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[00:01:02] Coming up on CNN Sports, Lionel Messi
[00:01:05] shared on social media a heartfelt letter about the
[00:01:09] loss of his father, the Argentine questioned for
[00:01:12] how much longer he will continue to play
[00:01:14] director, only has experience football, also
[00:01:17] the 2026 UEFA Super Cup
[00:01:20] was played, Paris Saint-Germain faced
[00:01:23] Aston Villa for the first title of the 2026-27
[00:01:26] season in UEFA tournaments.
[00:01:31] Also the Los Angeles Lakers made the news
[00:01:35] of the day in the NBA world, the Californian organization was
[00:01:38] acquired for a record sum, all this and much more on
[00:01:42] CNN Sports, I am Elizabeth Pérez,
[00:01:46] let's start.
[00:01:55] Lionel Messi paid tribute to his father, Jorge Messi, through
[00:01:59] a letter of farewell that he shared on his social networks this
[00:02:02] Wednesday, a very emotional letter, to someone who
[00:02:05] was also his representative and passed away on Saturday at
[00:02:09] 68 years old, and which makes us reflect on
[00:02:12] the close relationship he had with his father and how
[00:02:16] his loss affects him. This is our first topic of the
[00:02:20] day.
[00:02:28] The Inter Miami striker experienced the loss of his father
[00:02:31] last weekend and in the letter he shared on his
[00:02:35] Instagram account, he publicly revealed for the first time
[00:02:38] the deep pain of the Argentine captain and
[00:02:42] the dimension his father had in his personal life and his football
[00:02:45] career. I still can't believe you're
[00:02:49] gone, was how
[00:02:51] happen. In the Messi began writing that letter, acknowledging
[00:02:54] that he still finds it difficult to accept that he will not
[00:02:58] see him or talk to him again. The footballer recalled
[00:03:02] that Jorge was in a delicate state of health, although
[00:03:05] he did not reveal the cause of his death and regretted that his passing occurred
[00:03:09] too soon. One of the most moving moments of this
[00:03:12] letter was about the 2026 World Cup. According to
[00:03:16] Messi, his father had specially asked him to
[00:03:19] play in the last World Cup. When Jorge's
[00:03:23] health worsened, the striker kept hoping that he could
[00:03:26] recover and travel to see him play in the United States. He
[00:03:30] team took the lead says that he set out to reach the final to give his father
[00:03:34] time to accompany him, but ultimately that was not
[00:03:36] possible. The striker also said that after the matches
[00:03:40] he expected to receive his father's message, a routine that allowed
[00:03:44] him to gauge how much the situation had
[00:03:46] worsened. The lack of these messages became,
[00:03:50] in his own words, one of the most
[00:03:53] painful signs of what was happening. After its
[00:03:57] publication on social networks, several sports figures
[00:04:01] sent their messages of support to the Argentine star. The Portuguese
[00:04:04] Cristiano Ronaldo said verbatim, a huge
[00:04:07] hug to you and yours in these difficult moments, Leo,
[00:04:10] much strength, the words of someone who was his
[00:04:14] greatest rival on the field. Other figures who sent messages to the
[00:04:18] Argentine were Rafael Nadal, Tom Brady, Sergio "Checo"
[00:04:21] Pérez, Gabriela Sabatini, among others
[00:04:25] and this letter takes on an even more
[00:04:29] transcendental dimension when Messi talks about his future,
[00:04:32] the footballer admits that he does
[00:04:35] tournament? I think what is happening not know how to continue without his father and leaves open the
[00:04:38] possibility that his professional career is reaching
[00:04:41] its final stage, it must be remembered that Jorge Messi was
[00:04:45] much more than the footballer's father, he was also his
[00:04:48] representative and one of the central figures in the development of his
[00:04:52] career since his early years
[00:04:54] and
[00:04:58] to discuss this topic I welcome my colleague and
[00:05:02] friend Hugo Manu Correa who is in the city of Buenos
[00:05:05] Aires, Hugo, what an emotional
[00:05:08] letter and I would like to know what you think
[00:05:12] this letter from Lionel Messi reveals about this
[00:05:16] relationship he had with his father, with Jorge Messi, beyond that bond
[00:05:19] of representative and son. My dear Eli, it's always
[00:05:23] a pleasure to greet you. Well,
[00:05:26] shelters this very
[00:05:29] emotional, heartfelt
[00:05:31] letter where it starts, Eli,
[00:05:35] with "dad" and ends with "dad", that is, it doesn't
[00:05:39] end with "I love you", it ends with "I love you dad," which implies
[00:05:42] also paying homage, baring himself, the naked
[00:05:45] king, giving
[00:05:48] credit to everything that is known, it was already known about Jorge Messi that he has been a
[00:05:51] truly exemplary, wonderful father, full of ethical,
[00:05:55] moral, behavioral values that he has lavished, of excessive
[00:05:59] , necessary, important care and that
[00:06:02] he was with him from the beginning until this final stage of Lionel
[00:06:06] Messi's career, so that letter is also a
[00:06:09] recognition, I say the naked king, because look
[00:06:13] at the letter that Lionel writes, he never wrote such a
[00:06:16] long letter where he, and he makes
[00:06:19] us participants, and that is also the greatness of Lionel, to confess to his
[00:06:23] father what he couldn't tell him, as if saying
[00:06:26] spiritually confessing to his father all the things that he had left to
[00:06:30] experience, naturally being so young, with only 68
[00:06:34] years old, so that he is paying a great tribute
[00:06:38] to a gentleman in every sense of the word who was, as Lionel himself says, Eli,
[00:06:42] his father, his friend and his
[00:06:45] representative, remembering that when they went to
[00:06:48] Barcelona, times were not easy, he was the one who, as they say in Argentina,
[00:06:51] accepted the challenge of going to Barcelona, Eli, and they did not
[00:06:55] have a good time there, because his brothers, Lionel's three
[00:06:59] brothers and his mother returned to Rosario, and he stayed there with his
[00:07:03] father, and what do we do, no, I decided to stay, well, and his father chooses to be with
[00:07:06] him, that's why this letter is so heartfelt, so emotional, so
[00:07:10] devastating at the same time, where... he pays tribute to his
[00:07:13] great friend. Certainly, we have the
[00:07:16] opportunity, reading this letter, to see that intimate side
[00:07:20] that existed between father and son, but we must say, Hugo, that
[00:07:24] Messi, Jorge Messi, was also a central figure in Lionel's career
[00:07:27] since he was little, as you rightly say, that trip to
[00:07:31] Barcelona in which he separated for the first time from his
[00:07:34] family. How decisive do you think
[00:07:37] his influence was for Lionel Messi to become
[00:07:40] possibly the best footballer of all time? Absolutely
[00:07:44] decisive, he has been his mentor, he has been the person
[00:07:48] that without Jorge Messi this prodigy would not have existed,
[00:07:51] perhaps the best footballer of all time, who is among the three
[00:07:55] best of all time, he naturally is. Let's remember that Lionel Messi
[00:07:58] was not just about taking a footballer to succeed, but a boy
[00:08:02] first of all so that his growth hormone
[00:08:06] deficiency, a deficit he had that was medically
[00:08:09] very expensive and that the foundation linked
[00:08:13] to Newell's of Rosario, could only afford for
[00:08:16] 2 years. Then he tried out at River Plate, River could not take charge,
[00:08:20] they wanted the transfer, but that implied that they had to overcome that
[00:08:23] medical difficulty, and the father is the one who says:
[00:08:26] look, let's go to Barcelona, and there
[00:08:29] they are. Now, when they see him play, naturally he moves the
[00:08:33] foundations of Futbol Club Barcelona, they accept the challenge of going
[00:08:37] there, Barcelona shelters him, but two
[00:08:40] years pass and the families, Eli,
[00:08:43] return and staying there implied that
[00:08:46] this father, being there with him,
[00:08:49] helping him in the truly anguishing moments they experienced
[00:08:53] there, was decisive in sheltering him first as a
[00:08:56] father, then providing him with spiritual support and
[00:08:59] then, as time went by, he saw the business
[00:09:03] framework, he transformed into that and saw
[00:09:07] things he didn't like about how that scenario was managed, he learned as
[00:09:10] he went along and then ended up being the... of this multi-million dollar
[00:09:14] company and who also had a management and a
[00:09:17] way, a conduct that he never modified in what has to do
[00:09:21] with ethics, with morals, with the way of behaving, this truly
[00:09:24] grandiose company implying the Messi universe and which he managed in a
[00:09:28] truly commendable, impeccable way, just like the Messi family,
[00:09:31] Eli. However, he also writes Messi, my legs
[00:09:35] were giving out and that he never felt
[00:09:39] well during the final. Do you think, Hugo, that this
[00:09:42] confession changes the way we interpret his performance in that
[00:09:47] to Lionel now, I allow myself to evoke, Eli, while I
[00:09:50] listen to you, I believe that since
[00:09:53] he is a sporting hero,
[00:09:56] having always been for the outside world, conquests and conquests
[00:10:00] of all kinds, he is on his way back, I allow myself
[00:10:03] to evoke this film, The Odyssey, like
[00:10:06] the hero Odysseus who, when he returns from the Odyssey,
[00:10:09] it is the return of love after all the conquests. I believe that
[00:10:13] Leo is at that stage of his life, that is, he has already played six
[00:10:16] World Cups, he has already conquered all that outside, that Iliad of his life, he has conquered
[00:10:20] absolutely everything, no, and now after those
[00:10:23] conquests there is the other path, it doesn't mean that he won't have struggles, but it is
[00:10:27] another path, it is a more internal path, and he is saying it because
[00:10:30] he says: "I don't know how I'm going to continue," but he is implicitly saying that he is going
[00:10:33] to continue, but he also says that it won't be for long, and at the same
[00:10:37] time, Eli, he emphasizes something that is important, which has to do
[00:10:40] with, "what a shame that we started together
[00:10:43] and with so little left, you didn't make it," and that "little" will have
[00:10:47] to be seen how it materializes, what materialization that time has, but we know
[00:10:51] that it is very imminent, he is
[00:10:53] 39 years old, 39, by the end of the year he would be
[00:10:56] attentive because with such a fantastic career
[00:11:00] and with the values his father instilled in him, he is already dedicated to
[00:11:04] being very close to his family, that's why he is in Miami, so for me, according to what
[00:11:08] the majesty of football itself says, that end is really very
[00:11:11] close.
[00:11:13] Do you think that in some way this loss of his father
[00:11:17] will accelerate Lionel Messi's retirement from professional
[00:11:20] football? Well, for now, following Lionel's own words
[00:11:24] in this house.
[00:11:30] It has naturally challenged him strongly, it has
[00:11:33] challenged him and he allows himself that inner journey because he is a person
[00:11:36] whose father solved everything for him, he was
[00:11:39] not only that he solved everything for him, but they were
[00:11:42] part of each other, Jorge was Lionel, Lionel was Jorge,
[00:11:46] it was a very important symbiosis and now
[00:11:49] walking that path being first a
[00:11:52] father and for those of us who have experienced this
[00:11:56] painful exercise that means losing a
[00:11:59] parent, it means that you have to put on a new cloak, you
[00:12:02] transform yourself into the real father of your own children, you stop
[00:12:06] having that protection, so it is a path that he has
[00:12:10] to take, absolutely new and different,
[00:12:13] surely the end of the
[00:12:16] career that was so, so close now for me has accelerated
[00:12:20] inevitably as he says he has very little time left and we will have to see if by the end
[00:12:24] of the year that end, that capitulation of his dazzling
[00:12:27] career that this exceptional
[00:12:29] footballer has had.
[00:12:36] And besides the letter addressed to his father,
[00:12:39] on the same Wednesday afternoon, Lionel Messi surprised the world
[00:12:43] by appearing on the field at DRV PNK Stadium, the home of Inter
[00:12:46] Miami in Florida, to play against León of Mexico
[00:12:50] in the third round of the Leagues Cup.
[00:12:53] The Argentine started the match on the bench and
[00:12:57] entered as a substitute in the second half.
[00:13:01] The Herons took the lead 1-0
[00:13:04] in the 42nd minute of the first half with a goal by
[00:13:08] Daniel Pinter. In the
[00:13:11] 50th minute of the second half, La Fiera equalized 1-1
[00:13:14] with a goal by Daniel Arzila, but 3
[00:13:18] minutes later, in the 53rd minute, Inter
[00:13:21] took the lead again 2-1 with a goal by Jannik
[00:13:25] Wright, although in the 61st minute, León equalized again 2-2
[00:13:28] with a goal by Juan Domínguez, and in the
[00:13:32] 83rd minute, La Fiera came back to win 3-2 with another
[00:13:36] goal by Daniel Arzila, who completed his brace. In this
[00:13:40] way, the Mexican club won 3-2.
[00:13:43] 2.
[00:13:46] For its part, Orlando City faced Atlético de San Luis in more action in
[00:13:50] this third round of the Leagues Cup. In the 31st minute, the MLS
[00:13:55] 1-0 with a goal from Daril
[00:13:58] Dijk. Then, in the 69th minute of the second half,
[00:14:02] Orlando extended its lead to 2-0 with a goal from
[00:14:05] Justin Ellis, but 10 minutes later, in the
[00:14:09] 79th, the Mexican team closed the gap with a
[00:14:12] goal from Sebastián Pérez Bouquet. In the 97th, Atlético
[00:14:16] de San Luis equalized in the last minute with a great goal from
[00:14:19] David Rodríguez. The match went to penalties because there
[00:14:23] are no draws here and Orlando City won the shootout.
[00:14:27] in the penalties.
[00:14:29] Club América is going through a sweet moment, the
[00:14:33] Eagles have a new coach in Uruguayan Guillermo
[00:14:37] Almada who arrived as a replacement for Andrés
[00:14:39] Jardine. Almada has had a great start at América, he is
[00:14:43] undefeated in five games and this Thursday he will seek to maintain his streak
[00:14:47] when he hosts Austin FC in the Leagues Cup. Our colleague Salvador
[00:14:51] Aguilera gives us his analysis of this beginning of the era of.
[00:15:01] All those who thought they were going to miss Jardine, the three-time champion
[00:15:05] coach of America, today
[00:15:08] it seems they don't even remember him, because since Guillermo
[00:15:12] Almada arrived, things seem to be going
[00:15:15] quite, but quite well, and the squad is not yet
[00:15:19] complete, it's true, the facts are what they are,
[00:15:22] Almada has not yet won any titles
[00:15:26] with America and it would be wonderful, absolutely
[00:15:29] wonderful to win the Leagues Cup, but from the start I think
[00:15:32] he has already won something and that is at least the
[00:15:35] benefit of the doubt, because
[00:15:37] it's not the same to arrive and have the stands demanding the
[00:15:41] return of the previous coach than for them to applaud
[00:15:44] the team for what it is starting to show. Of course, the
[00:15:48] America fans are the most demanding and have little
[00:15:51] patience, but I have the impression that everything they are
[00:15:55] seeing today from their team they see in a very
[00:15:58] positive way, the Americanism, the
[00:16:01] America team is undefeated in the Liga
[00:16:04] MX, after three matchdays with two
[00:16:08] wins and one draw, leading with seven points, tied with Tijuana, and in the
[00:16:12] Leagues Cup they have a perfect record with two
[00:16:15] victories, 3-1 against San Diego at home in Mexico
[00:16:19] City and away against Portland
[00:16:22] Timbers by the same score. However,
[00:16:25] with six points, they still don't have a clear path to the next round
[00:16:29] and must go for a new victory now against Austin, who
[00:16:33] also has a perfect record after their
[00:16:36] wins against Xolos and Puebla,
[00:16:40] matches in which they scored five goals and conceded none,
[00:16:43] but facing America will be their litmus test this Thursday, because neither
[00:16:47] Puebla nor Xolos were up to the competition.
[00:16:51] Brian Rodríguez has once again become the figure that the fans expected,
[00:16:55] with goals in the last two games. Almada has moved
[00:16:59] his pieces and the squad has responded. Although
[00:17:02] Rodolfo Cota, the goalkeeper, made a mistake in the last game,
[00:17:06] the truth is that no one, absolutely
[00:17:10] no one has missed Malagón until now.
[00:17:13] In addition, very valuable young players have appeared, such as Coco Cárdenas, Diego Arriaga,
[00:17:16] Ícaro, and the new 20-year-old Colombian reinforcement, Óscar
[00:17:20] Perea, who, by the way, has already scored a great goal
[00:17:24] in the last game. And also, there are the old
[00:17:27] figures like captain Henry Martin, as well as Chiquito Sánchez,
[00:17:31] Cáceres, Reyes, Borja, Kevin, Violante and Veiga.
[00:17:35] As I said, we cannot forget Alagón who is still in
[00:17:39] recovery, as well as
[00:17:41] Cendejas, two players who are key to the team's
[00:17:45] performance and who have not been able to play under the new technical
[00:17:48] director. This America, for now,
[00:17:51] and only for now, looks quite
[00:17:54] good, we'll see later,
[00:17:58] greetings.
[00:18:02] Thank you Salvador, and this Thursday the Leagues Cup action continues
[00:18:05] with several matches. Philadelphia Union will face Santos
[00:18:09] Laguna, later New York City FC will face
[00:18:13] Necaxa and as I mentioned, Club América has Austin
[00:18:17] FC as its rival, La Máquina, Cruz Azul will play against
[00:18:20] Chicago Fire and the Portland Timbers will host
[00:18:24] Tijuana, the team of Mexican gem Gilberto
[00:18:27] Mora. Soccer is one of the most
[00:18:30] popular youth sports in the United States, but reaching the
[00:18:34] highest levels can entail a high
[00:18:38] cost. A new investigation by the University of Georgia
[00:18:41] analyzes how the "pay to play" model
[00:18:45] in this country harms low-income
[00:18:48] families, risking overlooking talented
[00:18:51] young people. Iván Rodríguez explains the
[00:18:55] changes suggested by the
[00:18:57] researchers.
[00:19:00] In many countries, children start in community clubs, and promising
[00:19:04] players can advance to elite training programs. In
[00:19:07] the United States, families have to pay thousands
[00:19:11] of dollars to access these development opportunities at a higher
[00:19:14] level. In the United States, millions of children grow
[00:19:18] up playing soccer, but for those who hope to reach the
[00:19:21] university level, professional or national
[00:19:24] team, talent may not be enough. A
[00:19:28] study by the University of Georgia revealed that the development system in
[00:19:31] this country is fragmented between school teams, private
[00:19:35] clubs, and competitive elite leagues. It's a
[00:19:39] kind of fragmented system,
[00:19:43] players find it difficult to advance. Private
[00:19:46] clubs help bridge that gap in sports development,
[00:19:50] offering professional training and higher level
[00:19:53] competition. The study found that playing in private
[00:19:56] clubs or elite leagues can cost families
[00:19:59] between $100 and $10,000 a year, including
[00:20:03] fees, uniforms, equipment, and travel expenses.
[00:20:09] It will be very difficult to raise between $1,000 and $5,000, which is what
[00:20:13] it can cost to play a season in an elite club,
[00:20:16] and money is not the only obstacle, parents may
[00:20:20] have to take their children to several training sessions
[00:20:23] each week and travel long distances to attend tournaments on
[00:20:27] weekends. Researchers say this can
[00:20:30] favor children whose parents have more
[00:20:33] money, time, and transportation, while
[00:20:37] players from families with fewer resources might never be
[00:20:40] discovered. Sax states that communities
[00:20:44] need more affordable programs, better
[00:20:47] training, and a clearer path for players who wish to
[00:20:51] advance. I think we could expand the
[00:20:55] base of that pyramid and create more low-cost recreational
[00:20:59] opportunities and good training. The
[00:21:01] goal is to ensure that the next great player in the United States
[00:21:05] is identified by their talent and not by what their
[00:21:08] family can afford. Sax points out that
[00:21:11] the pay-to-play model is not the only reason why the United
[00:21:15] States has struggled to develop more world-class
[00:21:19] players. Soccer also competes with American
[00:21:22] football, basketball, and baseball for the
[00:21:26] country's best young athletes, however,
[00:21:29] he argues that a more economical and more
[00:21:32] coordinated system would expand the talent pool and at the
[00:21:35] same time provide the opportunity for more
[00:21:39] children to play. In Atlanta, I am Iván
[00:21:41] Rodríguez.
[00:21:46] Thanks, Ivan, and did you know that the Netherlands national team
[00:21:50] presented Spanish legend Xavi Hernández as their new
[00:21:53] technical director? Yes, Xavi will be the replacement for
[00:21:57] Ronald Koeman, who coached the Orange in the last World
[00:22:01] Cup. Hernández, as a technical
[00:22:04] with clubs so far, first with Alsadd
[00:22:08] in Qatar and then with Barcelona. With the Catalan
[00:22:12] team, he managed 143 matches, winning one Spanish
[00:22:15] League and one Spanish Super Cup.
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[00:25:50] We open this block in Europe and go to Austria where the
[00:25:53] UEFA Super Cup was played,
[00:25:56] tournament that pits the Champions League champion against the Europa
[00:25:59] League champion. In this edition of the tournament, Luis Enrique's PSG clashed
[00:26:03] against Unai Emery's Aston Villa at the Red Bull
[00:26:07] Arena, home of Real Salzburg. The Parisian
[00:26:10] team won 2-1 against Aston Villa and
[00:26:13] added a new title to their trophy cabinet with Luis Enrique on the
[00:26:17] bench. PSG opened the scoring in the 20th minute of the first
[00:26:20] half. Georgian Kvaratskhelia opened the
[00:26:24] scoring with a stunning goal that was impossible for goalkeeper Emiliano
[00:26:27] Martínez. Before the end of the first half, young striker
[00:26:31] Bryan. Maryo beat William Pacho to
[00:26:34] equalize the score for the English team. Without a doubt, a
[00:26:38] great performance from the 17-year-old attacker, leaving a good
[00:26:41] impression. In the second half, PSG's star player
[00:26:45] Ousmane Dembélé sent a pass into space to
[00:26:48] find Desiret Doué completely alone, who
[00:26:52] finished with quality to give the title to the French
[00:26:55] team.
[00:27:01] Let's review the numbers of PSG, champion of the 2026 UEFA Super Cup,
[00:27:04] their second Super Cup in their
[00:27:07] history. They managed to qualify for both after being crowned
[00:27:10] Champions League champions in consecutive years,
[00:27:14] 14 French titles, one Intercontinental Cup,
[00:27:18] 16 French Cups, and 14 French Super Cups.
[00:27:22] The team led by Luis Enrique has become
[00:27:25] the team to beat on the old continent and
[00:27:28] is in search of a continental treble. The last
[00:27:32] team to achieve this feat was Zinedine Zidane's Real Madrid.
[00:27:36] The season started for PSG in the
[00:27:39] same way the previous one ended, with a title and with
[00:27:43] the consolidation of what seems to be a new hegemony in Europe in the
[00:27:47] coming years. Enrique Márquez brings us his analysis of
[00:27:50] the keys that led PSG to win their second consecutive
[00:27:54] Super Cup.
[00:27:57] A new title for Paris Saint-Germain, a new title for Luis Enrique, after
[00:28:01] being proclaimed Super Champion of Europe
[00:28:04] in Salzburg after defeating Aston Villa 2-1,
[00:28:07] Unai Emery's team, the Birmingham team. A bad match,
[00:28:10] no, the absences and the form of many players were
[00:28:14] noticeable almost throughout
[00:28:17] this first official match of the season in
[00:28:21] Europe. A strange match, furthermore, Kravaskhelia
[00:28:24] scored in the 20th minute,
[00:28:28] Paris Saint-Germain seemed to have absolute control of the game, they weren't interested in
[00:28:32] a fast-paced match, a back-and-forth match, that was clear, and
[00:28:36] Aston Villa did achieve that in the last 10 minutes of the first half. The English
[00:28:40] team went crazy to the point of
[00:28:43] creating scoring chances to equalize in the
[00:28:47] 45th minute, even having the chance to go into halftime 2-1 up,
[00:28:50] which miraculously didn't
[00:28:54] second half, very little happened until half an
[00:28:57] hour left, a play that seemed clearly offside,
[00:29:00] Doué finished it.
[00:29:03] Uh, converting it into a goal and curiously
[00:29:05] afterwards, the VAR review showed that an Aston
[00:29:09] Villa player had inexplicably stayed
[00:29:12] onside, allowing the goal to be legal, and that second
[00:29:16] goal was the last one to go on the scoreboard and the one that gave the
[00:29:20] Super Cup to Paris Saint-Germain. Curiously, the
[00:29:23] statistics show more attacking plays and more shots on
[00:29:27] target from Aston Villa than Paris Saint-Germain, but this
[00:29:30] is about scoring goals, Luis Enrique's team scored it, showed a lot of
[00:29:34] professionalism, also tiredness, and the truth is
[00:29:37] that last year they won it on penalties against Tottenham, this year they win it
[00:29:40] without penalties. It must be remembered that these matches do not have
[00:29:44] extra time, if Aston Villa had scored the 2-2, which they were close to doing,
[00:29:48] the match would have gone to penalties, but this
[00:29:51] time the 2-1 is the one that gives the title to Luis
[00:29:54] Enrique's team, who adds two Champions League titles and two consecutive
[00:29:58] UEFA Super Cups, expanding their trophy cabinet.
[00:30:04] Thank you, Enrique, and meanwhile, in the preseason friendlies,
[00:30:08] José Mourinho's Real Madrid was the guest
[00:30:12] of honor of Deportivo La Coruña, who returns to the first division.