Atletico Madrid have announced in a press release that they will not give Real Madrid a guard of honor. However, Real coach Carlo Ancelotti is not angry about this.
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It is an unwritten rule in Spanish football that if a team wins the title with a league match remaining, the host team gives the guard of honor in subsequent matches on the opponent’s field. Real secured the La Liga title with 4 matches remaining after beating Espanyol 4-0 last week.
Real Madrid’s first match in La Liga tomorrow after that match. Atletico Madrid will host Ancelotti’s team at Wanda Metropolitano. According to the undeclared rules, Real will receive a guard of honor from Atletico in this match.
But Atletico have already said they will not give the guard of honor. Atletico coach Diego Simeone said in a pre-match press conference today, “The reality is that the club has already announced this in a press release. He also explained it very well. We congratulate Real. Their footballers, coaching staff — everyone has had a great season together. ‘
We have respect for Real Madrid,” Simeone said in a statement. But the respect for our supporters is even greater. I don’t know if there is such a rule in any other championship in the world. Every society is different. In Spain, there is a rule to give guard of honor to the opponent. But it’s not where I came from. ‘
Ancelotti agrees with Simeone on the subject of the Guard of Honor, ‘I’m not really used to it (Guard of Honor). Because, I haven’t seen it in Italy. If they give us a guard of honor, fine; And even if I don’t, I will have respect for the club (Atletico).
