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Rafael Nadal and Pau Gasol have announced their union with the Red Cross Responde project to try to raise eleven million euros to help fight the coronavirus epidemic that affects Spain.

The two stars of Spanish sports intend with that money to help more than a million people affected by the pandemic , obtaining medical supplies, building infrastructures and providing the most vulnerable families: "We are at a moment that is difficult to explain, suffering the impact of this a pandemic that has changed our lives, "explains Nadal in a video. "The news that is coming is not very encouraging, but you have to be lively and strong, fight to win the virus. The Spanish people have never failed us athletes, they have always been by our side in happy and difficult times. I think that athletes are what we are thanks to your support and now is the time not to fail, "admits the tennis player.

The one from Manacor comments that it occurred to him to call his friend Gasol, who was also studying how to help, and they decided to start this initiative and hope that "all Spanish sports come together to give an example of unity."

Gasol , who is without a team in the NBA after suffering a serious injury from which he was recovering to try to play in the Tokyo Olympics , acknowledged that "we are facing an unprecedented situation in which everyone, to a greater or lesser extent, We are suffering the consequences of this terrible pandemic, "and he sent a message to the health personnel:" You are on the front line, you work to care for people who are infected and you are overwhelmed and without the necessary means to do so . Also the workers who expose yourself every day. to offer basic services to citizens and people who have lost your job or in the worst case, someone you love. "You are not alone, this fight belongs to everyone. Spanish athletes have always tried to make you feel proud of us, to be a source of joy and inspiration for everyone. Today we want to get our best victory, "he finished.

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