Stephanie Cayo and Salvador del Solar played soccer match with former Spanish LaLiga stars | VIDEO

The ceremony of the Platinum Awards, the most important in Ibero-American cinema, will be held in person again after a year in which they had to switch to virtual format due to the COVID-19 pandemic. And, for this return, the organizers of the gala have decided to do everything in a big way and with more than one surprise, such as the one that took place on Friday morning at the Wanda Stadium of Atlético de Madrid, where well-known Latin American actors and Spaniards for a friendly soccer match with LaLiga glories.

Although Diego Luna was announced to join the team of actors, the Mexican finally did not participate, but other art figures known for their passion for football stood out. One of them was the Colombian Manolo Cardona, who became the top scorer of the match, with a hat trick that was unexpected even for him. “When I woke up this morning, I never imagined that I was going to score three goals, but I am very happy. As a child, you dream of playing with your legends. I am a Madrid supporter and today has been a dream day, having Hierro, the legendary captain, and so many wonderful players. I leave with my heart exploding with emotion “, declared the protagonist of” Who killed Sara?”To the present media, among which was“ El Comercio ”.

The All-Star game started shortly after 10 am Spanish time and took place in two halves of about half an hour each. In the first half, the team of actors faced off against the team of ‘LaLiga ambassadors’. On the side of the artists came: the Chilean Benjamín Vicuña, the Argentine Nico Furtado and the Peruvian Salvador del Solar. The actresses Stephanie Cayo and Christina Castaño were also part of the ’11’ actoral, whose goal was defended by the Spanish Edu Rosa, who surprised with his saves.

On the side of ‘The ambassadors’ of LaLiga were César (in the goal), the Uruguayan Diego Forlán, the Spanish Aintzane Encinas, the Cameroonian Samuel Eto’o, the Dutch Patrick Kluivert, the Spanish Fernando Hierro and Fernando Morientes, among others.

The first half ended with the resounding triumph of the ‘Ambassadors’. So for the complement, a ‘combination’ was formed between actors and ex-footballers distributed by colors: yellow and orange. At this time of the match, the oranges stood out with Manolo Cardona, Samuel Eto’o and Stephanie Cayo. The Cameroonian gave a pass to the Peruvian, who scored a goal, which was annulled by Rafa Guerrero, current panelist of the program ‘El Chiringuito de Jugones’.

Eto’o joked at one point with the referee and threw him a yellow shirt to favor those of the opposing team with a penalty that was scored by the Spanish Maxi Iglesias, another of the most excited about the day of cinema and football.

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The Platinum Awards are promoted by EGEDA and FIPCA and supported by the Ibero-American Film Academies and Institutes.

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