Roberto Carlos faced Joaquín Sánchez on several occasions on the pitch. The Brazilian footballer talks about those pitfalls with the man from Cádiz, “if it comes one against one against you, bye”.
Fernando Hierro defines the footballer as “one of those players who would lift you up a stadium just by playing”.
For Fernando Alonso, it is commendable to be an athlete at the age of forty, like Joaquín Sánchez. “You show a little love for your sport” says the Asturian pilot. Mourinho confesses in ‘The penultimate and I’m leaving’ that he is one of the few players who have made him travel to sign him. Talent and affection is what the rivals show before the figure of Joaquín Sánchez as a footballer.