Rafa Marquez, Club León ... and Camp Nou

One of the news on Thursday was that Rafa Marquez starred exbarcelonista, which after passing through the city of Barcelona, ​​where he was part of Barcelona for seven seasons, came in the first season of Frank Rijkaard (2003) and left after Pep Guardiola's second (2010) - U.S. tour began in New York Red Bulls. Well, two and a half years after engaging in the MLS , And after a career forged from their land, was completed yesterday his move to Club Leon Mexico, a historic yet ascended to the top flight last summer Aztec after a decade in the second division.

In the newly promoted Apertura reached the semifinals, allowing you to participate in the next Copa Libertadores. A brilliant championship for a club that Carlos Slim owns shares, brand new shareholder of Oviedo and in Mexico also has interests in Pachuca, who last month dismissed the charge of coach Hugo Sanchez, a usual suspect of the benches. The signing took a dose of intrigue in recent days, as Marquez intended landfall in the state in which his professional debut, the Atlas of Guadalajara, but the economic problems of the red and black and the insistence of Leon tipped the balance.

The recruitment officers gave the emeralds president via Twitter and Mexico took his back like a bomb . The best defense considered tricolor search history not only lead the Lion project, but a niche based on minutes in the 2014 World Cup, when they will be 35 years. Next to him, and facing the Libertadores, also was presented a few days ago Nery Castillo, an eternal promise with good sign but has not met the expectations created in the beginning of his career . The playmaker rang a few weeks ago for Espanyol de Aguirre, but I share a dressing room with Marquez will play in the Nou Camp ...

Yes, because the curious thing is that, inquiring about the new destination Marquez, one learns that the stadium in which to play is now nicknamed 'Camp Nou'-so I read as Camp Nou-in which is a clear reference to the defense exequipo Coliseum. Apparently Rugama Angel Fernandez , one of the narrators and sportswriters had more important than Mexico (died in 2006), was commissioned to call it that at the apparent resemblance to the fief of Barca. Hence, a name that still lingers in Leon, the new city and a new club Rafa Marquez spent his best years as a professional in a field that somehow returns.

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