Alavés, cradle of madridistas

EI transit of madridistas in Vitoria and vice versa it has been something continuous throughout the history of both entities. Starting with the great Javier Berasaluce, who conquered five European Cups in the 1950s (1956,1957,1958, 1959 and 1960). He previously debuted as a goalkeeper for Alavés in 1951.

Another benchmark for Real Madrid, Pancho Puskasdebuted as coach in the vitorian entity in 1966. World legendary figure, Pum canyon, got to train 13 different clubs during 27 seasons, being his greatest achievement a runner-up of the 1971 European Cup with the Panathinaikos, in front of Cruyff's Ajax.

Lately There have also been round-trip paths between both entities: Pacheco, now injured by a microbreak near the pelvis, was formed in the Factory and he made very good friends, for example, with Casillas. When it seemed that he was going to land on loan in Vitoria, arrived but pierced.

They are there Óscar Téllez, Manolo Canabal, Marcos Llorente, Theo Hernández, Rubén Sobrino, Kiko Femenía, Burgui and lately Joselu. The latter, the Silleda German, is being, together with Luke, the only offensive alternative of the albiazul group. Between the two of them they already 21 goals in this course.

The relationship between both entities has been always fluid but, in recent years, with more reason. The relationship between Florentino Pérez and Josean Querejeta is narrow. In fact, the current president of Real Madrid came to interest for the services of the maximum shareholder of Alavés to hire him and take charge of the sports section of the basketball section.

Querejeta, European champion as a player with Madrid, is the guru of the Baskonia. He made the leap to offices in 1988 and, since 2011, He is also the owner of Alavés on behalf of the Diputación de Álava, who was looking for a benchmark for refloating the project. Florentine, who runs away from many directive meals, does not fail any in Vitoria. Lunches are usually at the Zaldiaran, which is managed by Gonzalo Antón, president in the glorious days of the club