Scaloni was moved by the massive support of the fans of Deportivo La Coruña | VIDEO

In 1998, a young Lionel Scaloni began his stage as a footballer abroad and he did so with the Deportivo La Coruña shirt. The Argentine stayed until 2006 in the Spanish institution and has a special affection for the club, which in recent years went through a sports crisis that led to relegation.

For the 2021-22 academic year, ‘Dépor’ has played in the First RFEF, a name given to the third division in Spain. The season has been very long and the team fought, until finishing in second place in Group 1, although it was not enough to get direct promotion (now they will have to star in a playoff).

Precisely, this Saturday the key was played between Deportivo La Coruña and Albacete, representative of Group 2. This meeting was scheduled to take place at the Riazor Municipal Stadium, where the ‘Blue and Whites’ play their hometown, and there was a massive number of fans cheering .

From the hours before the match, thousands of fans came to the surroundings of the sports venue and chanted in unison. Lionel Scaloni, current coach of the Argentina team, was pleasantly surprised by the scene and decided to share a video.

“This is ‘Dépor’, the division doesn’t matter, the feeling matters. Let’s go!”, the strategist wrote on his Twitter account. The images quickly went viral.

Lament in Deportivo La Coruña

Deportivo La Coruña will have to remain in the third division for at least one season, after losing in extra time to Albacete (1-2). Mario Soriano had overtaken the local team at the Riazor Municipal Stadium, but goals from Alberto Jiménez and Jordi Sánchez completed the comeback for ‘Alba’, which is promoted to the second category.