Doctor Cabeza: “The referees are worse than in my time”

The doctor Alfonso Cabeza Borqueformer president of Atlético de Madrida club he coached for two seasons, from 1980 to 1982, said this Friday in EFE who hopes that the red and white team will give him “a title or two” this year 2025.

The doctor, who turned 85 on November 9, confessed, with his usual irony and sense of humor, that he had high hopes that the new year would be “the year of Athletic“I’m about to take the final penalty, so I’m hoping to celebrate some titles this year,” he said.

“It is clear that the team is well placed in all competitions and can fight for the best in each of them, but the Athletic is he Athletic and the DNA he is not missing. Of those Athletic we can expect anything. May he win European Cup or delete it Elche in King’s Cup“added the only living former president of the rojiblanco club.

head made these statements from La Manga del Mar Menor. In the coastal town of Murcia, the doctor celebrated the businessman’s 80th birthday Jose Busquetsowner of one of the most historic hospitality establishments in Cape Palos, with dining at the La Manga Nautical Club, which was also attended by various businessmen and personalities from the area.

For 40 years, the doctor has maintained a strong connection with The Sleeve. He spent good seasons there every year, especially when he retired two decades ago, when he was 65 years old. He wakes up early, walks, has breakfast, buys a newspaper and reads, in a ritual he repeats every morning at “the best spa in Europe”, in his own words.

“La Manga del Mar Menor is amazing, but for years it has been abandoned by politicians, left and right. No one is interested in giving it the help it needs. It’s a shame, because it’s the best spa in Europe” Cabeza highlighted the 21 kilometer long spit of land that stretches from Cabo de Palos to the sandy beaches of San Pedro del Pinatar and separates the Mar Menor Mediterranean Sea.

Cabeza was appointed president of the Athletic on July 24, 1980, after the resignation, months before, of Vicente Calderon. The former leader was the only one to gather the necessary signatures to take office. He combined his work at the Madrid club with the director of Hospital of La Paz. He resigned as red-and-white president in the spring of 1982, amid controversy over his remarks against the refereeing establishment.

“The referees are worse now than in my time,” he said EFE the former president, who is confident that 2025 will bring “great joys” to athletes like him. “Before the top man calls me to take the final punishment, I’m hoping to get some titles from Athletic” he concluded.