Every single week this season, right up until the final week, one lucky Real Madrid player was chosen to give an official interview. And every single week this season, right up until the final week, the backdrop was the same: a webpage with the glorious and proudly prophetic headline "Real Madrid win their 10th European Cup". Fortunately, they didn't look remotely silly because Madrid did indeed win their 10th European Cup on Saturday night and at their own stadium too, Marca's editorial on Monday morning gleefully declaring "football proves Madrid right", while they dedicated a wraparound cover to the greatest Madridista triumphs.
But while the Madrid sports media tried to sell their club's rip-roaring Champions League success, the rest of the country couldn't help noticing a sixth successive last-16 knockout against Olympique Lyon. Or a season that ended with the Second Coming looking rather like the First Going, Madrid finishing empty-handed. The good news for Madrid was that despite the presence of Wesley Sneijder and Arjen Robben, they avoided the embarrassment of watching Barcelona contesting the final. And worse still, winning it. Even T-shirts couldn't rescue Pep Guardiola's side against Inter in the semi-final.........
read more
0 comments:
Post a Comment