Gol de Fabian y yo sigo aprendiendo a vivir, reorganizando la vida sin la presencia física del ser querido. Viudo de Pedri. Los psicólogos deben saber que se puede echar de menos a alguien sin que sea en un momento dado absolutamente necesario. I miss you, Pedri.
🚨🎙️| Szczęsny: "What Pedri has done this season… I’ve never seen a season like that from any player. Watching him play, how he controls the game both defensively and offensively… it’s unbelievable. He’s the most impressive player I’ve ever seen in my life. I don’t know what his secret is, but he never loses the ball." #fcblive ⭐
Ahora que el PSG va perdiendo contra el Botafogo, es un buen día para recordar esto de diciembre de 2024 cuando aún no se sabía la organización de los equipos en el Mundial de Clubes:
🔵⚪ OFICIAL | Alberto renueva con el equipo.
Nuestro canterano y uno de los capitanes @alberacostar21 seguirá defendiendo nuestros colores una temporada más.
💪 Orgullo de cantera. 💙
🎩🏅 Toni Kroos: “Pedri is currently the best there is in that position in my eyes”.
“Pedri, in general, is a player who you'll miss when he is not playing, no matter against whom”.
“He not only scores goals, he doesn't only assist goals. He gives you solutions. I had a look at what Pedri is doing this season, and in the Champions League alone, he outplays 52 opponents per game, In La Liga, it's even more extreme, he overplays 59 opponents per game! He beats 11-12 defenders per game, which is the most difficult thing for a midfielder”.
“He is the best. And if you're missing a player like that, you will notice it!”.
Vamos, @RafaelNadal!
As you get ready to graduate from tennis, I’ve got a few things to share before I maybe get emotional.
Let’s start with the obvious: you beat me—a lot. More than I managed to beat you. You challenged me in ways no one else could. On clay, it felt like I was stepping into your backyard, and you made me work harder than I ever thought I could just to hold my ground. You made me reimagine my game—even going so far as to change the size of my racquet head, hoping for any edge.
I’m not a very superstitious person, but you took it to the next level. Your whole process. All those rituals. Assembling your water bottles like toy soldiers in formation, fixing your hair, adjusting your underwear... All of it with the highest intensity. Secretly, I kind of loved the whole thing. Because it was so unique—it was so you.
And you know what, Rafa, you made me enjoy the game even more.
OK, maybe not at first. After the 2004 Australian Open, I achieved the #1 ranking for the first time. I thought I was on top of the world. And I was—until two months later, when you walked on the court in Miami in your red sleeveless shirt, showing off those biceps, and you beat me convincingly. All that buzz I’d been hearing about you—about this amazing young player from Mallorca, a generational talent, probably going to win a major someday—it wasn’t just hype.
We were both at the start of our journey and it’s one we ended up taking together. Twenty years later, Rafa, I have to say: What an incredible run you’ve had. Including 14 French Opens—historic! You made Spain proud... you made the whole tennis world proud.
I keep thinking about the memories we’ve shared. Promoting the sport together. Playing that match on half-grass, half-clay. Breaking the all-time attendance record by playing in front of more than 50,000 fans in Cape Town, South Africa. Always cracking each other up. Wearing each other out on the court and then, sometimes, almost literally having to hold each other up during trophy ceremonies.
I’m still grateful you invited me to Mallorca to help launch the Rafa Nadal Academy in 2016. Actually, I kind of invited myself. I knew you were too polite to insist on me being there, but I didn’t want to miss it. You have always been a role model for kids around the world, and Mirka and I are so glad that our children have all trained at your academies. They had a blast and learned so much—like thousands of other young players. Although I always worried my kids would come home playing tennis as lefties.
And then there was London—the Laver Cup in 2022. My final match. It meant everything to me that you were there by my side—not as my rival but as my doubles partner. Sharing the court with you that night, and sharing those tears, will forever be one of the most special moments of my career.
Rafa, I know you’re focused on the last stretch of your epic career. We will talk when it’s done. For now, I just want to congratulate your family and team, who all played a massive role in your success. And I want you to know that your old friend is always cheering for you, and will be cheering just as loud for everything you do next.
Rafa that!
Best always, your fan,
Roger
Que putada que la parte decisiva de la champions es en mayo, cuando la mitad de la plantilla del Barça estará con los exámenes finales, el viaje de fin de curso y la primera comunión.
🚨🚨 @RafaelNadal anuncia su RETIRADA de forma definitiva
🎾👋 La Copa Davis será la última competición de uno de nuestros mejores deportistas de la historia
🎙️ Informa @PedroFullanaSER