PORTUGAL: FOOTBALL/SOCCER - Party atmosphere in Lisbon ahead of Champions League final

Record ID: 695251

  • Title: PORTUGAL: FOOTBALL/SOCCER - Party atmosphere in Lisbon ahead of Champions League final
  • Date: 24th May 2014
  • Summary: LISBON, PORTUGAL (MAY 24, 2014) (REUTERS) SQUARE IN CENTRAL LISBON
  • Embargoed: 8th June 2014 13:00
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  • Location: Portugal
  • Country: Portugal
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVAD7YICI6RVMJY3OV87CUEUO3F
  • Story Text: Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid supporters turned central Lisbon into a little corner of Spain on Saturday (May 24) as they partied before the Champions League final.
    The Madrid rivals meet for European club football's biggest prize, the first time two teams from the same city have played in the final.
    Up to 60,000 supporters from Madrid are estimated to have made the short journey to the Portuguese capital.
    As the atmosphere built on Saturday afternoon both sets of supporters were well behaved and some said it felt like home.

    "I feel like I am back in Spain. It is incredible, all the people who are here," said Atletico fan Miguel from Badajoz.
    Real are chasing their tenth European cup, whereas their neighbours Atletico have never won the competition.
    There was a party atmosphere in Lisbon and both sets of supporters prepared for the clash.

    "There is no competition, we are like cousins and brothers in the same family. Some are for Real and some are for Atletico and we all enjoy this moment," said Real fan Angel from Granada.
    The match kicks off at 1845gmt at the Estadio da Luz in Lisbon.
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