Interview with Butragueño ahead of the quarter-final showdown
Interview with Butragueño ahead of the quarter-final showdown Emilio Butragueño is a Real Madrid legend and currently the club’s director of institutional relations. Speaking to members’ magazine ‘51’, the 62-year-old talks about magical European nights, the European Clásico against Bayern and why matches against Munich demand the very best. Interview with Emilio Butragueño Emilio Butragueño, you once said how, as a 10-year-old boy, you used to watch Real Madrid matches with your father in the stand behind the goal, perched on the shoulders of the adults.
How did that shape you? “My father had been a member of Real Madrid since 1943. And he made me a member straight after I was born.
We had season tickets for the second tier. But for the European Cup matches, we were in the Fondo Norte behind the goal. It was simply incredible.
I’ll never in my life forget everything I experienced there. My passion for our club was born there. On those unforgettable European evenings… Those comebacks when Real were trailing.
” Comebacks that you yourself would be part of as a player a few years later. “I was lucky enough to move from the stands onto the pitch and become part of that history myself. When Madrid fall behind, you see what makes Real Madrid special.
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