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Laporta, Unzué and Guardiola at the presentation of the friendly match Barça v City

IN AN ACT OF SOLIDARITY

Unzué shows chest with Barça before the duel against City

Published:22/08/2022 - 20:54h

Updated:22/08/2022 - 20:54h

Former Barça footballer, Juan Carlos Unzué, has called on fans to attend the friendly match against City for the benefit of the fight against ALS: He maintains that it is a great opportunity to express the club's values

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After initiating recently his commitments by The League, the FC Barcelona does not shelve his social work in favour of charitable causes. PPloughs the Wednesday 24 August is foreseen a friendly party in the Camp Nou in front of the Manchester City, supported by Juan Carlos Unzué, ex player and trainer culé, the one who today is one of the main activists of the world of the football in the fight against the lateral sclerosis amiotrófica (ELA).

In his statements for 'Sportive World' to few hours of the commitment, the ancient guardameta, has commented the process to celebrate this meeting, thank you the good disposal of both clubs: "All has sustained from the friendship and the personal relation with people of the City like Txiki, Pep and Ferran Soriano. Here in Barcelona, with Laporta and Rafa Yuste and from the minute one there has been a terrific predisposition to carry out it in spite of the difficulties and circumstances that spoke".

For Unzué, the party luce like a new big gesture by part of the barcelonismo to the affected by this illness, that will be the greater benefited with this type of events: "This party do not see it like something personal. It is a work in team and will see benefited the affected of ELA. This does that it was calm. I trust a lot in the machinery of the FC Barcelona".

Barça and City, joined in the fight against the ELA

The bottoms collected will be allocated to the scientific advances in pro of this fight: "The one who buy an entrance for this party has guaranteeed that goes to see a big show but is not the only reason since it will help to a so needy cause as it is the investigation for the ELA. The culés have a fantastic opportunity to show that this lemma is more than a club follows valid and how of solidarios are here in Barcelona, where also are in the bad".

Likewise, it has done a called to all the fans to be part of this party, in which they will be able to enjoy and contribute at the same time. In the previous, Unzué could direct some words to the public in the Camp Nou: "it Is already important. Inside the club say me, with the Gamper of example, that the last days sells more with a lot of tourists and people already of turn. To all they encourage them to come because hardly they go to be able to have more satisfaction (...). There is a small surprise before the party that will see it all".

Unzué Has showed satisfied for retelling with the possibility to fill the stadium: "The year happened there was not the total capacity by the pandemia and this year, in January or February spoke of possible works in the stadium that now will not be until 2023. At last we have been able to organise it between all, with a lot of commitment and to 100% of the capacity. And with some ingredients to level of players hardly mejorable".

Also it has sent a message to those who have received a diagnostic of ELA recently: "The only that could guarantee him is that in the moment that accept that this illness that can not neither change, with some bad letters, try to live it of the best possible form. I say that I felt me a privileged as because of natural form from the first day have felt it like this but that anybody see in this obligation. There are people that takes a week, a month or a year but if they are able to accept it, is vital to be able to carry the illness of the best possible way and facilitate the life to those who have people and take care us. No only by us but also by them".