Atletico Madrid president s welcome speech showed a slip of tongue: Purbill won the gold medal at the Paralympic Games in Paris

Recently, at the introduction ceremony of the new players at Atletico Madrid club, Chairman Cerrezo first welcomed Purbill. However, when referring to the gold medal he won at the Paris Olympics last summer, he accidentally said the wrong thing.

Cerezzo's speech began to review Atletico's new player introduction activity this week: "Today we ended a very busy and hopeful week, welcome our new players to the new season."

"Today, we welcomed Mark Pubir, a 22-year-old young and promising football player born in Terraza, who performed well in the youth team of the Spanish national team."

"He grew up in the youth training camp of the Manresa Gymnastics Club, before moving to Levante and debuted in La Liga in 2021. In 2023, he moved to Almeria, where he spent two seasons, and performed extremely well."

Then, when it comes to the players' career, Cerezzo had a slip of the tongue. He mentioned the Olympics instead of mentioning the Paralympics, a mistake that surprised everyone present.

"Mark Pubill is the main right-back of the U21 national team. He participated in last year's European Cup and won the gold medal with his teammates Barrios and Baenna at the 2024 Paralympic Games. Mark took an important step in his career."

Finally, his speech ended and emphasized: "We believe you will bring us a lot of happiness, we will grow together and achieve more success. Welcome to Atletico Madrid, this is your home, and I wish you the greatest success in your new team."