VIDEO | Vélez’s lovely gesture: line-up announced with children’s drawings | OneFootball

Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield starred in an incredibly sweet and original moment. Before its match against Defensa y Justicia at the José Amalfitani Stadium, the stadium’s giant screen announced the starting lineup using drawings made by children from the club’s art workshop.

The initiative, jointly coordinated by the club’s Culture Department, replaced the usual formal photos and digital animations of the players with hand-drawn portraits full of color, childlike strokes, and plenty of creativity.

An “illustrated” lineup that moved the fans

As the stadium announcer called out the players coached by Guillermo Barros Schelotto, the new LED structure at the Amalfitani displayed unique versions of figures like Manuel Lanzini, Tomás Marchiori, and Lisandro Magallán, recreated on paper by the children. The heartfelt gesture quickly went viral on social media, where Vélez fans and football supporters in general praised the warmth of the idea.

On the sporting side, the match, valid for the fifth round of the Clausura Tournament, ended in a 1-1 draw against the Halcón from Varela. Lanzini himself opened the scoring early in the 4th minute, while Leandro Fernández scored the final equalizer in the second half. Although El Fortín missed the chance to climb to the top of Zone A, the night in Liniers had already been marked by one of the loveliest institutional gestures of the championship.

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