Stories of Cádiz and the Bernabéu: works of art by the Vulture and Hugo, Alirón, Mágico comes down for being a wise man...
Cádiz has achieved a victory in its visits to Real Madrid. And it wasn't at the Bernabéu. Last season, on October 17, the Cadiz team won 0-1 in Valdebebas. The first of several crises for Zidane's Madrid began, because only four days later it was Skahthar who won at Di Stéfano.
In the midst of the COVID-19 crisis that has hit Real Madrid, Cádiz arrives at the Bernabéu. It is a stadium that the yellow team has not set foot in since January 22, 2006. Then, Cádiz threatened to break its bad history in Chamartín. A goal from Medina brought the score to 0-1 until the 64th minute, but the Whites came from behind to win 3-1 with goals from Roberto Carlos, Beckham and Robinho.
Cádiz's visits to the Bernabéu are full of defeats. And also special moments.
A cup semi-final
And it's not football in black and white. In the winter of 1990, with Toshack's Madrid dominating LaLiga with ease, they met in the Cup semi-finals with a team that had never gone so far. It was Cádiz, which David Vidal trained. With Mágico González as the star and playing as he pleased, the Andalusians made Madrid sweat at the Carranza (0-1, with a goal from Paco Llorente) but not at the Chamartín. The 3-0 second leg put the Whites in the final that they would lose to Barcelona at the Mestalla... the one that saved Cruyff's head.
This #InternationalChessDay, are you ready to make the move from renter to homeowner? Check out our step-by-step guide… https://t.co/vZuFqRG6U9
— Freedom Mortgage Tue Jul 20 13:10:38 +0000 2021
"Hugo to door to no, to door no"
John Benjamin Toshack bawled in the band. He knew Hugo Sánchez and he knew that the Mexican was capable of any madness. He understood what was going through the Mexican's head when he saw him place the ball in a lateral free kick, with hardly any angle to catch the goal. "I heard Toskack say that he shouldn't shoot on goal, that I should go to the area to finish off, but...". It was October 1, 1989 and Hugo left everyone with their mouths open. His portentous shot became a museum goal.
The Vulture artwork
If Hugo's was worthy of a collection of soccer works of art, what Emilio Butragueño invented should fall into that same category. It was on Wednesday, February 11, 1987. The second leg of the Cup round of 16 ended with a 6-1 win for Madrid, who had only been able to draw goalless in Cádiz. The win was opened by the Vulture after four minutes and he closed it himself with a wonderful goal, an ode to football, something for which every peseta paid for that entry was worth it. "I have a bit of luck, because I make a very strange pipe to Linares", he remembered later on 7 seeing the play. It was so huge that Juanito left to lift on his shoulders the boy who had taken his place and his emblematic bib number.
The first visit in the League, white wing
The first time Cádiz visited Madrid was in a friendly that was played in October 1948: 3-3. In an official match we had to wait 30 more years. On April 16, 1978, after having won the first leg 1-0 (Baena), Cádiz debuted in the First Division at the Bernabéu. That day, Madrid could sing the alirón in front of their people if they won and Barcelona fell in Gijón. So it was. Wolf and Santillana's goals against bottom team were joined by Abel's with 10 minutes to go at El Molinón. With three games to go, Real Madrid was champion. He was in the middle of a cycle of five Leagues in six years.
Mágico González, low for being the Magician King
"Magical, in any case, he had already committed himself several weeks ago to play the wise man in the cavalcade of the city of Cadiz, as happened last night." That was the explanation for the absence of the Salvadoran genius in the Cup match that was played on Three Kings' Day in 1988. He was rotated, but the Salvadoran's decision had already been made. In those games he scored two goals, both on his first visit. The match ended 6-2, but it was difficult for Madrid to overcome Mágico's goal after half an hour. Until the 61st minute he did not match it. From then on he changed everything, although at minute 82 it was 3-2 on the scoreboard. In that game you can find many of the reasons why Camacho says that he was one of the players who made him go through the worst on the pitch.
Half alirón, Magical ovation, whistles to Míchel...
On May 28, 1989, Real Madrid once again thrashed Cádiz in Chamartín: 4-0. The fourth League title in a row only needed to put the official stamp on it. But it was not a party afternoon at the Bernabéu. The flames of the 5-0 at San Siro a month earlier (April 19) were still burning. He took the stand with Beenhakker for not removing Aldana and, above all, with Míchel and Martín Vázquez. The two showed their surprise after the match due to the affection that the white fans showed to Mágico when he was substituted at 65 minutes and the roughness shown with them. Madrid's next game at home was on June 11: 3-0 against Espanyol, league champions, and the day that Míchel got fed up with the whistles and left the field.
the aborted visit
The return of Cádiz to the Paseo de la Castellana, which is coming now and could not be experienced last season, should have happened in mid-December 2015, in the round of the round of 32 of the Cup. But the 'Cheryshev case' took the return from Cádiz to the Santiago Bernabéu.