“Xa meu pai flew planes to see Real Madrid all over Europe”

Jose Antonio Calvo Blanco Today, he returns to the Etihad, where last year he suffered as rarely in his life: “For the first thirty minutes, we didn’t exist on the field,” he says. A native of Rial de Arriba (Zas), this 47-year-old Galician has more than his life’s goal by following Real Madrid across Europe. Faino comes from Switzerland, where he emigrated in 1988 and where, in addition to working as a solo designer, he is the owner of Centro Galego de Berna. His efficiency is the reason for envexa for small players, as he was in seven European Cup finals and all of them fell to their side.

— Where was that paixón polo Real Madrid born?

– My dad did. He, who came to work in Switzerland in 1968, took me whenever he could to see Madrid. When he came here, in 1988, he flew from Bern to see the team all over Europe. And iso was not common back then.

— There in Bern, I even shaped a rock.

– I am sure that it was not my initiative. In 2004 or 2005, a kid named Daniel, of Spanish origin, came to the center to ask me if Madrid matches were always played there. I told him yes and trouxo a few friends who were always selling or eating or selling football. My confidence grew and I loved being a fan club, she was pretty cool but she was told she knew people in Madrid who could help us and come out later and we are now the club’s official fan club.

— Is the dumbest way to travel with a team?

— It’s still very complicated, because the cards are small. I’m lucky because I make a lot of friends from traveling so much and in the end, one way or another, I always get a ticket at a reasonable price. On the other hand, there are people who pass by, because they resell them for four or five hundred euros, even though they have someone who buys them. In any case, prices have risen in recent years.

—Canto lle custou a de Manchester?

—You can get a ticket for around 80 euros. You from Bern have more than 200. However much you spend there, it can be at least 500 euros. And I think you give cheaper at my entrance.

“Marchou arrives first thing in the morning and returns to Switzerland tomorrow.” Is it difficult to pay a salary while working?

—Give me relief because I spend hours and move on vacations. You can’t leave when you want, I change my working hours depending on Madrid, but I don’t lose my job. Now they are graphic designers themselves, and I have my personal business with Centro Galego de Berna, which I take care of for you on Saturdays and Sundays. I have three fillets and they have to eat.

—Transladoulles or your love for Madrid?

— Two of them are Xemelgas. One left from Madrid and the other from Barcelona. And there was never a problem. People believe that we are radicals by always following the team, but nothing is different. I like to watch the matches calmly and I get along well with everyone, they never have any problems.

— They still speak Galician?

-Clean! And I think they’ve been here all their lives, but they speak the same Galician as they do, with the ghead and the rustle. They are 25 and 18 years old, but we are thinking of my country.

“Miña Muller was strong in the comeback against City and she understood my paixón”

— Do you share trips with your family?

-That. Miña Muller estreouse last year against City and, at the end, he told me: now I understand your paixón polo Real Madrid.

— I passed all the qualifications since 2016 and the last seven finals. What is his best memory?

— Or Cristiano’s goal from Chile in Turin. That feeling when the whole stadium started clapping for us, the affected Madridistas kicked out of the team, has never been more heartbreaking.

“Well or worse?”

—Sen Dubida, in Krakow. I have never met in the group stage. The only time I honestly regretted it. Morrín felt no weight from the cold.