The template of Real Madridcon Florentino Perez and Carlo Ancelotti to the front, there was a real mass bath this Sunday, delivering the fourteenth Champions to his love for the streets of the capital.
The whites made a tour that had several stops and ended with a huge party at the Bernabéu that was the icing on the cake of a very special and emotional evening. An afternoon-evening that began in the Madrid Cathedralon the Almudenawhere the players and coaching staff presented the titles won this season (Liga y Champions) to the ecclesiastical authorities of the capital who gathered in the temple to, after a prayer, thank the squad that bears the name of Madrid throughout the world and with it the values of the club: sacrifice, ambition, perseverance and, above all, work.
After that, they visited the headquarters of the Madrid’s communitythe Sun Gateand went to the balcony of the square to greet the fans gathered there.
Cibeles and dart of Almeida
And the third stop was at the City of Madridin Plaza de Cibeles, where before meeting the goddess, the Madridistas visited the mayor, Jose Luis Martínez Almeida.
The alderman, like a mattress maker, threw a dart at Thibaut Courtois for his famous statements prior to the final in which he alluded to the Atletico Madrid hinting that, when he played for rojiblanco, he was on the ‘bad side of history’ and reminded him that “when we cried with you in LisboaWe were on the good side.” A gesture that, wrapped with the usual sympathy of the Madrid politician, remained anecdotal.
And once the institutional commitments were completed, the players took off their suits and put on their shirts, scarves and caps to celebrate with the Madrid fans gathered next to the iconic fountain.
There, they gave a lap of honour, recited songs and words of affection for the fans and Marceloas I did just a few weeks ago with LaLigawent to offer the cup to the goddess to also put a scarf on her and leave another image for history.
end of party at home
And as the culmination of the party, the players and the coaching staff ended the night at the Santiago Bernabeu where they jumped onto the field one by one acclaimed by the fans who chanted their names and celebrated as if the team had just won the Champions.
There were no surprises or specific messages for players like Isco or Bale who lived their last minutes as white players.
But the public did want, finally, to chant the name of Marcelothe captain, who jumped last to the celebration to announce that “he closes a cycle in the best club in the world” and does so with a European Cup that already rests in the showcases of the Bernabéu where the Brazilian leaves a legacy as the player with more titles.
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