Joaquín will play in the Kings Cup Final Four in La Rosaleda | Relief

The great surprise of the Kings League. Former footballer Joaquín Sánchez will return to the playing fields hand in hand with the competition created by Gerard Piquéin which there will be a new edition of this final four, which will be played at the La Rosaleda stadium in Malagaafter those experienced at the Camp Nou and the Metropolitano.

The former Betis footballer will play in what was his home for several seasons, Málagato compete this format of the Kings Cupalthough It has not yet been decided how or in which team, since the participants are not known, what is clear is that they will play at 100%.

After his retirement, the former National Team player has continued dedicated to his work in the television world with the program “Joaquín, el Novato” and He is also a new ambassador for LaLiga and Betis, as one of the club’s relevant figures. This is in addition to its function as Movistar commentator on LaLiga matches, which will begin soon, as we announced in Relevo a few months ago.

In addition to Joaquín, other former players have played at some point in this new format promoted by Piqué. Figures like Raúl Tamudo, Chicharito, Casillas, Alberto Bueno, Agüero, Saviola, De la Red, Sergio García, Didac Vilà, Capdevilla, Augusto Fernández, Lopo or Jonathan Sorianoare some of them.

sporadic figures

Joaquín’s situation will not be regular but will be a case like that of other figures who played only one game in the tournament. Before Joaquín, the most famous were Shevchenko, Pirlo and of course Ronaldinhoone of the greatest players of the last 20 years.

the same Joaquin spoke after the announcement: “Yes, I have seen the Kings League, I know little about the rules because they change a lot. Yes, I am excited to put on my boots again, I don’t think I have touched a ball since I retired. “I stay in shape,” he said.

Marcos Durán is an international football writer for Relevo. Born in Mar del Plata, Argentina and raised in Alhaurín de la Torre, he studied Journalism at the University of Málaga. As

professional, his first steps were in the mixed zone of La Rosaleda before starting the race. He went on Erasmus to Rome from where he began to collaborate with Cadena Cope. After completing a Master’s Degree in Multimedia Journalism in Granada, he requested an internship at Diario AS, where he was part of the AS América team. He witnessed and covered the 2021 Copa América from Brazil for AS and Cadena Ser, seeing in situ how Messi lifted his first trophy as captain of Argentina. He was at Maracaná, Wembley and Lusail.


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