Kill or die, or how Argentina tells the world it wants what it wants
Seba, my brother-in-law, has been living in Berlin since the year of the catapum but is still very Argentine.
Seba, my brother-in-law, has been living in Berlin since the year of the catapum but is still very Argentine.
What could not happen on March 27 in Doha will become a reality next Sunday in New York. The Finalissima, which was supposed to pit the European champion against the champion of America and the world, will take place with the universal title at stake. In spring, the conflict between the United States and Israel with Iran, which destabilized the region and the world in general, prevented Spain and Argentina from facing each other in the second official match in their entire history. That match will now be much more important. Lionel Messi and Lamine Yamal will face each other for the first and presumably last time on a playing field. 39 years and longevity records for the Argentine. 19 and precocity marks for the Spanish. The best player in history against the leader of the new generation of footballers.
The Atlanta Stadium is the new Azteca for Argentina, a stage for legendary comebacks and illogical victories for posterity. Mysticism and heart embraced once again to give Messi and the albiceleste an extra life. There is no team that survives better on the edge. There is no national team that endures more when everything is against them. Messi does not want to leave and his teammates do not let him go. In the chaos, Argentina reigns. Let the orderly Spain beware in the final, the albiceleste can never be counted out. No one beats madness.
For almost three thousand years, the Odyssey has been understood as the great tale of return. A hero who, after playing a decisive role in the Greek victory over Troy —thanks to his cunning and the deception of the horse that allowed the city to be conquered— sets out on the journey back to Ithaca and crosses impossible seas to reclaim his kingdom and reunite with Penelope. But Christopher Nolan proposes a different reading of Homer’s poem: one in which Odysseus’s true journey does not end when he sets foot in his homeland, but when he understands the human cost of the war he won and the debt he owes to those who could not return.
The Bombers of the Generalitat are working this Wednesday afternoon to extinguish another fire burning intensely in Sant Quirze Safaja (Moianès) with 18 ground units and 3 aerial units. According to provisional data from the Agents Rurals, who are working on the causes of the incident, the fire affects an approximate area of about 70 hectares.
The new Sant Jordi Club already has a face and shape, that of an immense multipurpose box 65 meters wide and 27 high – twice the current size – with an aesthetic similar to the Palau Sant Jordi and an outdoor space redesigned to facilitate access and invite people to approach the Montjuïc mountain. These are the main coordinates of the winning project of the competition for the renovation of the old facility, which will be carried out by the architecture firms Jorge Vidal and the Parisian Bruther with a budget of 70 million euros funded by BSM, manager of the Anella Olímpica, and 2029 as the planned inauguration date.
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) will issue a ruling this Thursday on the Amnesty law in response to the preliminary questions raised about criminal forgetfulness by both the Court of Auditors and the National Court, regarding the possibility of amnestying the crimes of embezzlement and terrorism. The CJEU must determine whether the rule approved by Congress in 2024 is compatible with the EU legal framework.
The 2026 World Cup is entering its final stretch. In a new edition of Hay Mundial, we analyze Spain’s 2-0 victory over France, a win that places La Roja in the grand final sixteen years later. We review the key points of the match, the team’s performance, and the standout names that explain Spain’s advancement.
The judge of the National Court José Luis Calama has rejected the attempt by former Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero to stop a new line of investigation opened for another alleged influence peddling in favor of a Peruvian company, Grupo Gloria.
The wife of the Prime Minister Begoña Gómez has had to hand over to the investigating judge, Juan Carlos Peinado, the plane tickets to prove that she indeed flew to the United Kingdom to attend her daughter’s graduation and that she did not go anywhere else. Specifically, she has provided the tickets for the flight to London and the return from Bristol.