There are times for reality to deny any omen. That is what has happened in the general runs of Bilbao of last week, where it is not easy to find a single winner both in the livestock and bullfighter aspect. Apart from the awards and personal tastes, every afternoon there has been something good than standing out in the square.
The posters were well made and that has caused triumphs, but above all interesting bullfighting moments have been experienced. From the powerful and brave confinement of Dolores Aguirre in the first of the runs to the pardoned bull Tapaboca of the fifth the next day, going through the important Songer from Victoriano del Río to which Roca Rey and the specimen of Garcigrande who led to Diego Urdiales’ great gate. Fuente Ymbro dealt an overwrite that highlighted Fernando Adrián on a gray afternoon for this currency.
Bravo on the horse and in the crutch was Yegüizo, number 29 of Dolores Aguirre, awarded with the return to the ring after the fight of Damián Castaño; of modern, repetitive onslaught, with transmission and tireless was the pardon of the fifth; Complete and demanding that of Victoriano del Río who also saw how they turned the ring in the drag, all of them candidates to receive awards.
Every day there were interesting bulls and therefore, many other wins, because the swords gave their face. Damián Castaño fajó with two demanding and brave copies of Dolores Aguirre, Borja Jiménez took to the pardon to the Cárdeno of the Martínez Conradi family, Roca Rey wanted to claim himself as the number one of the bullfighting with an impeccable delivery, and Diego Urdiales brushlized dream crutches that made the absence of the absence of the absence of the me. Even Juan Leal and Fernando Adrián left a good stamp, even if they did not have the success of finishing their performances.
The interest is also propitiated by some deficits that accompany these positive analyzes. For example, the non -requirement in the horse to the pardoned bull or the presentation of the Astados of Garcigrande reviewed for the afternoon of Morante, even the unequal of Victorian’s confinement in the run of Roca Rey, which contrast with the excellent trap of the rest of the days.
Within the ring, this year’s general runs will go down in history for the first pardon of a bull in the Plaza de Bilbao, and the three large doors will be in the memory. There will always be those who call for triumphalists these awards, but in all of them there were as many reasons to sustain them and they can never be described as crazy, they are more or less agree with them. However, the most important thing is the belief that the bullfighting week of this city can and should recover.
When the most pessimism in the environment has arrived to change the mood. Although local institutions continue with their usual cowardice to deny the show that leaves more money directly in municipal coffers and indirectly in the city, politicians must reflect how they did it in the eighties about the normality of supporting the party of bulls; It is a matter of shedding the topics and accepting a reality that has been seen in the hundreds of young people who went to the lying every day and that every afternoon jumped to the ring to take the winners on their shoulders.
You cannot talk about a recovered square, much less, especially when two less than usual celebrations have been held, but it is clear that the fan has seen that there may be a reaction. At the moment, this year, many visitors refrained from visiting the city against the late announcement of the runs and even the specialized press preferably bet on the Malaga cycle; But those who arrived in Bilbao were very satisfied with the environment and the show offered.
The ball is now in the hands of the BMF Management Company, which must work to convince fans and, above all, to attract the attention that Bilbao’s big week always had. Without a doubt, a new time must be opened for this historic square.