By Gura Garcia
24 Jul 2024, 12:42 PM EDT
A rather complicated moment that Nacho had to live through in what was his act farewell as a Real Madrid player, when it was his turn to stand in front of the microphone to say goodbye; “I don’t know if I should cry now, in between…” The player threatened to cry, but he had already done so while watching the tribute video that the Casa Blanca club had prepared for him, one that is impossible for any footballer not to shed a few tears.
The story of a boy who arrived at Real Madrid at just 10 years old and 24th march later as captain and after lifting the 15th Champions League. “It is a difficult day, different, but emotional,” Nacho sighed in his statements.
“You have given me more than I have been able to give back. You have taught me to “I have defended this shield on and off the field every second of my life,” he said. Nacho in his declaration of love to the club that gave him everything in his life, Real Madrid: “This club means everything to me and my entire family. I have been making the same journey for 24 years in a row. From my house to my other house… Because my family is here. You don’t know what a journey it is to enter the first locker room and end up lifting the Decimoquinta. I am leaving in the best way, as captain.”
Words for his colleagues and family
Nacho moved everyone in his farewell with his thanks to characters who were quite important in his career and stay in the merengue team. There were the technical director Carlo Ancelotti, his teammates Lucas, Brahim, Cebalos, Lunin, Vallejo and Fran García; Raúl, Arbeloa and Solari; and of course the president Florentino Perez. “Thank you Real Madrid for making me a man with perfect values. Thank you Ancelotti, for believing in me. Thank you teammates, you are the best. Thank you all. Thinking about you only makes me happy… Thank you to all the club’s workers, because you have made me a better player and a better person…”
But something that Nacho couldn’t avoid was breaking down completely at the moment of He talks about his family. “Mom, Dad… all of this is thanks to you. A lot of sacrifices for me and my brother Alex. And thanks to my sister Maite for all the trips so that we could train and play. And thanks to my wife Maria, the best person in the world, for never letting go of my hand…” Nacho’s words made it difficult for there not to be someone in the room with tears in their eyes, moved by everything the player was expressing.
With all his titles
Nacho said goodbye to Real Madrid having obtained a total of 26 titles, with which who was photographed with his family, Florentino and his teammates in the white team. All of them presiding over the six European Cups with which he equalled Paco Gento on June 1st. Florentino Pérez himself had words of tribute and recognition for Nacho.
“Today is an exciting day for Real Madrid fans to say goodbye to one of the one of its greatest examples. Dear Nacho, I want to tell you that we are proud to have been able to count on you. You arrived in 2001 and you have been growing at Real Madrid. Few could have imagined that this child would become one of the few players to win six Champions League titles.”
A new adventure in Arab football
Nacho is not retiring from the world of professional soccer, on the contrary, he is placing heading towards football Arabia, convinced that it was the right time to say goodbye to his time with Real Madrid, after a year as first captain in which he won practically everything, with LaLiga and the Champions League as the main trophies (he also won the Super Cup) and with the icing on the cake Eurocup with the Spanish national team. A final flourish that allows him to say goodbye peacefully and begin a new adventure.
“I tell my children not to worry, that Real Madrid will always be our home”His son Nacho couldn’t stop crying, like his parents, the first ones who took the boy who became a legend to train.
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