Two Fierce Presidential Elections From the Past
Did you know, ‘the Luis Figo year’ wasn’t Florentino’s first election?
July 01, 1994. Madrid. Spain.
The soccer player Michael Laudrup in a press with the president of the Real Madrid, Ramon Mendoza and with Lorenzo Sanz, after the signing of Michael Laudrup. (Photo by Quim Llenas/Cover/Getty Images) | Cover/Getty Images Real Madrid president Florentino Pérez called for fresh elections on Tuesday in a press conference that had elements of surrealism. It is almost certain that Florentino and his board will remain unopposed and continue in their roles.
However, there were times when the Real Madrid presidential race was a fierce, edge-of-the-seat event. It was February 1995. Ramón Mendoza was the incumbent and was supposed to coast.
He was up against a 47-year-old construction businessman named Florentino Pérez on his first try, plus a third candidate, Santiago Gómez Pintado. Final tally: Mendoza 15,203 votes (45. 2%), Pérez 14,505 (42.