The Fantasy Oldie. Matchday 17** **

** Goal at Las Gaunas. No, we are not going to talk about the Girona's embarrassing display in the cup the other day. This iconic phrase, dripping with *classic football* from all angles, takes us back to the times and *sanctuaries* of traditional football, increasingly distant from this invention that has been called "modern football" and has plunged the soul of global football into a *decadent process of pauperization*. "Goal at Las Gaunas!" echoed throughout the house from your father's *old transistor radio* on *Sunday afternoons* and it served as Gaspar Rosety's ticket to slip into your living room and take you to a field in Logroño where *Tato Abadía and his mustache* were starting to shine. Las Gaunas embodied everything that a stadium of yesteryear was. *Mud, kicks, concrete, terracing, sandwich, scarf, and little else*. Let's now return to modern football to make some recommendations filtered through that *noble sieve*. #1897# For balls as sober as the *old ticket seller* sold hundreds of tickets on match day in times when they weren't bought online and your name and ID were of little importance. A good matchday for keeping a clean sheet in goal. #2447# No one gets past him like they used to get past the *gate 12 goalkeeper* when there weren't even turnstiles, and if necessary, for a few bucks, you were in. He and his team are a sure bet not to concede, and this matchday looks promising for them. *photo1* #2812# With that last name, he had to show up here today. He's the *chorizo sandwich* that brightened up even the most mundane match and gave meaning to the whole afternoon at the stadium regardless of the result. We have complete faith in him this matchday. #2009# The return of the *prodigal son* is proving fruitful, and this week could further boost his and his team's stats. Let's celebrate these *return stories* with a happy ending by fielding him. Well, traditional football, raw emotions as they used to say in this *damn a