Trofeo Santiago Bernabeu

The Trofeo Santiago Bernabeu is a friendly tournament that has been celebrated since 1979 in honor of the longest-serving president in the position Real Madrid, Santiago Bernabeu. This year the club will face white to AC Milan.

Santiago Bernabeu was in the office of president of Real Madrid no less than 35 years, from 1943 to 1978, died that year. In his honor was named to the stage of Real Madrid, and now every year marks his figure playing this tournament friendly, oddly, Real Madrid won for the first time in its third edition.

Before him, twice won the Bayern Munich, he would repeat title in the Centennial year, 2002. Of the 28 editions of the tournament, 19 are the Real Madrid has won three Bayern Munich, and 2 AC Milan and Inter Milan.

This year will face, on 25 August, AC Milan and Real Madrid, the two most successful teams in Europe. Needless to say, it will be a memorable match to Kaka, who is white face his former team, where he spent six seasons. And there will be more reunions, as Clarence Seedorf of the ranks of the Italian team and spent four seasons at Real Madrid, as part of the team that won the Champions League in 1998. He had already won one with Ajax Amsterdam and won two more with AC Milan being the only player to win four Champions League with three different teams.

And if all this were not enough, the Santiago Bernabeu trophy will become a tribute to the departure of Michel Salgado white club, which had not happened with Fernando Hierro and Vicente del Bosque, for example.