30 years of the game of his life for a generation of athletes

For athletes born in the late 1970s and early 1980s, it marks the 30th anniversary of the game of their childhood or adolescence. And for many of them, the one of their lives. We refer to the match played on June 27, 1992. Final of the Copa del Rey at the Santiago Bernabéu. Real Madrid-Atletico Madrid.

The white team arrived after losing the League in Tenerife. Title from which the mattress team had said goodbye shortly before, after falling in a derby, also in the Castellana fiefdom, with arbitration controversy. those of Leg chopper they wanted revenge. But more of Luis Aragoneswho motivated his men in a special way, especially his captain, Paulo Futrewho practically did not let him sleep so that he could go out plugged into the field of play.

And of course, in the field it was soon seen that Luis’s talk had had an effect. Because Schuster He masterfully launched a free kick to put Atlético ahead. And then, Manolo’s pass into space, the race of Future ante Chendo and the Portuguese shot that slipped through Buyo’s squad. The same one that earlier had profaned the German.

The rojiblanco team was better. Deserved Cup champion, in a Bernabéu crowded by the two fans and with the King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia in the box Futre received the trophy. Atlético had already lifted it a year earlier, on the same stage, against Mallorca. But that Cup was special. Before the eternal rival. And in his house. It was the first great title for a whole generation of mattresses that on June 27, 1992 celebrated the game of their lives.

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