The real Madrid lived this Sunday afternoon the first institutional section of the party through the streets of the capital for the conquest the previous day of the Champions League against Liverpool, with a visit to the cathedral and the headquarters of the Community of Madrid and City Hallin an atmosphere of logical celebration.
The party afternoon began around 6:00 p.m. with the bus leaving the Santiago Bernabéu without a hood for the Almudena Cathedral. The white team offered the Fourteenth and the 35th League to the patron saint of the capital and was received by Archbishop Carlos Osoro, in an act that concluded with a family photo.
Later, the expedition of the European champion went to the headquarters of the Community and the City Council, where it was received by the president Isabel Diaz Ayuso and the mayor Jose Luis Martinez-Almeidaboth presented by Marcelo and Florentino Pérez with the team shirt and a small replica of the ‘orejona’.
Ayuso came up lifting the trophy several times, cheered on by those present at the Royal Post Office, and did not hesitate to dress in white. “The best team in the world is Spanish and is from Madrid. It returns to carry the name of our city throughout the planet. Working together, Madrid style”, said the president, with special mention for Thibaut Courtois for his saves in the final.
“Real Madrid has made history again. Madrid is our starting point, from here we have transmitted our values to the whole world. This European Cup will be remembered as one of the greatest in the history of the Champions League. A path that the legend of our club grows bigger. Madrid is eternal. Now for the fifteenthFlorentino pointed out.
After going out on the balcony of Puerta del Sol, greeting the hundreds of fans, Madrid returned to the bus to complete the institutional visitors at City Hall. Almeidaa renowned Atlético fan, received them all and left more than one anecdote in his speech, especially that of Courtois.
“Those of us who cried in Lisbon with you and by your side are also on the good side. We all fit on the good side in this city”, said the mayor to the Belgian goalkeeper, who in the run-up to the final in Paris said that in the defeat as rojiblanco eight years ago against Madrid, he was not on the good side of history .
“Almeida, Indian, someone has said,” said the mayor to the laughter of the white players. “We are the headquarters of a proud city that welcomeshe best club of the 20th century and on its way to being in the 20thI. It is soon said ’14’, how difficult you make it for those of us who are not from Madrid”, added the mayor of the capital, who also wanted to praise Carlo Ancelotti’s men for winning the League.
