The former Montevideo striker considers, in statements to EFEthat Uruguay today has “a great level of football”, so he “hopes excitedly that the national team can make a great World“.
Nico Oliverawho played four seasons in the Sevillehas remembered the 25 years that have passed since the so-called ‘derby del palo’, a Second Division match played in the Benito Villamarin in which two of his goals served for Sevilla’s comeback against the Betis (1-3) and that left the iconic image of the footballer running across the grass, with the ball in play, with a flagpole that had been thrown at him from the stands.
Olive has assured that “memories are always pleasant when one is fortunate enough to belong to a club like the Seville and experience a classic as important as the one in the Andalusian capital, in which “winning as a visitor implies many things, especially emotionally.”
“For me it was a magical experience, unmatched to experience such a special classic in first person. I am happy and grateful to the entire club for having been able to contribute, for being in the right place at the right time, for scoring two goals and providing an assist in such a vital match,” he added.
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Nico Olivera He frames the throwing of the stick as “part of the folklore and the intense atmosphere that exists in the derby”, and although he has “evidently” been “against violence on or off the field”, he believes that that “was one more detail of a very passionate classic. There is no need to give it more significance than it had: it should not have happened, but it remained as an anecdote.”
