“Playing is immoral, we all act like sheep”

The consequences left by the DANA during his passage Valence They are devastating. They get worse as the days go by. The neighbors leave behind the horror and shock of what happened, but now they must face a terrifying reality. The material and humanitarian crisis has minimized any issue that is not directly related to the search for solutions to the incessant wave of problems.

Everything is at a standstill Valencian CommunityFootball would also be missed. This has not happened at the state level. On the last day, two matches which were to be played on Valencian territory were suspended, but the others, eight out of ten, took place as normally as they could have.

If it had been up to the coaches and players, championship day would not have happened. The cataclysm that DANA left – it exceeds 210 dead – in the affected areas was unanimous among the main players in the championship. THE League He defended the continuity of the national tournament.

“The best message is to be on the front line in our work, like all workers in the rest of the sectors, giving visibility, generating resources and explaining to the world that we must be all hands on deck to move forward” , he announced. . Thebeswhich uses football for what it is, a massive activity that generates emotions and celebrations.

Even if doubt, at least, is generated. ¿There is something to celebrate? Is it indecent to celebrate a triumph while tragedy is still unfolding? The League does not believe this, it considers that the competition should take place everywhere except “in the areas concerned”. This is why he did not give the order to lower the curtain and eight of the ten confrontations will take place as normally as possible.

Throughout the day, there were numerous testimonies from coaches and players criticizing the League’s dispute. The latest to join the long list was Julien Calerocoach of Levante, a team that twice postponed its Copa del Rey match.

“I feel a little embarrassed to belong to this professional football that the day did not stop because I think that each of us should have shown strength so that this did not happen,” he said in El Larguero. “We all agree, but the associations should have taken these initiatives, what values ​​are we generating if we played this week If football is a game and the word game means fun, what match are we going to have if we are in mourning”, adds-. he.

Calero recounts the warlike landscape that DANA drew in Valencia, impossible to erase these days from the minds of its players. “A real war scenario in which we lacked our army to help us. Some miserable politicians have ensured that our war scenario is not followed by professionals. I spoke with the EMU staff when I went to bring medicine and they told me they were ready to build bridges, bring running water, generate coordination and try to save lives. “I don’t understand why people are left alone,” he said.