Miranda Continued His Unstoppable Run in the Bullring, Opening the Big Door at La Malagueta Again on Saturday and Then Arriving in Antequera

He did not, being carried out on shoulders alongside Juan Ortega, who again displayed his silky style. Pablo Aguado came close to joining them, but repeatedly faulty swordwork prevented it. The three offered a great afternoon, though not thanks to the cattle.

A cry of "What a dud, breeder! was heard from the stands at the end of the corrida. A breeze, which turned cool from the Malaga highlands, did not help either.

The goyesca opened with the worst bull of the herd, but it was already preparing the crowd for what was to come through the gate: an Astolfi bull without class or direction, which gave little chance to a willing Juan Ortega. With great composure, the ugly charge might have been improved. That is what the Sevillian tried to imprint, but it was impossible in that wind.

However, he made up for it in the fourth, which Ortega received with a kneeling farol, and gave two extraordinary veronicas on the left, although the bull was already weakening. Palomares held it well at the horse, and Juan took over with delantales, not missing an opportunity. The start was anything but ordinary: original to the extreme, weaving molinetes and passes of the flowers, each prettier than the last, all finished with a languid, slow change of hand that is his trademark.

The animal's lack of strength did not prevent Ortega from leaving a delicious faena on both sides, with his chest passes from the knee, and a highly passionate finish of ayudados por alto, from the knees, which lifted the crowd from their seats. The people of Huelva would leave the square proud, as before De Miranda's bulls jump they always show their support by clapping in bulerías. That was the first thing the second bull heard, a tame, noble little bull without great travel, which David gradually worked, managing to lengthen the charges of the Astolfi bull, with a series of truly good right-hand passes, with Ponce-like airs, who from the alley gave advice to his podernante.

And another series of naturales, tempered, without an extra touch or pull, was the summit. Seeing the bull increasingly dull, the matador got between its horns in a finish that brought the crowd to its feet, before elegant and neat final mondeñinas. The animal, completely surrendered because he had squeezed it to the maximum and more, did not help in the supreme moment, so he pricked before leaving a thrust.

Although that did not prevent him from cutting both ears. To these must be added a third in the fifth, which De Miranda received with taste with delantales. But the bull could not carry its soul, from the very beginning, so David took it out with care, although it always stayed under him, and it lay down completely after the second series.

The man from Huelva fought it softly by naturales with feet together. The faena was lived in silence, only broken by the "Bieeeen! of maestro Ponce at the good work of the man from Huelva, who was light years away from the Astolfi.

He finished with ayudados, the animal barely passing anymore. Another important afternoon for David in his most classic version. Antequera, Plaza de toros de Antequera, Sunday, 23 August 2026. Juan Ortega, in bottle green with black passementerie.

Low and forward thrust (two ears). David de Miranda, in black with black passementerie. Pablo Aguado, in bottle green with black passementerie.

Prick and crossed thrust (ear). Prick, loose half-thrust, prick and descabello (silence). And for classicism, Aguado's. Pablo was panting after taking the third to the center, which kicked and left the way it came, after feeling the punishment.

It went like a flash, finding the horse that made the gate, where it took two puyazos - low - in one. The Sevillian went in search of it with the muleta, and, despite carrying it like a flag, he tried not to close in on inside ground much against the manso, so it would not split. In one of those, the bull almost took him down in a right-hand pass, going directly for the bullfighter who escaped by a true miracle.

On that side the Sevillian continued insisting until stealing a series. But, on changing hands, it was seen that it went better on the left, leaving precious naturales.