Apenas se confirmó la llegada de Carlo Ancelotti como entrenador del Real Madrid, sectores de la prensa y algunos aficionados mexicanos comenzaron a imaginar la posibilidad de ver a Hirving Lozano con la camiseta de los merengues.
El ejercicio de imaginación tiene que ver con que Ancelotti fue quien llevó a Lozano al Napoli y a que la relación entre ambos siempre ha sido buena.
MADRID — Carlo Ancelotti returned to Real Madrid for a second spell as coach on Tuesday, re-joining the club from Everton, after agreeing a three-year deal at the Bernabeu.
The Italian was previously in charge of Real between 2013 and 2015, and replaces Zinedine Zidane, who left the La Liga club last month.
Real Madrid already has a new kit for the new season. Los Blancos have presented the design of its first kit for the 2021-2022 season in which the most prominent feature is the use of orange and blue in the usual white uniform.
MADRID - Zinedine Zidane said on Monday he had stepped down as Real Madrid coach as the club's hierarchy did not have enough faith in him to rebuild an aging squad.
Zidane, who returned to Real for a second spell in charge in March 2019, won two LaLiga titles and three Champions League crowns during his two stints as coach.
BARCELONA — Barcelona will not apologize for its role in creating the failed European Super League and will appeal against any punishment from UEFA, president Joan Laporta said on Friday.
Barcelona, Real Madrid and Juventus are the last ones standing of the 12 clubs that signed up to the breakaway project in April, only for it to unravel when all six English sides plus Inter Milan, AC Milan and Atletico Madrid withdrew.
These are the nights that live long in the memory. This was a night Villarreal will never forget. The Yellow Submarine defeated Manchester United after an epic Europa League final shootout, claiming Europe’s secondary club competition 11-10 on penalties after a 1-1 draw in the first 120 minutes on Wednesday in Gdánsk, Poland.
Gerard Moreno and Edinson Cavani both scored in regulation to send the match to extra time, which finished scoreless to set the stage for an incredible penalty kick shootout.
Real Madrid finished the 2020-21 campaign without a trophy. Second in LaLiga and the Champions League semifinals are not good enough in the Spanish capital, especially when city rival Atlético Madrid won the league. As if Madridistas needed any further sign their club was struggling, the famed Estadio Santiago Bernabéu caught fire on Wednesday during ongoing renovations.
Luis Enrique hoy dio a conocer la convocatoria de España para la Eurocopa con un par de sorpresas mayúsculas: la exclusión de Sergio Ramos y la ausencia de jugadores del Real Madrid en la lista.
Nunca antes una selección española había acudido a un torneo mayor -Mundial o Euro- sin futbolistas merengues. Su decisión, obviamente, incendió a los sectores fundamentalistas del madridismo.
MADRID — Spain coach Luis Enrique left captain Sergio Ramos out of his squad for Euro 2020 on Monday, meaning that there will be no Real Madrid players representing Spain at a major tournament for the first time in the club's history.
The closest they have come previously to not being represented by Spain was at the 1950 World Cup, when just one Real squad member - Luis Molowny - was called up.
Spain's 24-man Euro 2020 squad by club
MADRID — A 14-year-old Atletico Madrid fan died after he hit his head on a wall while leaning out of a moving van in central Madrid on Saturday, emergency services said.
The boy suffered a cardiac arrest and despite efforts to revive him, he was declared dead an hour after the accident occurred at 9:20 p.m. local time, a source from the Madrid emergency services said.
The teenager was travelling with family and friends when the accident happened.