Fifty years later, Aitor Aguirre and Sergio Manzanera still share a bond after their protest against the executions in Spain in 1975.
Amid the noise of studs and shouts of encouragement, Racing Santander’s players exited the home dressing room and headed into the tunnel to face their opponents. All but two, that is. The sturdy centre-forward Aitor Aguirre and the winger Sergio Manzanera stayed behind, moving discreetly.
“We said that if we could do something to harm this military regime, we should,” Aguirre recalls on the terrace of the restaurant he managed for many years after retiring. “But it had to be subtle, or they wouldn’t let us out on the field. So, we snuck into the toilets with a pair of bootlaces. I tied one onto Sergio, and he tied one onto me, so they looked like armbands.”
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