After the Champions League comebacks against PSG and City, a phrase runs through the rival benches: “If you play against Real Madrid, don’t make the mistake of scoring a goal” and yesterday it happened again. Davies’ goal led to another game. The game of heroics began in which the whites perform like no one else. Two goals from Joselu condemned the Germans in the final minutes against a team that has turned epic into something almost routine and comebacks into part of its DNA. Madrid did it again and will face Dortmund in the final at Wembley.
Real Madrid signed a new historic victory in the Champions League, another comeback at home against Bayern, to get into another final with some unlikely protagonists. Among them, Rüdiger who became a luxury assistant to give Joselu the goal that would mark the white resurrection.
But Rüdiger was not only a star on the lawn but also at the after-party. First, he grabbed Ancelotti by the chest and then, in the lap of honor in front of a crazy crowd, he went to look for a chair to give to his injured teammate Alaba, so that he could repeat a celebration that is already part of merengue history. . What is the origin of the “Alaba chair”?
The story behind an iconic gesture
David Alaba not only managed to win over the white fans in just a few months but also made one of his celebrations go so viral that it ended up becoming a symbol of Real Madrid on par with the legendary cape of Raúl and Sergio Ramos.
The story of Alaba and his chair began with Real Madrid’s unforgettable comeback against PSG, in the 2022 edition of the Champions League. The 29-year-old defender, in the middle of the celebration for reaching the quarterfinals, He grabbed a chair from one of the camp’s security officers and lifted it up, shouting with euphoria. Then, he published a photo of the moment on his social networks with a strong message: “Don’t sit in our chair!” The Austrian wrote.
The image was so immortalized in the squad and in the fans that Alaba himself repeated the celebration after the match against Espanyol, celebrating the 35th LaLiga title for Real Madrid.
A celebration that could not be missed yesterday and that Rüdiger was in charge of resurrecting, unleashing madness among the fans who crowded the stands of the white coliseum. A passion that the German defender also displayed as he left the stadium, making his celebration in a car through the streets of Madrid go viral.
The chair is already waiting to be raised again but this time at Wembley.
2024-05-09 08:02:50
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