😂 Sudamericana rival once had president on the pitch 🎥 | OneFootball

Have you ever thought about the president of your club stepping onto the field to play in a match worth three points?

That's what happened at the Paraguayan Recoleta Football Club, formerly known as Club Deportivo Recoleta.

And it will be one of Santos' rivals in Group D of the Copa Sudamericana along with San Lorenzo and Deportivo Cuenca.

The "unusual" moment occurred on November 27th of last year.

Luis Antonio Vidal Velázquez "activated himself" on the field with less than three minutes remaining in the Recoleta versus Nacional match for the Paraguayan league - which ended in a 0 x 0 draw.

This made him the oldest player to participate in a local first division match at 51 years, 11 months, and 20 days.

He surpassed the record of Nelson Bernal. Then 49 years old and a goalkeeper coach for 12 de Octubre, he had to step into the goal for the team in 2021 due to several absences during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Recoleta secured its spot in the Sula - the first international tournament in its history - by having the sixth-best overall campaign last season.

It will compete in the Paraguayan elite for only the third time in its history this year.

Will we see the president on the field again?

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.