“Amancio, this victory will belong to you”

Real Madrid moved to Liverpool to experience the game Champions League reminded Amancio Amaro, The legend of the white club, who passed away this Tuesday, appealed to Real Madrid I dedicated victory in mythic Anfield: “This triumph will suit you.”

“It’s a sad day for Real Madrid,” said Raúl, one of the Whites fans who was waiting for his turn to take a picture with the statue. The Beatles in Liverpool. “This is a sad day, but we will bring victory to Don Amancio Amaro,” he said.

“Poor man. I saw him many times playing on the far right at the Bernabéu, adds Luis, who came from Madrid with his son Jacob to watch the first game against Liverpool.

“I remember him as a very skilled wingman, who led the band very well. He had a very good shot towards the goal, I liked how he went into the center,” Luis recalls those afternoons of glory for the Galician in Madrid.

In total, Amancio played fourteen seasons for Real Madrid, a total of 471 games. He scored 155 goals, won the European Cup, nine leagues and three Spanish Cups, and was the top scorer in 1969 and 1970. He was a full international on 42 occasions with the national team, with which he was part of the team that won the first European Championship in 1964. .at the Santiago Bernabéu against the Soviet Union. That year he was third in the Ballon d’Or after the Scot Denis Law and his good friend Luis Suárez.

“It is a tribute to this football wizard. You have to win for him and for all the fans,” explains Javier as he puts a Real Madrid scarf around John Lennon’s neck in Mathew Street. “Whoever wears 7 today will have a great game. Amancio, Juanito, Butragueño, Raúl… Madrid had a series of beautiful sevens,” he said.

Before kick-off, Anfield will observe a minute’s silence in honor of Amancio’s death, while Florentino Pérez, who was due to travel to Liverpool this Tuesday to see off the team, will remain in Madrid to attend the funeral chapel, which will be held from 15:00 in the presidential box Santiago Bernabéu. Emilio Butragueño, who traveled with the team to Liverpool, will return to the Spanish capital.

“The Madrid player doesn’t need Amancio to die to motivate himself even more today, but it’s another plus for them. Amancio will take this victory. That goes for him. We will suffer, but we will win by fighting. It’s the Champions League, it’s our DNA, we’re changing here,” Carlos said.