Europa and Sant Andreu will not share a stadium next season in Primera Federación. Can Dragó was not the ideal solution. Barcelona City Council has found a solution and will install natural grass in the municipal stadiums of Narcís Sala and Nou Sardenya, with the aim of adapting to the regulations that prevent playing in the third category of Spanish football on artificial turf fields.

Before the first World Cup semifinal, it was easy to jump on the bandwagon of those who saw France as the favorite. No one underestimated Spain, far from it, but Deschamps’ team was the one leaving the best impressions in the tournament, without a doubt. Four top-level forwards placed them as the best attacking team. “We are facing the best team…”, De la Fuente began telling his players in the locker room, before they went out to warm up at the AT&T Stadium in Dallas. It was only a prelude to the message he wanted to convey, the concept that is leading him to success. “… But we are the best team,” he concluded to energize the players before attempting what would become an overwhelming storming of the Bastille. July 14 will also be a national holiday in Spain because it opened the way to fight for the red team’s second star.

Jorge Messi, Leo Messi’s father, has passed away in Rosario after a long illness, according to the official X account of Newell’s Old Boys, the Argentine star’s original team. He was 68 years old. Husband of Celia Cuccitini and father of Lionel, Rodrigo, Matías, and María Sol, Jorge has been throughout his son’s football career his agent, advisor, and main support. The death of his father caught the footballer in Miami, where he had returned a couple of weeks ago to resume the season with his team, which has a match this Saturday.