As a player, he left great memories both in Royal Majorca as in real society, clubs that this Sunday will face each other Majorca Son Moix Stadium Fortunately. Gonzalo ‘Chory’ Castro Irizabal (Trinidad, Flores, -Uruguay-, September 14, 1984), current River Plate player, will follow with “maximum attention” the rivalry between his former teams this weekend. Speaking to the Real Mallorca media, he said, from Montevideothat a tie “will leave both happy”.
Castro arrived in Europe in the 2007-08 season and reached the Royal Majorca. That course, adaptation, played 9 games and scored 1 goal. From the following season his role in the team became increasingly important and he became a kind of substitute for the Venezuelan Juan Arango.
With the Mallorca shirt he played 148 games and scored 27 goals. Some of them left their mark on the fans and himself. As an example, he mentions the double and the help against Real Betis in the 2008-09 League, which served to equalize the 0-3 defeat in just 11 minutes.
“Yes, my best memory in Mallorca was against Betis, in a match where we lost zero to three. I came on in the second half, came on too. Pierre Webo, and we made an epic comeback to draw a tie. It was one of those matches that become personally memorable”, recalled ‘Chory’.
The Uruguayan is also the author of the goal of the first victory in the history of Real Mallorca in Sadar against Osasuna. “Yes, it’s also a very good memory, on a pitch that is always difficult; to have that privilege to win and contribute with a goal is very good,” he said.
Other South American soccer player memories are also available Real society as the protagonist. In the second leg of the round of 16 of the Copa del Rey in the 2011-12 season, Mallorca staged an epic comeback. After losing 2-0 to Anoeta, and starting to lose to Son Moix, Gregorio Manzano’s team scored four goals in 11 minutes to advance to the quarterfinals. He Chori He scored two goals, one from a free kick, and another well remembered after stealing the ball from the rival goalkeeper. “I have a special memory with Mallorca against Real; we changed a game in the Cup. I think the Mallorcan fans have very good memories of that game and mainly because of the team’s fourth goal; it was my second goal in this match, an atypical goal”, he recalled.
After his time as a Mallorcan player, Castro went to Real Sociedad to play for Champions and the european league. He faced Real Mallorca for the first time, which he managed to score a goal. “It was strange, really. I didn’t celebrate the goal out of respect for the fans and the Mallorcan club that gave me the opportunity to move from Uruguay in Europe and start my career on this continent. I was there for five years and these things were not forgotten,” he said.
“Too much Royal Majorca as real society, they are my house; I always felt very welcome, very supported by the two hobbies. Thank you, and may the best man win this Sunday; or with a tie, they’ll both be happy, right?”, ditch.
Source: La Verdad
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