As the kick-off of the LOSC – Real Madrid match in the Champions League approaches (9:00 p.m.), there is an atmosphere in the streets of the capital of Flanders.
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On the outskirts of the Grand Place, they stroll gaily, singing from time to time in Spanish to the glory of the best club in the world currently, Real Madrid, which they support within a pyes
This association of supporters recognized by the Madrid club allows them to have a set of places to enter the stadium. They are Poles from Krakow, from Poznan, or Belgians from Brussels or even Germans from Aachen and all come to support their favorite team. Reporting.
Daniel and Jean-Pierre, two Brussels residents who support Real Madrid in Lille.
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“We received 55 places”explain Jean-Pierre and Daniel, two Brussels residents who came by bus. The two men predict 3 – 0 for Real or 3 -1 with a goal for Lille from Jonathan David, who we knew when he played at La Gantoise. The two men explain that today, for them, seeing Real Madrid in real life and not on television, is “a party”. Jean-Pierre adds that Lille is known in Belgium as a nice city. “Everyone says only good things about Lille. We don’t fear a fight or running into hooligans. I think we have the same mentality as the people of Lille and that’s good natured.”
The white Belgian Madrid fan club from Brussels.
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A little further, between the Rihour squares and the Grand Place in a café reserved by the supporters Alain testifies: “My wife is Spanish, the football bug, I have had it since I was little and I have supported Real since I knew my wife, that is to say 40 years. My son created the peña for 7 years. We make all the trips near Brussels: Amsterdam, Paris, Lille, We have already been to Munich too. Maybe today, once.smiles Alain Dewilde, “we don’t know, we’ll see, but we remain optimistic.”
Juan Traviesa and Alain Dewilde two Madrid supporters.
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At his side Juan Traviesa, cousin of Alain’s wife and who wants a show, a great game for this evening. A little behind the bar where the Belgian supporters met, three amateur football players say they came from Germany.
Stephan, Fola and Mena from Aachen.
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Mena traveled with his friends, Stephan and Fola from Aachen, is very happy to see Real Madrid. For him, it’s a first in a stadium.
We don’t have a good team in Poland !
Christian, Krakow supporter
Further away, but still on the outskirts of the Grand Place, four supporters friendly introduce themselves as Barth, Christian, Jack and David, the English version of their Polish first names, they laugh. They come from Krakow and Poznan and took around fifteen hours by bus to get there. To the question “why Real Madrid?” Christian cracks a “we don’t have a good team in Poland !” and makes his friends laugh. More seriously, he refers to the history of Real Madrid and its six Champions Leagues in 10 years.
Barth, Christian, Jack and David, four Polish friends who came by bus with around fifty people.
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A club, an institution, which brings people together well beyond its borders. According to LOSC, the approximately 50,000 seats at the Pierre Mauroy stadium could have been sold 6 times, such was the high demand.
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