Spectacular welcome for Real Madrid

Thousands of 'Los Blancos' fans answered the call put out by their captain, Sergio Ramos, who encouraged Madrid supporters to welcome their team at 18:30 (CET) in the Plaza de los Sagrados Corazones, before their arrival at the Santiago Bernabeu. 

With three sentences ("Together we build the legend", "Together we honour the memory", "Together we are Real Madrid"), and an old video recorded from inside the team's coach of thousands of Madrid fans bouncing on the streets, Ramos put out the call, and a lot of people responded. 

An hour before the designated time, the square began to fill with white shirts, and by 18:30 it was heaving with people. Meanwhile, coach Zinedine Zidane was giving a pre-match talk to his players in Madrid's Valdebebas training centre.

The players left the building and headed onto the bus one by one, walking down a human corridor made up of Madrid youth players, who reside permanently in the training centre. 

At the end of the corridor, more players from the club held up a big sign saying "All together for the 13th", referencing Madrid's bid to win their 13th Champions League trophy. The first to read it was Sergio Ramos, who was followed by Lucas Vazquez and Mateo Kovacic. 

 

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The rest followed them onto the bus. Cristiano Ronaldo, who received the loudest applause, gave a thumbs up in a show of confidence, and the last to appear was Zidane. 

Together, at 18:30, they set off towards Valdebebas, where a huge sea of people were eager to cheer on their idols ahead of the most important game of the season so far for the Spanish side. 

"The fans will always be with the team, as it has always been", Zidane said. "With the fans on our side nothing is impossible, we have shown that in Real Madrid's history", Marco Asensio claimed. 

The Madrid fans responded, like many times before, and the 'Blancos' arrived at the Bernabeu surrounded by an enormous mass of people, cheering on their players an hour and a half before the start of the game against PSG.