Geopolitics and a bit of Botox: the important things the World Cup talks about
They say Jorge Valdano said it. Others, that it was Arrigo Sacchi. Or Eduardo Galeano. Who knows. The fact is that once someone uttered the mythical phrase: “Football is…
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No one can handle Cucurella, Spain’s ‘Dryer’: “You have eaten it up”
A Marc Cucurella, aka ‘Cucu’, ‘Pelos’ and in recent days ‘Secadora’, a nickname created by Mikel Merino, everyone loves him. He is a smile…
Last training session of Spain before the final canceled due to a severe storm
El 24 de Melanie Lane, exact address of the Red Bull NY training center, the field that FIFA assigned to Spain to train in the days leading up to the final in New…
United States denies entry to Joan Capdevila because he played a match in Iran 10 years ago
Joan Capdevila, Euro Cup and World Cup champion with the Spanish national team, cannot enter the United States to attend the World Cup final because ten…
Spain Z changes generation, not identity: La Masía DNA, the Lamine factor, and the switch from Champions to a Ballon d’Or
16 years ago Spain lifted the World Cup in South Africa, after a bad start, with a team that went down in history for its tiki taka and that, at first glance, might seem…
The inexplicable behind the “miracle” photo of Messi with baby Lamine at Camp Nou: a raffle, 4.50 euros, number 19…
It is inexplicable, really. As if Michael Jordan had bathed baby LeBron James or Rafa Nadal had bathed Carlos Alcaraz. The photograph of a twenty-year-old Leo Messi holding the…
From Connecticut to New York, Captain Rodri’s obsession: “He’s had that on his mind all year”
On July 11, 2010, Rodrigo Hernández Cascante, Rodri (Madrid, 30 years old) was in the middle of a forest in Connecticut, not too far from where tomorrow he seeks to complete the…
Andrés Iniesta: ''I want another Spaniard to score and be able to feel that indescribable sensation of silence that I experienced''
The hero of Spanish football, the one who heard the silence at the supreme moment, recalls, 16 years later, the feat of the Johannesburg final and calls for a companion in…
The funny anecdote of the day when Luis de la Fuente met Messi: "In 15 minutes he scored four against us"
El Javits Center is a giant convention center. It is in Hudson Yards, on the west side of Manhattan, right next to the river. FIFA has turned it into a kind of center of…
FIFA downgrades Spanish refereeing: since the 2002 World Cup they have only refereed one match
Spanish refereeing has not been a protagonist in this 2026 World Cup because it has not had the trust of the FIFA Refereeing Division led by the former Italian referee…