TO few days to play a historic match like the one they will play in Turin, Villarreal wanted to pay tribute to several “historical” of the entity. That is to the footballers of the current squad who have played more than 100 official matches with the yellow shirt. A total of eight players, such as Mario Gaspar and Manu Trigueros with more than 400 matches with the Submarine, Gerard Moreno and Moi Gómez that exceed 200, and Pau Torres, Samu Chukwueze, Alfonso Pedraza and Raúl Albiol for their more than 100 official matches with the Castellón team.
The only absence in said tribute was that of the Palencia goalkeeper, Sergio Asenjo, which adds a total of 255 and who already received his commemorative shirt when he reached 200 games. Special mention deserves the cases of Mario Gaspar (419) and Manu Trigueros (412), since this season they could beat the historic Bruno Soriano. Who was a great captain, reached 425 games to become the player with the most official matches in the club’s history, a figure that only the serious injury that kept him inactive during his last two seasons prevented him from improving significantly.
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In the same way, it should be remembered that, with the sole exception of Raúl Albiol, all of them are footballers who have passed through one of the base categories of the La Plana club. One more demonstration with facts of the important commitment to the academy of the first team from Vila Real.
