The 'white legend' of Madrid, from the favor of the Bernabéu to Kubala to the series of the grandson of Luis De Carlos: "It's something unique"

At the end of the 70s, little

would enter the

locker room and only ask for one thing: "

".

Surrounded by stars, at eight years old he barely understood who those people were:

... The boy ignored them and went back to the lawn of the old

with his brothers to celebrate goals in front of some empty stands .

Almost half a century later, the grandson of former president

is the creator of "

", the first official series on the history of

, which premieres this Friday on

.

A documentary series of one season that can be extended to several more, in which the protagonists of the

narrate their experiences, anecdotes and titles as they have never been told before.

after their last date,

recounts how his debut was ("I remember

in his mouth"),

recalls the seventh,

, at 92 years old, adds color to the era in black and white,

,

,

... A cast of stars in which hardly anyone is missing.

"We tried it with

, but it couldn't be", he admits to EL MUNDO

.

The project was born one afternoon five and a half years ago in the middle of a café: "

'. Let people see that

. One of the ideas was to convey that

, it's sport. It's not about victories and defeats, but about moving and

. When I was a child and my grandfather was president, I didn't value it as much as I do now.

, where we sat in a stand below the pitch. Years later, when he left his post, he spent some time living in my house.

."

Five years and a lot of money spent later, yesterday the project premiered at the

: "I have had many expenses, journeys, notaries, legal issues...

. My wife has put up with all my battles," he admits.

De Carlos, who knew the audiovisual world as a

but was dedicated to textiles, began to write together with

, son of the vice president of Real Madrid, a

that they ended up showing to the club, where

gave the go-ahead good: "This series would not have come out without José Ángel".

Then (over a period of several years) the

would arrive , the agreement with

and the start of filming, in June 2021.

The thread of similarities: injuries, cities...

During the different chapters, the series makes chronological jumps through the history of Madrid.

"We have looked for historical similarities:

,

, the Third won against

, the Eleventh lifted in Milan... And we have focused on the two dynasties. From

, where the white legend begins with

, and from

".

There appears

when he was a Barcelona star: "Kubala put two conditions on Bernabéu to sign for Madrid, that his brother-in-law be the coach and that he help him

.

She told him that her brother-in-law was not possible and the Hungarian signed with Barça, but some time later Santiago called him and asked him to go to Barajas.

There he met his mother.

Bernabéu told him that she didn't care if he was a Barça player, because she had promised him.

That shows why we shouldn't hate each other". All that stage, always seen in black and white, takes on a new dimension with the work that the producer has done so that

: "Seeing it colored it is something brutal", defends its creator.

At the meeting of the

, Butragueño jokingly asked his teammates not to tell "the intimacies",

admitted his idolatry for

and

recalled his

.

Later, they also sat down with stars from other stages, such as

: "Those of us who came from abroad wanted to win titles. Where? In Madrid," Hugo Sánchez replied to

.

And later, foosball: "We brought together several from different generations and

. They were all chopped. Butragueño with Mijatovic...

", describes De Carlos.

striker

is the protagonist of one of the most emotional moments when he recalled his

.

His son

was in the hospital due to a serious illness and the footballer could hardly sleep at night, but despite everything he played.

"The 90 minutes I play save my life, I'm happy", he told the coach", explains De Carlos. He made it 2-0 in that match and

, who died in 2009, to age 14, due to hydrocephalus "

," Valdano points out, and "Real Madrid is a way of understanding life," Butragueño concludes.

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