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Real Madrid only hit Barcelona in the days before the classic, where it has shown all its support and understanding: the directive meal could not be at the Camp Nou. There is a good restaurant in the stadium, home of other appointments of this type, but on this occasion, at the suggestion of both the police and the white club security team, it was recommended that the official meeting between both entities be held at the hotel Sofia, authentic zero kilometer of this particular Barça-Madrid.

The triple security ring could only be overcome, heading for the entrance of Sofia (owned, by the way, of former Barca vice president, Jordi Mestre ), under three premises: a) Be a member of one of the teams. B) Have a reserved room. C) Have reserved a table at one of the hotel's restaurants. Hotel staff made the filter on a fence guarded by two Mossos agents. The firmness was liquefied in a kind smile by demonstrating the 'right' to enter.

At 12.30, Real Madrid arrived, settling at the moment on the 9th floor. His first appointment, at 13.45, would be in the gym, for a slight activation session before lunch. Just at that time, the two directors were already seated at the table on the 19th floor, with Florentino Pérez and Josep Maria Bartomeu leading comitive paths.

Each movement of the Madrid president through the hall of Sofia provoked careers and photo requests from the hotel customers, most of them arriving with tickets to the game.

At that time, the delegate of the Federation informed both clubs of the warning given to the referee, Hernández Hernández : the invasion of the grass during the match would result in immediate suspension. The two captains, Sergio Busquets and Sergio Ramos , were informed at the hotel. It will be a police officer, located next to the fourth referee, who assesses the risk of what happens and activates the eviction protocol of the field players. Your order will reach the referee and he will send everyone to the locker room.

In Madrid, in these tense previous hours, there is optimism, although the general uncertainty about what can happen in the Camp Nou remains. Outside, for the moment, calm down, with the white convoy arriving at the hotel without almost crossing cars with the highway from the Prat.

In the Impar restaurant, inside the Sofia, the tables were served normally, among VIP guests, a former Madrid footballer and fans from all over the world.

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