PRESIDENT OF SAN LORENZO WAS RECOGNIZED FOR REJECTING AZERBAIJAN SPONSORSHIP

(Agencia Prensa Armenia).- “I am very pleased that San Lorenzo could
be a pioneer in saying no to a budget offering, in saying that not
everything can be bought, that not everything can be sold.”

With those words, Matias Lammens, President of the Argentinean football
club San Lorenzo de Almagro, was recognized by the Armenian community
on Friday, October 31 for rejecting Azerbaijan sponsorship in his club.

“Sometimes the power of money tries to trample on history, because
Nagorno Karabakh was an Armenian territory until 1917. It is surprising
how money occupies such an important place in our society and steps
over issues of history and identity,” said Lammens.

After the news released by Prensa Armenia, Lammens was honored in
front of most of the representatives of Armenian institutions, as well
as leaders of other football clubs like the Vice Presidents of River
and Independiente,Matias Patanian and Noray Nakis, respectively. The
renowned sports journalists Enrique Macaya Marquez and Walter Safarian,
who acted as host, also attended the event.

When asked by Prensa Armenia, Lammens provided details of the Azeri
officials approach in Madrid and Argentina, who told him that “there
could not be ethnic Armenians in the executive committee of the club.”

He also expressed his admiration for the Armenian community because
“they are great activists and have always passed on from generation
to generation the Armenian cause for genocide recognition. It seems
incredible that only twenty countries have recognized the genocide
after almost a hundred years.”

Walter Safarian explained that Azerbaijan tried to enter the Uruguayan
club Peñarol, but they couldn’t “because everyone knows that the
Armenian community in Uruguay is large and strong. Also, the board
of Peñarol had two Armenian officials.”

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From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress