Next stop, the derby: Real Madrid and Atlético will go to the Wanda in EMT electric buses

Next May 8, derby Sunday in the capital, Manolo, the

bus driver , will not have music behind his back,

with his helmets looking out the window or

in the back row.

Manolo Boza will go to the slipstream of his team with the bus empty of players, because they will change for a while the model they enjoy in each game, a luxurious Volvo with Irizar bodywork, for an EMT model.

Specifically, the Ibiza, an electric vehicle that provides service on the free Zero line, with no emissions or cost to the user.

They will not have toilets, super comfortable seats, a refrigerator or most of the luxurious details that usually embrace the stars of the ball in their movements.

Yes Wi-Fi, which is no longer lacking in the EMT cars.

The white footballers and those of Atlético de Madrid will be, for one day, users of the municipal buses.

Like many of the fans who entered the Wanda Metropolitano that Sunday, they are expected to go to the mattress stadium aboard the EMT.

In this way, the company wants to continue celebrating

, inaugurated a few months ago by the visit of the King and Queen of Spain to the company's facilities.

In fact, the figures of the two big clubs in the city will board a bus just like the one

and

tested at the Carabanchel Operations Center in November, accompanied by the mayor, José Luis Martínez-Almeida.

Silent, non-polluting, with its green seats and yellow bars, with the

bell ... They will, however, change their external appearance, since the EMT will pay tribute to its original clients by decorating the buses with motifs from both teams.

It will be a special bevelling that is still kept secret.

There will be no lack of shields or slogans linked to the history of the two institutions.

A 28 seater car

The municipal transport company has been working on this idea for months, agreed with the clubs.

After receiving the OK from Real Madrid, who will make the longest journey, going down to the

from Valdebebas, confirmation from Atlético came later.

Those of Simeone will have less travel, just five kilometers, from their concentration hotel, the Hilton Airport.

For his rivals, less than nine, starting from the door of his residence in the Ciudad Deportiva.

The 28 seats of this bus model force each team to travel in two units.

Their official vehicles, in which they usually travel, will escort them to the M-40 stadium, since at the end of the match, they will be the ones they use.

For the first time in history, Atlético and Real Madrid will use the traditional means of public transport to attend a match.

Placing this action in a derby is quite an achievement for the EMT, within the celebration of its 75th anniversary.

The collaboration of the two clubs, despite the logistical problems generated by the change, has been maximum.

The Kings, together with the mayor, on their trip on an electric bus from the EMT.EM

The security device that will accompany each expedition will also be the conventional one in this type of event, with national police opening the way from their starting points to the Atlético field, traffic cuts in their path and agents on horseback already in the vicinity of the enclosure.

On board the EMT cars, along with the staff, there will also be security members from the clubs.

But neither the windows will be armored nor will the buses incorporate extra security elements.

All parties trust that the arrival of Real Madrid at Wanda, as has happened in recent years, will be peaceful.

The whites have many options apart from appearing in the event on May 8 with the League Champions Cup under their arms.

If they get a point against Espanyol next Sunday at the Bernabéu, they would win the championship, thus reducing much of the tension of the duel.

The classification for the next Champions of the local team and the curiosity of the possible corridor that the rojiblancos players should do to their rivals, as established by sports tradition, would be pending.

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