Uruguay legend Alvaro ‘El Chino ‘ Recoba bids farewell to football

Alvaro Recoba received a standing ovation at his farewell match at the Gran Parque Central stadium in Montevideo .
"One last magic act." That's how El Pais, Uruguay's biggest newspaper, chose to headline their preview of Alvaro Recoba's farewell match, which took place on Thursday night in the Gran Parque Central, a stadium he knew so well and lit up so frequently during his playing days with Nacional. Recoba debuted for Danubio back in 1994, but enjoyed his first successes — and his most recent ones too — with Nacional, where he became a club idol.
A move to Italy followed in 1997, and Recoba's Inter Milan…
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