Florentino Pérez cumplió ayer con su promesa electoral y el Real Madrid hizo una oferta de 150 millones por... Julián Álvarez, jugador del Atlético de Madrid. Una propuesta que tanto por el contexto como por las formas pareció hecha de cara a la galería. Simplemente para cumplir con sus votantes pero no con el objetivo de hacerse con los servicios del argentino. Así se lo tomó también el Atlético de Madrid, que además de rechazar inmediatamente la oferta, poco después del anuncio del Madrid publicó un tuit en la red social X con caras llorando de risa, dando a entender que para nada daba credibilidad a la oferta del equipo blanco.
Pontiff appeals in Catalan for harmony on Barcelona leg of Spain tour after making football foes in city
To the delight of many, Pope Leo XIV kicked off the Barcelona leg of his week-long visit to Spain with a few words in Catalan, calling on the faithful who had gathered in the city’s cathedral on Tuesday “to build harmony and communion beyond all polarisation”.
The pontiff’s familiar and commendable plea for people to set aside their differences may, however, have come a little late. Three days earlier, while chatting to journalists on the flight to Spain, Leo had made an awkward confession.
The first time FIFA announced cooling breaks in World Cup matches, in 2014, the matter ended up in court. Players, worried about the heat and humidity in Brazil, did not trust soccer’s world governing body, which left the decision for each match to the discretion of its medical staff. The players went to a labor court and obtained an order that the pauses would be automatic at the 30th minute of each half if temperatures reached 32 degrees Celsius. Twelve years later, FIFA has mandated three-minute hydration breaks at the 22nd minute of every match at the 2026 World Cup, regardless of temperature or humidity. The move, announced as being for the “well-being of the players,” signals a fundamental change in how the game is played: from two 45-minute halves, as it has been since 1897, to four quarters of roughly 22 minutes.
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