What is happening today, some exquisite quality players are criticized for their self-respect is limited, is not new, has happened in the history of football since time immemorial. One example was Alfonso Silva, the canary that had its glory years of playing at Atletico Madrid, where he collected numerous accolades and admiration for her class raised his touch, but also was censured for alleged laziness. contrasted and is a known fact that Canary fruitful quarry has lived times of glory, as when in the early 40's made the leap islands to the mainland players such as Luis Molowny, Alfonso Silva and Rafael Mujica. In these two cases came in 1946 when Atlético Aviación, club a few months later, in January 1947 changed its name to Atletico Madrid.
Step canaries players from Las Palmas to Madrid came about because Arsenio Arocha, a scout Atletico, which did not hesitate to recommend the passing of both the Metropolitan from the At. Victoria. The opinion of Arsenio Arocha was taken into account because it was impressed by the technical virtues de Silva, who signed in the summer of 1946 a contract with Atletico having a monthly salary of 1,500 pesetas (9 euros) and an annual tab of 25,000 pesetas (150 euros).
In his first season in Madrid was clear that Silva treasured sublime technical qualities. In the stands the Metropolitan soon became known as "the Math", as it was a wing half with great accuracy in his passes, very important part in the construction of the team's offensive game. Since then, their characteristics were to play in the face of goal, but in a way so marked that their little interest in defending the own goal was not lost on fans, which ignited heated arguments, one every other day too, between supporters and opponents of Silva. You know, the classic bar discussions.
few months later, with the start of the season 47-48, the pointed discussion was forgotten, and it was because of Emilio Vidal, the coach who put the canary center forward. The origin of this decision was that the athlete does not crossed an economically buoyant times, so it was not possible to engage a striker did finally contrasted forget Pruden performance, as easily as heavy as a slab scoring on all players that, since 1941, wore the shirt with Atletico No. 9. What seemed like a bizarre decision that the stylist Silva could survive between the tough defenses, he soon found that too many weeks was a success, both personally for Silva as in general for Atletico. The rojiblancos were 47-48 that season show, with feasts scorers as Real Madrid a 5-0 or 8-0 at Sabadell. Silva
wove a smart suit, the first touch, short and smooth, with colleagues online, which kindled the Metropolitan and journalistic critics, as Úbeda, the People newspaper, who baptized Juncosa, Vidal, Silva, Campos and Escudero as the "Front Silk", a nickname that was engraved in the collective memory of fans. Despite all the accolades, and the 73 goals scored in 26 league games, Atletico who made the team more accomplished, there were no titles to celebrate the end of the season because they finished in third place four points behind champions FC Barcelona.
HH Leagues
The rise of Silva's career lasted a few more seasons, but not all as a striker. Input, the arrival of the dock rojiblanco Helenio Herrera clinched the team to new heights as were the conquest of two leagues. In the 49-50 season Helenio Herrera imposed its harsh methods despite public unease of the players, and struck bells combine another front, formed by Juncosa, Ben Barek, Silva, Carlsson and Escudero.
With the League in 1950, won on the last day, continuation of the draft meant Helenio few signings, but one, Pérez Payá, hit Silva's career. This young amateur striker proved a powerful one that reached the title at the expense of the canary, which Herrera was on the bench, but delayed its position as Eizaguirre Guillermo had tried in the English team, and Smith started playing in midfield Mujica with groups that worked perfectly and helped the title re Liga for Atletico.
certainly Silva then went through the peak of his career, with two league titles, five calls to play with Spain and a crescendo popularity, especially among Atletico fans and residents of the neighborhood of Madrid, who occasionally in when they saw him play in Princess Street with the kids. Gestures like this, in showing their friendly and social side, surprised even the leaders Atletico, who knew all too well the nature solitary, taciturn, introverted de Silva.
That was a peculiar kind canary could attest, if still alive, a tailor Barquillo Street in Madrid, where Silva came with a representative of the Federation to become the official costume of the national team. The player was not happy with the model and try to make a change, causing a tug of war between the federal executive and the mattress before the astonished gaze of the tailor.
actually passing through the selection was too ephemeral, taking into account the quality I treasured, but the story of a tailor, and later marked his image with Guillermo Eizaguirre, the coach then. Debuted in January 1949, playing in Montjuïc against Belgium (1-1 with his goal) and training on this front: Epi, Silva, César, Igoa and Gainza. After he was summoned to Brazil World Cup 1950 and played half Puchades teaming up with the match against Sweden, Spain lost 3-1.
had such quality which suited to play at all times to the river that told the coach of the moment: good striker, good in midfield, but his character was not understood by all, earning the label " stranger. " The straw that broke the patience of the coach Eizaguirre training was that Silva made a move that could be construed as a lack of respect for their peers. Dominated the ball racing to the goal he faced a couple of defenders and the goalkeeper, time that did not carry the ball into the net, but it stepped on the goal line and sat on the ball ... things cold and calculating temperament ... or a genius.
A sad farewell to Atletico
The issue is also twisted his career at Atletico, losing role on the team until the summer of 1955 he faced Antonio Barrios, the coach, so it was removed rojiblanca the discipline for many months. UD Las Palmas signed him in 1956, where again Mújica match. After the campaign
58-59, Smith hung up his boots and spent a few bad personal moments, to die in less than two months, their parents, which led to a depression that helped him out which would later become his wife, a German who got the canary passed the vicarage and change Las Palmas Konstanz (Germany ), where, besides working in a textile factory, he tried his luck as a coach on the local computer and Kreuzlingen Switzerland.
Source: Don Ball
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