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    The pleasure and the pain

    Mar 25, 2021 3 minutes

    ‘‘WORLD’S WORST MATADOR FAILS AGAIN” was the Sun’s unintentionally hilarious headline in September 2016. “Useless teen bullfighter gored for FIFTH time in his first five bouts”.

    The subject of the article was Andrés Roca Rey (right), arguably the best torero in the world, and unarguably the most popular. He was then 19 and in his first season as a full matador — fearless, frenetic, blood-soaked and beautiful.

    Spain’s afición was already craning (the pink and yellow two-handed cape) was dazzling.

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