[5] At Saint Isidore's Fair the next year, on 12 May, he presented himself at Madrid's Las Ventas bullring to have his alternativa confirmed,[9] sharing billing that afternoon with "El Viti" and José Fuentes from Linares.
The bulls waiting in the pens bore the Atanasio Fernández brand, and the one that Teruel fought for his confirmation was Yegüero, weighing 501 kg and all black but for the crotch.
[5] During the off-season, Teruel starred in Rafael Gil's film Sangre en el ruedo ("Blood in the Bullring" is its English title).
He was the "Castilian" who was liked most of all in Seville, as witnessed by his 29 paseíllos at the Maestranza, even if the bullring where he had his most triumphs was Las Ventas: 33 afternoons, 18 ears, and 4 times being borne shoulder-high across the Great Gate's threshold.
His "provisional" retirement did not last long, though, and the next year, he once again donned the suit of lights with great success, fighting bulls in 23 corridas, shining brightly among which were his appearances at Bilbao and Zaragoza.
Indeed, on 29 June 1977, he was seriously wounded by a bull bearing the Mercedes Pérez-Tabernero brand at Burgos, and on 19 July that same year, at Mont-de-Marsan, France, he was injured again.
On 11 September, however, came an even worse blow when a bull from the José y Francisco Ortega Sánchez ranch gave Teruel an extremely serious goring at the edge of his anus.
[5] In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Teruel held a prominent place in the escalafón with important triumphs like the one that he achieved at Fallas at Valencia's bullring in 1979, earning himself the champion's prize for the series.
That season saw Teruel's appearance at 57 corridas, which was followed in 1980 by 41, and although they were fewer in number, they did include one engagement in Burgos on 28 June at which he reaped three ears from Marqués de Albayda-brand bulls on a bill shared with Paquirri and Curro Vázquez.
[5] On 15 May 2019, Teruel went on to join the list of important bullfighters at the Las Ventas bullring's "Hall of Fame", with a commemorative tile recognizing his lengthy and successful career.
Torero de Madrid, que paseó por los ruedos del mundo su clase, temple y poderío" ("To Ángel Teruel Peñalver, on the 50th anniversary of the confirmation of his alternativa.