“The photo of my LIFE!”. This is how Manuel Díaz has titled ‘El Cordobés’ the photograph that he has uploaded to his social networks in which he appears with his father, Manuel Benítez. At last the meeting has come true.
Both embraced, holding hands, laughing happily, and even with two empty champagne glasses on the table next to them and images of a bullfight on television in the background of the image.
A few months ago, Manuel Díaz sometimes let the media know that he was hopeful because he saw that the moment of meeting with his father was getting closer.
Last September, at the Escaparate Awards ceremony in Seville, Manuel Díaz said that “life has a process, and the end is what all of Spain wants, which is to see us together. Fate will say where, but I I see it up close. Now I am realizing that everything that has happened makes sense. I have learned that each person has their circumstances and that you should never judge, sometimes you take steps because you have no other choice.”
Two months later, in November, he said he was “very calm, very happy and little by little. Knowing things and giving time to time. There has been a very important rapprochement. We are there, everything will come.”
And the time has come. Just on Valentine’s Day, on the day of love, Manuel Díaz wanted to bring to light the moment that was taking place in Córdoba, shortly before Manuel Benítez attended an event held at the University Rector’s Office in which the 20th anniversary of his proclamation as Caliph was commemorated.
As reported by ‘Diario de Córdoba’, the father confirmed that both had seen each other and hugged, and that, from now on, “we will continue sailing together father and son in the same boat”. Repeating the hug between the two in public, before the eyes of personalities such as the president of the Junta de Andalucía, Juanma Moreno, or the mayor of Córdoba, José María Bellido, as well as Julio Benítez, another of the sons of Manuel Benítez ‘El Cordobés’ .
There were those who were surprised by the presence of Manuel Díaz and Virginia Troconis at the event, by the way, sitting in the front row, but it soon became clear why.
Faced with an emotional Manuel Díaz, his father has said of him that he is “loving, a fighter, a caste bullfighter”, and that both have finally found each other “because God has accompanied us and because we already deserved to give each other a strong kiss with affection , and now that God distributes luck. We are happy and content”, declared.
Even during his speech at the event, Manuel Benítez said “and here I have two sons who are bullfighters, stand up.”
The reactions to the publication in networks of the photo prior to the act with father and son accomplices, smiling and embracing, have not been long in coming.
His daughter Alba wrote a white heart and the phrase “I love you and I love to see you happy, you deserve it.”
To Manuel’s phrase saying “The photo of my LIFE!” His ex-wife, Vicky Martín Berrocal, has also responded, telling him “And that of all of us who love you !!!!” with red heart included.
Jorge Cadaval wrote to him telling him “What a joy”, and Eva González did the same commenting “Ole! I’m so glad… everything comes”. Comments full of affection from more names such as Anne Igartiburu, Paula Echevarría, Francisco Rivera Ordóñez, Toñi Moreno, Fiona Ferrer, Rocío Peralta, Arcángel, Remedios Cervantes, Pepín Liria, Rafi Camino, Juan Peña, Domingo Zapata…, in addition to numerous anonymous people. At about nine o’clock at night he already had more than four thousand comments.
The act to commemorate the 20 years of Manuel Benítez ‘El Cordobés’ as Caliph has been organized by the Tribune for the Defense of Bullfighting and the Manuel Benítez Pérez ‘El Cordobés’ Foundation.
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