The friendly match was only the start of the days festivities which included a live viewing party of the World Cup 2018 Russia Draw. With the conclusion of the draw where Spain learnt that they will face Portugal, Morocco and Iran in the group stages, Marcos and ex Villarreal teammate Joan Capdevila took place in a roundtable discussion with ex National Team coaches Vicente del Bosque and Javier Clemente to analyse Spain’s rivals and chances of success at the World Cup 2018.

Fernando Morientes, David Albelda, Míchel Salgado, Carles Puyol, Vero Boquete, Ismael Urzaiz, César Sánchez, Frédéric Kanouté, Marcos Senna, Christian Karembeu, Milinko Pantic, Gaizka Mendieta and the three new signings of the season, Xavi Hernández, Kiko Narváez y David Villa compose the current LaLiga Ambassadors team and who better than them to represent LaLiga Santander.

Marcos welcomed the new signings on his social networks, with who he competed on the fields and in the case of Xavi and Villa two of the former teammates of the historic Spanish National team that won the Eurocup in 2008.

The participants from Benicarló, had the chance of sharing moments and experiences together with the actual member of the Institutional Relations Department of Villarreal. They could also enjoy of a training session where Marcos Senna actively participated, together with 5 coaches from the academy.

A great initiative that the club organizes with the intention of generating a closer relation between the club and the fans and to transmit the values and philosophy of the club along the community through one of the biggest club representatives, Marcos Senna.

LaLiga team faced Iranian All-star made up by some of the legends of the country’s football, leaving a great image on the field, both of football and atmosphere, winning not only the match but also the love of the fans gathered at the Stadium Azadi from Teheran.

Besides the match, LaLiga Legends expedition travelled to Ibiza for an event organized by the prestigious watch producer TAG Heuer with great personalities such as David Guetta and Martin Garrix to celebrate the collaboration between the two entities with a very entertaining event.

Deaquiparafuera, launches this annual solidarity proyect in which the Marcos Senna Foundation has got involved, to impulse and promote the scholarship to make true the dream of a young athlete of travelling to the United States. The former football player, through his foundation gets involved personally on supporting the initiative in favor of the youngsters with less economical resources.

The bet of Deaquiparafuera on football is big, since there is a great work on formation going on in Spain, with many spanish youngsters that have great qualities and great conditions to receive this sports scholarship in the United States, due to the high reputation of the football level in Spain. Therefore a casting has been organized and it will take place the 21st 22nd of December in Alicante. It will be the greatest meeting of northamerican coaches in Spain, with representants of ten different universities.

December 30, Marcos Senna assisted to La Liga Awards Event, where he was named new ambassador. His long trajectory at Spanish football, playing nearly 300 matches, from which more than 250 where in the maximum category, make of Marcos a reference for future generations.

Marcos has been protagonist in the awards ceremony together with Carles Puyol, Milinko Pantic and Cesar Sanchez who will also be part of the 14 ambassadors of La Liga BBVA (Morientes, Albelda, Roberto Carlos, Michel Salgado, Kluivert, Urzaiz, Figo, Kanouté, Karembeu and Gaizka Mendieta) to represent and diffuse globally the values and greatness of Spanish first league.

After more than 500 matches and close to 20 years in professional football, one of the most complete midfielders of the world, anounced some weeks ago that it is ” time to quit football” and in his last matches he lead New York Cosmos to win one more tittle.

He landed in Spain at the age of 26, after 5 years in the Brazilian professional football. He came from Sao Caetano, an unknown team that was enjoying the best years of their history. Marcos guided the team to an unthinkable, Libertadores Cup Final, where they lost in the penalties agains Olimpia from Paraguay. The penalty Marcos scored wasn’t enough to win the shoot-out. It wouldn’t be his first tittle, since he was part of an unstoppable Corinthians that won 2 Paulistas, 1 Brasileirao and 1 Teams World Cup.

His first years at Villarreal were very complicated, since that unknown midfielder who was a strong bet from the sports director didn’t manage to prove it in the first seasons. He suffered two long term injuries on his knees, precising surgery, that kept him away the fields for a long time. This wasn’t enough to stop his hunger of becoming a top player, and this injuries made him stronger to return stronger. The crowd started to fall in love with his perfomances very soon, and he became a key player of a Villarreal that made history. Marcos was a uncommon midfielder by that time, he outstanded because of his good tactical positioning and his importance in creating, building and distributing the game of the team. He gave a very important equillibrium to a Villarreal that had very offesinve players. This combination took Villarreal to a very popular Champions League Semifinal where Juan Roman Riquelme missed a last minute penalty that gave Arsenal the place in the final. Senna’s leadership and importance in Villarreal were closely followed by Luis Aragones, who was the Spanish National team’s coach by that time and who didn’t doubt to call him up to represent Spain as soon as he obtained the nationality at the age of 30. Besides his age he became vital for Spain, specially in the achivement of one of the most celebrated tittles for the country, the Eurocup of 2008, where Marcos was one of the best in the tournament. That brilliant season ended up with Marcos Senna 10th in the fight for the Golden Ball.

Eventhough he started his international career that late, Senna played 43 games with the Spanish National team and he will be remembered for ever for being a key part of the team that won the tittle that took so long to come.

In 2011/2012, after a season full of obstacles and misfortunes, the team from Castellon was relegated to Second Division. Marcos, allready at the age of 36 and in the last years of his career, received many offers from big teams to keep playing at first level but he never doubt on continuing at Villarreal and promissed he won’t leave until the club is back in First Division. One year later, he left the club for a new challenge on his life, after captaining and leading the club to a promotion to the first league, “where it belonged”. He left after 11 yeras and 363 matches at Villarreal, to play at the New York Cosmos where many years ago other football leyends like Johan Neeskens, Franz Beckenbauer and Pelé played. He didn’t went there to retire from football, but to continue winning tittles. Marcos quickly became a leader and lead New York Cosmos to win the Fall Season and Soccer Bowl tittle in 2013, and the Regular Season and NASL Championship in 2015. He played on his last year of his career with his good friend and football leyend, Raul Gonzalez Blanco and quits football adding one more trophy to his curriculum which started in 1999 in Corinthians.

One of the biggest midfielders retires from professional football, raised in Brasil and matured in Spain, his feet left a mix from the roots of two of the countries with the biggest football tradition that made of Marcos Senna a unique player both in and out of the field. Leader on the pitch and an example out of it, he never raised attention for misbehaving, but the opposite, he always had a calmed life with his family and looking to help poor people through his Foundation. Now he will be quits playing football, but he will be closely linked to it, as International Embassador of New York Cosmos. To understand what the http://www.essaynara.com/ author of the book is being complimented on, it is useful to focus on the second blank