Marcelo says goodbye: “The future of Madrid is very good with young people”
MADRID, 30 May. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Real Madrid shared this Sunday with its fans the party for winning the Champions League, with the flavor of a farewell for some such as captain Marcelo and a final fireworks at Cibeles and the Santiago Bernabéu in front of thousands of people.
The white team dedicated the afternoon to celebrating the fourteenth Champions League, without forgetting the League won a month ago. The European champion expedition got on an open-top bus at 6:00 p.m. to attend the visit and offering at the Almudena Cathedral and the headquarters of the Community of Madrid and the City Council.
Madrid’s plan had two high points: Cibeles and the end of the party at the Bernabéu. The visit to the goddess was a crowd bath for the whites, climbed on a parade, microphone in hand, directing songs from the fans. Marcelo was in charge of dressing Cibeles with a scarf and flag, with a farewell kiss.
The captain, the player with the most titles in the club’s history (25), was hinting at the end of his cycle. With the ‘We are the champions’ the revelry ended at the legendary fountain in the capital, where those present were heard claiming the Ballon d’Or for Benzema.
The Madridistas also remembered, for the worse, an Mbappé who preferred to stay at PSG. Coach Carlo Ancelotti was one of the most acclaimed and, at the same time, the most involved. The Italian coach also led the chants, along with Vinicius, in scenes similar to those of a month ago in Cineles after winning the League.
Eden Hazard was also a protagonist in the source, promising a better performance in his fourth campaign in white. “Next year I will give everything for you,” said the Belgian. The stage in front of the City Hall façade and the canvases around the monument displayed the slogans “Thank you madridistas!” and “Ch14mpions”.
The European champion for the fifth time in the last eight years returned to his bus back to the Bernabéu, where he awaited a light and sound show and more emotional moments. A video with the 14 European Cups started the show with the lights already off. The fans once again celebrated Vinicius’s goal that made it 1-0 against Liverpool in the final in Paris, and also the streak of comebacks to reach the last step and win their eighth final in a row.
The players entered the pitch one by one, saving the four captains for last: Modric, Benzema, Nacho and Marcelo. The Brazilian entered with the ‘orejona’, with tears and on his knees to the ground as a sign of gratitude. “I close a cycle here. It’s not a day of sadness, it’s a day of joy. I’m very proud of myself, thanks for the magical nights we’ve experienced here. The future of Madrid is very good with young people,” Marcelo said.
Even Gareth Bale, totally out of the team’s dynamics in recent months, received applause from the Bernabéu. In addition, Modric also advanced news, with a “see you next season”, about his renewal. For Isco, warmed up by his teammates, it was another farewell and, for Ancelotti, the opportunity to once again sing the Décima anthem at the Bernabéu.