Jorge Barraza: Why do Brazilian clubs take over everything …? | Columnists | sports

August 21, 2021 – 7:00 p.m. A surprising Barcelona SC prevented what would have been a historic Brazilian poker in the semifinals of the Libertadores. He eliminated Fluminense and now the crosses are like this: Palmeiras-Atlético Mineiro and Flamengo-Barcelona SC. In turn, a minimal victory for Libertad over Santos prevented the clubs of Pelé’s homeland … Read more

Jorge Barraza: Olympic gold never shone as bright as with Uruguay | Columnists | sports

Jorge Barraza Taking out Gonzalo Plata where are there new

July 24, 2021 – 7:00 p.m. “Uruguay is so small that to take a corner you have to go to another country”Said Marcos Lubelski, a soccer businessman from Rosario living in Montevideo, who had a real affection for Artigas’ homeland. For some strange reason, that demographic miniature that, entirely, fits six times in São Paulo, … Read more

Ricardo Vasconcellos Rosado: The Fable of the Fox and the Grapes and the America’s Cup | Columnists | sports

Ricardo Vasconcellos Rosado The Fable of the Fox and the

July 10, 2021 – 7:41 pm The tremendous blow of our team in the Copa América, which ended on Sunday in Rio de Janeiro, has served to wield all kinds of excuses. After the disastrous era of Luis Chiriboga, Carlos Villacís and ‘the king of cumbia’ Hernán Darío Roll Gomez shouldn’t surprise us anymore. They … Read more

Ricardo Vasconcellos Rosado: Gustavo Alfaro and the mirror of Snow White’s stepmother | Columnists | sports

Ricardo Vasconcellos Rosado Gustavo Alfaro and the mirror of Snow

June 26, 2021 – 8:00 p.m. In 1812 the German brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published one of the most famous of their fairy tales: Snow White. The tale has several elements that have endured for more than two centuries: an evil stepmother who plans to kill Snow White out of jealousy; a magic mirror … Read more

Mario Canessa Oneto: What Gustavo Alfaro thinks and says is true, or is it a joke? | Columnists | sports

Mario Canessa Oneto Is Gustavo Alfaro capable of straightening the

June 25, 2021 – 6:30 p.m. The Catholic Church held the existence of limbo as a doctrinal statement, and Christianity trusted that it was the place where souls had to rest, occasionally, until they received an indulgence. Abstracting from that Catholic belief, in common practice we use the colloquial phrase “being in limbo” to indicate … Read more

Jorge Barraza: Taking out Gonzalo Plata, where are there new figures …? | Columnists | sports

Jorge Barraza Taking out Gonzalo Plata where are there new

June 22, 2021 – 20:09 Already passed twelve Copa América matches and thirty Eurocopa matches. Both begin to draw conclusions. The first is that European games show greater physical intensity. And there is more excitement for the return of the fans, an essential seasoning in football. In some cases with 30% of the authorized public, … Read more

Mario Canessa Oneto: Is Gustavo Alfaro capable of straightening the course of the National Team? | Columnists | sports

Mario Canessa Oneto Is Gustavo Alfaro capable of straightening the

June 18, 2021 – 6:30 p.m. A few days ago the important Spanish newspaper ACE After observing the performance of the different teams in the first two dates that compete in the Copa América, he drew his conclusions about the level of several of them and included Ecuador. Unsurprisingly, the host was labeled the strongest … Read more