Five years ago, José Luis García del Pozo ‘Recio’ made his official debut with Málaga CF at La Rosaleda stadium, against Hércules de Alicante in the Copa del Rey.
To commemorate this special day for the home grown midfielder, MCF TV shares with Recio himself, and some of the key people in his sporting career, a great number of wonderful memories. Recio’s father, Antonio; Club adviser, Antonio Benítez; grassroots coach, Agustín Díaz; and Recio’s teammate at the academy, Sergio Díaz, accompanied members of the coaching secretariat, Manolo Gaspar and ‘Fendi’; and also team captains, Weligton and Duda.
Match stats – Recio debut (11/11/2010)
Málaga CF 3 – Hércules CF 2
Málaga - Pellegrini: Arnau, Gámez, Kris, Weligton, Mtiliga, Fernando (Apoño 58’), Sandro Silva,Recio(Portillo 82’), Eliseu (Seba 71’), Quincy and Edinho.
1-0: Eliseu (11’). 2-0: Edinho (16’). 2-1: Portillo (31’). 2-2: Abel Aguilar (64’). 3-2: Seba (90’).
Referee
Carlos Velasco Carballo (Madrid). Yellow cards were shown to ‘Malaguista’, Eliseu, and from the visitors: Portillo, Rufete and Drenthe. Abel Aguilar from the rival team was sent off with a double yellow (68’).
Information
Return leg of the 2010/11 Copa del Rey knockout stage match held at La Rosaleda. (The first leg ended in a 0-0 draw). Málaga qualified for the next round.