History: Angel Mateos Gets Back Under the Sticks in an Official 70-Year-Old Game

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Football has always been a territory of youth, reflexes and vertigo. But, from time to time, a story emerges that challenges the passage of time and recalls that this sport also belongs to those who love it without conditions. Ángel Mateos Rodríguez, born in Cabojal (Turón) on September 14, 1955, has re-buried the goalkeeper gloves to play with the CD Colunga on day 33 and before the Sports Club Praviano in Third Federation. In a world where the…

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The 70-year-old Ángel Mateos was placed on the Colunga CD in the home game against CD Praviano, thus becoming probably the oldest active player in the fifth level, according to media reports.

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A 70-year-old goalkeeper has written a small piece of football history in Spain. According to media reports, Ángel Mateos was used at the Colunga CD against CD Praviano (0:2) with great applause from the beginning and thus became the probably oldest active player of the Tercera Federación, the fifth game class of the country. The specialist newspaper "Marca" spoke of a "historic" event. "I am as nervous as at my debut, had admitted Mateos a few …

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The name Ángel Mateos is unlikely to tell most football fans, but for one day the goalkeeper shaded much younger colleagues in Spain.

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CD goalkeeper Colunga competed 20 minutes before the Praviano