Villarreal CF round-up 24.04.20
Villarreal round-up — your regular updates about the Yellow Submarine, teams and accomplishments. Curated content with a quick inside view of our club. Let’s keep moving forward, let’s ENDAVANT!
This weekend, a pioneering online fundraising FIFA 20 tournament, Kick Covid, will take part. LaLiga players, alongside NFL, NBA and NWSL players will be involved, with Pau Torres representing Villarreal. The defender has been paired with NBA player John Collins from the Atlanta Hawks. Read more here.
Villarreal Academy has also launched the #SoccerTogether campaign, underlining support for the club’s international academies with weekly calls between Villarreal staff in Spain and parents, players and coaches. Read more here.
Eduardo Hernández from Villarreal’s intellectually-disabled team (EDI), was part of an exciting call this week with all of the other teams taking part in LaLiga Genuine, where they announced an online sticker album. More details here.
We also have a brief 60-second interview with Yellows legend and former captain Marcos Senna on the official website, where he talks about some career highlights. Check that out here.
Carlos Bacca has also been showing us around his house, and showing off his impressive shirt collection that he’s put together over the years. More here.
Men’s first-team players Pau Torres and Manu Morlanes have been speaking about their favourite books, with World Book Day this week too. See what they are here.
We also have a look at how the elite athletes from Playas de Castellón, a local athletics club linked with Villarreal through Endavant Esports, is getting on during the COVID-19 pandemic. Check that out here.
As we have been throughout this coronavirus outbreak, we’ve been looking at historical moments from Villarreal’s history, such as our first European tie against FH Hafnarfjörður from Iceland. Read about that here.
