The return of David Villa to Mestalla | LaLiga Santander 2019

Valencia honors the striker with a tarp outside the stadium and make the honor roll in the duel against Betis

More than one amateur will ask David Villa That his visit on the next Saturday at the Mestalla Stadium is not fleeting, but that he will remain at the command of Albert Celades to improve the attack. The Spaniard stepping on the grass again as a former footballer and only to perform the honor roll. It is the way in which Valencia CF wants to honor a striker who scored little in the five years he wore the black and white shirt.

Villa signed for Valencia in the summer of 2005 and left the club on the way to Bara five seasons later and after leaving 50 million euros in the coffers. For the memory were his 129 goals, the 2008 Copa del Rey won to Getafe in Caldern and the fact that as a Valencian champion of the Eurocup 2008 and the World Cup in South Africa in 2010 was proclaimed.

His contribution to Valencia, in a time that had convulsive phases, and his international explosion has led the club to place its image on one of the canvases that covers the Mestalla facade on the Avenue of Sweden, where tribute is paid to its legends.

The events begin at three in the afternoon, one hour before the game against Betis. The former player, accompanied by his family, greet from the stadium's balcony and then, after an institutional reception in the box of Mestalla, which can be followed live through the official television of the club, jump back to the grass Mestalla minutes before the game to perform the honor roll of the match.