Manuel Ruiz de Lopera was president of Real Betis Balompié from 1996 to 2006. He died this Sunday at his home in the Andalusian capital, at the age of 79.

He was so devoted to the Lord of the Great Power that he is in different corners of what was always his home, on Jabugo Street in Seville, in the Fontanal neighborhood. He had his fans and his detractors - sometimes almost enemies - but without a doubt he was a character who did not go unnoticed.