Tomas Hill Lopez-Menchero

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Junior Spain Editor at The Athletic

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Articles

What is it? When did it start? Who qualifies?

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Tomas Hill Lopez-Menchero

This is an updated version of this article, which was originally published in 2023. It is fair to say that Athletic Club facing Manchester United in the Europa League semi-finals is something of a miracle. Famously, the side from the city of Bilbao eliminated United, then managed by Sir Alex Ferguson, from the round of 16 of the same competition in 2012. Reaching the semi-finals this year is not their only achievement.
European football's greatest comebacks

4 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Tomas Hill Lopez-Menchero

There was one word on the minds of Real Madrid's players and staff after their thrashing by Arsenal in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final at the Emirates. Could they produce a 'remontada' - 'comeback' in Spanish - at the Bernabeu? "Of course we can," Kylian Mbappe told reporters as he passed through the Emirates' mixed zone following the 3-0 loss. "Nobody will say we're not capable of bouncing back," wrote goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois on social media.
The injuries, the balance and the big-game struggles

Jan 22, 2025 | nytimes.com | Tomas Hill Lopez-Menchero

It is scarcely believable at this stage of the season: the Champions League holders and record 15-time winners Real Madrid are 22nd out of 36 teams in the competition's league phase. Some of the teams above them at this stage include Brest, Lille, Feyenoord and Club Brugge. They have the same points total (nine) as Celtic.
Liverpool 2 Real Madrid 0: Are Slot’s team the best in Europe? And what now for Mbappe? - The Athletic

Nov 27, 2024 | nytimes.com | Gregg Evans |Mark Carey |Tomas Hill Lopez-Menchero

The major talking points as Liverpool record a statement win over their old rivals in the Champions League
Lockers, a giant mosaic and other Bernabeu memorabilia

Nov 23, 2024 | nytimes.com | Tomas Hill Lopez-Menchero

What do you get for the Real Madrid fan in your life who has everything else this Christmas? What about a full-size locker once used by galacticos past and present including Vinicius Junior, Cristiano Ronaldo, David Beckham, Zinedine Zidane or Luis Figo? Or the mosaic of the club badge that players used to walk around before stepping onto the pitch at the Santiago Bernabeu?
Four Atletico Madrid fans arrested over alleged hate campaign against Vinicius Junior

Oct 23, 2024 | nytimes.com | Tomas Hill Lopez-Menchero

Four Atletico Madrid supporters allegedly responsible for coordinating a hate campaign against Vinicius Junior have been arrested. The social media campaign saw Atletico fans encouraged to wear masks to the derby against Real Madrid at the Civitas Metropolitano on September 29. The aim was for them to then be able to avoid detection by cameras when using racist insults towards players, specifically calling Vinicius Jr a monkey.
His best moments and place in club history

Oct 19, 2024 | nytimes.com | Tomas Hill Lopez-Menchero

Luka Modric has become the oldest player in Real Madrid 's history at 39 years and 40 days old, overtaking their legendary Hungarian forward Ferenc Puskas. Modric's longevity at the top of the game is almost unrivalled. The Croatia midfielder's 27 trophies across 13 seasons with Madrid are the most of any player in club history and he will soon rack up 550 appearances (he is on 547). Striker Raul is the club's record appearance maker, having featured in 741 games from 1994-2010.
What we learned from intriguing Luis Enrique documentary

Oct 15, 2024 | nytimes.com | Tomas Hill Lopez-Menchero

Luis Enrique is one of football's biggest personalities, making a behind-the-scenes documentary about his first season at Paris Saint-Germain all the more intriguing. No Teneis Ni **** Idea (You Don't Have a ******* Clue), released by Spanish broadcaster Movistar, charts the ups and downs of the 2023-24 campaign, from the saga over Kylian Mbappe's future to Paris Saint-Germain's run to the Champions League semi-finals.
36-game unbeaten run over and a mixed night for returning Camavinga

Oct 2, 2024 | nytimes.com | Tomas Hill Lopez-Menchero

Defending champions Real Madrid were beaten away to Lille on Wednesday night following a lacklustre performance. Here, Tomás Hill López-Menchero analyses the key talking points from Madrid's defeat in France. Madrid's remarkable unbeaten run comes to an endIt had been 36 games and almost nine months since Real last lost in any competition - a 4-2 extra-time defeat to Atletico Madrid in the Copa del Rey round of 16 in January - but Lille somehow did the unthinkable against Carlo Ancelotti's side.
Real Madrid are getting more yellow cards for dissent

Sep 28, 2024 | nytimes.com | Tomas Hill Lopez-Menchero |Guillermo Rai

It is a striking statistic - Real Madrid have already been shown nine yellow cards for dissent after seven games in this La Liga season, three more than any other team before this weekend's fixtures and just five short of their total for last term. At this stage of the last campaign, they had two. Things came to a head in their most recent game, a nervy 3-2 win against Deportivo Alaves at the Santiago Bernabeu on Tuesday night.