Do you remember the… Valencia 5 – Athletic 1 of the 2002-2003 League?

Defeat by a landslide at Mestalla. The day Javi González asked Pablo Aimar for the shirt at half-time, going 4-0 and with a hat trick from the Argentine. It was a gesture that the rojiblanco coach, Jupp Heynckes, did not like, who went so far as to say that he found the gesture “shameful”. “All he needed was to ask for an autograph,” said the German.

Zorroza defended himself by alluding that the shirt was for a friend and that there were more important things. Tiko scored the goal of honour, Benítez was the coach of Valencia and the now head of the referees, Medina Cantalejo, was the referee.

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