I had to release a new field and do it under the eyes of international soccer players such as Raúl Albiol, Juan Foyth o Marcos Senna. This afternoon it was special again for the hundred boys from the Discóbolo La Torre AC who saw their facilities razed by the dana On October 29. Two months before the water took everything, they had managed to change the grass but, after sadness, they have a shining one thanks to Villarreal.
The presiding club Fernando Roig has financed the construction of these facilities, which have been relocated 500 meters from the destroyed, thanks to the two million euros which contributed to the ‘Almm-Seport’ program that launched the Trinidad Alfonso Foundation.
The intention, both of Villarreal and the foundation that is part of the Juan Roig legacy, is that the sports activity returns to the affected areas as soon as possible. Therefore, its economic thrust will also cover new sports facilities in Bunch in the municipal field of Cathal the Polideportivo Joan Girbés of Algemesí and the crossroads of Aldaia. All of them are planned to be ready next March.
To these fields, which will be rehabilitated with the donation of Villarreal, which will reach a second phase in the coming months.
In the act of inaguration, while the first boys and girls arrived in the field, the mayor of Valencia has been, María José Catalá the director of the Trinidad Alfonso Foundation, JUAN Miguel Gómezand Albiol, Foyth and Senna on behalf of Villarreal.
“For the Valencia City Council, it is a very big joy to recover normality with this field in the tower, the district most hit by the Dana of the city of Valencia. This has been a first phase, the installation of the grass on which the Villarreal has put 174,000 euros and the City Council 123,400.
“This collaboration of Villarreal has been very emotional and it is a satisfaction to have been able to transform a plot that was full of cars in a place full of life and sport,” added the mayor.