Morante de la Puebla, who was bullfighting the mixed night event at the Palma de Mallorca Coliseum, was gored after going in to kill the fifth bull in an ugly somersault. The bullfighter went to the infirmary, complaining a lot about a hand.
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Sebastián Castella had to finish his work. Morante had been very good with his first, but the jury denied him the ear.
The event was mixed with the rejoneador Diego Ventura and Castella, without any triumph before a large crowd. The bulls were from Guiomas Cortés de Moura for rejones and from Juan Pedro for the foot fight.
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The concern now is at its highest with Morante’s four afternoons in El Puerto de Santa María approaching, the first two this weekend. The doctors gave him five stitches in the hand for a puncture that, apparently, does not affect tendons.
The genius will star from this Saturday in an exceptional event at the bullring of El Puerto de Santa María: he will make the paseíllo in all four bullfights of the fair. An unprecedented appointment for its scale that has sparked unprecedented expectation and is about to translate into another milestone for the Cádiz bullring, with all tickets sold for his four performances.