Champions League: Real Madrid in Front of Our Lady
It is the biggest European club soccer’s competition. A day later, on Sunday, the players, coach Carlo Ancelotti and club president Florentino Pérez visited Madrid's cathedral to pray before the statue of Our Lady of Almudena.
They were received by Cardinal José Cobo of Madrid who said: "I don't know which team Christ would be a fan of, but he is with the good, self-sacrificing and noble sportsmen" [exactly the type of sportsmen that don't exist in today's commercial sport, where everything is about money].
Team captain Nacho Fernández offered a copy of the Champions League trophy to the statue. Croatian player Luka Modrić laid a bouquet of flowers in front of Madrid's patron saint.
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