Real Madrid offers European Cup to the Virgin of Almudena

Jun 03, 2022

LIMA, Peru: Real Madrid CF returned to Spain on May 29 after winning the EUFA Champions League final, and offered the Virgin of Almudena this trophy together with the one they received on April 30 when they won the Spanish football league.

Real Madrid won the May 28 Champions League Final 1-0 against Liverpool FC. The match was played in Paris and the winning goal was scored by Vinicius Junior in the 59th minute. This is the 14th time Real Madrid has won the European football competition.

The team, which was received by tens of thousands of fans in the streets of the Spanish capital, went to Almudena Cathedral in the evening and was received by Cardinal Carlos Osoro Sierra of Madrid.

It is not the first time that Real Madrid has offered the Champions League trophy to Our Lady.

During the visit, Cardinal Osoro greeted the players “with affection and joy”, saying that “it is stimulating to share a path with others, to support each other in the search for success.”

As reported by the Archdiocese of Madrid, the cardinal thanked them for taking the name of the Spanish capital to as many corners as did St Isidore the Farmer, “a simple man with presences on all continents,” to whom a Holy Year is being dedicated in the Archdiocese of Madrid.

During the brief ceremony, Real Madrid’s public relations director, former footballer Emilio Butragueño, read some petitions, one of which asked that those present experience “the maternal protection of the Virgin Mary”. --CNA