There are stories that mark the destiny of people or historical achievements. Precisely in one of them, the most recent for the Athletic Club in its coronation in the Copa del Rey, had in the Chivas del Guadalajara defender Antonio “Pollo” Briseño, one of their greatest emotional impulses that gave them enough luck to advance round by round in this Spanish football competition until they were crowned with a 4-2 penalty shootout victory over the RCD Mallorca directed by another Mexican Javier “Vasco” Aguirre.
The story of the Chivas player’s shirt that served as an amulet for the Bilbao team It dates back to July of last year, when Athletic Bilbao lost 2-0 in a preparation game with the Guadalajara team and Briseño behaved up to the mark as host of the Spanish to the extent that they were delighted with the personality of the Mexican defender.
According to the details that have been released, the members of Athletic Bilbao were so delighted for the way he clicked with the Chivas defender who decided to keep his shirt and place it in a special place in his dressing room.
Later, in the celebrations for the Copa del Rey title, The captain of Athletic Club, Iker Muniain, detailed how little by little they turned ‘Pollo’ Briseño into their good luck charm, and that every time they advanced to the next round in the cup tournament they sang the song they composed for him. Mexican soccer player.
“He is a soccer player from a Mexican team, from Chivas de Guadalajara, “no mames güey.” We met him in Mexico and he managed us incredibly and we are very fond of him and we changed his shirt and we had it in the locker room throughout the season. His name is ‘Pollo’ Briseño, so ‘Pollo’ Briseño has been our talisman and he has led us to glory.
“Whenever we passed the round in the Copa del Rey, In the locker room we sang a song that I want us all to sing here because I truly tell you that his spirit has been here with us and has made us win this cup,” said the Basque captain.
For his part, Antonio Briseño preferred to leave the real history of this shirt for another occasion. which represented a symbol for the conquest of the Spanish team and where its members have not hesitated to highlight this emotional impulse, especially because the way in which Mexicans know how to treat visitors from other countries has become evident. Not by chance, our country is identified by international tourism as an excellent host.
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