Villarreal dedicated a emotional and warm tribute to the victims and those affected by DANA that devastated a large part of the province of Valencia last Tuesday, October 29. The proximity of the Castellón town and the ties that unite the yellow club with Valencia They made the events even more exciting, given the situation that is still experienced in many Valencian towns.
Endless applause It happened at the end of the regional anthem, while the great flag of the Valencian Community 18×12 meters lay in the center of the field of the La Cerámica stadium. The tears of the two technicians, Marcelino and Luis GarcíaAsturian and Madrid native by birth, although both very close to the Valencian Communitystood out among the sad faces of the footballers and the entire yellow stadium.
The footballers of both teams and the referee team They went out onto the grass with a t-shirt with the motto ‘Força València’ and the Villarreal dressed for the first time, acting as a local, an all-black uniform as a sign of mourning for the victims of DANA in which the motto ‘Junts Endavant’ was displayed. The bracelet worn by another Valencian, Raúl Albiol, was special and also sported the colors of the sign valencian
Fernando Roig: “This will not end in one or two weeks”
The president of Villarreal, the Valencian Fernando Roigspoke at the Movistar LaLiga microphones, before the match:
How have you experienced everything that happened?
Affected people with friends, all very affected. It is a situation that we have to prevent and learn because within a while this will happen to us again and we will have to leave the necessary infrastructure in place so that this cannot happen. I feel very sorry for the people and I can only support them all to move forward and say “forward”.
You have donated 500,000 euros and the shirts are going to be auctioned.
Any help is good, all the volunteers who are working and helping the victims… everyone has to contribute and all Spaniards and all Valencians have to get up, we have to start building businesses, playing football and prevent for the future.
What would you ask for the Valencians?
From our companies we are going to show that we are going to help all the people who have suffered and everyone who can help. The first thing to do is clean the streets, recover normality, have health care as good as possible and, together, fight and lift an area that is going to be difficult. I already lived in 82 Pantaná from Tous, I was one of the first to arrive because my in-laws lived there. Alzira then he got up and now all of Valencia has to get up. A tribute to all Valencians and from the anthem, that we all feel united, but remember that this does not end in one or two weeks.
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