the Footballer Emiliano Sala was on Saturday laid to rest in his home country, Argentina
A memorial service for family and friends before the funeral service held in the Salas barndomsklub, San Martin de Progreso, in his native town of Progreso.
the Sala was a big star in her home town of Progreso. Several thousand people had turned up to say goodbye. Photo: Juan Mabromata/Ritzau Scanpix
we got thousands of attending fans the opportunity to say goodbye, as the coffin was driven from the service to Santa Fe, where the funeral took place.
in addition to the family and friends attended, among others, also Cardiff manager Neil Warnock and former team-mate in Nantes Nicolas Pallois.
Neil Warnock and Cardiff’s executive director, Ken Cho, wore daffodils in their lapels, in honor of Emiliano Sala. Photo: Juan Mabromata/Ritzau Scanpix
– He was my player, so to join in the day it was only right.
the Family puts it all in perspective. Family is the most important. All here today have shown how important it is, said Neil Warnock in connection with the bisættelsen.
the Funeral took place almost a month after that the plane with the player and pilot David Ibbotson crashed over The English Channel 21. January.
the Authorities gave up in the first place to find the plane, but a come search had the good fortune to locate the plane and then to view a corpse, which turned out to be Emiliano Sala.
the Body of pilot David Abbotson has still not been found, but his family has launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise money for a search and possible recovery.
Premier League – 3. feb. 2019 – at. 22:14 Footballer disappeared: Now are flyvraget found
English football – 7. feb. 2019 – at. 23:49 the Police confirms: Salas corpse is found
