Alejandro Talavante, who was seriously injured, has also marked the artistic ceiling of the festival organized in the Plaza de la Maestranza to benefit La Hermandad de la Estrella and the Autismo Sevilla association that served to close the 2026 Sevillian bullfighting season.
The Extremaduran right-hander put together the most important performance against a steer, the third, marked with the El Freixo iron, which produced a performance of exquisite temper with a cape and crutch in which he knew how to express the sweet nobility of an animal, although very lacking in fiber. He was really good, from when he slept through the attack in the initial sets until he was able to practically bullfight him in the living room with his left hand.
After a puncture, he grabbed him and caught him on the ground again, giving him a blow to the right thigh from which blood soon gushed. The bullfighter remained in the ring until he killed his enemy and even had the courage to walk his ears from the third to the door of the infirmary where he entered on his own foot but visibly battered to put himself in the hands of Dr. Octavio Mulet's team.
It was, as has already been said, the best passage of an endless celebration that had opened with Joao Moura's kind farewell, 46 years after his presentation in this same square. The Portuguese rejoneador shared the fight with his son of the same name and offered the fight of his enemy to Javier Buendía and Rafael Peralta Revuelta. The weight fell on his son who exhibited his good bullfighting on horseback although he left all the prominence to his father in the final ovation.
There were more sentimental notes such as the return of César Rincón who did not completely understand himself with a Jandilla bull that developed too many complications. Nor did Andrés Roca Rey, the soul of the celebration, completely shine, who wore a Garcigrande hat with more class than nerve that was too small for him.
The performance of Pablo Aguado had much more substance, who returned to the Plaza de la Maestranza after his great performance at the San Miguel Fair. The Sevillian right-hander managed to land some truly beautiful capetazos and a handful of very gentle muletazos on a pajuno animal, also from the iron of El Freixo, who ended up completely oblivious.
The celebration was closed by the young bullfighter Pepe Martínez who certified his dedication since he went to portagayola to receive the sixth, Julio de la Puerta. That unwavering dedication was his best guarantee at the risk of going overboard when the celebration exceeded three hours of footage.
Thus concluded a new season in the Baratillo arena, a closing that also closed the first year of management of the company Lances de Futuro, the firm of José María Garzón, in front of the Plaza de la Maestranza that will reopen its doors on March 28, 2027, which will be Easter Sunday.
Optional report: Alejandro Talavante suffered a catch when going in to kill the third of the afternoon, a bull with which the bullfighter from Extremadura did a great job, being caught by the bullfighter at the time of going in to kill, suffering, according to the medical report, a goring 'in the proximal third of the right lower limb, which has a downward trajectory of about 10 centimeters, injuring fascia and muscles of the vastus medialis, and a second trajectory of about 4 centimeters towards the outer surface of the thigh of about 4-3 cm of superficial path'.
CELEBRATION SHEET
They dealt with, in this order, a manageable copy of Benítez Cubero for rejones; another from Jandilla, lackluster; a first from El Freixo, noble but bottomless; The fourth was a Garcigrande hat, noble and bland; the fifth, also from El Freixo, has turned out to be tame and pajuno; The sixth was a bull from Julio de la Puerta, from most to least.
Joao Moura, father and son, ear
César Rincón, palms
Alejandro Talavante, two ears after a warning he gave before entering the infirmary
King Rock, ear
Pablo Aguado, ovation after request
The bullfighter Pepe Martínez, ovation after warning
