The Sports House of Cantabria Beginning this Friday, it has been associated with the name of Paco Gentoa tribute to a “legend of Real Madrid and world football”, someone who loves his land and his family and values values such as “humility, simplicity, resilience and spirit of self-improvement”, who led him to the only player to win six European Cups and become “the best football player in the history of Spain“.
It was disclosed in the official act to give the name of peoplewho died in January, in the building in Santander that contains part of the Cantabrian sports federations, where the president of Cantabria, Miguel Angel Revilla; the Vice President and Minister of Sports, Pablo Zuloaga; and the directors of Institutional Relations of Real Racing Club at Real Madrid, Víctor Diego and Emilio Butragueño.
His widow Mariluz, who is supported by a large part of his family, including some of Paco Gento’s nephews, such as former Real Madrid basketball player José Luis Llorente, as well as Vicente Miera, also participated. in the act. . , another Cantabrian figure stands out on the Real Madrid football team.
The auditorium of the Casa del Deporte de Cantabria “Paco Gento” also welcomed the large audience, including the representation of children from the Racing summer campus wearing green shirts of the Cantabrian club, who enjoyed the projection of a tribute video to the Cantabrian footballer shot by Real Madrid.
“I saw Gento make his debut in 1953, at a Barcelona-Racing. I was there”, recalled the Cantabrian president, who emphasized that, though Paco Gento “he doesn’t like a lot of people”, he always answers his call for any act of representation Cantabria, such as Fitur, to sign autographs. “I loved Cantabria”, he stressed.
And he set him as “an example as a person and as a player”, while “those who go now in numbers don’t even get to his knees”. “For me he is the best footballer in Spanish history,” said Miguel Ángel Revilla, who asked Real Madrid for a “small monument” in memory of all the Cantabrian players who wore his shirt and “makes” the club.
“This is an action of justice for Cantabriafor sports, for real Madrid and for him Karera“, rushed the Cantabrian vice president and head of regional sports, emphasizing that Gento carried” the sports flag of Cantabria all over the world ”.“ It will not be lost in our memory ”, insisted Paul Zuloagabefore presenting a commemorative plaque to the widow.
Gento’s wife was influenced by the “great love” he had for Cantabria and that he sent to her, who was born in Madrid. “I also love the tierruca and I like it, even when it rains,” she joked excitedly.
“Paco Gento is he real Madrid“, continued the club’s former soccer player and director of Institutional Relations, Emilio Butragueño, who had the effect of praising Paco Gento’s figure, whom he thanked, on behalf of the entity, for the amounts he sent. and if who, as he featured, they are still the “pillars” of the team that allowed it to get a new Champions League.
“Discuss Paco Gento is to talk about one of the greatest legends, not only of Real Madrid, but of football in the world ”, Butragueño summed up, emphasizing that Gento“ is part of the shield and shirt of the white club ”. “We will always remember him. “, finished.
Previously, the director of Institutional Relations of Racing insisted on praising Gento’s values of “humility, perseverance and spirit of improvement”, which made him a “reference player in world football”. “Discuss Paco Gento will speak with the capital letters of the sport ”, said Víctor Diego, who transferred the“ respect ”of the Verdiblanca entity for this player’s figure.
Source: La Verdad
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