Escobedo, the former Belgrano arrested in the Falkland Islands

"When I came back from the war, I decided to no longer play football." I was 19 years old, I wanted to work, leave a very humble neighborhood and have my elders well. It did not go well … He was about to work in the sanitary facilities of the nation One day, my old man said to me "we are going to see Los Andes against San Lorenzo in the field de Vélez. "The last match he had played had been for the previous round.

We went to see him and there I felt the desire to play again. As always, they came to my house to pick up the club so that he would come back and I decided to go coach one day. And at the time, I made my debut in the first.

But I did not have a contract. Pedro Marchetta arrived at the next tournament and asked me to continue. It was at this point that my football career began, until the year 2000. Pedro Marchetta has played a key role in my story. He is the one who has helped the most in football. He was like my father. He fortified me first. He always asked me and he was the one who took me to Belgrano and Racing de Córdoba. "

Former footballer Luis Escobedo said these words to this newspaper some time ago. And it is precisely the former defender of Santiagueño who was arrested this week in the Falkland Islands after being accused by a local journalist of insults and insults.

Last week, he traveled for the third time to Malvinas, with seven other ex-combatants returning for the first time. The intention was to pay tribute to the Argentine soldiers who died in the war.

"Last Tuesday, we went to the Darwin cemetery, located in an inhospitable and deserted area, about 60 kilometers from the city." We made a minute of silence, then we sang the Argentine anthem and started phrases like ¡Viva la Patria! … In addition, I have exhibited a flag that I always wear with the image of the islands and the phrase "Argentine Territory".

At the time, an Austrian journalist was in the cemetery and had arrived in a car driven by a kelper who was watching us closely, "Escobedo told Clarín.
The next day, while Escobedo and his companions were sleeping, the police arrived early. "They took out our pbadport, cell phones, cameras, clothes and other belongings piece by piece, detained us for two days and treated us like criminals," he said.

The Escobedo flag was one of the items removed, but the ex-defender recovered it. "The English, not the kelp, understood that the flag was sacred, as they understood it," he said.

Finally, Escobedo returned to Argentina.

Memories of scholars

From his pbadage through the pirate, he remembers: "In Belgrano, I was a member of a very rich team composed of Germán Martelotto, José Luis Villarreal, The Chacha" Villagra, El Negro "Ramos, Blasón, Parmigiani, Ramonda, Celiz: A team that reached the final for promotion in 1987. Until today, when I talk to Pedro (Marchetta) or a guy, it's incomprehensible that the best team in the tournament has lost the final in the last 10 minutes In Córdoba we won 1-0 and in Banfield we lost 2-0 after missing four goals. "

"In Racing, we suffered a lot because the club was not good, but we were able to maintain the category in Bombonera against Union – it was a club with great players who deserved to continue in First for many more years" he said about his stay in New Italy.

There he could talk about the war. "In Racing, yes, because there were older people and there was a chance to talk about these problems.With Obulgen, Chaparro, Ramos, Amuchástegui, I talked a lot about what the Falklands were. Belgrano, it did not happen because I was six months old and it was a whirlwind, "he said.