The Castile continues preparing the decisive visit to Cartagena on Sunday (7:30 pm, Realmadrid TV). After 3-1 of the first leg, the Whites will try to certify in the Cartagonova their pass to the next round of the playoff. Álex analyzed in Realmadrid TV the state of the team: "We are a pineapple, we compete, we work and we train well. We are excited about the playoff. The other day we were very well defensive and offensive and we got a good result. "

"In Cartagena we expect the same as in the first leg. You have to go with the same mentality, go out to win with intensity and defend and attack as in the first leg. The goal that put us the other day bothered us a little but we have to go to win because there is no other ".

"We must leave the same in defense and attack, be a family and go for it. We are all united and very motivated to face the game. "

On May 30, 1957, the Real Madrid he got his second European Cup The Santiago Bernabeu It was the best place for the Whites to revalidate against Fiorentina their title of champions. The whites won against their fans 2-0, with goals in the second half of Di Stéfano Y Gento.

In this second edition of the tournament, the Real Madrid won in the qualifiers against Rapid in Vienna, a rival against which needed a tiebreaker, Nice and Manchester United. Thanks to the triumph in the final against Fiorentina, the Whites won their first double of League Y European Cup.

DATA SHEET:

2- Real Madrid: Alonso, Torres, Marquitos, Lesmes II, Muñoz, Zárraga, Kopa, Mateos, Di Stefano, Rial and Gento.
0- Fiorentina: Sarti, Magnini, Orzan, Cervato, Scaramucci, Bizzarri, Segato, Julinho, Gratton, Virgili and Montuori.

Goals:
1-0 (min 70): Di Stéfano, of penalty.
2-0 (min 76): Gento

Referee: Leo Horn (The Netherlands).
Stadium: Santiago Bernabeu.

61 years ago, the Heysel stadium (Brussels) was the scene of the first final of the European Cup which was decided in the extension. The Real Madrid and Milan met in the third edition of the tournament and staged an even match in which the Italians came forward twice. The Madridistas gave an example of not giving up and fighting to the end and took the match to overtime with the goals of Di Stéfano Y Rial.

At the key moment, Gento became the most decisive player and scored for the second consecutive year in a final of the European Cup. The current honorary president of the Real Madrid He was the author of 3-2 in 107 '. Alongside the winger, Juanito Alonso also had a prominent role with key stops in the final minutes.

The eliminatory

In the previous rounds, the Whites had an excellent performance at home, where they did not fit so much and thrashed Royal Antwerp (6-0), Sevilla (8-0) and Vasas de Hungría (4-0). Before this last team Di Stéfano He jumped to celebrate one of his three goals and the photograph of that moment went down in the history of Real Madrid.

DATA SHEET:

3- Real Madrid: Alonso, Atienza Il, Santamaría, Lesmes II, Santisteban, Zárraga, Kopa, Joseíto, Di Stéfano, Rial and Gento.
2- Milan: Soldan, Fontana, Maldini, Beraldo, Bergamaschi, Radice, Danova, Liedholm, Schiaffino, Grillo and Cucchiaroni.

Goals:
0-1 (min 59): Schiaffino.
1-1 (min 74): Di Stéfano
1-2 (min 77): Cricket.
2-2 (min 79): Rial.
3-2 (min 107): Gento

Referee: Albert Alsteen (Belgium).
Stadium: Heysel (Brussels).