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.
The blaugrana fans celebrate with their footballers the fourth European title won this Saturday in Oslo after defeating Lyonnes 4-0 in an incredible final. There will be no parade this time, nor a reception at the City Hall, it is a grand celebration along Avenida Maria Cristina in Barcelona.
In the same place where Joan Laporta delivered the final blow to Barça’s 2021 elections, with his famous banner in front of the Bernabéu alongside the slogan “Looking forward to seeing you again,” Florentino Pérez launched an electoral campaign 22 years later. A message to highlight his legacy, with the names of the seven cities where the white team lifted the Champions League under his leadership, and a message for the future: “Much history to make.” The omnipresent “best president in history” won the elections in 2000 and 2004, left a year later, and returned in 2009 after a period during which Ramón Calderón led the club.
It seems like yesterday when Pep Guardiola began to build the perfect football clock, a work of unparalleled precision that has transformed the game like never before. Yes, he had a rich background as a player and boundless curiosity, driven by his passionate character and the…
The Barça women’s team has many layers. And they are all made of overcoming, effort, and successes. Barça is Aitana excited after the most difficult year of her career, but arriving in time to push the team in the final stretch. It is Cata Coll, without work under the posts for the rest of the year but appearing in Oslo with saves for the history books and leading the celebration in the locker room alongside Pina. It is Ewa Pajor finally breaking her personal curse and proving that, in her case, the sixth time was the charm. The Polish player bowed to the trophy and kissed it emotionally.