The British ambassador wanted to visit the Arsenal of Sarandí but the Falklands veterans prevented him

Mark Kent was invited to attend the match of Arsenal of Sarandí. However, veterans of the Malvinas repudiated the invitation and did not attend.

February 25, 2019

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The British ambbadador to Argentina, Mark Kent, he could not go to court on sunday Arsenal of Sarandí watch the match with Los Andes. The red band club on the heavenly shirt paraded until today's third of the National "B", with chances to fight for one of the two promotions at First that are in contention. .

When veterans learned that he would be received at the Arsenal Club of Sarandi –homonym of the Londoner with whom Kent identifies as a fan– It was as if they had been pushed back into a trench. The initiative lasted only a few hours. He raised repudios in the social networks. Huntil the invitation to the diplomat is canceled when it is broadcast the initiative of a predictable escrach, repudiation of 746 dead soldiers and occupation, in full feast on Sunday, February 24 against Los Andes.

According to the newspaper Page 12, Kent's idea coming to the stadium Julio Humberto Grondona It was the journalist Reinaldo Martínez. On February 15, he handed the Ambbadador a handwritten note of Arsenal in hand. They took a picture together, the Englishman thanked and wrote on his Twitter account: "What an honor to have the opportunity to know Argentine Arsenal!". The same day, an internal service of the club that carries out solidarity activities ratifies the invitation and summons it with a "we hope that Mr. Kent". the sports Alejandro D'Andrea, a veteran of the Malvinas, wrote on social networks: "The Arsenal club has never made a receipt or recognition to families or fighters as it does with the ambbadador of England."

Miguel Silva the vice-president of the entity Sarandí, consulted on the situation that occurred during the invitation to Kent: "It would come but after they confirmed that I would not do it. " When asked if an initiative to deny the presence of the ambbadador had influenced him, he replied: "Let's see … the cancellation was not organized by us, so maybe on the other side, they perceived it and said that it would not come in. I know that there was contact with people from the club because he is a fan of English Arsenal and, for a dunce like that, that 's what happened. There will be no visit, you so can not talk about it anymore. "

Edgardo Esteban Journalist of the Telesur network, he fought in the Malvinas and his story was taken to the cinema by Tristan Bauer in Iluminados por el Fuego (2005). Futbolero said he was injured by the invitation sent by Arsenal to Kent: "Whenever I go to court there is always a flag of the Malvinas Islands in tribute to veterans. This shows the sense of belonging of the Argentine people to the cause. So, to an ambbadador who is dedicated to falklandize the question, we must mark our identity. Because there are few problems where there are no cracks in the Argentines, we are Malvinas. This man came to play politics. That's why it hurts that he was officially invited to watch a football match. "

Kent is a British Foreign Office official so hyperactive that he enjoys joining activities such as those offered by Arsenal. Upon arriving in Argentina, he placed a Churchill painting next to one of San Martín in the Madero Unzúe Palace, the diplomatic headquarters. He already knows several stages of first division, likes football and collects t-shirts from different teams. Sport is one of his weapons to seduce what he calls "open diplomacy". In a recent interview with Infobae, he congratulated Marcelo Bielsa, said that he would like to meet Diego Maradona despite the goal with the hand of God and noted that "this is not a conflict between the Argentines and the British, we must take it with humor".