• 1-3 in Las Pistas. Narration and statistics

The wet dream of Luis Rubiales , that interclass Cup, of burdens for the greats in small fields, of millionaires against bakers, became meat last night for a while. Real Madrid and Barcelona suffered, both required to pass the round. After the Arabia show , he played a role on the periphery of the elite. Surely, whites do not play again in the remainder of the century in a field like Las Pistas de Salamanca.

The beach music was the best heating last night in the peculiar field where Madrid opened its cup trip. The selection of the DJ made the feet move, and it was appreciated. Minute by minute, as the evening progressed, the thermometer pricked a little more. At 9:00 p.m., there were only three degrees left to reach zero. The Salamanca steppe hugged the pitch, with no more parapet before the freezing air than a little bunk of preference, on the side of the benches.

There, the presidential box was differentiated by the seat pads, the greatest luxury for Emilio Butragueño and the rest of the executives who arrived from the Bernabéu. The Madrid protocol staff distributed the assigned locations.

Asking for the mayor

Opposite and on both sides, the tartan was cut with small rows of bleachers with arizonic hedges on the back. "Dad, I'm very happy," said a boy with his Unionist scarf. The cold, normal here, did not bitter the local parish, excited about the miracle before them. The visit of the white giant was the jackpot to a very young club, founded to honor the ashes of old Salamanca.

The volunteers helped the press, located on a row of stone. For the editors, as for the Madrid players, it was a trip to the past, to the Third Chronicles with bacon sandwich and relieving caldito. The radios, on a table. And the fan, asking for the mayor of the city, criticized by the Unionists after proposing that the party be played in the Helmántico. He refused the club, true to its essences. The Pistas or Las Pistas, repeated. They opted to be consistent with their philosophy.

«Popular football, popular football», the most bullangueros fans sang when the whites, with the Champions lineup, jumped to warm-up. James and Bale rubbed their hands to clear the cold; and Marcelo and Casemiro looked sideways at the meandering lines of the area, painted somewhat shaky on a grass obscured by frost and snow. The makeshift portable lighting towers did not prevent blind corners.

Bale, half limping

In the middle of the light the meeting began, with the runrun among the public of the fright that Barcelona was taking in Ibiza. «Salchichón de Toledo», was announced on electronic billboards, while electronic tracks of Old Gold were already playing. Zidane had on the right the pit where Jonathan Edwards beat the triple jump world record in 1998. The other record in the history of athletics rests on the northern bottom of Las Pistas. A plaque recalls the vertical flight of Javier Sotomayor in 1993: his high jump (2.45) still unsurpassed.

At 10 minutes, Bale was already limping, right? Half looking at the bench, not knowing if to stay or leave, he scored 0-1. He chose to continue. Better to jog on the grass than shiver on the bench. In the band, in the second part, he saw Álvaro Romero's goal for the Unionistas draw. The delirium for the charros was only dissolved by a noise and the unfortunate auction at Juan Góngora's own door. Already in the addition, Brahim Diaz closed the 1-3.

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