The match was played on 16 July 2014, at the Millonarios' Estadio El Campín.[39]. Inter Milan won the final 3–1. On 9 May 2006 the Alfredo Di Stéfano Stadium was inaugurated at the City of Madrid where Real Madrid usually trains. The league victory gave River Plate the right to represent Argentina in the Copa Aldao against the champions of Uruguay Nacional Montevideo who featured great player like goalkeeper Anibal Paz and Walter Taibo in a two-nation club competition that tracked origins to 1913 and for many it was considered as the precursor to the Copa Libertadores. In the semifinals, Di Stèfano contributed to the success against the Hungarian Vasas and the team reached the final against Juan Alberto Schiaffino's Milan. The new season started with the inaugural Intercontinental Cup and the 0–0 draw in the first leg of the final against Peñarol in Montevideo on 4 July. Castilla were ineligible for promotion, however, because Real Madrid were already in the Primera División. Reserve teams, however, cannot play in the same division as their senior team. Hours before the final, Di Stéfano explicitly criticized the tactics designed by Real Madrid coach Miguel Muñoz against Italian defender Giacinto Facchetti. Unlike the Spaniards, the Partizan players did not suffer on the terrain, taking the lead and dominating the game. During the season, Real also asserted itself in the last edition of the Latin Cup, overcoming Benfica 1–0 in the final with a decisive goal by Di Stéfano and at the end of the year, he won the 1957 Ballon d'Or. Di Stéfano scored 23 goals in 29 games the following 1950 season, but Millonarios finished 2 points behind eventual champions Deportes Caldas. Real Madrid vs. Atlético de Madrid juegan por la fecha 13 de Liga Santander en el estadio Alfredo di Stéfano. At the beginning of the second half, Di Stéfano scored the second goal to seal the victory. Real Madrid, aliviado tras su pase a octavos de la Champions, recibe el sábado al Atlético en el choque estelar de la jornada 13 liguera buscando seguir su línea ascendente, mientras los rojiblancos esperan afianzar el liderato. Most goals scored in European Cup finals: 7 (shared with Ferenc Puskás), Only player to be awarded the Super Ballon d'Or, This page was last edited on 15 December 2020, at 18:27. Wer ist wirklich der „GOAT“, also der beste Fußballer aller Zeiten? However, he never played in the World Cup. The incident cost the Los Blancos the trophy as without Di Stéfano they could not overcome São Paulo in the final game. Real Madrid lost the Generalísimo Cup to Atletico Madrid by 3–1 at home on 26 June 1960. Dieser Frage nimmt sich der Fußball-Podcast falscheredn an und behandelt in mehreren Episoden unterschiedliche Kandidaten. In 1997, the team was relegated to the Segunda División B, but despite this, they continued to produce internationally acclaimed players. Di Stéfano impressed on the trial and joined the second team squad of River Plate, the club his family supported. The relationship between Muñoz, who had the support of President Bernabéu, and the Argentine player was already frayed. Reserve teams in Spain play in the same league system as their senior team rather than a separate league. The following year, Real Madrid acquired Argentine Héctor Rial from the Nacional Montevideo, a signing recommended by Di Stéfano, for the attack of the Merengues. The stands of the Alfredo Di Stéfano stadium were full as Zinedine Zidane took control of training for the first time as Real Madrid coach. The final would be played in May 1953, after Di Stéfano had already gone to Argentina. But, in 1940 his family moved to the countryside and Di Stéfano started working with his father and playing football with his brother Tulio in the Club Social y Deportivo Unión Progresista until 1943, when the family returned to Buenos Aires. Di Stéfano - without ever holding a Colombian passport - made four appearances for the Colombian XI team, which did not appear in the official records of FIFA. Soon, Di Stéfano imposed himself as the center forward and his teammates adapted to his game. [29] Di Stéfano played in a match against São Paulo the day after he was released and received a standing ovation. During the only match Di Stéfano played in the previous season, the president of Huracán was impressed by his potential; Di Stéfano agreed to join them, as he realised his chances of making the first team for River Plate were limited. Miguel Muñoz began his coaching career at the club. [29] The kidnapping was codenamed "Julián Grimau", after the Spanish communist Julián Grimau García, executed by firing squad in Spain in April 1963 during Francisco Franco's dictatorship. Its inaugural match was between Real Madrid and Stade de Reims, a rematch of the European Cup final won by Real Madrid in 1956. Real gave AD Plus Ultra financial support and in return were given first refusal on the club's best players. After eliminating Barcelona in the semifinals, Real Madrid played in the final of the Hampden Park in Glasgow in front of 135,000 spectators against Eintracht Frankfurt. During the 1959–1960 season, the Madrilenos signed the Brazilian midfielder Didi who was a World Cup winner, the best player of the 1958 FIFA World Cup and former teammate of Garrincha and Pelé. He scored the first two goals of his career in a 3–1 victory against Estudiantes (LP). Real won the trophy with 3 wins and Di Stéfano finished as top scorer of the tournament with 4 goals (same as Vavá). The Blancos clinched their fourth consecutive Liga title and reached the final of the 1964 European Cup after defeating AC Milan in the quarterfinals 4-3. Di Stéfano, who kept himself in excellent condition, excelled during his games and led Millonarios to a second title in 1951, leaving runners-up Boca Juniors de Cali 11 points behind at the final table. In 2006, the new stadium of the club's training facilities Ciudad Real Madrid was named the Alfredo di Stéfano Stadium and Francisco Moreno Cariñena became the first independent chairman in 16 years. Di Stéfano played on the first match on 20 August, but on 24 August the Argentine champion was kidnapped by the National Liberation Armed Forces of Venezuela in the Potomac hotel in Caracas, and was released by them three days later, unharmed. The Colombian league had turned professional in 1948, beginning the El Dorado period on 25 April 1949. Real Madrid faced Helenio Herrera's Inter Milan in the final. In the following season, Real Madrid was further strengthened with the arrival of Uruguayan José Santamaría on defense. Alfredo di Stéfano en la temporada 1963-64. La Selección Española fue la última en disfrutarlo. Di Stéfano played for Real Madrid for 11 years, winning 8 Spanish championships, 1 Spanish Cup, 2 Latin Cups, 5 consecutive Champions Cups (scoring in all the finals he won), 1 Intercontinental Cup, several individual titles including league top scorer 5 times. In 2013, an 86-year-old Di Stéfano was in a relationship with his 36-year-old personal secretary, Gina González. After the Superga air disaster, in May 1949, a friendly match between River Plate and Grande Torino was played and Di Stéfano was promised to the Granata. The capacity of the main stand at the west is 4,000 seats, with additional 2,000 seats at the eastern stand, giving the stadium a total capacity of 6,000 seats. For the 1946 season he was loaned to Club Atlético Huracán, but he returned to River in 1947. Di Stéfano, Perdenera, and Nestor Rossi who joined Millonarios in the summer, formed the famous trio called the Ballet Azul and helped them win their first title ever beating Deportivo Cali in the 1949 final, with Di Stéfano scoring 16 goals in 14 games. These have included Raúl, Guti and Iker Casillas, who all became established members of the senior Real Madrid team. On 5 November 2000 he was named Honorary President of Real Madrid. In the league he was again the top scorer with 24 goals, but despite that, Athletic Bilbao won the tournament ahead of Barça and Real. On 26 June 1955, the Spanish club won their first ever Latin Cup, beating Raymond Kopa and Just Fontaine's Stade de Reims in the final in Paris 2–0. Given that the Brazilian's style of play was similar to Di Stéfano's, the Brazilian often clashed with the Argentine and there were rumours that he asked for his release from the club's management in the summer of 1960. He is Madrid's leading goalscorer in the history of El Clásico, alongside Cristiano Ronaldo. In the final minutes with the Serbians up by 3–0, Di Stéfano helped in defending and Real qualified despite a clear defeat. Di Stéfano's six games during that tournament would prove to be his only appearances for Argentina. The record has since been surpassed by several players, with Real Madrid's Raúl the first in 2005. [11] Madrid were also beaten by Aberdeen, managed by Alex Ferguson, in the European Cup Winners' Cup final. Di Stéfano played international football mostly for Spain after moving to Madrid, but he also played for Argentina and Colombia. Di Stéfano scored 19 goals and won the top scorer award, obtaining the 1958 title at the expense of Atletico Madrid. Nevertheless, he was among the best scorers of the competition for the second time in his career, with 7 goals. From the twenty-third day of the 1956-1957 championship, Real Madrid started a series of consecutive victorious home results that ended only in 1966, at the twenty-fifth round of the Liga, after 121 matches. Di Stéfano was widely loved in Spain, and having been banned from playing for Argentina, it made sense for Di Stéfano to play for Spain. [17] In 2008 Di Stéfano was honoured by both UEFA and Real Madrid with a special Presidents award issued by FIFA at a ceremony in Madrid, where a statue was also unveiled. On 13 December 1960, Di Stéfano came fourth on the 1960 Ballon d'Or voting, and for the first time, Real were knocked out of the 1960-61 Champions Cup, 4-3 against Barcelona after a controversial return match. Míchel received a lot of criticism and accepted all the blame for the team's bad performances, especially for those who had a wonderful season in the 2005–06 season, such as Rubén de la Red, Esteban Granero and Javi García. Follow your team on OneFootball. Mit Fußballexperte Lukas Tank vom Blog „Football Arguments“ […] Then UEFA President Michel Platini called Di Stéfano "a great amongst the greats" while contemporaries Eusébio and Just Fontaine suggested that he was "the most complete footballer in the history of the game". In the 1987–88 season, they finished third in the Segunda División, but were once again ineligible for promotion. [11][12] Following his signing by Real Madrid he was an integral part of one of the most successful teams of all time. As Castilla CF, the team enjoyed something of a golden age. In October 1952, Di Stéfano also led Millonarios to the Copa Colombia final after beating Deportivo Cúcuta by 2–1. Lo último en Real Madrid. [28] Spain boasted the likes of José Santamaría and Ferenc Puskás - both also naturalised citizens - but with Di Stéfano sidelined, they failed to make it out of the group stage, losing to Pelé and Didi's Brazil in their final game and finishing at the bottom of their group. According to Deportes Cuatro, Real Madrid attacker Eden Hazard could miss the El Clasico against Barcelona later this month as he has yet to make a complete recovery from a muscle injury. [10] He won six league titles during the first 12 years of his career in Argentina and Colombia. Calero decided to let Di Stéfano play the 1953-1954 and 1955-1956 seasons in Madrid, and the 1954-1955 and 1956–1957 seasons in Barcelona. But in the second leg, Real beat the Uruguayans by 5–0 with Di Stéfano scoring one goal on 4 September 1960. Real Madrid - Stadio - Alfredo Di Stéfano | Transfermarkt Per usare questa pagina è necessario attivare Javascript Real paid 5.5 million Spanish pesetas for the transfer, plus a 1.3 million bonus for the purchase, an annual fee to be paid to the Millonarios, and a 16,000 salary for Di Stéfano with a bonus double that of his teammates, for a total of 40% of the annual revenue of the Madrid club. The Spanish team, with a forward line also boasting Barcelona and Real Madrid stars Laszlo Kubala, Luis Suárez and Francisco Gento, were favourites to qualify for the 1958 FIFA World Cup in Sweden, having been drawn into a qualification group with Scotland and minnows Switzerland. In the summer of 1956, Real Madrid signed Raymond Kopa from the Stade de Reims. [12], Di Stéfano was awarded the Ballon d'Or for the European Footballer of the Year in 1957 and 1959. Player strikes, and a dispute with the Brazilian Football Confederation, forced Argentina to withdraw from qualifying for the 1950 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, as well as the 1949 and 1953 South American Championships. The next year he became part of the first team which was called La Máquina due to their unprecedented success, consisting of players like the legendary Pedernera, Labruna Muñoz, and Loustau. The Greatest: "We had so many great players in that team it's not surprising we won so many European Cups," recalled Francisco Gento of Real Madrid CF's five-in-a-row titans. The Blancos attack was one of the best in history and boasted Di Stéfano, Héctor Rial, Francisco Gento and Kopa. It was one of the most anticipated games of the tour, given the reputation that Pelé had started building. In Christmas 1952, Di Stéfano, still contracted with Millonarios, returned briefly to Buenos Aires, where he was even making plans to abandon football and start a business as the Argentine league was still not professional. Blood Red: Caoimhin Kelleher Starts | Paul Gorst with the Liverpool team to take on Ajax Liverpool Echo; [13][14] In November 2003, to celebrate UEFA's Jubilee, he was selected as the Golden Player of Spain by the Royal Spanish Football Federation as their most outstanding player of the past 50 years. Consequently, Real participated in the 1956-1957 season, eliminating Rapid Vienna, Nice, and Manchester United in the semifinals and beating Fiorentina 2–0 in the final, in Madrid. Di Stéfano scored 32 goals in 34 games, more than any other player in the league. [29], After retirement, Di Stéfano moved into coaching. Di Stéfano scored 25 goals, finishing behind only Juan Arza (28) among the scorers of the Spanish league. Di Stéfano impressed on the trial and joined the second team squad of River Plate, the club his family supported. Di Stéfano married Sara Freites in 1950; they had six children: Alfredo, Ignacio, Sofia, Silvana, Helena, and Nanette. Although the Catalans agreed, the decision created various discontent among the Blaugrana members and the president was forced to resign in September 1953. During their cup run, they beat four Primera División teams, including Hércules, Athletic Bilbao, Real Sociedad and Sporting de Gijón. Di Stéfano's father, who was a former defender of River Plate, but prematurely retired in 1912 due to a knee injury, introduced young Alfredo to football. Di Stéfano finished the season with 21 goals, second-highest scorer in the league behind Puskás who netted 28 goals. A 27-year-old Di Stéfano arrived at Real Madrid on 22 September 1953, after seven months of inactivity, and made his debut with the white jersey in October 1953 in a clásico against champions Barcelona, won 5–0 with a Di Stéfano hat trick. In the 2006–2007 season, the team was relegated to the Segunda División B under the management of ex-Real Madrid legend Míchel after occupying 19th place in the league in a disappointing season. The strike lasted for 8 months until 1949 and it eventually meant the departure of the best Argentine footballers to other leagues, in particular Colombia's, which was one of the most lucrative in the world at the time. [5] Di Stéfano also played four times for Colombia, during the Dimayor period of Colombian football. El Real Madrid debutará como local en LaLiga en el estadio Alfredo Di Stéfano. In 1944 Di Stéfano's father wrote a letter of recommendation to River Plate, and the club sent a reply telegram to invite him to an audition with the youth team. The reserves produced other quality players, including Juan Mata and Álvaro Negredo. Será el próximo 29 o 30 de septiembre ante el Real Valladolid. In the 2004–05 season, coach Juan Ramón López Caro guided the team back to the Segunda División and the team subsequently revived the El Castilla name and became known as Real Madrid Castilla. In his first season with Real Madrid, Di Stéfano became the top scorer of the 1953–54 La Liga with 27 goals in 28 appearances, contributing significantly to the title victory as the Blancos managed to win the Spanish championship after two decades. In the quarter-finals of the 1958 Champions Cup, Real Madrid faced Sevilla FC, humiliating their opponents in the first leg in Madrid with an 8-0 victory, where Di Stéfano scored four goals. Eden Hazard could be ruled out of El Clasico this month. Amaro's tenure as coach saw the rise of the famous La Quinta del Buitre – Emilio Butragueño, Manolo Sanchís, Martín Vázquez, Míchel, and Miguel Pardeza. The season finished with the loss of the 1958 Generalísimo Cup after they lost 2-0 to Athletic Bilbao. The season started early with the participation of Real Madrid in the 1956 Small Club World Cup in Caracas, Venezuela as European champions. On the night of 24 August 1963, the Venezuelan revolutionary group Armed Forces of National Liberation (FALN), kidnapped Alfredo Di Stéfano at gunpoint from the Potomac Hotel in Caracas while his team, Real Madrid, were on a pre-season tour of South America. [33][34][35], On 8 July, Di Stéfano's coffin was placed on public display at the Bernabéu Stadium. [16] In 2004, he was named by Pelé in the FIFA 100 list of the world's greatest living players (in September 2009, he said Di Stéfano was the best player "ever"). Scored in most consecutive European Cup finals: 5. FIFA initially refused to sanction this, but after Di Stéfano acquired Spanish citizenship in 1956, and amid pressure from the Spanish FA, the decision was eventually reversed.