“When the score was 0:1, Valdano, Morientes and I were calmer than them” | Relay race

Santiago Cañizares survived the Champions League semi-finals along with two other historic Real Madrid fans, Jorge Valdano and Fernando Morientes, and because of this he was able to survive a curious paradox. One that, in his opinion, defines the current state of anti-Madridism.

“There were three of us who wanted Madrid to win. Each with enthusiasm, each depending on how passionate they are about football and how attached they are to Real Madrid, but the three of us wanted Madrid to win,” he explains in an interview. Radio Marca microphones. Until then, without further ado, soon after everyone was going to enter the TV and wait their turn. But the game became more difficult, and the white team reached the end of the game with a loss.

“One thing made me laugh: there were others who worked with us who are culés, because it is done in Barcelona, ​​and five minutes before the end it is funny, but this is so that you understand what Real Madrid is at the Bernabeu ” the three of us lost more calmly than them. It was the eighty-fifth minute, and those who wanted Madrid to lose were more nervous, upset and afraid of what had happened. Because they believed, knew and almost considered it luck,” explains the former goalkeeper with grace.

“Everything should be the other way around. If you’re losing and you have five minutes left, you can get really nervous. And if you win and you have five minutes left, well, yes, you can be tense but happy, right? Because you are winning. Well, it was the other way around.

“, concluded the goalkeeper, explaining what these years of painful comebacks meant for the morale of Real Madrid fans, as well as for fans opposed to Madrid.

Cañizares also assessed the situation with the White goal, in which Lunin is assigned, but there is a possibility that the team’s starter, Courtois, will arrive in uniform. He bets on the Belgian: “I I think Courtois will play because the one who chooses is Ancelotti. and Courtois still has time to play these games and get into much better shape. 80% Courtois is a lot of Courtois.. Who should he play? This is a difficult situation, on the one hand there is Lunin, who clearly deserves it, because he actively collaborated to have a team, and this is approval. If you nominate Lunin, I won’t argue with you. And also the fact that not just any goalkeeper will play for Lunin, he is the best in the world,” says the former European champion with Real Madrid.

“The point is not that Lunin is going to be replaced with another goalkeeper, They’re going to take him out of number one, and number one weighs a lot. And he also deserves to play when he has the opportunity, because number one is number one, because he has had many nights like Lunin,” Cañizares noted.