{"id":195445,"date":"2016-03-03T09:20:08","date_gmt":"2016-03-03T09:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=195445"},"modified":"2016-03-03T09:20:08","modified_gmt":"2016-03-03T09:20:08","slug":"ecuadorian-club-signs-102-year-old-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/03\/ecuadorian-club-signs-102-year-old-woman\/","title":{"rendered":"Ecuadorian club signs 102-year-old woman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Forget Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar &#8211; Barcelona&#8217;s newest signing will have you rubbing your eyes in astonishment. Barcelona Sporting Club in Ecuador, that is.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.mirror.co.uk\/incoming\/article7473540.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/PAY-102-year-old-woman-with-Barcelona-de-Guayaquil-football-team.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"615\" height=\"409\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Maria Guadalupe, at the ripe old age of 102, finally realised her dream of having a kickabout with her heroes having supported the South American outfit since its inception in 1925.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"captify aligncenter\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/i4.mirror.co.uk\/incoming\/article7473550.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/PAY-102-year-old-woman-plays-football-with-Barcelona-de-Guayaquil-football-team.jpg\" alt=\"The 102 year old woman with Barcelona de Guayaquil football team.\nA 102-year-old fan was finally able to make one of her oldest dreams come true - of playing with the football team she has supported for 92 years\" width=\"615\" height=\"409\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Eutimio Perez, a Spanish immigrant who grew up in Barcelona, founded the club in the Ecuadorian city of Guayaquil in the same year as John Logie Baird invented the television &#8211; and Maria was on board from the start.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"captify aligncenter\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/i4.mirror.co.uk\/incoming\/article7473546.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/PAY-102-year-old-woman-presented-with-shirt.jpg\" alt=\"The 102 year old woman with Barcelona de Guayaquil football team.\nA 102-year-old fan was finally able to make one of her oldest dreams come true - of playing with the football team she has supported for 92 years\" width=\"615\" height=\"409\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">She turned up to a training session and had a kick around with the club&#8217;s squad, including giving a big hug to Damien &#8216;Kitu&#8217; Diaz, one of the stars of the current crop.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"inline-image clearfix \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"image-credit-wrapper\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"captify aligncenter\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/i3.mirror.co.uk\/incoming\/article7473549.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/PAY-The-102-year-old-woman-with-Barcelona-de-Guayaquil-shirt.jpg\" alt=\"The 102 year old woman with Barcelona de Guayaquil football team.\nA 102-year-old fan was finally able to make one of her oldest dreams come true - of playing with the football team she has supported for 92 years\" width=\"615\" height=\"409\" \/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Barca are Ecuador&#8217;s most successful outfit, having won Serie A in the country a record 14 times, most recently tasting success in 2012.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">They made history in 1960 becoming the first team from Ecuador to reach the final of the Copa Libertadores.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Source: Mirror<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forget Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar &#8211; Barcelona&#8217;s newest signing will have you rubbing your eyes in astonishment. 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