• Di Stéfano.The secrets of Madrid's new field

The loud music did not prevent a certain shudder when accessing the Di Stéfano , journalists as protected by security guards as the white players themselves, on their walk to the stadium from the residence. The green of the grass collided with the black tie of the immense canvas with the motto that explained the reason for such a strange and historical afternoon.

"In our hearts" , without being able to prevent the view from finishing the letters going to the right, was read to the IFEMA pavilions, which border Valdebebas. Or towards the City of Justice, between the sports city and the airport, one of the makeshift morgues that rose to help this city that came to be overwhelmed by death. LaLiga sad, silent audience, appears with pain and desire for survival, because it was terminated.

Footballers when jumping to the grass did not know very well where to direct their usual greeting. He went to the few managers present in the box, chaired by Florentino Pérez , all wearing a mask. Under the arch of lights, lit at full blast to improve the broadcast, photographs of the Argentine genius who gives the field its name, in auctions, pranks and heels. Who would have told Madrid, at the beginning of the season, that he would be playing the title without an audience in mid-June and in a stadium where bad aim throws the ball onto the road.

"Touch, touch", "up", "look for a pass"

The soundtrack was the radio narrations and the singing of the swallows of Valdebebas, which were mixed with the naked voices of Toni Kroos , Marcelo , Sergio Ramos and, above all, Casemiro , all the while ordering their companions. The few journalists took notes of that recital of "come", "go", "back", "play, play", "up", "look for a pass" and the string of tacos that José Luis Mendilibar , the visiting coach, released.

The few applauses to the plays came from the substitutes and coaching staff of both teams, distributed by the flirtatious stands of Di Stéfano . They were fitted with the same sports seats, in black leather, that they have on the benches of the Bernabéu. After 20 minutes, a ovation was heard, like a storm in uralite, which will be dedicated to the victims of the coronavirus in each match.

And before starting, the minute of silence required. Another pinch in the stomach from an unusual soccer session. Cleaning staff appeared from time to time at the press stands to review them with disinfectant, as at the entrance, express cleaning required of each computer. In hand, the few accredited, a hygiene kit delivered by the white club, with an identifying bib, gel, gloves and mask.

Like in the home garden

"Go for the third", Ramos was clearly heard, at the break to take a breath that marks the regulation after 20 minutes. With more goals than football, the event passed with that aroma of summer shock, although everything is at stake. Squeezed the two teams in the middle, gave the feeling of missing space, despite the fact that the dimensions of the field imitate those of Chamartín. Karim Benzema was in charge of breaking the corset, with a touch here and a wall there. It seemed in the garden of house and not in his first party in a new field. With more legs and quality than Eibar, Real Madrid dispatched in the first half the strange debut of the new League.

Marcelo celebrated the third knee on grass, in tribute to George Floyd and in the second part he suffered a small muscle problem. After the usual anxiety in the technical area, the second foreigner with the most games in the history of Madrid, only surpassed by Roberto Carlos , decided to continue on the pitch.

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