US Edition"The voice of sport" in Spain dies aged 74: his "Gol de Señor" in a 12-1 match became a cultural icon
- José Ángel de la Casa, a Spanish journalist, died aged 74 after a long career commentating football and other sports on national TV.
- He became known as “The voice of sport” after commentating over 300 matches of the Spanish national team and six Olympic Games.
- He famously narrated Spain’s Euro 1984 qualifier against Malta on December 21, 1983, when Spain won 12-1 by the exact needed margin to qualify.
- The decisive 12-1 goal, scored in the 84th minute by Juan Señor, was accompanied by an enthusiastic commentary that became a cultural icon in Spain.
- This match marked a turning point in Spain’s football support, eventually leading to greater international success and wider public enthusiasm.
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The death of José Ángel de la Casa recalls the most mythical story of the Spanish sport: this is how the unforgettable goal of Lord to Malta was lived.
One of the most mythical voices of the Spanish sport has gone out this Monday forever: the journalist José Ángel de la Casa, who for 30 years narrated successes and failures of the national sportsmen in RTVE, has died in Madrid at the age of 74, which has led to recall his most mythical narrative.It was December 21, 1983 and Spain needed a feat to qualify to the final phase of the Euro Cup that would be played the following year in France: to wi…
José Ángel de la Casa, historical narrator of the Spanish sport, dies at the age of 74
José Ángel de la Casa Tofiño (Los Cerralbos, Toledo, 1950), one of the most recognized voices that accompanied the great successes -and also failures - of the Spanish sport for three decades through the microphones of Spanish Television. A pneumonia has ended the life of the popular journalist, 74 years old, who had been dealing with Parkinson's disease for years. With his own style, sober and away from exaggeration , except perhaps in that unfo…
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