50 thousand when bidding farewell to former Sporting midfielder Matias Fernandez

Cellino organized a match in Santiago and filled the Monumental Stadium. look at the pictures

He announced the end of his career in February, and bid farewell on Saturday in a farewell match at the Estadio Monumental, filled with about 50,000 spectators, in Santiago de Chile.

Matías Fernández, the former Lion, gathered a group of friends, stars of Chilean and world football, such as Diego Godin, Valdivia, Marcos Senna, Arturo Vidal, who appeared on crutches, or Pablo Contreras and Jaime Valdés, these two who also died. Through Alvalade.

Matias Fernandez arrived at Sporting in the summer of 2009, through president José Eduardo Bettencur, and left after three and a half seasons. The Lions paid 4.1 million euros to Villarreal for the player’s pass.

Colo-Colo, Fiorentina, Milan, Necaxa, Junior Barranquilla and La Serena are the other clubs where Matias Fernandes has played, in a career that started in 1999 (from 2004 when he was a senior player).

He played for Chile on 74 occasions and scored 14 goals for the national team, an interesting number that he always wore on his back. He won the Copa America, was the champion of Chile, Mexico and Colombia, won the Chilean Cup and also won two Super Cups, one in Italy and one in Mexico.