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The Santiago Bernabeu, which will host the return of the Copa Libertadores final between River Plate and Boca Juniors on December 9, will become the first stadium in the world to host four of the top five football titles.
With the exception of Cup of America, the Coliseum of the capital of Spain will therefore complete a kind of "grand slam" after being the venue of the final of a tournament World (Spain & # 39; 82), a Eurocopa (Spain & # 39; 64), the Cup of Europe/Champions League and now the tournament par excellence of Latin American football clubs.
Ownership real Madrid, considered by the best FIFA club of the twentieth century, was inaugurated on December 14 under the name Nuevo Chamartín during a match between the Spanish team at Os Belenenses Luso. Sabino Barinaga was the author of the first goal.
With dimensions of 105 × 68 meters, named eight years later Santiago Bernabeu in the honor of the great white reformed president for the Football World Cup in Spain82, whose capacity is reduced after winning all seats, including in 2007 by UEFA in the category of stadiums of 39, elite, expecting a good start renovation that will totally change its appearance and its image.
On the lawn of the Bernabéu During its history, most of the best teams, teams and footballers in the world have pbaded.
At the world level, it was the scenario of 1982 matches of group C of the second phase: RFA-England (0-0), RFA-Spain (2-1) and Spain-England (0-0). On July 11 was held the grand final, during which Italy was proclaimed world champion by defeating the German 3-1 team with the goals of Paolo Rossi, Marco Tardell and Alessandro Altobelli.
As for the selections, however, the first major tournament held was the final phase of the 1964 European Cup, during which Spain won its first major title after beating Hungary (2-1) and the Soviet Union (2-1). ).
The Cup of Europe/Champions League has solved four finals at the Madrid stadium. Real won his second home crown against Fiorentina (2-0) in 1957 thanks to goals from Alfredo di Stéfno and Paco Gento.
Milan also won its second European title in Bernabéu, winner at Ajax in 1969 by 4-1 with a hat-trick of Pierino Prati and a goal from Angelo Benedicto Sormani.
Eleven years later, in 1980, Englishman Nottingham Forest added his second consecutive title, winning Germany's Hamburg 1-0 with a goal from John Robertson; and thirty others later, in 2010, Inter Milan's Jose Mourinho, with a brace from Argentina's Diego Milito, won the 2-0 win at Bayern Munich by Louis van Gaal.
The former UEFA Cup also had its final pair at Bernabéualthough at that time they were resolved in two parts. In 1985, Hungary's Videotón won the return match by 0-1, but the title went to the Spanish team, which won in the first leg by 0-3.
The following season real Madrid he was beaten in the first match in his stronghold by 5-1 and was again champion because on the return, he took advantage of this result despite a 2-0 defeat.
The Intercontinental Cup also went through Santiago Bernabeu. The first time, it was the return of the 1960 edition, in which Real Madrid beat 5-1 Uruguayan Peñarol; in 164, he hosted the match between Inter and Independiente (1-0); and in 1966, the second commitment in which Peñarol won 0-2 and took his revenge.
Similarly, he hosted 36 finals of the Copa del Rey (including seven when he called Nuevo Chamartín) and 45 matches of the Spanish national team.
The Bernabéu it will not be a "strange" stage or River nor for Stuffy.
Therefore the River he played five times in the current stronghold of Madrid: friendly in 1951; in the tribute made in 1961 to Juanito Alonso; in 1965 in tribute to Paco Gento; friendly in 1973; and trophy Bernabéu in 2003.
El Boca, on the other hand, walked on the Bernabéu in a unique opportunity: to go from the end of the Ibero-American Cup named in 1994, with the triumph of Real Madrid (3-1); on the return the Argentine group won, by a 2-1 insufficient.
al River, Stuffy and the stadium Bernabéu also meets a great thread: the Argentine Alfredo Di Stéfano, myth of Real Madrid.
"The Saeta Rubia" was for four years a player of the River ((1945, 1947, 1948, 1949) .Then, as a coach, he led Boca Juniors (1969, 1985-1986), River Plate (1981, 1982) and real Madrid (1982-1984 and 1990-1991). He concluded his days as president of the club's Madrid honor. EFE
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