The final of the Copa del Rey is more than ninety minutes. And more than the added bonus, extra time and penalties, if any. Is about the prelude to a coveted trophy in Spanish footballperhaps the one that admits the most surprises, and one of the most loved by lovers of this sport.
Among the spectators who watch the confrontation is always the monarch himselfwho, in addition to serving as guest and spectator of honor from the box, is in charge of Give the cup to the captain of the winning team.
Felipe VI’s love for football surprises no one, portrayed in the retina of many Spaniards for the jump she gave after Iniesta’s goal in the Soccer City box in South Africa. The mystery, in this case, lies in the identity towards which the sympathy that is supposed to be felt towards a team is directed: that it is not known which team it is from. While it is true that it has been assumed, for many years, that the King is a follower of the Atlético de Madridthe reality is that not all evidence points to this information.
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The monarch has been seen, and on more than one occasion, attended events related to the club. The inauguration of the Wanda Metropolitano, back in 2017, was one of them. This cannot necessarily mean that the team chaired by Enrique Cerezo is the one of his football loves.but I do know that it better portrays another perhaps more revealing fact: he has attended quite a few Atlético de Madrid matches.
Among the matches he has attended are, in addition to the Champions League final against Real Madrid in 2016, which does not add up to this ranking because the track would serve as much for one as for the other, the two Europa League finals that Simeone’s men won in Hamburg (2010) and Lyon (2018), against Fulham and Olympique de Marseille, respectively. It was in the first one whenafter Forlón’s goal in extra time, he jumped out of his seata blow to Platini through, in a memorable image for the Colchonera fans.
They asked him if he was from Atleti and he said no.
This contrasts with what the journalist Joseba Larraaga confessed a few months ago, through an anecdote that went back to a dinner that he and other communicators had with Felipe VI and Letizia. Behind her, there was a group. They asked him if he was from Atleti. And he said no. That, the first time he went to a soccer match, Atlético de Madrid invited him to a Cup final and he said yes. But he was not from Atletidetail
The question that the reader has in mind was answered by the second: He didn’t say what team he was from. It has always been said that the King was a self-confessed mattress maker, but the truth is that it remains a mystery. What is clear is his passion for the beautiful game.
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