PROGRESSO, Argentina (AFP) - The death in a jet crash of Cardiff City striker Emiliano Sala was a cruel blow to family, connections and supporters in his home village in Argentina, and on Saturday (Feb 16) they came, grieving, from miles on to pay their respects.Through the morning, mourners gathered for a public vigil in a gymnasium in Progreso, the small farming town in Santa Fe province which Sala left as a youthful to show in Europe.He was loved and admired by all, a restaurant owner told AFP. Sala would come home on breaks and would never fail to kick the ball on once village youngsters, they said. Unlike some soccer stars, he would save a low profile, not flaunting his additional wealth. As his heartbroken father, mother and sister watched on Saturday, a giant want ad of the 28-year-old hung in back his coffin, which was draped in the red and white colors of the San Martin de Progreso club where he began his career.Salas father, Horacio, was devastated by his sons death, associates members said, and refused for days to depart his home.Outside the club, which was at the center of the days commemorations, was a banner reading: Emi, you will never wander alone. He represented a lot for us, the clubs president, Daniel Ribero, told AFP.Were a small village and Emi was a celebrity, the lonely artiste to slant professional.He was one of us. He expected a lot to us. More than 3,000 mourners came to pay respects.We all carry Emi in our hearts, said Mayor Julio Muller in an emotional tribute.CRASH IN THE CHANNEL
Sala had played for Nantes, becoming one of the summit strikers in France, back creature traded in January to Cardiff City in Englands Premier League in a 15 million pounds (S$26 million) deal.Just two days after making the move, Sala had flown back up to Nantes on Jan 21 to pay leave-taking to his former teammates.On the return flight across the English Channel, the single-engine private jet carrying Sala and pilot David Ibbotson crashed near the British island of Guernsey.Sala reportedly had messaged connections from the plane, on high in aggressive weather, that he was consequently afraid and that the craft seems once its falling to pieces.
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The players body was recovered from the submerged wreckage on Feb 7 but 59-year-old Ibbotson remains missing.Thousands of supporters including French soccer star Kylian Mbappe and former England captain Gary Lineker had donated a sum of more than US$400,000 (S$540,000) to pay for a private sea-bottom search after authorities had unqualified going on wish of finding the plane.An inquest in England highly developed concluded that the footballer died of head and trunk injuries.Cardiff City overseer Neil Warnock and club executives Neil Warnock and Ken Choo traveled to Argentina to attend the ceremony on Saturday.It was important for us to come and pay the veneration to the family, Warnock said. People tell me, He never played for you, but he was my player, I signed him, we had two or three conversations and he told me he would score the goals to save Cardiff in the Premier League.Representing Nantes, for whom Sala scored 42 goals in 120 league appearances, were defender Nicolas Pallois and general secretary Loic Morin.A 'BEFORE AND AN AFTER'
Argentine President Mauricio Macri sent his condolences via Twitter.Before joining the Nantes side in 2015, Sala had played once Bordeaux and Orleans, achievement a reputation as a prolific scorer.Salas former team paid award to him in a French league be of the same opinion Sunday. Each artiste wore a special all-black kit for the occasion, once the Argentines publicize in large white letters on the back up of each jersey.In Progreso, Mayor Muller said that for the modest farming town there would now be a back and an after Sala.One mourner, Miguel Angel Pereira, 68, made the 70km journey from Santa Fe to pay his respects on Saturday.I wanted to be here. I was a San Martin artiste myself in the 1960s, he said.Following the memorial ceremony, Salas body was to be cremated.
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Crowds flock to Argentine village to pay tribute to footballer Sala Through the morning, mourners gathered for a public vigil in a gymnasium in Progreso, the small farming town in Santa Fe province which Sala left as a teenager to play in Europe.
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