“What Madrid does, nobody does”

Raul Gonzalezformer soccer player Real Madrid and current coach of Castillaassured, in reference to the comebacks this season in the Champions League, that “what the white team does” “no team does” and cataloged them as something that “cannot be explained”.

“The Real Madrid has always been great and always will be, but playing and winning so many finals of ‘Champions‘ has made many children of the Real Madrid and they want to look like Courtois, vinicius… what he does Real Madrid no other team does it and these last two months we have seen it with the comebacks it has achieved”, he said during the ‘Luis de Carlos Forum: 120 years of Legend. sport for all‘, organized by the Real Madrid Foundation.

“These last three qualifiers (against PSG, Chelsea y Manchester City) have been something incredible, because the fans have won the match. These are things that cannot be explained, but that only happen in the Real Madrid”, he highlighted.

“They have been special because we have been locked up for two half years. People want to have fun and enjoy themselves. All the terms have been given so that they were magical nights. It is to make a documentary of these matches. People still had faith and they passed it on to the players,” he added.

A feeling you shared Emilio Butraguenodirector of institutional relations Real Madrid: “These comebacks have been in a very short period of time. Against him PSG we need 15 minutes, against the Manchester City six minutes… this has been the difference compared to others”.

In addition, he praised the work of the club’s foundation: “Behind all the successes and players was the public. Real Madrid is what it is because of the millions of fans we have on five continents. 25 years ago we decided to create the Foundation with the aim of giving back to society what it gives us every day and with the mission of helping those who need us most. The foundation Real Madrid He is the soul of the club.”

Casillas remembers the League of Capello

Iker Casillasformer Real Madrid goalkeeper and current assistant to the general management of the club’s Foundation, recalled the best comeback he experienced as a player.

“I remember the season in which Capello was coach, 2006/2007 when we were 11 points behind Barcelona and the last games were crazy. It wasn’t the ‘Champions’, but we had to go out and win the games heroically, like against Mallorca, Recreativo de Huelva, Espanyol… It was exciting, it was celebrated with a special flavor because we arrived after three years without titles”, he said.

An event in which Amancio Amaro, legend of the white team, was also present. “We all understand the Real Madrid DNA. There is something special that cannot be expressed in words. The meaning of Real Madrid is to fight, not to give up until the referee whistles, like this last year”, he declared.

In addition, he recalled an anecdote with Alfredo di Stéfano in his first game outside of Spain with the Real Madrid. “I had never left Coruña, except for my games with Deportivo. With Madrid, my first trip was to Ghana. Warming up in the locker room, I went out onto the pitch and realized that my shirt didn’t have a badge; And what luck that Alfredo passed by and he told me ‘first you have to sweat your shirt’. I was cut off, but my career showed me that that word was worth a lot”, he commented to the applause of the public, Madridista members, who attended the forum.

Representing the basketball section was former captain Felipe Reyes, who highlighted the training work carried out by Real Madrid on the players who arrive at the quarry.

“Great players have been coming out for years. Like Doncic, who is succeeding in the NBA. There you realize what they teach you at the club because you go away and they boast of Real Madrid. Luka is playing the Conference Finals and is almost more aware of the Final Four of the Euroleague than of his own match. That shows his madridismo”, he assured.

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