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San Fermín Fair: Isaac Fonseca walks a populist ear before a serious mansada by José Escolar | Culture

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The Mexican bullfighter Isaac Fonseca, thanks to a more populist than established bullfighting, cut off the only ear of the bullfight from the only bull, sixth of the afternoon, which he humiliated with a certain dedication among the spectacular and very serious tame of José Escolar’s badge fought today in Pamplona and before which Juan de Castilla was injured.

Even without excessive rennet and loose meat, the cárdenos raised in the province of Ávila shed, due to their volume, an average weight of 600 kilos and showed off abundant and very fine heads, with a very evident trapío that, on the other hand, was not accompanied by true bravery, quite the opposite.

In fact, that last one, the one with the least weight and the best workmanship, was the only one that was used and released after the deceptions, especially by the left piton, which was what none of its brothers did, who either cracked from the first moment or defended themselves harshly at the minimum effort that was required of them.

So after five chapters of fruitless attempts on the shortlist, the people at the parties took as an event the moving and light task that Fonseca did to that cardeno who closed the square, who was also the exception in rods by humiliatingly pushing under the breastplate.

The Mexican right-hander went directly into the sun with the muleta, seeking the complicity of the clubs in a maneuver that he opened on his knees, not without difficulties, and continued with series of quick and short muleta blows, almost never rushing the animal’s greater dedication.

But, yes, since he managed to “liven up the show”, there was enough circumstance to parade such a benevolent trophy. Previously, Fonseca had also been angry with a third party with a very long beam who soon began to get out of luck and to lash out when he tried to hold on to the deceptions.

The one who performed best with the mansada was the bullfighting director, Antonio Ferrera who, hardened in a thousand battles, could not prevent the first of the afternoon, the one with the greatest volume and dimension, from giving up the shameless tendency that he had to flee to the door of the bull run almost from the moment he left through the pigsty adjoining.

And to compensate for the brevity of that impossible task, the man from Extremadura extended himself further, and with great patience, with a fourth without any delivery, from whom, despite his restrained impulses, he still stole some valuable passes to end up failing with the sword, although not as much as with the one who opened the way, from whom he prescribed a whole rosary of fruitless attacks.

In the lot of the Colombian Juan de Castilla, the two bulls with the most exaggerated and ugly head conformation strangely fell, a second very open, what is known as beacho, and another not so wide in cradle but with the tips facing outwards, that is, cornivuelto.

The first one made a mistake in the muleta, just as he did in the cape, but, in the more established passages, De Castilla brought out some brilliant naturals. The fifth, on the other hand, developed genius since he opened the mess directly in the media to take advantage of inertia that soon ran out, to the point that, in a wash, the Colombian was caught and suffered a possible injury to his right foot pending radiological study, and, even though he was limping, it did not prevent him from being able to passport to the Escolar team.

School/Ferrera, De Castilla, Fonseca

Six bulls of Joseph Schoolof spectacular rags, with an average of 600 kilos even with loose meats, and ample and very fine meats heads. In general, they gave a terrible game, even in different versions, from the first crack and flight to the defensive harshness of the majority. Only the sixth humiliated with dedication to deception.

Antonio Ferrera: half perpendicular cross lunge, pierced front sling thrust, madness, prick, deep prick, puncture, slump and five crazy things (silence after warning); four jabs and thrusts (silence after warning).

John of Castile: crossed lunge and four jumps (silence); jab and half a detached front lunge (ovation after notice upon retiring to the infirmary). He was transferred from the infirmary to a hospital center for further studies, given a possible fracture of bones of the right foot.

IFonseca bag: front half lunge across and three absurdities (silence after warning); detached lunge (ear).

Pamplona Square. July 11. Seventh subscription celebration for the San Fermín fair, with a full house (19,500 spectators), on a hot afternoon.

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