Conquest, birthdays, and many more sports

These days we are experiencing sports and emotions at all levels. The Copa América, the Eurocopa, F1, IndyCar, golf, MLB, luckily the NBA is over and the local soccer tournaments are on hold for a few more days. I don't know how I could see everything that interests me if the agenda were expanded.

Today is a day of celebration in the Argentine concentration because our beloved captain Lionel Messi turns 37 years old, a party that should be one of joy. However, we all know that times are running out and at some point, we will not be able to enjoy it anymore, but while it is here let's go! Forward and delighted birthday!! Also, for those who like cabals, the last time the brilliant player was focused on his birthday was when we won the previous Copa América in Brazil.

I saw Germany's agonizing draw with Switzerland and although I sympathized with the Swiss for being the weakest, I kept thinking that with a little more mischief, they could have struck the big blow, they were closer in many parts of the match, I crossed out Germany from my list of candidates, just thinking that if instead of Switzerland it had been against England, Spain or France, they would eat at least 3, even Toni Kroos whose last missed pass was when he was still wearing diapers, he missed his teammates.

All weekend I had time to watch the Travelers, an important golf tournament organized by the PGA that once again brings together the best in the world ranking, Scottie Scheffler won again, and it seems like Max Verstappen that despite some inconveniences and minor setbacks that keep him from victory in a few races, he always comes back and wins, sometimes forcefully and other times fighting, like Scheffler did yesterday or, what a coincidence, like good old Max did a few hours before in the Grand Prix of Catalonia, Spain. Similar experiences helped me kill two birds with one stone.

Late in the afternoon, I watched the IndyCar race at Laguna Seca, in the town of Monterrey, California. In the preview of the broadcast, I found out that that exact place was Argentine territory for a week, yes, I'm not dreaming, you can look in history books.

On November 24, 1818, a small fleet with 200 men under the command of Officer D. Hipólito Bouchard conquered Monterrey Bay, evicting the Spanish from the fort erected there for its defense. There for a week, it raised the Argentine flag. But Argentina is certainly not the only country that became owner of that portion of land, in fact, in its historic center there is a place where the flags of all the countries that owned Monterrey are displayed, including those of Spain, Mexico, and Argentina.

Returning to IndyCar and the race, the one who conquered the circuit and took the victory and the first position in the championship was the Spaniard Alex Palou, my compatriot Agustín Canapino fought throughout the race and when at the end it seemed that he would achieve a good result When he was running 12th and could continue advancing, he suffered a penalty that forced him to go through the pits to lose everything he had achieved. According to comments from the specialists, it was not a fair punishment, he had a collision with Kyffin Simpson that ended with the latter and Graham Rahal crashing and both being out of the race, however, it was Simpson who could not control his car that spun out of control. a bit when turning one of the difficult curves on the track and Canapino couldn't help but touch it. Anyway, things happen.

Already exhausted from so many sports, late last night I watched a bit of Uruguay versus Panama when it was 1-0 15 minutes into the first half, and with so much superiority demonstrated, I went to sleep. This morning, I found out about the 3-1 victory, although it had to wait until the last minute to achieve that difference.

Today will be Brazil's debut and tomorrow Argentina will play again, in Europe the last date of the group stage is coming, Spain and Italy are looking for passage to the next round, there is no rest for sports lovers.