Hoy se cumplen 20 años de ese primer abrazo entre Lionel Messi y Lionel Scaloni.
Fue un Argentina-Serbia, en 2006, nada menos que el DEBUT de Messi en Mundiales.
El primero de muchos. 🥹🇦🇷
After graduating from university, a young Florentino Perez got involved in politics and served on Madrid’s city council.
Perez made his first run for President of Real Madrid back in 1995, and was defeated by Lorenzo Sanz. He tried again in 2000, demanding change to what he saw as a broken regime.
During his 2000 campaign, Florentino Perez made two big promises: first, he would eliminate the large debt, and second, bring the biggest players to the Spanish capital, specifically Luis Figo.
Going into the race, Perez was the underdog as an incumbent had never lost. However, voters were intrigued by his promises, and he won the election with 55% of the vote, beating the man he had lost to just five years earlier.
Almost immediately, Perez fulfilled his promise with the shock signing of Luis Figo from rivals Barcelona for a then world record 62 million. To date, the move is one of the most controversial in football history.
During his return to Camp Nou, Figo was pelted by projectiles from Barcelona supporters.
To play for both clubs was unheard yet alone to transfer directly from one to the other.
The signing of Figo started the Galactico era. Players like Zidane, Beckham and Ronaldo would follow.