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.
Josep Pedrerol had brought with him a variety of collaborators; some had collaborated with him in other media, but others were new faces who had not appeared before. 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; 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. Upon Hirschfeld's arrival, a new cast of talk show hosts was introduced which, according to audience ratings, was not supported by the public. 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. It is also worth mentioning that they had a section to find a song for the program's guests, in which Fernandisco collaborated on Thursdays. On December 12, 2013, after the program had finished, Hirschfeld announced that they would be going on Christmas vacation in order to improve various aspects of the program upon their return in January 2014. Ultimately the program was scheduled to return in February 2014, but that return never happened. Finally, almost a year after its last broadcast, Intereconomia finally decided to rebroadcast the program, now under a new format, and at a new time slot. The return of the program finally took place on November 24, 2014, under the presentation of Alonso Caparrós. The program ended its broadcasts in 2017. Even so, the brand continued on the Internet as a sports content portal and YouTube channel.
Host • Alonso Caparrós
Tertulians Collaborators • María Morán • Patricia Domínguez •
José Antonio Fúster • Víctor Collado • David De las Heras
Former collaborators and talk-show hosts Special Guests The journalistic genre of the program follows the rules of the talk show: the moderator comments on a central topic and a debate is established among the panelists in which the other related topics of the day are discussed. The program has featured
Real Madrid president
Florentino Pérez, former Spain national team coach
Vicente Del Bosque, former
Atlético de Madrid players
Paulo Futre and
Radamel Falcao, coach
David Vidal, Madrid players
Gonzalo Higuaín,
Sergio Ramos,
Karim Benzema,
Marcelo Vieira and
Cristiano Ronaldo; former
Atlético de Madrid striker
Diego Forlán, former
Sevilla F.C player
Álvaro Negredo,
C.D. Tenerife goalkeeper
Aragoneses,
Palencia player
Benjamín Zarandona,
Alcorcón players
Diego Cascón,
Fernando Béjar and
Borja Gómez, former
Espanyol Barcelona and
Chelsea player as well as current
Celta Vigo player
Enrique de Lucas,
RCD Mallorca goalkeeper
Dudu Aouate, and strikers
Antoñito and
David Barral. == Awards ==