Carlos García Hirschfeld (2013) Punto pelota was a Spanish sports talk show that was broadcast on Intereconomía TV rom Monday to Friday, between 20:45 and 22:00.
It contains the latest news on LaLiga Santander, broadcasts the best matches live and offers information on the rest of the most popular sports.
Punto Pelota was directed by the well-known sports journalist Josep Pedrerol, who was the director and presenter of the program from September 2008, when he joined Intereconomía after not renewing his contract with Punto Radio, until December 4, 2013, when he was dismissed by Intereconomía's management after a series of disputes due to the debt owed by the television channel to the Catalan presenter, his team and, in general, to practically all the workers of the channel.
The format imposed by Pedrerol in the new program attracted numerous personalities from the sports press, present in the most varied media in Spain, who regularly attended the program; Tomás Roncero, José Luís Sánchez, Manu Sáinz, Javier Matallanas, Carmen Colino, Pedro Pablo San Martín, José Antonio Martín Petón and Manuel Esteban Fernández Manolete teamed up with AS newspaper and Cadena SER; Quim Domènech from RAC 1; Telemadrid sports director Siro López; Pipi Estrada from esRadio; Iñaki Cano and Elías Israel from SportYou.
es; Julio Pulido and Mónica Marchante from Deportes Cuatro; David Sánchez, Alfredo Duro and Paco García Caridad from Radio MARCA; Miguel García, president of L'Hospitalet; Quique Guasch from TVE; Jorge D'Alessandro, Rafa Almansa and Carles Fité, from Cadena COPE; Frédéric Hermel, collaborator of L'Équipe; François Gallardo, who claims to be a FIFA agent without being one;[3] former professional referee Joaquín Ramos Marcos, also collaborator of Pedrerol in Punto Radio; Rafa Guerrero, former auxiliary referee; former Argentinean goalkeeper of Boca Juniors Hugo Gatti; Roberto Morales, from the EFE Agency, José Antonio Luque and Eva Turégano from Antena 3, former Real Madrid goalkeeper Paco Buyo, former Deportivo de la Coruña striker Albert Luque, former cyclist Óscar Pereiro, former FC Barcelona player Lobo Carrasco, former Valencia CF player Gerard López; tennis player and world number one Carlos Moyá; Antonio Esteva from La Sexta; former Real Madrid players Álvaro Benito, Guti and Fernando Sanz; Víctor Lozano from Onda Cero; Cristina Cubero from Mundo Deportivo, Carme Barceló, José Luis Carazo and Lluís Mascaró from Sport; José Damián González from La Gaceta and Eduardo Inda former director of Diario Marca.
It should be added that in this stage, during the first four programs, there were 4 changes in a row in terms of the presenters who read the comments of the people who participated, among them, Rocio Cano, José Luis Vidal (who also collaborated in El gato al agua), Marta Simonet and Israel Sastre.
On April 10, as a consequence of the Clásico between Real Madrid and FC Barcelona Punto Pelota set a new record by broadcasting for 24 hours and talking about it.
On December 10, 2011, also as a consequence of the Clasico between Real Madrid and FC Barcelona, Punto Pelota equaled its own record by broadcasting for 24 hours and talking about it.