The Plaza of the Constitution of Malaga has been converted throughout the day into an improvised soccer school that reached its zenith with the arrival of Gaizka Mendieta, ambassador of LaLiga, Jesús Gámez, Rodrigo Riquelme and the blind footballer Antonio Martín Niño to show his arts with the ball before an enthusiastic public. It was one of the great events of the fourth edition of the BRAND Sport Weekend And it is true that he did not disappoint, especially when the former Valencia player, who took penalties with great mastery, accepted El Niño’s challenge, after giving him some advice: shoot a penalty blindly.
for activity The Ball Wizards scheduled for this second day of MARCA’s sports festival, the heat was already giving a break and people crowded into the Plaza de la Constitución looking for an autograph or a photo before the players showed off their skills with the ball . Because they all did a mischief that distinguished them beyond the Higuita scorpion, another of the great guests who dared with his historic clearance.
Mendieta explained the secret he used to trick the goalkeeperalways look at the goalkeeper in the race: “The first thing is to be very clear about it. If I say it now, it might stop me. You watch the goalkeeper until the end to see how he acts. If he stayed still, I would throw to one side and that’s it. The technique it’s running towards the ball but looking at the goalkeeper”, commented Gaizka, who also played with El Niño, the best blind soccer player that Spain has given and that came directly from the round table with Juan Carlos Unzué in the middle Pompidou to get into the field with the former Valencian player. The 14-year-old goalkeeper Jimmy Bonich participated in this very special duel
As expected, Jesús Gámez also grabbed the attention of the attendees as a good man from Malaga. the of Fuengirolawith almost an entire career at Málaga, distinguished himself in the Simeone’s Athletic for his lethal throw-ins, so the challenge was to serve from one side of the square to put the ball inside the field, about 25 meters away, which he achieved.
And then Rodrigo Riquelme showed his weapons, another man from Madrid who has finished this season as the top assistant in Second with Mirandés, where he has shone this campaign on loan from Atlético and has left some roulette even to those present in a crowded square. He was without a doubt the one who sweated the most because he He played a match with the freestylers Javi Freestyle and José Luis Barrios.
