Jesús and Javi met in a sport and between jokes and targets they ended up being matesSince then they’ve seen one another yearly, the day Barcelona performs Betis in SevilleThe different ‘Barças’ on the earth
For nearly a decade the assembly between Betis and Barcelona hides a narrative of friendship that has nothing to do with colours. The story of a person from Betis, Javi González, who 12 months after 12 months provides a free ticket to Jesús, a younger Barça fan, whom he met by likelihood within the stands. Two strangers who someday entered the stadium as rivals and at the moment are mates.
It all began in the course of the 2012-2013 league. Jesús was solely eleven years outdated, a uncommon illness that at this time retains him in a wheelchair and a dream that he was about to satisfy due to a basis: assembly Messi. After that, the day appeared prefer it could not get any higher… till his father confirmed up unexpectedly with two tickets to see the sport that Barcelona was taking part in that very same afternoon in opposition to Betis in Seville. What Jesus didn’t know is that one of the best was but to come back.
Once inside the sector, along with his Barça backpack hanging, Jesús and his father stood within the decrease stands of Gol Norte, proper subsequent to an entire household of Betis, that of Javi González. “What are you from Barça?” he jokingly requested Jesús, who quickly advised him about his feat of the day. “I’ve simply met Messi,” he advised him. “Well then I’m going to allow you to sing the targets of your workforce,” Javi replied. He didn’t know then that Barcelona was about to beat him by two targets.
Jesus with Javi’s household contained in the stadium.NIUS
Despite the defeat, the 2 grew to become mates that afternoon and in the course of the sector the promise of a Betic was born. Javi swore to him that from that day on he would invite him yearly to observe the match that Barcelona performed in opposition to Betis in Seville. “This is how I’m making you Betic little by little,” he advised her. A promise that appeared like a joke for Jesús’s dad and mom… till six months after that assembly their cellphone rang.
promise saved
“Hello, tomorrow at half previous eight within the Betis subject,” Javi mentioned very severely. On the opposite finish of the cellphone, Reme, Jesús’s mom, did not even know the best way to react. But simply in case it was true, they confirmed up at Benito Villamarín on the indicated time… And there he was, in pristine verdiblanco, all of Javi’s Betic household ready for little Jesus.
“I stayed outdoors the stadium the complete sport with out transferring from the gate,” says Jesús’s mom. Ninety minutes later, Betis had misplaced once more and Jesús left the sector with a smile that had nothing to do with the end result. “They had introduced him even the sandwich they usually had given him sweets,” Reme says… “And they let me swear!” Adds his son.
Jesús and Javi contained in the stadium.NIUS
Since then, Javi has not damaged his promise for a single 12 months. “Every time the League calendar comes out, the very first thing I take a look at is the sport in opposition to Barça,” confesses the Betic, who begins to prepare all the things with the assistance of his brother-in-law Carlos to get a ticket for Jesús. Even when Betis had been relegated to the Second Division in 2014, Javi didn’t break his promise and took him to see the sport in opposition to Barça B.
“They are superb,” says Jesús, who now confesses to being slightly extra Betic. In reality, he already has a shawl and even Betis shirts in his closet, one in every of them even signed by all of the gamers. And though his coronary heart remains to be primarily culé, he now not celebrates the targets in opposition to Betis a lot. “Jesús could be very prudent,” says Javi, “when he scores for Barça he solely provides me slightly along with his elbow.”
At the second all of the victories have fallen to Barcelona’s facet and on the finish of every match Javi at all times makes the identical joke: “Next 12 months I will not carry you”. But the next 12 months he at all times calls her again with a ticket in hand. Match by match, the colours have blended and these two rivals have turned Betis-Barça right into a date between brothers.