“We are at Madrid's disposal if you want to play for Wanda”

LaLiga and the Madrid City Council They presented this Wednesday morning the sharing of the initiatives “#VolverEsGanar” and “#VolveremosSiTuVuelves” in an event that took place tomorrow in Madrid's Calle Preciados, in the Puerta del Sol, few hours before the ball rolls again in Vallecas with the pending 45 minutes of Rayo-Albacete.

On the part of the consistory, The event was attended by the Mayor of Madrid, José Luis Martínez-Almeida; the deputy mayor, Begoña Villacís, and the delegate of Economy, Innovation and Employment of the City Council, Miguel Ángel Redondo. They were also present Javier Tebas, President of LaLiga; Enrique Cerezo, president of Atlético de Madrid, and Emilio Butragueño, director of Institutional Relations for Real Madrid. All conglatulated for the work done in the last three months to face the coronavirus crisis and so that the return of the competition (there are 11 days remaining) is a fact in order to finish a season that ended on March 10.

Cerezo surprised everyone when asked about the possibility that Real Madrid played the remaining games in the Wanda Metropolitano, given that the Santiago Bernabéu is under construction: “I am going to take off my mask to answer you. I believe that nobody doubts that we will be at Real Madrid's disposal, that nobody doubts it.” In addition, the mayor of the city, Martínez Almeida, recalled that Real Madrid have already played for Vicente Calderón.

Thebes He was very proud of what he achieved: “It is a very important day for us because it is the almost official opening of LaLiga. And we wanted to do it in this important street for Madrid and for all Spaniards. Now we can enjoy soccer again on television and hopefully we will do it soon in stadiums too. You don't have to run, but you don't have to delay too long either. Soccer is also the reactivation of economic activity. It is one step further. We are very happy to have achieved it and we will be much more if we manage to finish the competition. If we can give Madrid the title of champion, who is here, then we will, and if you have to give it to any other team, well, we will give it to another one “.