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556:’s president at the time, to which he replied: "While I live, Espanyol will live”, although this story may be legend rather than fact. Either way, la Riva saved the entity from its disappearance by facing, together with his brothers, the eviction, as they provided the money for the purchase of the lands and grounds in Can Rà bia for 170,000 pesetas (about 1,000 euros) in which the
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America in 1926) to finance the works. This was his main achievement as the president of the club because acquiring their own stadium was a very important step in the club's bid for supremacy in
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