Sevilla player Iris Arnáiz, from playing against Madrid on Sunday to helping Valencia on Monday for DANA

11/12/2024

Updated at 6:03 p.m.

As the DANA tragedy accumulates more and more hours in the time since it occurred, more examples are becoming known of members of different elite clubs who have been contributing their grain of sand, either by donating economic of some kind or for express collaboration in the transfer of all types of needs. Also to go there now that it is so necessary. Sevilla has not forgotten this, and after seeing how it made a first shipment of essential items, it has seen how one of its women’s team players, specifically Iris Arnaizdid not hesitate for a second and almost with the chance to play the last day, he decidedly left for Valencia to help those affected.

It was after the final whistle of the duel played at the Fernando Torres stadium against Madrid CF (2-1), when the Sevilla player decided to move to the Valencian town of Algemesi in order to be one more in the group of volunteers gathered there and get to work. It has been possible to see him, as captured in an image by his colleagues. The Voice of Galiciamuddy and fully available to those present to be one more in the help and cleaning work.

Sevilla in turn specifies that despite having a day of rest, the Asturian midfielder went directly to those population areas so devastated by DANA after having played said match to lend a hand to families who have been suffering greatly from this catastrophe that occurred at the national level with special incidence in Valencia and other points such as Albacete. Iris Arnáiz herself told it in the Twitch program ‘Triple V’, where she addressed the importance of it being time for everyone to support at the same time in this same sense.

In that same space, the Sevilla FC Women’s soccer player declared that in the locker room they had agreed to help in some way, a solidarity that she shared especially with her teammate. Deborah Garcia. «We came to the conclusion that we had to do something. We spoke with the team and they helped us collect money, clothing, food, bleach… With the money donated by players and staff we bought the essentials. You have to make a living to try to help. “They need help, we have to listen to the people who are experiencing it first person.”