. They are Alexia Putellas and Aitana Bonmatí. The first scored a brace in a match filled with tears and hints of farewell. The second returned after a long injury. A fibula fracture that kept her away from her habitat: the pitch, for 154 days. Both midfielders will be in the Oslo final defending the blaugrana jersey in their seventh European final, the sixth in a row. It may be their last together because everything that happened around Alexia had a farewell flavor. There was everything. Goals, bows, tears, and the umpteenth photo of the captain with the trophy and the cheering stands.

The Barcelona title celebration will have to wait. At least until next Sunday. Madrid’s victory in Cornellà against Espanyol prevented the league from having its conclusion already. After the white team’s win, Barcelona maintains an eleven-point lead with four matchdays remaining, that is, twelve points in play. Thus, Hansi Flick’s team only needs to secure a draw against Álvaro Arbeloa’s team in the classic at Spotify Camp Nou.

El Barça will play its sixth consecutive Champions final, where it will face Jonatan Giráldez’s Lyon, after resolving the tie against Bayern with a hard-fought match at Camp Nou. The culé team resolved it early, but made life difficult against a great Bayern with a thrilling finish that pushed the blaugrana to the limit, showing their most human side.

At 30 kilometers into the race, the Frenchman hit the wall