The Real disputes today a new meeting against Real Madrid but not one more. This time the confrontation will not take place in the always imposing Santiago Bernabéu, but in the sports city of Valdebebas built in 2005, an unknown scenario for almost all the txuri urdin, but not for all, because several footballers already know what it is to play in the Alfredo di Stéfano, the facility's main playing field and where Real Madrid have played their matches since post-confinement to facilitate the development of the works in their stadium.
Alex Remiro, Aritz Elustondo, Mikel Oyarzabal, Igor Zubeldia, Luca Sangalli, Martín Merquelanz, Jon Guridi Y Jon
Baptist They already know what it is to play a game in these facilities with the subsidiary and some, such as Guridi Y Baptist, they have even scored. As well Imanol Sheriff He has sat on the visiting bench three times, albeit with little luck.
It was in 2014 when Sanse appeared for the first time in the sports city of the white team, losing 3-1 to Real Madrid Castilla that ranked among others Diego Llorente, Marcos Llorente, Lucas Torró or Raúl de Tomás. Both txuri urdin scored it Iker Hernandez and, as will happen today, they were on the benches Zinedine Zidane and Imanol Sheriff.
Both coaches repeated the following season, in which Sanse lost 2-1 after going ahead with a goal from Baptist. However, Castilla de los Tejero, Odegaard, Marcos Llorente, Mayoral, Mariano and company traced the meeting.
More bloody was the comeback in 2016, when Sanse went 0-2 with goals from Guridi Y Baptist. Real Madrid Castilla led by Santiago Hernán Solari, which had players recognized as Luca and Enzo Zidane, Tejero, Achraf, Mario Hermoso or Febas, turned the score around in the final half hour.
Fourth scenario
However, this will not be the first time that Real will face Real Madrid in a different setting than the Bernabéu. Until 1947 their matches were settled in the Old Chamartín and in that year a match was played in the Metropolitano (3-0) due to the construction of the New Chamartín, which in 1955 would be renamed Santiago Bernabéu in homage to the president. White. Valdebebas will therefore be the fourth stage to host a duel between madridistas and txuri urdin.