Madrid declines the Elche corridor out of respect for Gento

El Real Madrid He has declined that the Elche players make a corridor for him this Thursday when he jumped onto the pitch, in the run-up to the Cup match, as a sign of homage for his recent title in the Spain Supercup out of respect and as a sign of mourning for Francisco Gento, former player of the recently deceased Madrid team.

The intention of the Elche club, which has also proposed to observe a minute of silence at the start of the game, was to pay tribute to the Madrid team, but at the request of the Madrid delegation this tribute has been suspended.

The Elche will pay tribute privately to People at the half-time of the game, in which the Real Madrid representatives will be given a photograph of the legendary footballer in a match played at the now-defunct Altabix stadium in the 1960s.