Foreign football distant dream to almost reality. In almost all the major leagues exceed underdogs expectations. Sounds will soon be the Champions League anthem in Barcelona, Atalanta, Frankfurt and even once in Lille? • Getafe (Spain): the Champions League beckons for the third club in Madrid
Madrid: that is Real and Atlético, but… Getafe? The Spanish laagvlieger from the suburb of the metropolis spent years in the shadow of the superpowers. Especially memorable because Messi has the team ever collectively on a pile of dribbled – recently voted as the most beautiful Barça goal ever. This season teaches the world Getafe know as winners. Five days before the end of La Liga is the in fourth place, two points for Valencia and Seville. With a victory against city rivals Real tonight beckons the Champions League.
A modern voetbalsprookje. The club has an average of less than ten thousand spectators and a basiself with a totaalkost of 4.2 million euros. More than half spent at Djené Dakonam – does that name ring a bell? The Togolese defender ever played one anonymous season at STVV for he to moving to Spain. Now draw Barcelona and Arsenal on his sleeve. It is just one of the many at Getafe this season to outperform themselves. Striker Jaime Mata (30) is in his first season at the highest level to fourteen goals. His wingman Jorge Molina (36) has one goal less, but is the oldest player in double digits since Puskás in 1965. Of all aanvalsduo’s in La Liga, only Lionel Messi and Luis Suárez more productive. Veteran Mathieu Flamini (35) is still the most famous name in the motley crew.
