Overview
- Aragon maintains a level‑3 avalanche warning at high elevations after two large slides in recent days killed four people, with AEMET and regional Protección Civil urging extreme caution due to persistent weak layers in the snowpack.
- Espanyol’s home derby with Barcelona goes ahead under reinforced measures, including protective nets behind both goals and a heavy police presence, after hostile fan actions targeting ex‑Espanyol goalkeeper Joan García now playing for Barça.
- Day‑of‑match coverage reports whistles, banners and mock banknotes labeling García a ‘Judas’, club appeals for calm and, per pre‑match reports, Barcelona opting for Ferran Torres up front with Robert Lewandowski expected to begin on the bench.
- In Argentina, police reported a chaotic Melchor Romero incident with an 18‑year‑old shot, a woman briefly held as a hostage, a car set ablaze and seven detentions, while in Chaco a 23‑year‑old suspect was arrested and preliminarily charged after a fatal knife duel.
- The sports restart continued with Villa Mitre resuming basketball training for the Liga Argentina trip to Central Entrerriano, and the transfer window opened briskly as River added Aníbal Moreno and Fausto Vera and pursued Matías Viña, with Racing close to landing Valentín Carboni on loan.