Real Madrid and Valencia show their support for Unzué

Before the start of the league game between them, Real Madrid and Valencia showed their support for former soccer player and former coach Juan Carlos Unzué, who announced Thursday that he suffers from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Sergio Ramos, captain of Real Madrid, wore a shirt at the exit to the field with the message “Much encouragement Unzué, we are with you” and posed with the Valencia captain, Dani Parejo, before the field draw. The exporter and member of the Barcelona technical team in various stages and former coach of Numancia, Celta and Girona called the media on Thursday at a Camp Nou auditorium to explain that he suffers from this neurodegenerative disease.

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“I have summoned you here to all the media because I want to make public my current state of health and that is, last February, Dr. Povedano confirmed the diagnosis that Dr. Rojas had given me last summer at the Hospital Sant Pau. I have amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, better known as ALS, “he said.

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In addition, the game had another emotional moment before its start when, with the footballers around the central circle, a minute of silence was observed due to the death this Thursday of Isidro Brunet at the age of 85, a former Madrid player in the season. 1957-58, qHe completed a large part of his career as a striker for Terrasa and Córdoba.