Lto the work of Santiago Bernabeu get moving. Many things have already been discovered of what will be the giant of the Castilian. But not all. The match against Inter showed images of what is the new access of the players of the two teams to the field of play.
The Real Madrid It has reshaped that area with messages about the club’s legend, so that the white players remember what they represent and the rivals they face. Stage fright created in the 80s in the Bernabeu It is the objective, that whoever jumps to the green of the white stadium takes into account what awaits him and what he defends.
In the zone where the two teams meet before the game begins, the players find themselves on the path of what is the great hallmark of the Real Madrid: its 13 European Cups, an exceptional route with two golden cycles: the first is unique, the five consecutive with which the reigning competition in Europe began; the second is recent, the one of the three between 2016 and 2018, something that before only achieved the Ajax and Bayern.
To the memory that there are 13 Champions in the White House, the rest of the white record is added: 34 Leagues, 19 King’s Cups, 11 Spanish Super Cups, four from Europe, seven Club World Cups, two UEFA Cups …
To that historical memory, which goes from the final in Paris in 1956 in the Parc des Princes to the one in Kiev in 2018, Madrid have added a phrase from the greatest player who has ever worn their shirt: Alfredo di Stéfano. In Spanish and English, the sentence of the Blonde Arrow, the words spoken by the one who for many is the greatest footballer of all time and who places the group above any star, no matter how great: “No player is as good as all of them put together.”
In addition to the memory of Di Stefano, which is the last phrase seen before entering to play, there are two motivational messages: ‘This is our moment and no one else’s’ and ‘Don’t dream it, make it happen’.
The messages in the locker room tunnels have become commonplace in football. There was always talk of the field of Liverpool with his This is Anfield, accompanied by a phrase from an iconic coach, Bill Shankly: “This is to remind our boys who they are playing for; and to remind the opponent who they play against.” In another temple, the Candy box de Boca, those who enter the field can read: “When they say that it trembles, it is true.”
But it is not only a matter of giants. Take the example of Numantia. Messages have been posted in Los Pajaritos for years. Like that of Resistencia, recalling the defense against the Roman troops that gives its name to the Soria team.
Or the St. Pauli. The rebel team from Hamburg tuned their access to the field with the look of one of those scary-looking bars in the Hanseatic city’s port and the phrase Welcome to Hell.
