Jose Antonio Reyes is present in the friendly that the Seville and the Arsenal played on Saturday at Londona conflict that ended in a severe blow to the morale of those of Lopetegui (6-0), but despite the result it served to unite two clubs and two hobbies around the figure of the late and brilliant ex-footballer from Utrera, who left a deep mark on both entities .
The Seville invited the father of the player who died three years ago in a traffic accident while returning home after training with the Extremadura. Paco Reyes, deeply moved, lived a special day with many memories of the footballer’s past in Arsenalalthough during the Highbury, which Arsene Wenger’s team conquered with the help of Kings a Premier League title. A dream team, called “the invincibles”, as Cesc Fàbregas recalled in an interview for the club’s official television. “I was only 16 years old and Reyes and his family were very good to me. His joy, his laughter… infected everyone. He didn’t understand anything, but he won the group and was very important in helping the team win that Premier. Had a great team Henry, Bergkamp… and with him, the fresh legs to decide many games”, he said. Cesc.
The father of Kings received a gift of two shirts, from Arsenal and Sevilla, with the numbers 9 and 10, exchanged by the coaches of both teams, Mikel Arteta and Julen Lopetegui. And in the 9th minute the whole stadium applauded in memory of “José”, as the London fans call him Kings, once his image appeared on video scoreboards. When the Saka boy enters the area and Rekik drops in a case that the band assistant interprets as a punishment. This was the source of the 1-0 and the subsequent win.
6-0 is the only ‘but’ in a Sevilla key to recognizing the footballer who marked the growth of the club. Being very young, in January 2003, he was transferred to Arsenal for 24 million euros, an injection that allowed his home club to get out of the economic trap and enter the path to glory.
With the image of the father of Kings crying at the Emirates, the utreano’s legacy is more than the 6-0 that hurt the sevillistas so much.
Now, in six days, the Seville He will remember another of his legends, Antonio Puerta, in the trophy that bears his name and that, having recovered after the pandemic, will play against Cádiz.
Source: La Verdad
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