A League of Brilliants

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Today marks the 75th anniversary of the only league title won by Sevilla in Barcelona

“LONG LIVE SEVILLE !!, LEAGUE CHAMPION”. On a bus wearing this motto, the Seville heroes of Las Corts they took a crowd bath in Cordova and in each city and town where they were stopping on the way to the capital of Seville. Footballers who had taken to the Nervión club to the highest rung of national football. Sevilla, on March 31, 1946, it had been proclaimed for the first and only time till the date, league champion. A League of which today are fulfilled 75 years. A League of brilliants.

Absolutely full in The Corts. In the stands half a thousand sevillistas They traveled from the capital of Seville to cheer on their own. The team led by Ramon Encinas arrived Leader to last day with an advantage point about him Barcelona. It was worth the tie.The locals jumped for the title with an eleven formed by Velasco, Calo, Curta, Gonzalvo III, Virgos, Gonzalvo II, Gamonal, Escolá, Colino, César and Bravo. The Andalusian formed with Bust, Joaquín, Villalonga, Alconero, Antúnez, Eguiluz, López, Arza, Araujo, Herrera and Fields. Big words.

To the seven minutes the Seville. A clearance from the defense picked it up Lopez and focused on goal. Slang did not react and ‘Duck’ Araujo finalized final headlong to the left side of Velasco. The Jaén was distinguished by BRAND some years later with him Patricio Arabolaza award who gave himself to the most genuine representative of “the Spanish fury”.

Two names shone in the chronicles of that March 31st, with permission of the aforementioned Araujo: Bust and Arza. The one of Portugalete had the difficult ballot to stop the Barcelona siege. He was only able to get over him Bravo, that tied in minute 63, aborting attempts to Schola and Gamonal. There was almost half an hour of game left and Samitier, Barcelona coach, went with everything to the attack. But the marker would not move, writing the Seville the most important page of its history.

And what to say about Juan Arza. 14 goals got that season the ‘Golden Child’ of the Seville, a player as great as it is simple. A legend that he enjoyed with Jesus Navas because he is the soccer player who reminded him of himselfAlthough he had not seen the games for a long time because he was very nervous. His wife later told him the results. “I had very fond memories of the title. That team was a family, the trips were very long and they spent a lot of time together. The final half hour they endured like wild boars and the return was incredible, it took them a century to return to Seville“, he comments Javi arza, the young son of the former player.

Thousands of fans they met in Carmona to accompany the champions to Seville forming a large caravan of buses, cars, motorcycles And till bikes. The mayor presented them with various gifts, including a gold watch with the engraved city crest and cufflinks. Each player also received a leather wallet containing 1,000 pesetas.

The trophy delivery it would be done seven days later in a tribute party in Nerve where the champion and the grenade. March 31, 1946. A magical date for him Seville.

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