Manolo ‘el del Bombo’ He is 72 years old and is the most faithful follower of the Spanish soccer team. After having followed the Red in the Eurocup during the group stage matches in Seville and then in the second round in Copenhagen and in the semifinals in St. Petersburg, everything indicates that he will not be able to accompany the team in the semifinals against Italy at Wembley, London.
He had to close his iconic bar Valencia and he has a retirement pension of 850 euros, of which half are to pay the mortgage on his apartment. Now in many cases you have to pay for travel and tickets to follow the Spanish team.
This is how he explained it to Susanna Griso in Public Mirror of Antena 3: “The Red Marea peña gave me tickets in Sevilla, then I took out tickets to go to Russia and I spoke with the RFEF and they looked for a ticket and a hotel for me in half an hour. Now it turns out that I can’t go to the semifinal and final because they say they don’t have tickets and everything is complete. Here I am dressed waiting for them to call me. I have nothing, no ticket or ticket. The RFEF He told me that it was almost impossible, but that if they could do something they would call me. But I’m still waiting. ”
Rifirrafe with Pepe Domingo Castaño
Before, Manolo had spoken about the RFEF in The reason: “They haven’t even called me from the Spanish Football Federation to give me a hand. They have forgotten me. I don’t deserve it. With all that I give myself to ours …”.
In this regard, Manolo wanted to answer Pepe Domingo Castaño, who has said that the follower of Spain “is not telling the truth, half of what is telling is a lie”, referring to the fact that the RFEF has helped him on some occasions.
This has been his reply in Espejo Público: “I want to clarify that I have never spoken about the National Team, the Federation or the managers. No journalist from Spain can speak ill of me. What the RFEF does with me that is what I say. Now Pepe Domingo Castaño says that I tell lies. That is not a lie. What I say is true. […] I do not speak ill of any federation, coach or president. Let no one speak ill without knowing. ”
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