Spanish football, like the population, has devoted itself to Valencia and its people. Solidarity collections, minutes of silence, support t-shirts and the anthem of the Valencian Community playing as if it were its own was the general tone in the league match played yesterday. But the beautiful sport was also no stranger to the helplessness, pain and anger that came from Paiporta.
The indignation of Valencians at their own feeling of orphanhood on the part of the top political leaders who have lived during the first hours of DANA has exploded this Sunday, when King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia arrived in Paiporta (Valencia) accompanied by the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez and the regional president Carlos Mazón with the aim of knowing first-hand the situation experienced by Valencians due to the cold drop.
As soon as he got out of the car, the neighbors who were cleaning their houses began to rebuke the official delegation. Second Pedro Sánchez disappeared from the visit of the visit. Shouts of “murderers” and “Mazón, resignation” and “Sánchez, resignation” were heard. However, they soon realized that Sánchez had disappeared. “Where is the president?” they cried out while denouncing the abandonment they had felt these days.
The Kings, on the other hand, decided to stay, endure the downpour of mud and try to talk to the neighbors. An attitude that all of Spain has applauded while harshly criticizing the attitude of the President of the Government and his terrible management.
Spain, wake up!
Criticism from which he has not escaped in football either, which has really hit the president. Several players were very clear and forceful yesterday against the Government. One of the harshest criticisms came from former soccer player Raúl García. “900 advisors for a president and 500 soldiers for Valencia. Spain 2024. The government of the people calls itself… #EspañaDespierta”wrote the Navarrese in his Instagram Stories.
“If you need help to escape, ask for it”wrote the player Samu Castillejo on his social networks. A dart that alludes to what Pedro Sánchez himself uttered in an institutional statement from Moncloa a few days ago where he said, referring to the Valencian Community: “If they need help, let them ask for it.”
But one of the most compelling has undoubtedly been Ferran Torres. The Valencian footballer from FC Barcelona has not bit his tongue when it comes to criticizing the disastrous management of DANA. In an Instagram post accompanied by an image of a flag of the Valencian Community and the message “Ens alçarem”, he wrote: “Frustration and indignation with our rulers, be they one or the other. We need the entire country to take a step forward. The people save the people,” the one from Foios has written.
“We need a change in this country! I don’t have the strength today to even go to the stadium to see my teammates play. Frustration and indignation with our rulers, be they one or the other. We need the entire country to step forward. This could happen anywhere. We feel the warmth and support of people from all over the world. The State is failed. The people save the people. Visca Valencia and Viva España”.
Marcos Llorente was equally forceful. «Why have the Valencians been abandoned? Why has aid not been sent, or worse, why has aid from other countries been rejected? Where is the solidarity tax that we have been paying for two years? What is more supportive and urgent than saving the lives of Spaniards? Why is the truth not being told and data being hidden? And I would never finish asking myself all the unknowns that arise for us Spaniards,” the Atlético de Madrid player began by pointing out on his social networks, slamming the Government of Pedro Sánchez.
«It’s a shame. Starting with the previous days, the same day that DANA appeared, and not to mention the following days… The management of everything has been so bad that it is scary and strange. Yes, the management and the actions that have been taken are very strange, there is something that escapes us, it is impossible to do things so badly. Of those who pretend to have virtues that they do not possess, in the end the deception is discovered. It is clear that this is too big for them, it is time for them to step aside,” continued Marcos Llorente, who invited the politicians to leave their chair and He ended his message by thanking the volunteers for their work.
Oli or Dani Ceballos also raised their voices. “Government of my life, wake up once and for all,” wrote the Madrid player after Pedro Sánchez’s scare in a league match that should not have been played.