Winner of 2 Goya Awards and nominated 14 times, the actor from Malaga spoke about football on ‘Radio Marca’ Asturias
Antonio de la Torre, Spanish actor, winner of two Goya Awards and nominated up to 14 times for those awards, spoke about football on ‘Radio Marca’ Asturias and left some of his specific reflections as a fan. The man who is considered by many to be the best Spanish actor of the moment spoke about the situation at Málaga, about Real Madrid and about the excitement of a competition where money is now increasingly important.
De La Torres, who declares himself a follower of Malaga, says he is troubled by the situation of the team, anchored in the lower zone of the Second Division: “I am a follower of Málaga. Losing is part of life and we are not taught that from childhood. Losing is normal. Life has happiness and pain and losing is more normal than it seems, because you lose more than you gain,” he says.
‘Saving Malaga would be like winning the World Cup’
The actor compares a possible rescue from Málaga with the good fortune that the goal of iniesta in South Africa: “I am a Malaga fan and if only we were saved it would be a luck for me similar to the luck I had when we won the World Cup. It will be sad, but it’s a matter of point of view,” he assures.
His team is having a very hard time saving itself: “The last game against Granada I saw that everything was bad. The team does not have the feeling of a submerged team, like Elche playing like a movie against Villarreal for example. But with regard to Málaga, something always happens and when it happens so often it is very difficult to save yourself,” he noted.
‘I can’t be a follower of such a capitalist club’
As for Real Madrid, he acknowledges that he is the most Real Madrid player in the Champions League, but he is clear that although his father was a Real Madrid fan, he cannot be a follower of such a capitalist club: ” I always came from Madrid, but because of an ideological issue I stopped. My father was from Madrid. This happens a lot in Malaga. As always, we are second, so to go with someone who is playing the European Cup. And my father was from madrid but it’s that i can’t be a follower of such a capitalist club there’s always a factor that can happen that david beats goliath but the reality is the competition is unequal it’s not for everyone the same”, settles on ‘Radio Marca’.
“For Madrid and Barça, the competition must be boring”
“Atleti, who are struggling but also have a good budget, are not as big as the other two, but they have a great budget,” said De La Torre. He later added his thoughts on the excitement of the competition: “Madrid, within this overwhelming budget reality, has that component, there is that plus that was seen in the Champions League, a devastating component. Sometimes I think Florentino is for that reason the Super League wants, because for Madrid and for Barça the competition has to be boring,” he explains.
“Money has taken away the romance of football
“When Cristiano and Messi were around, the only emotion was knowing if they were going to win by two or six goals. They have taken the emotion from football. This is disappearing. The arrival of money in football has taken its romantic side taken away.” For Málaga: “When I was a kid, well, I could beat Madrid in La Rosaleda, I remember a 6-2, there was something exciting. This is disappearing and the entry of money takes away the romance of football” , he said. .
Loyal listener and even follower of José María García
Antonio De la Torre, a faithful listener of José María García, showed that he could perfectly imitate the legendary journalist during his interview in the program “La Hora de Broti”, on Radio Marca Asturias, with José Joaquín Brotons. It should be remembered that the Andalusian actor was a sports journalist before becoming an actor and working on Canal Sur where he came to present a program where he talked about the World Cup and Andalusian teams.
Source: Goal