villareal will celebrate this Saturday, from 14:00 in Argentina at La Cerámica, its centenary with the match between the legends of the club against those of the Spanish team, with a special ingredient for the Argentines: the meeting of Juan Roman Riquelme AND Martin Palermo.
Before the game, in an act that wants to honor the players who have worn the Yellow Submarine shirt in these 100 years of history, they will pass on the field 150 former footballerswhich will look back over the various decades of the club at the start of the event.
Then, for the “Partido de las Leyendas” the club has been able to bring together several top players of the team in recent years, including, seven Argentinesamong which the former Boca colleagues stand out.
“The match will be between Villarreal legends and Spain legends, out of a total of 24 players called up for both teams, and where certainly (both former players) they will meet at some point in the game‘, Villarreal’s director of communications, marketing and foreign relations, Hernán Sanz of Argentina, told Télam Radio.
Riquelme, Palermo and much more
In addition to the celebrated arches Riquelme and Palermo, they will also be in the game Juan Pablo Sorin, Gonzalo Rodriguez, Matthew Musacchio, Fabrizio Coloccini AND Mariano Barbosa.
Other prominent figures who will be present are, for example, Diego Forlan and Robert Pires.
In the other team there will also be former players of the Spanish team such as Salva Ballesta, Jose Emilio Amavisca, David Albelda, Ferran Giner, Fernando MorientesIván Campo and Rubén De la Red, as well as the current coach of Villarreal, Quique Setién, who will play few minutes in this match.
In the meantime, the coaches chosen on the bench were two legends of Spanish football: Benedict Fiorefor the historic team of Villarreal, e Jose Antonio Camacholeading the national team.
The call for this exciting meeting has generated much anticipation among fans, who will flock to La Cerámica, since more than 20,000 tickets have already been sold out of a capacity of 22,000 spectators.
Furthermore, the match will be broadcast both in Spain and in Latin America, which demonstrates the impact, especially in these latitudes, due to the presence of Riquelme, Palermo and Forlán. In Argentina will be seen from ESPN and Stella+ from 1.20pm
Source: Clarin
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