Platja de Coma-ruga did not disappoint your annual appointment Barcelona has a history and hosted the XXIV edition of the Torneig Manchón, XI Memorial Eduard Manchón, a beach soccer tournament that in each edition pays tribute to several legends of Barcelona and this year is a tribute to José Mari Bakero, a regular in the tournament organized annually by Josep Maldonado, president of Penya Coma-ruga 95. The edition held on Saturday afternoon was also held in memory of the great Catalan singer Núria Feliu, former Barcelona player Josep Palau, ‘Cuca’, and Vendrell businessman Joan Ferret, the three great friends of the Torneig Manchón since its inception in the late 1990s. .
Maldonado met again on the beaches of Coma-ruga to a good number of former players who made history at Barça. Some wore shorts, such as Guillermo Amor, Steve Archibald, Paco Martínez or Antoni Pinilla, who became part of the ‘Stars Team’, which came together. as every year Maldonado. Others accompanied Roser, widow of Eduard Manchón, such as Sadurní, Alfonseda, Bakero, Zuviría or ‘Tente’ Sánchez.
In the middle of the public featured presence from Torneig Manchón regulars, such as Josep Pons, Josep Maria Minguella or members of various ‘penyes’, such as Salva Torres, vice-president of the FC Barcelona World Confederation of Penyes. On behalf of the Barcelona club, the director responsible for Penyes, Josep Ignasi Macià, attended and dedicated a few words to the memory of Eduard Manchón.
Soccer, after all
Not in vain the main game of the program the sport was the friendly between the ‘Stars Team’ and the Penya Coma-ruga 95 team, which won 2-1 for the first time in recent editions, although the MVP of the tournament was Guillermo Amor, from the ‘Stars Team ‘. Before, there was party of veterans of Barça over 55 years old, with the participation, among others, of Laszi Kubala, and the performance of the singer Lídia Ruiz and the castellera group ‘Nens del Vendrell’, which raised the ‘pilar de quatre’ and gave a picture to Bakero as a memory. of his participation in a column twenty years ago. Unforgettable day which had the collaboration of the captains of Nàstic Geunine and Conxita Esteve, from Genuine Spain.
the traditional dinner at the tournament will be held in the coming months, with a tribute to Eusebio Sacristán, to be done anyway
Source: La Verdad
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