Entrevista Espíritu Deportivo l Manuel Acevedo Periodista deportivo 22/05/2025
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00:00This is Espíritu Deportivo with Rafi de León.
00:08God bless you, God bless you, friends. Rafi de León with you.
00:13Thank you for joining us in this new installment of Espíritu Deportivo through El Tizón Deportivo.
00:21I am immensely grateful to God, first of all because I count on the harmony of each one of you,
00:29and because I have a guest whom God placed on my path, and who on the path became a brother.
00:38Before moving on to him, I have to say that what you can appreciate today in Rafi de León's career
00:45is thanks to people like him, who from the beginning were mentoring me, guiding me,
00:53and who told me, you are going to be great, because God has a purpose in your life.
00:59I am not going to give more details, because I want him to introduce himself.
01:03My brother Manuel Acevedo, the man of the four H's.
01:06How are you?
01:08Good, thank you for inviting me. I am honored to be with you.
01:17We are going to talk to Manuel Acevedo, the man of the four H's.
01:22First, why the four H's?
01:24It's for the family, because you have been telling us that we have known each other for a long time.
01:29Don't tell him how long it has been.
01:30No, it's an experience. We don't have that much time, because many people talk about 20 or 25 years.
01:37What about us? 10 years?
01:39More than 10.
01:41It seems to me that now life is starting to smile at us.
01:44Yes, it's true.
01:46For the family, when I started in the media, I was still three years old.
01:52My wife Heidi, Helen, my eldest daughter, Heysha, who is the second,
01:56and then Hanley came when we were already breaking arms in the media.
02:01That's why the initial letters of my wife and my three children start with H.
02:07We started with the H theme and we stayed there.
02:10I remember when Richard Noah received me at Pío Deportes, I said,
02:14blessings for my three H's.
02:17He said, oh, triple H.
02:19But it's basically for the family.
02:21But I want to know, I know who Manuel Acevedo is,
02:25but the public of sportsmanship through sportsmanship,
02:31who is Manuel Acevedo?
02:33Well, I'm a guy who came from Villa Duarte. I was born in Villa Altagracia.
02:39But I've been in Villa Duarte since I was eight months old.
02:43My father, who worked in the cord industry,
02:47who had a stadium in Villa Altagracia,
02:52then we came to Santo Domingo, to Villa Duarte,
02:55after he changed jobs.
02:57I don't have to say the year it was, but it was a long time ago.
03:00No, no, no.
03:02And then, my father and my mother,
03:07I come from a family of three brothers, we are four,
03:11and my father, who is an older brother who lives in Spain.
03:13And then, as a sportsman, because of my love for sports,
03:19baseball, basketball,
03:21I was inclined to the media,
03:24because just like everyone else,
03:26I was at home, at work, listening to programs on the radio.
03:30I did it, I graduated from accounting.
03:33And I, in the offices, I had a radio,
03:36or on the cell phones I had headphones,
03:39on the computers, listening to the programs,
03:40until the door opened for me, and here we are.
03:44Tell me about those first steps in the communication environment.
03:48You know that, on purpose,
03:50on purpose, to advance it,
03:52in Corripio Group, it was the first time I was on television.
03:56Here? In the great family of Corripio Media Groups?
03:59And I'll tell you later.
04:01No, don't tell me later, tell me now, Vane.
04:04In Teleantillas, Channel 2, Alberto Rodríguez and his program Un Cuarto Deportivo.
04:08And then, at that moment,
04:11I was working with Alberto Rodríguez on sports, on the radio,
04:14he calls me and says,
04:16look, I need a producer for the television program.
04:19And, well, let's do it.
04:21So, he was more of a producer and a conductor of the program Un Cuarto Deportivo,
04:25because Alberto did it for a few days,
04:29the producer had to put on his jacket and do it,
04:32also to do it on any day,
04:35and then, on the second day that I had to produce the program, I had to do it.
04:39But, you know, those of us who come from Pío Deportes,
04:43we know how to do everything,
04:45because in Pío Deportes, we edited, produced,
04:48we were in control of the radio booths,
04:51it was four hours talking,
04:53and also, when I was a boy,
04:56I watched all the sports programs on television,
04:59and that subject of conducting in a sports program,
05:03especially, the one who knows me knows that I am always on high,
05:07there is no way that I am on low,
05:09I like the subject of conducting more,
05:12and Un Cuarto Deportivo was a program that was given for that.
05:17And I fit in well like that,
05:20and from there I spent 37 and all the television programs.
05:23We are talking about Manolo Acevedo, the professional,
05:26but I don't want you to tell me about the training stage,
05:30and that you tell me a little about your parents,
05:31Mrs. Ramona.
05:33Tell me about her.
05:35Well, my dad and my mom.
05:37Mr. Manolo Acevedo was a political leader of Villa Duarte,
05:41he was a professional in chemistry,
05:43I don't know where my dad studied his bachelor's degree in chemistry,
05:46but well, he graduated from the UAS,
05:49my dad was a sportsman, he played baseball, he played softball,
05:52he played in the class A of the UAS,
05:55there was also a stage where he played double A,
05:57baseball double A, right?
05:58And then later in the media,
06:00sorry, in the media, I mean,
06:02in the profession, already in different companies.
06:05And my mom, Mrs. Ramona, is a housewife.
06:08My mom is a very spontaneous woman, very affectionate,
06:13just like my dad was too.
06:15When my dad died, what people remembered a lot was
06:18the smile, being the soul of the parties.
06:22My cousin Marcelino Acevedo, who I consider as my older brother,
06:25was a guy, or is a guy, who with my dad was practically his son.
06:30My older brother Francis, who is in Spain too,
06:33we were a family, although we were separated by the issue of distance,
06:36we have always remained united by that issue of the culture of family affection
06:40that my dad and my mom always had with us.
06:43The case of my mother, Mrs. Ramona, lives in Villa Duarte,
06:47is a very affectionate woman, very kind,
06:51my family has always been very sociable,
06:54my sister Leonora, Mardel, my brother Denis Acevedo,
06:57they are guys who, wherever they are, they always get along,
07:01they always look for a way to get into conversation, to have fun.
07:06Yes, my family is like that, very sociable,
07:11the issue of always being with spirit, with a good vibe,
07:16that is part of what characterizes my family.
07:19I'm going to ask you two questions.
07:21Let's see, one.
07:23The first is, what does Manuela Acevedo have from Mrs. Ramona
07:27and what does Manuela Acevedo have from her father, Manuela Acevedo?
07:32From my mom, from my mom,
07:36the issue of always being open,
07:41of arriving and always being understanding,
07:43of always wanting to be smiling,
07:47of always being…
07:49My mom, you know that when you are a boy,
07:52you know, I listened to a lot of music.
07:55And my mom…
07:57And you don't listen to music anymore?
07:59It's difficult because you have little time,
08:01you know it's a lot of work,
08:03but before I used to have a radio up and down,
08:05I used to have a radio up and down,
08:07and in my house there was always a radio.
08:09In Villa Duarte, my friends would go to my house to listen to music
08:11and everything else.
08:13And my mom always danced among us.
08:17And I, you know, as a boy,
08:19Mrs. Ramona, enough, mom, enough.
08:21You know, my mom started dancing and dancing and dancing.
08:24And I understand that this issue of the spirit
08:26and above all the affection that is earned with people,
08:31I think that's what I have from my mom.
08:33And from my dad,
08:35the issue of being a leader,
08:37of working, of responsibility at work.
08:39I try to be responsible with my work.
08:42Maybe I don't have the character of authority that my dad had.
08:48I don't have that character.
08:50I always try to turn things around, you know.
08:54That X person has such a thing,
08:57well, let's look for a solution.
08:59You know, I prefer the issue of solutions to blame.
09:03And maybe that issue of authority
09:06that my dad had in being a political leader,
09:11in work and that.
09:13Maybe that's what I lack.
09:15But the issue of always being responsible at work,
09:18always being aware of the family.
09:20Because from my dad and my mom, I have,
09:22I think I have that issue of always,
09:24always having my family first.
09:26You know that speaking of family,
09:28in the particular case of Raffy de León,
09:30that I know you,
09:32you met me as Rafael de León.
09:33Hey, I'm going to ask you a question
09:36that can mark a before and after in this conversation.
09:40You mentioned the figure of your father,
09:42Manuel Acevedo.
09:44You mentioned that he died.
09:47But the way in which he lost his life,
09:51how much has it impacted you?
09:53I want you to comment on that in a sporting spirit, please.
09:56Because many of us see Manuel Acevedo,
09:59the young man who is always happy,
10:00the one who always has a smile,
10:03enthusiastic.
10:05But behind him, there is a family history,
10:07and specifically with your father.
10:09You know that my family has always been united.
10:11It has always been united.
10:13Because we,
10:16my brother and I,
10:18we celebrate our birthdays.
10:20After my father died,
10:22I don't celebrate birthdays.
10:24I mean, you see that everyone,
10:26birthday, we see each other in this disco,
10:28we see each other in this bar,
10:30even until it's a working day.
10:33Because that way I can share with you,
10:35that way I can share with my friends,
10:37I share with my family on the night of my birthday.
10:40The first day of December,
10:42which is the day I was born,
10:44I always go to my mom's.
10:46My mom keeps rice, beans, and aubergines.
10:50Fried aubergines.
10:52That's what she keeps for me.
10:54What's it called? Torrega?
10:56You tell her, torrega.
10:58No, I love it.
11:00We celebrate birthdays.
11:02My brother was born on November 22,
11:04I was born on December 1.
11:06A strange case,
11:08they say there was no television,
11:10because my dad and I tied.
11:12My brother and I tied in age,
11:14in a week.
11:16My brother on November 22,
11:18I on December 1.
11:20So in the middle of that week,
11:22depending on the Saturday
11:24that was closest to the birthday,
11:26was the one we celebrated.
11:27My dad, if he was able to go there,
11:29he didn't have to do anything.
11:31Or Eric.
11:33Or Eric, who goes there,
11:35he has to sit down and enjoy the party.
11:37And we made sure that the drinks,
11:39everything, went through the house.
11:41And what happens is that my dad died
11:45the day we were celebrating
11:47my sister Mardel's 15th birthday.
11:50It's something that you don't understand,
11:53you'll never understand,
11:55because my dad knows,
11:57he's a chemist.
11:59So at some point we went,
12:01there was no light,
12:03and we went to turn on the electric plant
12:05in a closed room.
12:07The plant had to be filled with gasoline.
12:09And the issue that we were lighting
12:11with a candle.
12:13Exactly.
12:15So that caused a fire.
12:17In that fire,
12:19my dad and my two brothers,
12:21Danilo and Nora, were affected.
12:23And so it was difficult,
12:25because at that moment,
12:27my family had always been united.
12:29And we had never lost,
12:31well,
12:33we had lost two close relatives.
12:35My grandfather Ramon Diaz,
12:37my mother's father,
12:39and Mrs. Herminia,
12:41who was my great-grandmother.
12:43They were the two close losses
12:45that we had in the whole family.
12:47And that was when I was 22 years old.
12:49I was about to get married.
12:51Heidi, my wife, was pregnant with Helen.
12:53No, I was already married,
12:55I got married on February 26th.
12:57No, on May 24th.
12:59No, on May 22nd, 2004.
13:01So,
13:03the process,
13:05my dad,
13:07after they were locked in the room,
13:09my sister Leonora and my dad.
13:11Because they were locked up?
13:13Yes, because
13:15the fire went straight to the exit door.
13:17And so, at that moment,
13:19as my brother told me,
13:21there was a fear, right?
13:23But my brother,
13:25the three of them came out
13:27and my sister had a dress.
13:29The dress was
13:31all, well,
13:33they had to take the dress off
13:35and put it in the vehicle.
13:37My brother only had short pants
13:39and that's why he wasn't so affected.
13:41But my dad was as I am today.
13:43Jacket, shirt.
13:45And so,
13:47my dad died in 2024,
13:49on Monday, May 24th.
13:51It was a very sad day
13:53for my family,
13:55but for the country.
13:57Between Sunday, May 23rd
13:59and Monday, May 24th,
14:01it was the day that it rained a lot
14:04and that in the area of Jimaní
14:06there was a tragedy of many deaths.
14:08And I remember
14:10that on Sunday we spent
14:12looking for medication and so on.
14:14At that moment there were
14:16two fire units,
14:18which were in the Plaza de la Salud
14:20and in the...
14:22Wow, now I'm missing the one that's in...
14:24Well, so what happens is that
14:25when I went out on Sunday
14:27to my house,
14:29no, sorry, on Monday,
14:31I saw all the covers of the newspapers
14:33with the bodies and so on
14:35and I said, wow, what happened?
14:37And then my dad died on the 24th.
14:39But then all week
14:41having to deal with the fact
14:43that my brothers were in one hospital
14:45and my dad in another,
14:47my dad died,
14:49my brothers didn't know
14:51until the ninth day
14:53when we were going to do
14:55the autopsy of my brothers
14:57and not being able to tell them
14:59that my dad died
15:01because the psychologist
15:03had recommended that to us
15:05and the truth is that yes,
15:07everything changed,
15:09the family dynamic changed,
15:11only God knows how much
15:13we missed my dad.
15:15The family has been united,
15:17you know,
15:19but it was a very strong chapter
15:21obviously for any family.
15:23As a professional in the media,
15:25we are already leaving
15:27the family
15:29and we go to the professional
15:31and we give the human touches.
15:33You know that when my dad died
15:35I worked accounting,
15:37I was in a,
15:39no, I was changing jobs
15:41at that time
15:43and I told my dad
15:45that I wanted to be a narrator.
15:47When I was a boy
15:49I narrated on television,
15:51I downloaded television,
15:53did you see how I did it?
15:55Attention Rafa!
15:57And then there I narrated
15:59the plays
16:01as we did in 1937,
16:03as we did that.
16:05And then there were many television
16:07programs at that time,
16:09not like now,
16:11before there were,
16:13the midday programs
16:15had an extended sports section,
16:17there were specialized programs
16:19and I was a fan of all
16:21and I told my dad
16:23I want to be a narrator,
16:25that's what I wanted
16:27and what I always wanted
16:29that all the enthusiasm
16:31of my family,
16:33all that my family,
16:35the pride of my family
16:37with the work we do,
16:39that my dad would have enjoyed it
16:41because I remember that my mom
16:43started to joke,
16:45I was 5 or 6 years old
16:47and we started to analyze football.
16:49At home?
16:51Yes, at home,
16:53my dad and I
16:55were fans of the Lakers for example,
16:57my dad was a fan of the Lakers
16:59and my brother Denny too,
17:01my dad was a fan of the Dominicans
17:03in the big leagues,
17:05I was a fan of the New York Mets,
17:07let's see the NBA finals together,
17:09the World Series,
17:11I remember that when Arizona
17:13and the Yankees,
17:15that series in 2001,
17:17we were with Arizona,
17:19then with time I realized
17:21that it would have been more beautiful
17:23if the Yankees had won,
17:25so we were traveling in Arizona,
17:27my grandfather Don Marcelino Acevedo
17:29and we lived next door,
17:31he came out and knocked on the door,
17:33but it was a witch that the Yankees have,
17:35because we were all with Arizona
17:37and we were very sporty
17:39and what I regret is that
17:41now that we are in the media
17:43actively,
17:45my dad will not enjoy that.
17:47You mentioned that you wanted to be a narrator
17:49and you told your father about it,
17:51but it became a dream come true,
17:53how did you get the opportunity
17:55to narrate the winter autumn
17:57of the Dominican Republic?
17:59You know it's a process,
18:01I'm not making the story short,
18:03but it's longer.
18:05No, but in the introduction
18:07you have to do it,
18:09because we all,
18:11Mario, I was a sports fanatic,
18:13as always,
18:15I called the programs,
18:17I called Alberto Rodriguez
18:19in sports,
18:21I called Grandes in sports,
18:23I called Impacto Deportivo on the radio,
18:25until seven in the morning,
18:27I started listening to Orlando Mendes,
18:29sometimes also to Jansen,
18:31to Máximo Díaz and Satoki,
18:33and there I did a tour
18:35of the fanatic's voice
18:37until seven at night,
18:39and you know that the fanatic's voice,
18:41which is one of the longest and most quality programs
18:43in the history of sports radio,
18:45was like a prelude to the winter autumn ball,
18:47so before I went to play,
18:49I listened to the fanatic's voice
18:51on the subject of alignments and others,
18:53and I called Alberto Rodriguez
18:55and I called Marito,
18:57a long-time friend and partner,
18:59as a sports fanatic,
19:01and Marito told me,
19:03hey, you should study speech,
19:05and since that's what I want,
19:07I called Franklin Mirabal
19:09and I told him,
19:11I want to talk to you,
19:13I went to the program, I explained,
19:15I told him, look,
19:17I want to study speech and I want to be a journalist.
19:19You called him.
19:21Yes, but Franklin also invited us a lot
19:23and invited me a lot to talk about football
19:25and he asked Rafael Díaz,
19:27Rafelito, do you think that Manolo Acevedo gives to,
19:29it wasn't time that they told me,
19:31do you think that time gives to be a journalist?
19:33Of course,
19:35so he called Juan Nova Ramírez,
19:37right there,
19:39the teacher, rest in peace,
19:41and he told him,
19:43I'm going to send someone to study speech
19:45and don't charge me a penny.
19:47Wow, Franklin Mirabal did that for you.
19:49Yes, exactly,
19:51and then I started studying speech
19:53in La Oto Rivera
19:55and then Marito took me to Pío Deportes
19:57and Juan Minaya is the one who opens the door for me,
19:59Richard Nova is the one who welcomes me
20:01and you and I stayed in Pío Deportes
20:03for a long time,
20:05about 10 years.
20:07Yes.
20:09So what happens is that
20:11in the desire to be a sports narrator,
20:13I knocked on doors,
20:15I want to narrate big leagues,
20:17I want to narrate,
20:19the big leagues were in CDN at that time
20:21and CDN is radio,
20:23so what happens is that Pío Deportes
20:25opened a soccer league in Brazil in 2014
20:27Wow.
20:29and Pío has the transmission,
20:31Don Pío, our father,
20:33our father, Don Pío Santana,
20:35Don Pío has the masters,
20:37who are the soccer masters?
20:39Jorge Rolando Bauer, Jorge Allen Bauer,
20:41Avelino Cuadra, Damaso Garcia,
20:43and José Luis Mendoza,
20:45they were the idols,
20:47Félix de Isla Gómez,
20:49they were the staff of six people
20:51who were on television and radio,
20:53so there was already a group of experts
20:55but we were what we did,
20:57we were the extras,
20:59so one day a narrator was missing,
21:01and I can narrate,
21:03With the confidence that characterizes you.
21:05Of course, I can narrate,
21:07and I narrated the game of Costa de Marfil and Japan,
21:09Yes.
21:11Well, from there, Pío,
21:13it was the other thing,
21:15and they put me in England, Portugal,
21:17and from that moment on,
21:19forget about that,
21:21I was already a fixed soccer narrator,
21:23there I started to narrate in the Dominican Football League,
21:25I have 11 years narrating in the LDF,
21:27and then,
21:29when Pío has the rights of baseball in the major leagues,
21:31we started to narrate baseball,
21:33and I had to work with Don Osvaldo Rodríguez Uncar,
21:36Don Osvaldo saw me,
21:38and he told Fabricio,
21:40a hug to Fabricio Garaldino, coordinator,
21:42Fabricio, put me with Manuel Acevedo,
21:44and then he told me,
21:46would you like to work with Las Estrellas,
21:48he wrote me on Twitter,
21:50and I said, of course,
21:52and then he started me,
21:53of the sports narrator and commentator that I have,
21:55I owe it to Osvaldo Rodríguez Uncar,
21:57and Osvaldo began to teach me
21:59what to do in a broadcast,
22:01when I had to comment with Osvaldo,
22:03I went with a folder,
22:05and this, and a computer,
22:07I had more data for the broadcast,
22:09than Kevin Cabral and Carlos José Lugo combined,
22:11and Don Osvaldo tells me,
22:13wait,
22:15you have to comment on the game,
22:17forget about it,
22:19you put the data,
22:21but you have to concentrate on the game,
22:23talk about the ball,
22:25talk about the player's performance,
22:27how the game lives,
22:29if a guy gives a horn,
22:31I already had the data prepared,
22:33it's a horn,
22:35and then,
22:37I went to work with Osvaldo in Las Estrellas,
22:39and we've been there for eight years.
22:41Eight years?
22:43Yes, sir.
22:45I'm going to ask you a question
22:47in relation to the professional part,
22:49we have a few minutes left,
22:51thanks Eric for always supporting us,
22:53but first,
22:55I want to know,
22:57what other name do you add
22:59to answer this concern?
23:01José Antonio and Michelle Tueni,
23:03José Antonio Mena and Michelle Tueni,
23:05Frank Camilo,
23:07I'm going to tell you something,
23:09it's discipline,
23:11discipline and consistency,
23:13when Franklin Miraval became
23:15the sports editor of El Periódico Hoy,
23:17the pages of the newspaper changed
23:19with Franklin Miraval's touch,
23:21but what is Franklin Miraval's main characteristic?
23:23The discipline in his work,
23:25and the consistency in his work.
23:27Pío Santana came,
23:29you always tell us that Pío
23:31used to walk alone selling ads,
23:33but that consistency,
23:35look at where Pío Santana is,
23:37Alberto Rodríguez is the same,
23:39Alberto Rodríguez with his projects,
23:41and the consistency,
23:43and look at the work of the communicator
23:45and public official that Alberto does,
23:47José Antonio Mena and Michelle Tueni,
23:49the consistency,
23:51with everything they do,
23:53and that's what I believe
23:55in the history of the Dominican Republic,
23:57I say second,
23:59but it's because Osvaldo says it's second,
24:01it's not me,
24:03for me,
24:05or it's Osvaldo,
24:07Rubén Comarazame,
24:09or any of the two,
24:11but the one who knows Osvaldo Rodríguez Unkar
24:13knows the pro that Osvaldo is,
24:15one of the best in everything,
24:17in everything,
24:19Osvaldo commenting for me
24:21is one of the best commenting,
24:23with Don Frank Camilo,
24:25everything is the consistency
24:27of his work.
24:29How do you see the sports journalism
24:31in the Dominican Republic today?
24:33The sports journalism
24:35and the sports chronicle
24:37is good,
24:39there are some issues
24:41that are missing.
24:43And what are those issues?
24:45The guide,
24:47I started having a person
24:49that told me the things
24:51that I have to do,
24:53I think there are a lot of people
24:55that are coming,
24:57being empirical,
24:59that maybe have talent,
25:01but there are mistakes
25:03that must be corrected
25:05by a person
25:07that already has the experience.
25:09You mean that today
25:11the young people
25:13that are inserting themselves
25:15in this profession
25:17are lacking mentors?
25:19Yes, the vast majority,
25:21because as the media
25:23and the technology
25:25is helping us a lot,
25:27I am young,
25:29I am 15 years old,
25:31I want to be a sports journalist,
25:33so what happens?
25:35You have the AGPT,
25:37the Artificial Intelligence
25:39to help you
25:41make a press release,
25:43you understand that
25:45when you put the title
25:47the note goes automatically,
25:49I can analyze a topic
25:51and I can use it
25:53in a sport.
25:55Now, how to communicate it
25:57is difficult,
25:59you have to learn it,
26:01you have to study it,
26:03and it is what I think
26:05may be a weakness
26:07among the great talent
26:09that we have
26:11in the sports chronicle.
26:13Now, I like this
26:15that when there are matches
26:17of Lidon,
26:19NB, TBS,
26:21the Dominican League
26:23I like it,
26:25because you are a person
26:27to whom I thank you a lot,
26:29and adding to our conversation
26:31the word thanks,
26:33already closing this conversation,
26:35to whom or to whom
26:37do you thank
26:39for all these years
26:41in the sports chronicle?
26:43Wow, you know I don't want...
26:45I already mentioned
26:47the people,
26:49but there is a phrase
26:51that says that talent
26:53doesn't close doors,
26:55but gratitude
26:57keeps them open,
26:59and all my professional life
27:01I have to thank
27:03a lot of people,
27:05because being in the LDF,
27:07Frank Camilo's recommendations,
27:09but learning,
27:11for example,
27:13from Avelino Cuadra,
27:15learning with a lot of people
27:17who know about soccer,
27:19Johnny Nieto,
27:21Esteban Samuria,
27:23if I mention them
27:25a lot of people will stay,
27:27but the important thing
27:29is to be grateful.
27:31José del Carmen is part
27:33of this staff,
27:35just like Rafa, Eric,
27:37Fido and the Master,
27:39and he has a question for you.
27:41Fido is part of this family,
27:43just like Juan,
27:45go ahead with your question.
27:47As Rafa says,
27:49he owes his career to you,
27:50he owes his career to you.
27:52No, the thing is
27:54there are a lot of people,
27:56that's why I say
27:58wherever I went
28:00people opened the door for me,
28:02and I already mentioned
28:04Pío Santana,
28:06we are sons of Pío Santana,
28:08Frank Mirabal,
28:10what he did for us,
28:12for me,
28:14Rafael Díaz,
28:16and Cristian Moreno
28:18who recommended
28:20to me,
28:22I can narrate football,
28:24ok, try it,
28:26and suddenly I have to debut
28:28in a Real Madrid-Juventus semifinal
28:30in CDN-Export+,
28:32at that time,
28:34to narrate Champions League football,
28:36Osvaldo Rodríguez Uncar,
28:38and how much I have learned
28:40with Osvaldo,
28:42there are a lot of people,
28:44Alberto Rodríguez,
28:46with Alberto,
28:48a lot of things,
28:50and you know that
28:52my gratitude,
28:54not only mine,
28:56for my family is eternal.
28:58Manny, you know that time
29:00on social media,
29:02on television,
29:04is very valuable,
29:06as it is yours too,
29:08and to close,
29:10a message to the whole
29:12public of the sports spirit
29:14through the Tizón Deportivo.
29:16Value the family,
29:18value time with your family,
29:20and we,
29:22he is the eldest son of my brother,
29:24it is assumed that the law of life
29:26tells you that parents
29:28do not bury their children,
29:30and that chapter
29:32made us think a lot,
29:34then the tragedy that happened
29:36in a nightclub here,
29:38a fateful month of April
29:40for the whole country,
29:42makes you sit down and think
29:44about the time we dedicate
29:46to friends,
29:48to family,
29:50that we have with our families,
29:52so value the time
29:54with your family,
29:56enjoy every moment,
29:58try to always,
30:00always see your children,
30:02in the good moments
30:04of your children,
30:06studies, sports celebrations,
30:08all that later,
30:10you will regret it
30:12when difficult times come
30:14that you want to be with them.
30:16Well, with that interesting
30:18participation of Manny,
30:20Manny Acevedo,
30:22as many of us know him,
30:24and that great message,
30:26we close for today
30:28this edition
30:30of Espiritu Deportivo
30:32through El Tizón Deportivo.
30:34Manny, thank you very much,
30:36health and blessings,
30:38and we close with our phrase,
30:40remember, God bless you.
30:42This is Espiritu Deportivo
30:44with Rafi de León.