Legendary Barcelona Player Fusti Passes Away: Real Madrid Joins in Mourning

Barcelona announced the death of legendary midfielder Josep Maria Fuste on Thursday at the age of 82. The star who helped the Spanish national team win the European Cup in 1964 was born in the youth training of Barcelona. When he played for the team from 1960 to 1972, he played as many as 406 games and scored 117 goals. He is famous for his speed, technology and heavy artillery. , After hanging up his boots, he ran for the president of the club. Although he was not elected, he joined the board of directors as an advisor about 13 years ago.

Barcelona announced the legend’s death on official Twitter, “Barcelona fans around the world will always remember you, rest in peace!” Not long after, rival Real Madrid also mourned the Barcelona legend on official Twitter, writing, “Real Madrid Saddened by the death of Fusti, a legend of Barcelona and Spanish football, a member of the Spanish team that won the European Nations Cup in 1964, Real Madrid would like to express its deepest condolences to all his relatives, former teammates, the club, etc.”

Barcelona and Real Madrid have once again had a bad relationship recently. The reason is that the former has recently been accused of bribing the ball certificate. Said that it was Real Madrid who often received preferential treatment from the ball certificate, but the latter counterattacked with an edited historical film, saying that Barcelona was sheltered by the Franco dictatorship in the past, and later even the Catalan government intervened, demanding that Real Madrid withdraw the film and apologize, but The association did not submit, but on Thursday published a document mourning Fu Sidi.

Image source: Image from the official website of the club