2023-06-06 23:29:50
Footballers, retired or active, who have attended the party-tribute organized in honor of the captain of Real Betis, Joaquin Sanchezhave spared no praise for the recently retired player from Porto, whom they have branded as “icon”, “myth” or “world football ambassador”.
The former national selector Jose Antonio Camachowho called him up for the 2002 World Cup, recalled that “no one opened the doors of the national team, Joaquín opened them with his game”, who played fifty international matches and “for a reason he has had such a life long as a footballer”.
Fabian Ruiztrained at Betis and who is now a member of Paris Saint-Germain, highlighted how “beautiful” it is to “go home, be in front of all the béticos” to honor an “idol, an icon” who “is a mirror for all the homegrown players”.
The Villarreal goalkeeper Pepe Reina He considered Joaquín “an act of generosity” to have invited him because “being here is a privilege” that will allow him to “embrace for the penultimate time” a man who “deserves this tribute, it’s nice to enjoy. Everyone wants it.”
The former Dutch striker Ruud van Nistelrooy He described Joaquín as a “huge character” who made him live “a phenomenal year in Malaga” because it allowed him “to meet a pure footballer” due to “his crosses and his technique. It is normal that the stadium has been filled”.
The Argentine also coincided with the portuense in Málaga Javier Saviolawho described him as “a myth of Spanish football and world football” who “as a person deserves all the good things that are to come now.”
The captain of Seville, Jesus Navasdid not participate in the game due to a physical problem that should not prevent him from becoming the oldest footballer to represent Spain next week, but indicated that he “doubted not for a moment in being by his side when” he “asked to be here” because “he is a great person”.
Emilio Butragueno, Director of Institutional Relations for Real Madrid, stated that “Joaquín has been a great talent and a great professional” who has “represented all the values that football represents. He is an ambassador for world football and an exemplary athlete”. “We had to be here because we have great respect for him. We are saddened by his farewell but today we applaud him for his example,” Butragueño concluded.
The tribute of Juanma Moreno
The president of the Junta de Andalucía, Juanma Moreno, assured this Tuesday that he “wanted to be present” at the tribute to the captain of Real Betis, Joaquín Sánchez, because “he is a person who has always generated money, has values” and all the region has “turned on him.” Moreno has indicated, in statements to Betis TV, that “Joaquín is Andalusia because it is work, talent, humor and sacrifice, all at the same time” and indicated that he is going to “miss him in the football stadiums” despite the fact that “he has lost weight” and he has “told him that he is here for two more seasons. He is great.” The Andalusian president congratulated himself on “seeing the Benito Villamarín stadium packed to overflowing to bid farewell to a legend from Betis, the Spanish team and sports”. “We could not miss this match, since it represents the values that we Andalusians have. It is an Andalusian Medal because it has projected our values at a national and international level. If Joaquín tells us to come, we have to come”, Juanma Moreno pointed out at the prelegomena of the match-tribute to Joaquín.
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