“The true demise of the residing is oblivion.
“The true demise of the residing is oblivion. Barça is indebted to them, and a Plensa isn't obligatory, small particulars are sufficient”.
With these phrases, Pere Raich, son of the historic Blaugrana captain Josep Raich, summed up the spirit of the tribute that Molins de Rei (Barcelona) devoted to Futbol Membership Barcelona from the Civil Battle, some gamers who raised Barça once more after a number of years of disaster.
The tribute, with the participation of the kids of varied gamers of that technology, was held final Saturday the twenty fifth on the Foment Cultural i Artístic de Molins, benefiting from the fiftieth anniversary of the Penya Blaugrana Josep Raich, who was born, lived and died in Molins: The membership turned half a century in 2019, however the pandemic pressured it to be delayed.
"Raich performed extra video games than Cruyff and scored extra objectives than Alba", recalled Ramon Sánchez, Councilor for Sports activities. "His values of him proceed to be the values of at the moment," mentioned Pere Valentí Mora, a Barça goalkeeper within the Seventies. “Raich had Molins in his coronary heart. We owe it to them”, sentenced the mayor, Xavi Paz.
That they had a spectacular life, recalled the journalist Frederic Porta of that technology of gamers, “in the event that they had been People, a film would have been made of every of them. Due to them, Barça is what it's at the moment”.
Aside from Raich's kids and grandson, descendants of a few of his colleagues from the years 1930-1940 attended the occasion, such because the son of Josep Escolà, Ricard and household; the nephew of the Barcelona defender Antoni Franco, Alberto, brother of the previous journalist and director of El Periódico, Antonio Franco; the widow of Martí Ventolrà's little brother, Maria Ayala.
From Mexico, the place he settled throughout the FC Barcelona tour of 1937, different members of the Ventolrà household participated by video, similar to his son José, Pepe, a World Cup participant like his father (in 1934 with Spain) however with the Mexican shirt in 1970, in addition to because the grandson of the Barcelona soccer participant, Martín. Audios of Mercè Balmanya could possibly be heard from Girona, daughter of the legendary Domingo Balmanya, in addition to Maria Justa Zabalo, daughter of among the best defenders of the time, Ramón de Zabalo.
The Civil Battle annoyed a group that had been renewed with nice expectations within the mid-thirties (1933-1935). From a membership that had lived its superb interval within the earlier decade with Samitier as its banner, champion of the primary Spanish skilled League (1928-29), however which had been immersed in a collection of clean seasons, in addition to a posh adaptation to full professionalization, which appeared to start to reverse simply earlier than the beginning of the conflict. With notable signings, the incorporation of gamers similar to Raich, Ventolrà, Munlloch, the goalkeeper Iborra and Balmanya from Girona or the Uruguayan Enrique Fernández, FC Barcelona took a course that the conflict ended up annoyed.
Nandou Diedhiou, 20 years previous, culé, Catalan Boccia champion, member of the Josep Raich supporters membership and current on the tribute, summed all of it up: “Why do I like soccer? As a result of it is emotion."
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