When we say goodbye to someone who has made us happy, actually We are saying goodbye to a version of ourselves that will never come back. We may be better than then, more complete, but never the same. Few sensations are worse than that. Therefore, what this Saturday welcomed Santiago Bernabéu was not a football match, A Real Madrid-Real Sociedad as there has been in history. It was a Madrid nostalgia shower of what was and will never be. A “Unforgettable history” As an excited Ancelotti defined it from the center of the Blanco Coliseum field.
Goodbye to Luka Modric. Goodbye to Carlo Ancelotti. The order of the factors does not alter the product. Surely, the best coach and the best midfielder who has met Real Madrid in his 123 years of history. Of course, the most laureate, 28 titles for Croatian, 15 for Italian. Two football legends that this Saturday could finally shelter in the coat of the Bernabéu, after seeing their farewells announced in cold, by definition, official communications.
Modric and Ancelotti's words
The fans gathered at the Chamartín stadium corresponded to the dimension of the two myths in their own history. “It has been an unforgettable story. I can't forget every day I've spent here. Hala Madrid and nothing else. I love you very much. 'Ciao', “said the coach, who from tomorrow will be from Brazil, during the tribute that Bernabéu gave to both after the inconsequential victory against the Real.
“The time has come that I never wanted me to arrive. It has been a long and wonderful trip. The biggest trophy I have gained is your love. Don't cry because it ended, smile because it happened. Hala Madrid and nothing more, “said Modric, who will hurry at the World Cup in Clubs his legendary 13 -year stage in Real Madrid, and who had words of thanks to Florentino Pérez, just like Carletto.
It has been an unforgettable story. I can't forget every day I've spent here. Hala Madrid and nothing more. I love you very much. 'Ciao'
Carlo Ancelotti receives an ovation after his last game with Real Madrid. / Daniel González / Efe
Modric's prominence
How to hit a ball was always more seductive than ordering players, Modric ended up becoming the main protagonist of the afternoon from the first momenthis shirt on the central circle in the prolegomena of the party, applause every time he approached to take out a corner, the last “Oooooh!” From the stands admiring one of his surgical passes.
The time in which it was replaced, three minutes from the end will be remembered for years. The two team players formed a corridor For which Modric left the Bernabéu forever, excited and applauding a Bernabéu on his feet. In the band they were waiting for the rest of his teammates, too Toni krooshis best partner on the grass, as well as His wife and three children.
The time has come that I never wanted me to arrive. It has been a long and wonderful trip. The biggest trophy I have gained is your love. Don't cry because it ended, smile because it happened. Hala Madrid and nothing more
The referee Melero López (Another who said goodbye this Saturday) and the Royal Society corresponded to the legend, allowing the party to stand the time that the Croatian would enjoy his tribute. Meanwhile, Ancelotti maintained a serenity that only broke when the meeting ended and all the spotlights put themselves on him.
Real Madrid fans deploy a banner in thanks to Luka Modric, before the match against Real Sociedad. / Daniel González / Efe
“Thank you legend”he collected the typhus in his honor deployed in the southern background, in a mirror with which he prayed “Thanks Carletto” In the opposite stand. There was memory for Lucas Vázquez From the stands and a thunderous ovation, with a hug from all his teammates, when he left the field in the 76th minute. Maybe he deserved something more by the club. More unnoticed the goodbye of Jesús Vallejo (who entered the 55), for even more discounted to Imanol sheriffanother that closed a glorious era this Saturday.
GOOD GOOD PARA
The game, as expected, did not give too much. It was a mere 'prehow' pachanguero of the tribute, which was the star event of the afternoon. Only the white victory (2-0) served that for Kylian Mbappé certifies the gold boot after getting a double (The first, in the rejection of a penalty failed by himself). Except that Salah marks four goals in Liverpool-Crystal Palace this Sunday, his 31 goals in the League will lock him as the best gunner in Europe this season.
