Sportsmanship will be able to say goodbye to Arseni at the Riazor Stadium

It couldn’t be otherwise. With all honors. How he made money for years. He municipal stadium Riazor, the place of so many joys and sorrows that Arsenio Iglesias experienced during his time as a football player and coach, will host his funeral chapel. It will be from three in the afternoonas announced by the mayor Inés Rey, when the blue and white temple will open its doors so that the thousands of fans who have idolized this myth of sportsmanship for years can say their last goodbyes.

It is the first time that the Riazor Stadium will become the backdrop for such an act, but the character of Arseni goes beyond purely sports. or a witch de Arteixo was a man who marked several generations of people from A Coruña and Deportivo, the council and the family understood that this municipal facility was the best place for all those who wanted to come to pay their respects.

At the age of 92, Arsenio Iglesias died this Friday morning at his home, after spending several years as a victim of a degenerative disease. There is still no burial or funeral date.