Five years since Prieto and Charly flew

True fans remember May 12, 2018 as one of Anoeta’s great days. And with one of the funds knocked down and conveniently covered with a tarpaulin, Real did not play anything in a cheap game against Leganés and it was cold despite more than a month from summer. On that day, two institutions of Real, the captain, soul and example of the creature for almost three decades, said goodbye. Xabi Prietoand carlos martinezparadigm of the youth squad who, without being gifted for football, achieved his dream based on momentum, heart and improvement.

They both played half injured, tight he said goodbye a week later at the Camp Nou and the phrase uttered by the eternal ’10’ a few days before went down in history: “My dream is not to be a footballer, it is to play for Real”. That afternoon, where the royalists appeared with the most parties (gorriz, Zamora, Larranaga, arched) and where tight presented the relay to the captain at Asier Illarramendileft a certain feeling of emptiness and orphanhood.

However, everything that has happened since then has been positive for Real. Mikel Oyarzabal not only inherits ’10’ from tight, but also their values ​​and commitment to colors. And he also looks like a real classy ‘one club man’. The same summer came Michael Merinothe first great signing of Robert Olabe. imanol He was already on the bench, he later returned after passing Sanse and the frustrated bet Asian garitano.

A year later, those athletic tracks where tight and Carlos Martínez received their txapelas from fans who had already disappeared because the new Anoeta, with 39,000 spectators, was a reality. And everything has been said about sports: four consecutive participations for Europe (this course is about to become mathematical), a title (the Copa del Rey) after 34 years and a Champions League in the future.