Alvaro Bautista

World champion 16 years later

Alvaro Bautista showed an example of his tenacity and passion for the sport by finishing second in Race 2 in Indonesia, scoring the points he needed and winning the World Superbike title with one goal remaining. rice field. At the age of 37, it is his second crown since his 125cc World Championship in 2006. The man from Talavera is Ducati’s champion since his 2011, when fellow Spaniard Carlos Checa reigned. In 2019 he touched it, did not despair and his faith was rewarded.

Robert Lewandowski

second golden boot

Robert Lewandowski won his second successive Golden Shoe on Wednesday thanks to his 35 goals for Bayern in the 2021-22 Bundesliga. In 2020-21 he also won the German club, where he scored 41 goals, and in the current season already at Barça he has a number in contention for the trophy again: in La Liga 2022-23 he has 14. He scored 13 goals in the match. And in the 2019-20 Golden, his boots narrowly escaped him: 34 goals, two of his 36 goals at Ciro He Immobile (Lazio). Interestingly, he didn’t appear in the top three of the Europa League’s top scorers’ trophies until he was 31. At 34, everyone doubts Barça did the right thing by signing a striker who could make a difference and help them win titles.

Ibay Llanos

A firm stance on the World Cup

While many have criticized the fact that the World Cup is being played in a country like Qatar, Qatar’s adherence to its human rights commitments has always been questioned, some have taken a firm stand on the issue. Fashion communicator “streamer” Ibai Llanos must be recognized for showing sincerity and courage in this regard by refusing to attend. You can do it directly, but I’m not going to do it because it won’t come out of my ball. Do you know if there is whitewashing?”

Sadio Mane

Panic over the most unforeseen injury

It is inevitable. Soccer players compete at risk of injury whether the World Cup is held in winter or summer. However, it is true that the short break between the club competition and the Qatari team’s great meeting on this occasion, if not serious, makes it impossible for the players to arrive on time with recent accidents. Sadio Mane has so far avoided retiring and will be with Senegal but has been limping. It would have been drama for African football. But Germany’s Florian Wirtz, Timo Werner and Marco Reus haven’t had the same luck as the likes of France’s Paul Pogba and N’Golo Kante, Argentina’s Giovanni Lo Celso and Portugal’s Diogo Jota. Spain will miss Mikel his Oyazabal.

Gil Manzano

Controversial and unexplained behavior

Gerard Piqué has just retired, so this is not a dispute over a match that could lead to sanctions. So it doesn’t matter to delve into Gil Manzano’s ominous stats at Barça, the team that has been the most deficit of his career (10). Suarez and Lewandowski. What should be investigated is whether, as Pique defends, he uttered an insult to the arbitration document that he did not. “That was what a team member said in the locker room,” adds an insult. ’ It is very serious. i need to explain it.