{"id":9878,"date":"2025-08-19T16:31:25","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T14:31:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.servitoro.com\/cuenca-san-julian-or-the-champions-league\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T16:31:36","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T14:31:36","slug":"cuenca-san-julian-or-the-champions-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.servitoro.com\/en\/cuenca-san-julian-or-the-champions-league\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuenca: San Juli\u00e1n or the Champions League"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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For some years now, the San Juli\u00e1n festivities in Cuenca<\/a><\/strong> have been closely linked, thanks to businessman Maximino P\u00e9rez<\/strong>, with the term \u201cChampions League<\/strong>\u201d. This football-inspired label highlights the quality of the line-ups of this Castilian fair \u2013 a cycle that P\u00e9rez has been organising for over thirty years with remarkable results<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Once just another fair in the taurine season, Cuenca\u2019s celebrations have, under Maximino\u2019s management, become a true benchmark. All the leading matadors have passed through here \u2013 Jos\u00e9 Tom\u00e1s<\/a><\/strong> included \u2013 sometimes taking on challenges rarely seen in their careers, such as facing less common bloodlines.<\/p>\n

It has also been the stage for remarkable comebacks, such as the media phenomenon Jesul\u00edn<\/strong>, or Cristina S\u00e1nchez<\/a><\/strong>, the most successful woman in bullfighting. There have even been eccentric debuts, like that of Mexican legend El Pana<\/strong> in 2013, which created a stir among local fans and attracted both press and audiences from other regions who came solely to witness the event.<\/p>\n

The 2025 fair maintains this same spirit: leading names and fresh combinations that stand apart from the more predictable billings elsewhere. Without a doubt, the headline event is Tuesday 26 August<\/a><\/strong>, when Morante de la Puebla<\/a><\/strong> and Roca Rey<\/a><\/strong> will once again face each other with bulls from Rom\u00e1n Sorando, joined by Fernando Adri\u00e1n \u2013 one of the revelations of recent seasons and a standout name in past editions of this very fair.<\/p>\n

Another unprecedented billing closes the cycle on Thursday 28<\/a><\/strong>, with Manzanares<\/strong> and Cayetano<\/strong> sharing the ring with young novillera Olga Casado<\/strong> \u2013 a mix bound to draw in a youthful, lively and festive crowd, three hallmarks of Cuenca\u2019s \u201cChampions League\u201d. The bulls will come from La Palmosilla.<\/p>\n

For more discerning aficionados, Monday 25<\/a><\/strong> offers a billing with pedigree: Uceda Leal<\/strong>, Fortes<\/strong> and Alejandro Pe\u00f1aranda<\/strong>, three bullfighters from different generations united by one thing \u2013 they all know how to fight (and fight brilliantly). They will face a special challenge with bulls from Baltasar Ib\u00e1n and Montalvo.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday 27<\/a><\/strong>, Alejandro Talavante<\/strong><\/a>, Juan Ortega<\/strong> and Marco P\u00e9rez<\/strong>, with bulls from El Pilar, form a singular line-up blending the personality of the Extremaduran star, the unique artistry of the Triana torero, and the freshness of the most promising young matador of the new wave, already tipped as a leader of his generation.<\/p>\n

The programme is completed by the traditional rejoneo (mounted bullfighting) that opens the fair \u2013 an elite event bringing together Andy Cartagena<\/strong>, Diego Ventura and Lea Vicens<\/strong>. With such arguments, it is clear why this cycle appeals to every type of audience, and why the title given by its promoter more than a decade ago could not be more fitting. Let the music play, just as in football stadiums before kick-off. Because no other label captures it better.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Check out the calendar of bullfights in Spain: Seville, Valencia, Madrid… more than 150 bullrings and bullfighting shows.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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