Manuel Benítez ‘El Cordobés’, after the meeting with his son: “He had my heart in a fist”

After the emotional meeting that he lived with his father and the subsequent press conference that he offered in this regard on Tuesday, Manuel Diaz ‘El Cordoba’ lives in a cloud Two days after his emotional words, “El Cordobés” father has reacted and explained to the press what he felt when listening to his son.

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“He did not speak with his tongue, he spoke with what he has inside, with his heart,” he said. Manuel Benitez this Thursday at the microphones of Europapress. “She had me with her heart in a fist,” she has pointed out.

After decades without recognizing his son, now he only has good words for him: “All this is a great joy for me. We were in the field and he said ‘sorry’ and I said ‘no son, we are both forgiven'”. He has assured that he gets “even nervous” when remembering the meeting between the two. Now “we are in the same boat”, he has pointed out. Regarding the inheritance that would correspond to his son, he added: “Here money does not count for anything, the heart counts.”

At the same time, he has also had a few words for his wife, Maria de los Angeles Quesadawhich has been essential for her to finally accept her son as such: “Mari Ángeles is my life, we love each other, she helps me in everything, we are very close… Well, I have to thank God too.”

The expected meeting

Fifty-four years Manuel Díaz had to wait to fulfill his dream: to embrace his biological father. “The photo of my life”, wrote the bullfighter on February 14 on networks along with the most anticipated image for him. The meeting between Cordobés Sr. and Cordobés Jr. has marked a turning point in the tabloids of this country.

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Virginia Troconis’s husband is the result of the relationship between Manuel Benítez ‘El Cordobés’ and Dolores Díaz. He was born in 1968 but his father did not want to take charge and denied it even when, years later, the offspring jumped into the ring to follow in the professional footsteps of the man who popularized the ‘leap of the frog’, seeking his affection and recognition. Finally, ‘El Cordobés’ son claimed paternity through the courts, “to do justice to my mother”, and obtained a favorable sentence in 2016. At a press conference, he confessed this Tuesday: “I wanted to get under him, to curl up” .