Hispania

When Spain won the World Cup last summer -against the innoble game of the Netherlands-, one known and respected voice in the Spanish network draw attention upon the fact that Iniesta, who scored four of five minutes before the end of the extra time, is short, bald and originally from Fuentealbilla, in Old La Mancha. The Spaniard used to be short, bald and castizo, with a strong sense of tradition and cultural ties. That goal meant a remarkable victory from the guts of deep Spain.

Few weeks back, Iniesta apologizes for his orthographic mistakes in twitter. I guess that only a Spaniard can manage to make mistakes in writing only 160 words.

**

But the Spanish is not the moor of rawness and deep ignorance that someone wants to believe and, even, made us to believe.Not at all, no sir. It is deep, however, the lagoon of ignorance about Spanish men of science, that we Spanish do cultivate. It might be true that there is no relevant figures of the first order (can't say why, it must be some explanations), but there are so many of significance completely forsaken and ignored.

Me too, am such an ignorant. I came today to know about Jose Comas i Sola (1867 - 1937), a catalan. Among several merits, he discovered 11 asteroids, the first of them he called Hispania.

**

I read today the following headline, an utterance from Xabi: "I never had problems in the Spanish team for being catalan". Of course, dear Xabi! Who told you you should have any problems? No, no, indeed, it is just all the way round: will you have problems in Barcelona if you state solidly that your are a Spanish? If soccer and ideology are different things, why are you afraid of saying that you are a Spanish? For you, the Spanish team might be a "plus", a lovely experience to play with a winner team, something ridiculously called La Roja, but for many other people, like me, it is something more. If you look around and ask your French, English, German, Italian friends, they will feel the same as the rest of us. You play in the Spanish Team, strictly speaking, because you are considered Spanish.You are Spanish and you represent Spain. If you refuse to accept that or to proclaim it publicly, I prefer you to leave. We will lose, so let be it. We will lose a hundred games, but we will win and celebrate our Nation... Make a decision.

(PLEASE, LEAVE YOUR COMMENT)