Before the Espanyol match last Saturday - in which Real Madrid won and early crowned the Spanish League title - there was news that its neighbor Atletico would organize an honorary corridor for the La Liga champion, but this will not happen.
The administration of the traditional rival has openly announced that there will be no honorary corridor for the royal when he is a guest of the "Atletti" at the "Wanda Metropolitano" stadium, to ignite the spark of controversy before the "derby" of Madrid.
There is a tradition in Spain that if a team wins the championship, it gets a corridor of honor in the next game, where the opponents line up on both sides and the champions pass between them and applaud.
And since "Merengue" won the League title 4 games before its end and will play against Atletico next Sunday, he was supposed to have this gesture, but the arch-neighbor refused.
His administration considered that this step aims to create tensions between the two teams, and that it has created unnecessary controversy.
She explained that this honorary corridor should be given when the match is on the hero's land, stressing that the media wants to create news and sparring because the opponent and the hero is the rival Real Madrid.
It is noteworthy that Real Madrid had previously organized an honorary pass for Atlético twice after winning the La Liga title.
numbers of Guard of Honor Atletico received from Real Madrid in the last decade – 2
number of Guard of Honor Real Madrid received from Atletico in the last decade – 0
And now, they refuse to give us one next week?
shame.
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— ø (@LuninRMA) May 2, 2022