The League has suspended Sevilla-Girona after the request of the Andalusian team, which alludes to the effects of Storm Marta and fears that it will pose an added risk for its fans if they travel to the match. The meeting was scheduled for 6:30 p.m. this Saturday. Seville, at the same time, asked the Junta … Read more
Early this Saturday morning and a few hours after Rayo-Oviedo was played at the Vallecas Stadium, the League decided to suspend the match that began at 2:00 p.m. to “preserve the physical integrity of the footballers” due to the poor conditions of the playing field. The Asturian team immediately published a statement in which it … Read more
On February 1, 1976, last Sunday marked his 50th birthday, the captain of FC Barcelona appeared at the Camp Nou for the League match against Athletic Club with an armband on his left arm made up of the four bars of the flag of Catalonia. The symbolic load of Barça, a Catalan club and then … Read more
Celta fulfilled its objective tonight in the small Maracaná in Belgrade against Red Star. The 1-1 came to Claudio Giráldez’s team to finish sixteenth in the league phase of the Europa League and play the second leg of the playoff prior to the round of 16 against PAOK or Lille in Balaídos. The Galicians found … Read more
Five English teams in the top eight… and the sixth (Newcastle) on the verge of entering the round of 16 directly. The Champions League reaches the knockout phase with dominance of the Premier League and some illustrious fallen players such as Naples, Eindhoven or Olympique de Marseille, who were eliminated by the Benfica goalkeeper’s final … Read more
Liverpool went to Marseille to wait. Against the tradition that Jürgen Klopp instilled in them, the team settled in their field to let the Olympique de Marseille would control the ball. So it was that OM started the plays and withstood the counterattacks until in a foul, after the break, Szoboszlai put a free kick … Read more
Real Madrid’s victory this Tuesday against Monaco (6-1) in the Champions League served to greatly reduce the tension between the Bernabéu crowd and the players who had received whistles last Saturday. The atmosphere calmed down a lot with Vinicius, the most notable, and also with Jude Bellingham, the second biggest target of the crowd’s anger. … Read more
“I grew up watching soccer when it almost didn’t exist in the United States.” That of Pellegrino Matarazzo (Wayne, New Jersey, 48 years old), the new coach of Real Sociedad, is an unusual story, marked by emigration, identity and a passion for football that was born very early. He became truly fond of the beautiful … Read more
The choice of a country to host the football World Cup is not a politically neutral decision. Although sports institutions insist on presenting these events as spaces unrelated to politics, to maintain the supposed autonomy of sport, the truth is that their organization involves a form of symbolic legitimation of the host State. He is … Read more
In Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, everything was excitement and celebration for Barcelona after winning the Spanish Super Cup against Real Madrid. At the center of it, a proper name, a return loaded with symbolism, and also reward: that of Ronald Araujo. The Uruguayan centre-back, second captain, after 47 days without playing after the break he asked … Read more