He Levante surrendered, in the run-up to the match against Elche in a City of Valencia packed with 23,000 spectatorsan emotional tribute to the DANA victims of last October 29 in a tribute in which some players from the football clubs affected by the floods participated and in which, in addition to observing a minute of silence, the anthem was played regional of the Valencian Community.
The tribute began fifteen minutes before the start of the match against Elche, scheduled for 6:30 p.m., when the president of the Levante Foundation, María Dolores Boluda, placed a bouquet of flowers on the seat of the authorities’ box occupied by José Luis Marín, patron of the Levante Foundation and who died due to the floods on October 29.
Next, Rubén Marqués, professor at the Higher Conservatory of Music of Valencia and soloist of the Valencian Community Orchestra, performed the composer’s “Himne regional valencià” Jose Serranor in one of the most exciting moments of the afternoon, on the day professional football returned to the city.
Before starting the game, a rigorous minute of silence was observed, without music and in darkness, and Levante also had a special memory for both Jose Luis Marin how to Vicente Taranconfounder and president of Luanvi, a brand that visited Levante for years and who also lost his life during the dana.
to the party A total of four thousand people were invited, including players from teams such as Discóbolo La Torre, FBCD Catarroja, Interchiva or Algemesí CF, as well as their families, and 160 of them actively participated in the different tributes by carrying a giant senyera, donated by Real Madridwhich they deposited in the center of the field.
Before, at around five in the afternoon, an hour and a half before the start of the crash, The president of Levante, Pablo Sánchez, received outside the Ciutat de València a group of about three hundred club subscribers who were affected by DANA and that they have arrived at the stadium in buses chartered by the entity.
Furthermore, the names of all the affected municipalities will remain labeled on the upper ring of the Ciutat de València stadium, at least throughout this season so that their presence, their memory and their memory remain with us and are present in every match that the first teams play. Levante teams as well as in each and every one of the actions carried out in the Ciutat¿.
The Levante players, who took to the field with mud-stained shirts in tribute to the volunteers, will play the match against Elche with the usual Barça kit, but instead of the main sponsor they will wear the following phrase on their chest, in Valencian : Always with our people. More than you think