Former President of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), angel Villar, Vicente del Bosque, former Spanish coach and former Hércules players, Juan Antonio Carcelén and Miodrag Kstudic, this Thursday marked the centennial of the club’s founding, the weight and historical legacy of the presence from Alicante in the panorama of Spanish football. He moderated the event Tony CabotInformation Club manager and journalist also attended Raul Ruiz.

They attended the Hercules Centennial commemoration day organized by Hercules. Association for the Development of Sports Tourism in Alicante.

According to EFE’s report, Villar said that Hercules is a “regular” club and that joining this centennial was very emotional for him because it brought back memories of “being young”.

“Playing against that Hercules was painful and not easy,” he said, referring to the fighting spirit of the Alicante team at the time. time.

Del Bosque recalled that he was a “one-club” person, but said he respected those who turned one hundred years old. “The feeling of a club with wins and losses has always been invaluable.”

“I played in an amateur Spanish championship in La Viña in the seventies and we became champions. I also have fond memories of other clubs that were not in the category they deserved,” said the former coach, who asked for “patience.” club takes back the place you deserve.

“It was not an easy field with the players. Like Giuliano, José Antonio and Saccardi, He was very strong and told you a lot throughout the match. It was a team of innate and complex opponents that left their mark on the man,” recalls the Salamanca coach.

Kstudic was touched by his speechHe reminded that he came to Alicante in 1978 and is still in the city. The Balkan striker fondly remembered his 3-0 win over Valencia, scoring all three goals for Hércules. “I didn’t know there was so much competition. They had a great team with Kempes and Bonhof and I won the fans with this game,” he said.

“They offered me a five-year contract and I made the mistake of signing three years, but coming to Alicante was the best decision of my life,” he said.

Journalist Raúl Ruiz relived some of his experiences against Hércules and he remembered that as a child he kept the cards of the players of the Alicante team because he “always” liked their shirts and shields.

Hercules is a classic and I’ve always had a great love for it. Turning a hundred years old cannot be said by everyone, and is said by one of the lost CD Logroñés. The club is like a family, you never give up on it,” he said.

As a midfielder for Hércules in the 1970s and 1980s, Carcelén felt “lucky to experience the club’s 50-year history in first person”.. “I came when I was 17, I was born in Albacete but my whole family is from here and I feel like another person from Alicante,” he added.

head of Hercules, carlos parody, He especially thanked Del Bosque and Villar for their existence and had an emotional memory for Vicente Pastor Alfosea ‘El Chepa’, the founder of the entity.

The parody reviewed the team’s history and their stadiums Bardín, La Viña and Rico Pérez and recalled the economic and mental impact of good dynamics on the city, along with some of the historic players and coaches who have played in the asset. sporty.

“We are celebrating the first hundred years of history with the intention of continuing to say Macho Hercules in the next hundred years,” he said.