The 25th anniversary of the U-20 World Championship won by the Spanish Soccer Team. On these silver weddings, Spanish Footballers Association will pay a well-deserved and emotional tribute to the footballers who were members of that team that won the World Cup in Nigeria in 1999. This is the first and, so far, only title for the national team in this category.
To commemorate this feat, the footballers of that historic team will face the next Saturday, June 8 AFE Football Veterans Selection in it Sant Antoni Municipal Football Field (Ibiza). The match will start at 7:00 p.m. pm.
This party has the support of the Real spanish soccer federation (RFEF) and is sponsored by the Consell Insular d’Eivissa, through its tourist brand Ibiza.Traveland the Sant Antoni de Portmany Town Hall.
The match is of character beneficial and AFE will make a donation to the Spanish Association KBG Syndromewhich works helping people who suffer from KBG syndrome, weird illness caused by mutations in the ANKRD11 gene, whose protein is found in brain cells, and its families, in order to raise awareness and promote scientific research.
The localities will be distributed among the different football clubs of Ibiza by the Consell Insular d’Eivissa and of the town halls of the island.
Therefore, the box office of the Sant Antoni Municipal Football Field they will not open.
The footballers of the Spanish National Teamdirected by Pepe Carcelenwho was proclaimed champion in Nigeria who have confirmed their attendance are the following:
Goalkeepers: Dani Aranzubia.
Defenses: Francisco Javier Jusué, Carlos Marchena, Pablo Coira and David Bermudo.
Midfielders: Pablo Orbaiz, Fernando Varela, Gonzalo Colsa, Xavi Hernández and José Javier Barkero.
Forwards: Pablo Couñago, Álex Lombardero and David Aganzo.
The association team will be led from the bench by Jose Antonio Camacho and Fernando Zambrano.
The list of summoned AFE Football Veterans Selection is the next:
Goalkeepers: Pedro Luis Jaro, Koke Contreras and José Luis Mora.
Defenses: Sergio Sánchez, Rubén Castro, Iñaki Bea, Vicente Valcarce, Nano Rivas and Agus García.
Midfielders: José Manuel Jurado, De la Red, De los Santos, Alberto Rivera, Benjamín Zarandona, Vivar Dorado, Xavi Torres, Marcos García ‘Marquitos’, Paco Gallardo and Manuel Tello.
Forwards: Raúl Tamudo, Henrique Guedes ‘Catanha’, Jorge López ‘Tote’ and Michel Carrilero.
