Real Madrid has declined that the Elche players make a corridor for him this Thursday when they jump onto the pitch, in the run-up to the Cup match, as a sign of homage for their recent Spanish Super Cup title out of respect and as a sign of mourning for Francisco Gento, former player of the Madrid team recently deceased.
The intention of the Elche club, which has also proposed keeping a minute of silence at the start of the game, was to pay tribute to the Madrid team, but at the request of the madridista delegation this tribute has been suspended.
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Elche will pay tribute privately to Gento during half-time in the match, in which the representatives of Real Madrid will be given a photograph of the legendary footballer in a match played at the now-defunct Altabix stadium in the 1960s.
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