After three years, a month and a day, Bruno Soriano is a footballer again | Sid Lowe
24-Jun-2020 15:55:13 | The Guardian
La Liga’s ‘To return is to win’ slogan was never so apt as for Villarreal’s stalwart who played for the first time since May 2017
If the Estadio de la Cerámica had been full, 23,500 people would have risen as one. In their absence, around 200 people did and even the cardboard cut outs felt like standing to applaud. Tuesday evening and, yes, that really was Bruno Soriano pulling on a bright yellow shirt, the only one he had ever worn, and heading towards the edge of the pitch, ready to cross a line he thought he would never cross again. Villarreal manager Javier Calleja embraced him, offering a final word. Vicente Iborra laid a hand on his head. Mario Gaspar gave him back the captain’s armband, pulling it into place like an act of ceremony. And then Bruno went out and played football – for the first time in three years, one month and a day.
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✊ @Eng_Villarreal club captain Bruno Soriano returned to the field this evening after an injury nightmare
It had been 3 years, 1 month and 1 day
This is the reaction he received from his team mates post match
Inspirational
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Villarreal 2–2 Sevilla, Leganés 0–0 Granada, Levante 0–1 Atlético, Valladolid 1–1 Getafe, Barcelona 1–0 Athletic. Thursday night: Alavés-Osasuna, Real Sociedad-Celta, Real Madrid-Mallorca Thursday night: Eibar-Valencia, Betis-Espanyol.
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