The 2000 African Cup It was held for the first time between two countries, Nigeria and Ghana. With its peculiarities, it was already a well-established championship, three years older than the Eurocup itself (the first edition dates back to 1957, although with only three participants, and was won by Egypt). In Europe he had quite…
In the 73-74 season, the border was reopened to foreign players, closed since Spain’s failure in Chile 82. Barça signed Cruyff and Sotil, Madrid signed Netzer and Mas. Those from Madrid did not work out. Netzer was an interior player with a great long pass but he arrived with back pain and was hamstrung. Oscar…
The first thing he did Antonio Hens (Segovia1998) after answering the questionnaire AS It was going to get out of the gym. A boy from Segovia with a German family who now lives like a man from Madrid: his only morning routine is to go play paddle tennis. Hens is one of the voices of…
The Latin Cup was played by the League champions of Spain, France, Italy and Portugal, in a fast format and rotating between the countries. In 1955, the sixth edition, Real Madrid attended for the first time. It was held in Paris and would be the club’s international debut. The semifinal was played with Os Belenenses,…
“The attack of the Double Kâ€, Don Balأ³n on the cover. The Double K was going to be Kempes and Krankl and the Valencians were licking their lips. Kempes was entering his third season at the club, he had been national top scorer the previous two and the 78 World Cup elevated him to the…
Santiago Island (1994, Madrid) He is a light guy, with style. He speaks as if the words were moved by the breeze, and after one another followed. Calm. He studied Law and works in Movistarin editorial and writing tasks, with series and programs. A few months ago he published his second book, The floral games…
If the mountain is not going to MuhammadMuhammad will go to the mountainthey say, and something like that has happened to Jhayco (Saint John, 1993) because in 2013 he started making pop, he didn’t succeed, he switched to reggaeton and now in 2022 reggaeton is pop. The video of Stereo 4 which has the most…
Between the fifties and sixties, our football had four active brothers: Serafأn, Esteban, Josأ© Luis and Jesأ؛s Marأa Areta Vأ©lez. All four of them were from Pamplona, only Areta IV did not reach First Division; He played in the Second Division at Mestalla and Osasuna. Areta I played 8 years for Athletic until moving to…
Until the end of the sixties, playoff matches were played when the two teams had scored the same number of goals in a tie. A hassle, because the date and field had to be agreed upon. If the tiebreaker did not decide, an overtime or two was played, or even 10-minute overtimes until someone scored….
On December 30, 1962, Madrid visited Mallorca and lost 5-2. It was a major surprise. That broke the relations between both clubs, not exactly because of the victory. Or maybe it is. It was the penultimate day of the first round and Madrid was leading. Mallorca had appeared in the First Division in 60-61; So…
