Coach and junior players Benjamin B team of Monóvar Atlético took part in one of the gestures honoring the authentic sports values. As both teams prepare for the match league match On the seventh day, Monóvar decided to withdraw one of his players from the field. to face on equal terms for Biarense, who owns only seven of the eight rules footballers. A nuisance that occurred during the warm-up before the game on the Santa Bárbara football field due to their numerous casualties, as well as when one of the boys fell ill.
The generous decision cost him defeat He joined the Monovero team but taught a sportsmanship class recognized by the CD Biarense board of directors with a degree. thank you letter.
Before making the decision, the coach of Monóvar Atlético, Indra Pico Paya, talked to his players to explain what he wanted to do. “They’re seven and we have to be seven so we don’t play advantageous,” Indra Picó said. technical from Biarense and judge. All the little football players of the Monovero team understood and accepted this and despite the 0-4 defeat at home, no results could be obtained. not a single criticism or reproach by children or parents. On the contrary, they praised the attitude.
“I am responsible 19 eight-year-olds they are playing for the first time this year federated league. Winning or losing is secondary because Football teaches them much more than hitting the ball. That’s what’s really important,” said the coach, and helped this newspaper with his brother. Maren Picó and Nicolás Botero.
What surprised him was the letter of thanks sent to the club by the president of CD Biarense, because nothing like this had ever happened to him in his five years of training.
“We went into the game with a lot of losses, we only had eight players and during the game one of them had to leave because he wasn’t feeling well, so we had to play the game with seven players. Coach Indra Picó Payá realized that he was talking to the referee and told him that he would play with seven players and He said he would take a player off the field so that the two teams could play on equal terms,” explains the president. Virtu Azorin Valdes underlining in his article “These actions are the ones that should win in the grassroots categories, for which we reiterate our gratitude to Monóvar Atlético.”
General coordinator of the club, David Fenollknown as “Bug” also congratulated the coach on the football scene personal decision Not ordered by management.
“Sport is built on such behaviors. We are a modest football school with 180 players divided into 14 teams, but we can compete with any opponent in values. The result is not important to us. Training and values are important to us, and we loved our coach’s gesture in that sense.“After 54 years and a life connected with football, Fenoll admits that his vision for the game has radically changed. king sport.
Indra, 25, is very clear that grassroots not only educates children, but also educates children. fathers Although he admits that “we still find ourselves occasionally” mindless offering a bad example for his children and the rest of his classmates” points out that these are isolated cases. However, the young woman also introspection: “There are coaches who treat kids like professionals, and that’s not the case…”.
Most of the time, it takes losing on the field to win in life. This is the meaning of sport.