re: 2014 CL Final- The Mother of all Derbies on Fox with Two Douchebags

Beautiful Piece by Relaño

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This isn´t the match of the century, that was England-Hungary 1953, in Wembley. But this is the derby of two centuries, the 20th and if I may be so bold, the 21st.

This is a derby for three or more generations. The club that wins will have a treasure to cherish and defend, for all disputes until the end of the world.

´Right, but in Lisbon, we beat you´ is the reply that either could reply with, in any discussion.

It is an enormous match, nobody could have seen it coming, which supplants the eternal Madrid-Barça which we all thought could have been the final of this Champions League.

Well no, it´s not Barça. It´s Atleti. It´s also Madrid, who´s always there. It´s not easy to overcome Real Madrid. This is why they´ve got so many fans, and also why there exists so much ´anti-Madridismo´.

Almost always when another Spanish club is in conditions to win the title of their dreams, they run into Real Madrid, a club which has rested very little in it´s history.

Sporting de Gijón clashed with Madrid, as did later Real Sociedad, which had to insist, in order to take Madrid down. Deportivo de la Coruña gave Real a black eye with the ´Centenariazo´. Barça had to fight an obstinate Madrid, and although they prevailed, they ended up spent...

Now, Atlético de Madrid, that so admired Atleti, loved in all of Spain, as President Cerezo rightly says, doesn´t conform themselves with their league title (having triumphed over the Madrid and Barça of Cristiano and Messi).

Now, Atleti has to revalidate themselves in this final. Throw down the ace of spades saying ´the pot´s mine´and promptly pull all the chips from the centre of the table.

La Liga is the grandest, but there is one great league accomplishment every year for some Spanish side. The Champions League is something else.

For Real Madrid, this could be La Décima, nothing less. An infathomable coup of time immemorial dimensions.

For Atleti, this would be the First, but it would be worth ten..............[quote]