Deportes

When you leave your homework until the second to last day and the teacher who checks it is Diego Pablo Simeone and his Atlético de Madrid in Antoine Griezmann’s farewell to his fans, you can end up getting your fingers caught. That is what happened this Sunday to Girona, who added their seventh match without winning in a streak that brings them closer to the brink of the Second Division. Girona is forced to win next week against Elche at Montilivi if they want to be in the First Division next season.

The season was clearly pointing towards Europe before the endless suffering with a record negative streak. But in the end, Espanyol can breathe a sigh of relief. The blanquiazul team secured their stay after winning in Pamplona. The goals from Carlos Romero and Kike García ensured that Manolo González’s team remains in the First Division without having to wait for a nerve-wracking final matchday. The future will be seen, with Monchi accompanying the team at El Sadar as the new sporting director. But the present indicates that the blanquiazul fans will be able to watch the Espanyol-Real Sociedad match on Saturday with peace of mind.

There are stages that end on a high note because they deserve it. There are journey endings that leave the heart full and the mind at peace. And there are goodbyes that perfectly summarize a cycle. Lewandowski had all of that, a forward of an era who gave four magnificent years to Barcelona. And Barça also achieved everything, putting the finishing touch on the league they won by becoming the first team to win all home matches in a 20-team league. The blaugrana went a perfect 19 with their victory over Betis.

Àlex Márquez will undergo surgery this Sunday after his brutal accident at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, after he was thrown through the air in the Catalunya GP race.

Barça once again demonstrated one more night that when they switch to steamroller mode, no one can stop them. Atlético de Madrid had no chance against Barça on the big occasions, they overwhelmed the rojiblanco team in the first half to take their twelfth Copa de la Reina. The third title of the season, after the Supercopa and the League, which they aim to turn into a poker next Saturday in Oslo. The blaugrana team will arrive fired up for the final against Lyonnes of Jonatan Giráldez.

For just 41 thousandths of a second, a breath, Àlex Márquez maintains dominance in his territory. The Cervera rider won the Sprint of the GP of Catalunya over Pedro Acosta in an intense duel that was decided on the last lap, after 12 laps of battle between the Catalan and the Murcian.

“Robert has to say something,” Hansi Flick hinted to his players in the last training session before the final match of the season at Camp Nou. And the professional Lewandowski spoke. Four seasons after his arrival, the Pole, who will turn 38 in August, will not renew with FC Barcelona. After informing his teammates, Lewandowski announced the end of his time at the club in an emotional video published on his social media. This Saturday he will play his last match wearing the Barcelona jersey at Spotify Camp Nou. And he will be a starter so the fans can say goodbye to him.

The last few weeks have been very eventful within Real Madrid. After the fight between Fede Valverde and Aurélien Tchouameni and the tense situation inside the Real Madrid locker room, this Thursday the Madrid fans had Kylian Mbappé as a target to direct their criticism towards.

The new Rafa Nadal Museum opened its doors this Thursday in Manacor after an event where Rafa Nadal himself was the host and introduced what is “one of the most special projects” of his life.

The clock was approaching 9 p.m. at the Santiago Bernabéu, with a still poor attendance, and the Real Madrid players came out to warm up on the pitch. At that moment, it seemed like the rival team was doing so. The few fans showed from the beginning that they wanted to express their dissatisfaction with whistles over a blank season and all the mess that has happened this course in the locker room: the Tchouaméni-Valverde fight, Mbappé’s shirking and messages, or the situation experienced with the dismissal of Xabi Alonso due to the attitude of the hard core, led by Vinícius and the Uruguayan player himself, captain and still in the infirmary.