Sport
Everyone's favourite granny at Malaga's sporting arenas
cristina pinto
...days,” she says. She became a football fan not long afterwards. Two seasons after watching her first basketball match, La Rosaleda became another of her favourite places in the city. “I loved it when we all waited together for the coach to arrive, and ... age of 76 says she doesn’t understand much about the rules, but wouldn’t miss a match for anything. In both the Martín Carpena arena and La Rosaleda stadium she has a favourite place beside the stairs, and she is very wellknown. “People pat me on the ... says Mari Pepa. She recently turned 76 but this time she couldn’t celebrate in her favourite places. “The boy who sits in front of us is also from Ciudad Jardín, and one year when it was her birthday he made her a placard,” says her daughter. A
