Celebrities from Real Madrid fans in particular and sports in general attended the presentation of the book in Madrid. ‘Real people’, written by José Luis Llorente, former basketball player and nephew of Paco Gentowhere he reviews the figure of the Cantabrian footballer and the time when he developed his game.
“We want to pay tribute to Paco Gento through the book, but also to the football players of real Madrid and other teams, because at that time the football players had a good relationship with each other which can be seen in the book. The book is not only Di Stefano, People either Puskasbut also of Garrinchaof Eusebiusof Gainza…”, explains the author.
“This is a global book where I tried to show an era, show how the great sport started in Spain and what society was like at that time. This is a history book of Real Madrid and Spanish sport, how great clubs emerged. New generations need to know this and older people will remember many things they experienced, many anecdotes that I know myself,” he added.
The event, held at the Wellington Hotel, not only marked the release of the work but also a review of Gento’s figure by names such as the former coach of the national team. Vicente del Bosque: “He has been an example for all of us who follow him of behavior, of knowing how to be, of humility. And as a player he has been exceptional.”
In the same line, he spoke Alvaro Arbeloawho attended on behalf of Real Madrid: “He was part of a group of players who formed the legend of Real Madrid. He has always been loved by Madrid fans, not only for everything he achieved as a footballer on the field, which is incredible and wonderful, but for what he means as a person. He is the history of world football and Real Madrid.
“All the demands on us that come from behind are thanks to that group that changed the history of football and left not only a huge number of titles but values and the Real Madrid DNA which is being discussed now,” he added.
Like them, other former footballers were also there, such as Ivan Helguera either Aitor Karanka; the coach Juande Ramos; the president of Rayo Vallecano, Raúl Martin Presa; the former cyclist Pedro Delgado; the sports journalist Jose Maria Garcia; and famous faces from the world of entertainment such as Antonio Resines either Millan Salcedo.
“My father told me a lot about him, I always fight with him because I always talk about him christianbut for him it had nothing to do with it, Di Stefano and People They are the best so far, better. I never got to see them but I met him and he was an endearing person, very funny. He behaved very well with me,” she said. Helguera.
“It is one of the things that makes me most sad, not having practically coincided with him. But everything that is said, how everyone remembers him, everyone says. In everything that is said about him, that humility did a lot to him. bigger than him as a player,” he said. karanka.
Source: La Verdad
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