Kun Agüero arrived in Ecuador to participate in the Yellow Night and showed the special welcome that Barcelona prepared for him

This Friday, Sergio Aguero will be the star guest of the “Yellow Night”, the traditional event that the Barcelona from Guayaquil It has been carried out since 1991, but from 2016 it had international presences and top-level retired footballers. It is a special meeting that the Ecuadorian club will have together with its fans who will also bid farewell to Matias Oyolaone of his greatest idols.

There is a lot of expectation in Guayaquil due to the presence of Agüero who, before arriving in Ecuador, was enthusiastic about it and quoted a tweet from the yellow club in which he anticipated the event this Friday. “Come on… What a beautiful night we will spend,” wrote the former forward of the Manchester City.

The Kun He already arrived in Ecuador and was received with honors by the president of the club, Carlos Alejandro Alfaro Morenowho is also an idol of Independentthe club in which Agüero made his debut in the First Division almost 20 years ago. the beto he was champion with Red in the 1988/1989 season in the team that was led by Jorge Solari.

Agüero received a special welcome with a replica of the World Cup, a cigar, three souvenirs with the colors of the Argentine national team and another with the Ecuadorian colors, and the message “welcome to Guayaquil.” The photo was taken by the Kun who published it in a story of instagram.

The Yellow Night is a party in Barcelona in Guayaquil that has been repeated for 32 years at each start of the season. In its early years, the focus of the event was the presentation of the squad with the additions for that year and it was used as a good opportunity for fans to welcome new players and also pay tribute to their idols.

Since 1996, an international friendly match began to be played and on that occasion it was the then Copa Libertadores champion, Gremio de Porto Alegre, who won 1-0. Then, the Colombian and Peruvian teams were the ones that received the most invitations to face the Torero, as Barcelona is known.

Although from 2016 the event took on extra football notoriety since they began to invite an international figure who has retired. In addition, they also have a dinner with the members of the club and activities planned by the Guayaquil institution. The photo with the star is an unavoidable item and on that first occasion it was Ronaldinho Gaucho.

In 2017 it was Diego Forlan and Kaka He did it in 2018. In 2019 and 2020 there were the two Italian world champions, Andrea Pirlo and Alessandro Del Piero. On the last three occasions they were Argentines: Javier Mascherano (2021), Carlos Teves (2022) and now Sergio Aguero (2023). The guest always wears Barcelona’s anniversary number, which is why Kun will use 98, which are the years the club celebrates in 2023.

Finally, the farewell to Matias Oyola who retired from soccer, although he will have his official goodbye with the Toreros on this Yellow Night. This was announced by Alfaro Moreno and the idea was to pay tribute to Pony, who played for the club from 2009 to 2021 and won three local championships: 2012, 2016 and 2020. In the international arena, his most outstanding achievements were the Copa Libertadores semifinals. in 2017 and 2021.

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