Last update 26 June, 2024 por Alberto Llopis

Aquel Real Valladolid de los colombianos fue una de las apuestas más exóticas del fútbol español. Al menos hasta la llegada de la Ley Bosman. Carlos Valderrama, René Higuita y Leonel Álvarez son tres de los mejores jugadores de la historia de Colombia. And the three failed in their experience at Real Valladolid. En 1991, the three belonged to the template Pucela club and were trained by another illustrious Colombian football, Pacho Maturana.

El Real Valladolid de los colombianos

Pacho Maturana, que era un técnico de prestigio en Sudamérica, serving his second season at the wheel of pucelano box so he had already won some leeway. Con él había llegado Leonel Alvarez que cumplió en su primera campaña en el equipo vallisoletano. This allowed the directors to accept the demands of the coach and pulled the house out the window to bring two international renowned Colombian, of the best at that time.

With these signings, Real Valladolid seemed that stepped forward to grow but it was quite the opposite. Colombian connection failed miserably Real Valladolid. The season was a failure, the team fell at the end of the season and his game was lamentable. The crowd looked for and found guilty. José Zorilla audiences clearly took with them.

The “tocada de huevos” de Michel a Valderrama

Such was the bad atmosphere that was created, Maturana decided not to align in home games and just do it out. For our three friends, the season was hell. At each stage where they played the audience jeered and took with them. With its lush manes afro and striking whiskers could not go unnoticed. The sad thing is that all you remember the passage of the Spanish League Valderrama is when Michel touched parts in a match played at the Santiago Bernabeu.

A Rene Higuita que era un portero de prestigio en aquella época, you will not remember that stand out on the field but by the series of insults he received from the stands. Leonel Alvárez al igual que el entrenador Pacho Maturana duraron dos temporadas, so its passage through the Castilian-leonine club was somewhat less painful.

Al final, the descent of Real Valladolid, It led to the departure of Colombian clan headed elsewhere. After all meet in the Colombian national team to sign one of the most memorable days for Colombian football. They beat Argentina by zero goals to five Argentines home and went to the USA World Cup of 1994. But this friends, It's another story.