“This shows that we are a commodity” | Relief

The images that continue to flow from Valencia continue to tug at hearts. Horrible data freezes them. More than 200 dead, more than 2,000 families calling emergency services for news of their loved ones… A devastating photo that has the whole country on edge.

And in the face of disaster – solidarity. Thousands of anonymous citizens took to the streets to try to help their neighbors with shovels, hands and resources. territory that was destroyed. A disaster that left the sport in the background, although the competition decided not to stop time and resume the day in injury time. Calendar things.

One of those citizens who took to the streets yesterday was Vicente Iborra. Captain Levante approached Paiporte with his family and shovel in hand to help clean up the streets of the Valencian city. “It’s time to put ourselves in the shoes of the victims, try to help and provide support. Football is now in the background. We will have time for football, and now all these people need us,” the player told club media.

A speech that hardened in the hours after he saw the disaster with his own eyes. Iborra took part in Chain Creature Stringer and there he gave vent to his disappointment and anger. Especially with institutions that decided to hold competitions on such a weekend.

“At the end of the day, it shows that we are a commodity in the world of sports. When these moments come and we could teach a lesson about humanity, we don’t give it.”. This is the world we live in: we can decide whether to live in it or enter another reality, which I believe is more human,” Iborra said in a dialogue with host Iago de Vega.

“This should be a question for those who decide to play and tell us their reasons.” A dart that Iborra threw into the air in search of an explanation. “It’s hard to go to a football stadium to cheer, sing a goal or show a sense of joy when there are people a few meters away from us who are feeling unwell.” and that he needs help. It’s hard to go celebrate, what? What to celebrate when there is so much misfortune? “That’s a question to ask whoever decides to continue playing.”

Levante President also asks for help

Levantwhich opened the Ciutat de Valencia to accept food and donations and organize their distribution to the victims, does not want this outbreak of solidarity to be suspended these days. From there the call of Pablo Sánchez, president of the organization and protagonist of El Partidazo de la Cadena Cope.

“I could tell you a thousand cases, but they are all sad. But among all the bad things, there is only one beautiful thing – to see the solidarity of people. The people of Valencia and all of Spain supported us, and you can see it on the streets. There are rivers of people who help clean up, carry jugs of water for kilometers…”, assured the President of Granota. “This afternoon we were in Catarroja, and there is no water there. There is no running water. People need water to wash themselves, flush the toilet…”