Deportes

“I don’t know what to say. My team is fantastic. I am proud of all of them,” said Hansi Flick with teary eyes. Emotional. “It wasn’t easy,” repeated the coach who experienced his happiest day as a coach by winning his second League as Barcelona’s coach and, surely, one of the most difficult on a personal level after the passing of his father early this morning at the age of 81. His loss stirred the heart of Barcelona fans and his players, who lifted him to the sky of Camp Nou after winning the League on a historic day: against Real Madrid and at the Spotify Camp Nou.

The second consecutive League of the same group of players is always more important than the first. It refers to consistency, reaffirms the path taken, and ratifies the work done. Hansi Flick’s Barça (the project carries the German’s first and last name just as PSG’s does…

The myth chose the promise. Paula Blasi’s story will forever be linked to the legend of L’Angliru. It was on one of the most fearsome climbs that can be tackled where the Catalan was crowned winner of the 2026 Vuelta a España, where she rose among the greats of this sport at just 23 years old. In the queen stage, where the great pages are written, the cyclist from Esplugues was able to seize the final victory and snatch the red jersey from Anna van der Breggen, one of the best of the century. The present and the future overtook the past in an unforgettable ascent that exalted Blasi.

One day after Fede Valverde reacted, Aurélien Tchouaméni did so via a statement on social media. He did so once the half-million euro fine for each of the two Real Madrid players became known.

One day after the fight in the Real Madrid locker room between Tchouaméni and Valverde became public, which ended with the latter in the hospital with stitches and a recovery period of between 10 and 14 days, the club issued a statement this afternoon explaining the sanction.

Leipzig, the German city that Goethe called little Paris, will be the little Vallecas on the next May 27, when Rayo plays the first European final in its history. The neighborhood is going to Germany for the Conference League. It only needs to overcome Crystal Palace in the last match, who eliminated Shakhtar in the semifinals. There is no rival that frightens Iñigo Pérez’s team, as humble as it is rebellious, small but tough.

Fede Valverde reacted past ten o’clock on Thursday night after his fight with Tchouaméni.

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.