‘Duel of stars’ on the IPC field in María Eugenia

Vibrant from start to finish. This is how you can describe the first of two matches of the round of 16 of the Super Veteranos 40-45 tournament, held over the weekend at the IPC court in the María Eugenia neighborhood in the south of Santa Marta, in which several Samaria stars took part. who appeared in professional football.

In the match, ‘Amigos de Bastidas’ and ‘Amigos Futbol Club’ were measured, cataloged as the teams with the highest performance throughout the tournament organized by Luis Barliza, cooked in the sports field as ‘Peg Leg’.

The goal of the team from the Bastidas neighborhood, led by businessman José Cataño, known as ‘El Ñito’ de Bastidas, and which includes many figures such as Luis ‘La Puya’ Zuleta, Javier Peñate, Deljker González, Arley Chole, among others , was achieved by the renowned Carlos Mario Vilarete, who with his left foot hit a shot from outside the area in a free kick.

The meeting that had generated great expectations among soccer experts in the south of the city, led many of them to appreciate good soccer, and that age is not an impediment to showing talent in this sport.

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The second match will be next Sunday at a time to be determined and on the same field, in which the eleventh that moves to the semifinal phase will be defined.

At the end of the game, despite the normal ‘heat’ of a match at this point in the tournament, everything became brotherhood, setting an example for future generations who also came to the court to see their idols and example to follow.

This is how ‘El Ñito’ Cataño described it, who pointed out that the support that he has been providing to sports throughout the department, but mainly in Santa Marta for many years, so that figures and worthy representatives of sports can emerge again in this part of the country.

“We are not going to get tired of supporting children and young people because they are the future of our country and of sport. What we do, we do it from the heart and with the conviction that many of our little boys will soon be true figures,” said businessman Cataño.

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For its part, ‘El Loco’ Vilarete argued that all his knowledge in football has been transmitted to minors through the work that has been done with future figures of Samaria football through the programs of the Santa Marta District Sports Institute.

Likewise, Luis ‘La Puya’ Zuleta, pointed out that it is very important that these types of football matches are appreciated by the children of the city and those who are part of the Ired programs, from which he indicated, many figures will emerge. of football.