Friendly game at la Rosaleda
Charity game in Malaga
As some of you probably know, there was a friendly game yesterday at la Rosaleda de Malaga, organized by the 'Fundación 442'. Amongst the players who accepted to take part in this friendly game were our Valencianistas Silva, Albiol, Alexis, Marchena, Baraja and Joaquín (Baraja and Silva only did a symbolic kick-off but were present nonetheless) but also players like Butragueño, Yeste, Luque, Apoño, Senderos... and Pep Guardiola. The crowd reserved the biggest applaud for him.
Equipo 442: Codina (Contreras, minuto 46); Jesús Gámez, Fernando Hierro (Karanka, minuto 46), Fernando Sanz (Valcarce, minuto 46), Alexis; Marchena (Guardiola, minuto 20), Alfonso, minuto 46); Joaquín (Etxeberria, minuto 46), Sandro (Apoño, minuto 27), Yeste, Luque, y Butragueño (Koke, minuto 46).
442 Team: 'Mono' Burgos (Arnau. minuto 56); Cortés (Pérez, minuto 46), Senderos, Belenguer, Licht; Soldado (Manu del Moral, minuto 46), Contra, Celestini, Craioveanu (Albín, minuto 67); Dely Valdés (Nacho, minuto 46) y Esnaider (Roque, minuto 56).
Goles: 0-1, minuto 28: De la Red, de penalti. 1-1, minuto 39: Luque. 2-1, minuto 70: Apoño. 2-2, minuto 81: Roque. 2-3, minuto 86: Nacho. 3-3, minuto 92: Alfonso, de penalti.
Árbitro: Rafa Guerrero. Tarjeta amarilla a Esnaider, Fernando Hierro, 'Mono' Burgos (expulsado ya en el banquillo), Luque y Arnau.
Campo: Unos 8.000 espectadores en La Rosaleda. Baraja y Silva, de paisanos, hicieron el saque de honor.
I only decided to post pictures of our Valencianistas (well, I sometimes got carrid away a little) but couldn't find many. If you have other ones, they are very welcome!
Alexis is looking up to the stands to spot bb theelba to the sky ; Joaquin is happy to be here and Marchena has found himself a new BFF in Pep Guardiola.
Silva and Pipo, looking good. I see you, Marchena! :)
Am I the only one thinking that Silva is looking girly here? I don't know if this is the necklace, the hair or the angle of the photo that makes him look as if he almost has breasts.
I believe he has started to be afftected by Alexis' taste in jewellery. His necklace looks too much like his pendant of Gondor.
Yes, this is not Valencia related but he was pretty much the highlight of the game. Besides, he was subbed in for Marchena:
pic stolen from ontd_football
Second and last off-topic pic but Rubén De La Red was a surprise guest and he was subbed in when his team got a penalty, that he scored. Happy!Rubén makes me happy :D
It was his first reapparence on a football pitch, even if he didn't really play. And if you remember it, he collapsed during a game against Malaga, in this same stadium.
Alexis' back is better than no Alexis at all.