15 years of the League of Kings

On June 17, 2007, the Real Madrid achieved its 30th League. The white team won that championship on the last day, beating Mallorca at the Bernabeu 3-1. The group, directed by Capello, traced the advantage that the Barcelona and won the title thanks to the goal average between them because both teams finished with 76 points. The white team did not take the lead in the championship until matchday 34.

Real Madrid stood up on the last day with all the options to win the title thanks to ‘Tamudazo’ of Espanyol at the Camp Nou and the goal of Van Nistelrooy in Zaragoza. Two actions that were decisive in that championship for Real Madrid to win the title.

Real Madrid received Mallorca at the Bernabéu with the obligation to win. It wasn’t easy for the whites who had to come back from Mallorca’s initial goal from Varela andn minute 16. The protagonist of the white comeback was the deceased Jose Antonio Reyes who took the field in the 64th minute and in the 66th minute, tied the match. Diarrhea put Real Madrid ahead with a 2-1 lead at 75′ and again Reyes scored to make it 3-1 definitively at 83′.

It was the big night Reyes at Real Madrid who left for Atlético de Madrid after finishing that season.

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Pepe Gil-Vernet