Roca Rey and JP Sánchez meet in Lerdo

The first figure of the Fiesta Brava worldwide, the Peruvian Andrés Roca Rey, will perform this afternoon at the Alberto Balderas Bullring, in Ciudad Lerdo, to star in a striking “Hand in Hand” with the artistic Mexican bullfighter, Juan Pablo Sánchez , in a bullfighting event that will begin at 4:30 p.m.

IT WILL BE FILLED

Heads and brass will sound again in the also known as “Plaza del Romance”, where a monumental attendance of fans is expected, to taste what is anticipated as a true bullfighting banquet, which La Laguna has the privilege of tasting, since the Roca Rey’s “express season” in Mexican squares this spring only includes a few scenarios, among them, the cozy Lérda bullring. From hours before the alternates leave the square, there will be celebration and coexistence in the square and its surroundings, as the promoting company has prepared a bullfighting festival in which fans will be able to taste the traditional paella, before going up to take their places in the lines.

The two renowned matadors who are worthy of being featured in the best plazas in the country, will face a bullfight of four bulls from the Pablo Moreno cattle ranch in Jalica, founded in 1988, with red, white and green motto. Great figures of bullfighting have fought bulls from this ranch, such as Andrés Roca Rey himself, Pablo Hermoso de Mendoza, Andy Cartagena, who cut off a tail at the 2019 Tecolotlán carnival, Juan José Padilla, Manuel Escribano, Joselito Adame, Octavio García “El Payo”, Diego Silveti and Daniel Luque, among many others.

“FIGUREHEAD”

Andrés Roca Rey is today the number one figure in world bullfighting, a young matador of Peruvian origin who has captivated the most important bullrings around the planet, thanks to a unique, conservative and at the same time innovative style, combined with that charisma that surrounds every bullfighting figure, as if they were “touched by the duende” that makes them connect with the bullfights. He recently opened the Puerta del Príncipe in the Real Maestranza in Seville, in addition to cutting a tail in the Monumental of Aguascalientes during the San Marcos Fair, today he arrives in Lerdo with the mission of accumulating more triumphs and enhancing his legend in bullfighting.

But his status as a figure transcends the ring, since yesterday he expressed, through his social networks, his discontent because the Government of Spain decided to withdraw the National Bullfighting Award, awarded by the Ministry of Culture. “Friends and followers, today we face a crucial moment. The Government, through its Ministry of Culture, has decided to withdraw the National Bullfighting Award, a decision that goes beyond a simple administrative act. This is a clear message: they tell us what we should consider culture and what we should not, limiting our freedom and our democracy. They can take away a prize from us but not our freedom. #CulturaSomosToros”, posted the Peruvian, reaffirming himself as the spokesperson for the Fiesta Brava worldwide.

MEXICAN OF ANCESTRY

Born in the bullfighting city of Aguascalientes, Juan Pablo Sánchez will come to La Laguna this afternoon with the intention of obtaining a victory that resonates in all corners of the country, by alternating with a figure the size of the Peruvian matador. Juan Pablo is a bullfighter of pedigree, prosapia and notable courage, with whom he has collected triumphs in arenas of the utmost importance in Mexico and on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, a still young matador who has managed to earn a name and who still has a lot of history to write.

Just a few hours ago, Juan Pablo Sánchez proclaimed himself the winner in the twelfth bullfight of the San Marcos bullfighting series, by cutting off two ears and leaving on the shoulders of the Monumental de Aguascalientes, where a Pozo Hondo bullfight was fought. Juan Pablo is probably living the best moment of his bullfighting career and this afternoon’s performance in Lerdo should be the preamble to his return to Spain, to seek to perform in the best places in that country, including Las Ventas, where the fans Madrid already knows him, but he could surely surprise you.