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A priest told Álvaro Lorenzo how bad they were having in the residences and hospitals in Toledo. "He gave us the idea. They needed help to fight the coronavirus. We decided to get involved, to spend our time helping those who need us most."

The logistics were not easy: Lorenzo has had to find the material they demanded. "My family has helped me. It was impossible to find respirators, laser thermometers, or tweezers to measure blood oxygen," he recalls. What the hospitals of Toledo Virgen del Valle and Virgen de la Salud have received and the Santa Casilda, Recas and Azucaica residences are "pallets of water bottles, special bleach, gel, gloves, disposable plates, garbage bags to make robes, gowns, glasses, hats and mesh socks that we have also been asked for. "

He was able to buy this material with the "6,000 euros raised" in the campaign he launched a few days ago. "It went very well. We are very happy." The money was received by Gofundme, a specialized fundraising platform. "The suppliers we have bought things from have also helped. They have collaborated. Some pharmacies have donated 15% of what we asked for."

In the WhatsApp group that some bullfighters share, he shared the initiative. "He asked us to help," says Román. "When I saw him I thought about helping but my region, Valencia" and he set up another crowdfunding in Kukumiku that is still open. "Mine has been much easier. We contacted Valencia hospitals and they told us that they did not receive donations. So we used the account that the Generalitat enabled."

"WE WILL COME OUT OF THIS"

It has already raised 1,570 euros out of a total of 12,000. "I have also donated a cloak and a crutch from the afternoon of Adolfo Martín from the past San Isidro." The cape has been auctioned on Ebay for 350 euros. "We were wrong to put the maximum price and a man came in and took it away." And the crutch is already for "560 euros".

The Valencian bullfighter hopes to raise "about 3,000 euros" . "They are good. The truth is that if we can do something, perfect. If we have a minimum convening power, we must take advantage of it to fight this pandemic."

Álvaro Lorenzo is being confined for a long time. "Man, used to being on the road all day , training, tempting. At home I don't have much space. I don't usually train alone. Sometimes my brother hits me but the bull doesn't have much background," he jokes. Roman passes the quarantine in the Casar. "I have been since March 11th. My girlfriend came. I am a little tired of giving passes to the wind, but hey, there is. We have greeting, heating, electricity and water . We do not need much more.

The two bullfighters are in a delicate position, at that midpoint of the roster that may go blank this year. "I have spoken to some bullfighters and we believe that by August they will be able to fight already." Roman is more negative. "August, August I don't know. Hopefully, right? I want to think about it. It is true that when there are some postponed fairs we are all going to lose something . We run and there will not be the same money as before for the figures, who are the ones who carry people to the plaza. We are all going to get off badly. "

Álvaro Lorenzo has "more desire than ever" to get ahead. "This time helps you, I want to be positive . It helps you see things that you may not stop on a day-to-day basis. Stop growing. You have to keep what is good." Román is "convinced" that people "are going to want leisure, they want to go to the bullring." He says that he has spoken these days with some businessmen and his attorney. "I think the sector is going to move . Everything comes out. It will be complicated, but we will get out of this. The truth is that I really wanted to fight in Madrid."

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