Sep
01
2008
Barcelona and Real Madrid surprise suffered two defeats on the weekend opening of the Primera Liga season.
Pep Guardiola team dominated for long periods to newly promoted Numancia, but were undone by a defensive lapse after only 12 minutes, when Mario was left unmarked in the area and fired home this which turned out to be the winner. Madrid, 2-1 loss to Deportivo La Coruna was not as unpredictable with the Spanish champions now without a league win at the Riazor since season 1992/93.
Alberto Lopo bag the winner for the Galicians at the start of the second half, shortly after Ruud van Nistelrooy cancelled Mista first half strike. There were no such worries for the city competes with Atletico Madrid, who regrets thrashed Malaga 4-0 at Vicente Calderon.
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Jan
22
2008
The first match played in Chamartín took place on December 14, 1947 against Portugal’s Os Belenenses. Real Madrid won 3-1. On the same day, ending a dream former president of the Santiago Bernabeu club, which was convinced of the ever-increasing power of this sport called football. They called crazy and audacious want to build a stadium over 100000 spectators, but he proved them wrong. Moreover, moments after his inauguration Bernabéu has proposed its first expansion, which took shape in 1954. Chamartín rose to 125,000. It was not expanded, “it was finished”, as the President has preferred to say.
An elite STADIUM
On November 14, 2007, UEFA announced its decision to include the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium among the elite. It was the best gift for installation on the verge of celebrating its 60th anniversary. Not only UEFA reward of investment club laudable, but its ability to organize and professional structure too.
The most recent improvements (escalators, a super store, a new board room …) only this one stage even greater. The “new Bernabéu” is not only a benchmark in the sport, but in society, commerce and business. This is the stage where dreams come true. Best club in history to have been the best stage, and now is the case.
