Saint-Armstrong Posted 29 July, 2013 Share Posted 29 July, 2013 Former Birmingham City and Ecuador striker dies aged 27. Confirmed by his club in official statement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint-Armstrong Posted 29 July, 2013 Author Share Posted 29 July, 2013 Whoops! Not for main board Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 29 July, 2013 Share Posted 29 July, 2013 Oh don't worry it'll be here for an hour or two before invisimod arrives. RIP of course Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Mikey Posted 29 July, 2013 Share Posted 29 July, 2013 Blimey. Any news on how? Just reading Wikipedia, turns out he married Cleba Chala's daughter... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsland Codger Posted 30 July, 2013 Share Posted 30 July, 2013 I believe he once played at St Mary's. We had a Carling Cup home game against Birminghamwhen we were in L1 - this might have been the game when Murty was badly injured (maybe not). I recall being confused by the Birmingham striker as the name on his shirt wasn't the name one expected (a bit like Yoshida having Maya on his shirt). Benitez moved very gracefully (he reminded me of Gary Sobers running up to bowl - almost cat-like) but had a shot like a thunderbolt and quite how the post he hit with one of his shots stayed upright was a miracle. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monk Posted 30 July, 2013 Share Posted 30 July, 2013 Benitez helped me win many a title of football manager! Very sad news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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