10 The heroes of the Dakar
A brilliant Dakar ended despite the mournful note of the fatal accident of a mechanic. The winners: Nasser Al-Attiyah in cars, with a fourth title, surpassing Carlos Sainz; Sam Sunderland on motorcycles, with a team of Catalan origin, GasGas; Francisco López in T3; Austin Jones in T4 thanks to the generosity of Gerard Farrés, who let himself be beaten by his leader when he had won; Alexandre Giroud on quads; and Dimitry Sotnikov in trucks. And the emotional note: Javi Vega proposed to Sara García, both Yamaha riders, on the same podium.
9 Madrid on a roll ends their title drought
Madrid beat Athletic Club in the final of the Spanish Super Cup with apparent ease, which is less so if you analyze the game well: as usually happens against this team, Athletic was jinxed at the door and even wasted a penalty. Ancelotti’s team maintains its streak and its good line of results and, in this way, achieves its first title since July 2020, when it won LaLiga. Since then, blank season and dominance in the current one.
5 Djokovic’s visa should be judged, not made a mockery
I am not going to assess Djokovic, neither for nor against, but I do go into the subject of the judges. What they had to judge was whether the visa was legal, not make a mockery of it or judge whether he had lied or whether he is a public danger. It is clear that he has been left as a liar, but the judges do not have to judge that, but if the visa was correct. In the end, the best player of all time has publicly looked bad and will not defend his title.
2 Losing a little more the essence of football
As much as they want to sell us the bike, taking the Spanish Super Cup to Arabia what it does is that we lose a little more the essence of the game. To begin with, the Super Cup was won by someone who didn’t win either the League or the Cup. Then, with such a tight and messy schedule as we have, they go and play it the farther the better. Wouldn’t Barça or Atlético, the Cup and League champions, have made the same box office in their stadiums? Don’t their fans have the right to see the Super Cup?
0 A madman overshadows the Seville derby
It is a real shame what happened in Betis-Sevilla. An unmentionable spoiled a beautiful game that also dominated Betis. Suspend and finish behind closed doors was successful. Now what would have to happen is that the madman no longer entered a football field, in addition to having to face his civil liability. These actions must be cut to the chase. If the madman pays for it, it will hardly be repeated.