A delegation from Atlético de Madrid, led by coach Diego Simeone, president Enrique Cerezo and captain Koke Resurrección, shared the title of League champion on Monday and paid tribute to the heroes of the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic with visits to the Torrejón de Ardoz air base, a nursing home, a supermarket and the Red Cross Professional Training Center, according to the club.
The rojiblanca entity thus paid tribute “to all the groups whose dedication, courage and sacrifice have been essential in the fight against the pandemic,” as explained in an official statement. On each visit, he handed over a team shirt with the message of ‘Thank you’ where the name of each player is normally located.
The first stop was the Torrejón de Ardoz air base, where the delegation thanked “the work of the State Security Forces and Bodies, the firefighters and the Military Emergency Unit, whose personnel from all units, together with soldiers of the Air Force, held a hall of honor ».
Amid applause from the soldiers and with the anthem of the rojiblanco team, the head of the Military Emergency Unit, General Luis Manuel Martínez Meijide, had words of appreciation for Atlético and a memory for Saúl, the young rojiblanco supporter who died last Saturday in a accident.
“Athletics and the UME share values, the spirit of sacrifice, team spirit, self-denial, perseverance and humility,” said Martínez Meijide.
For his part, Cerezo assured that the Atlético delegation did not come to receive recognition but “to applaud the UME, all this team that has known how to be at the height of the circumstances in this long time of pandemic.” “I want to thank you for the great job you have done,” he added.
Afterwards, the expedition visited the Montserrat Caballé Residence and Day Center to value “the work of the nursing home staff, in addition to having a gesture of affection for one of the most vulnerable groups in the face of COVID-19, the elderly.” .
Then he went to the Hipercor supermarket in Pozuelo de Alarcón. There the work of transporters, shopkeepers, replenishers and cashiers was recognized, whose work during confinement was essential ”, highlighted Atlético de Madrid.
The visits concluded at the Red Cross Professional Training Center in Madrid, where the delegation was received by Pilar Roy, president of that organization in the Community of Madrid, and Francisco Gabriel Sánchez Parodi, secretary in the aforementioned region.
“There the work of doctors and nurses, ambulance personnel, residences and kitchen and hospital service cleaning was appreciated,” explained the rojiblanco club. EFE. (JL).