Montjüic, a stadium where already played the Athletic of Madrid

The Olympic Stadium Lluís Companys will house for the second time in his history a clash between the FC Barcelona and the Athletic of Madrid. Both group will see the faces this Sunday in a party that puts face to face to two teams of the high part of the classification that will treat to add the three points to approach to the leader, the Real Madrid.

The first time that contested a party between both groups in this stadium was on 25 August 1996. A meeting of Supercopa of Spain that had the inducement of the debut of Ronaldo Nazario with the elastic blaugrana. The Brazilian premièred in front of his new fans with a doublet and with an incredible dribbling to the defence colchonero Delfí Geli, current president of the Girona.

His name appeared in the covers of the main newspapers of the country. The chronicles of the party spoke of his glorious performance, so much individual as collective, and of the figure of Giovani, that played an important paper in the victory of the culés (5-2) in the party of gone of the Supercopa of Spain. This competition confronted to the champion of the League, the Athletic Club of Madrid, and to the runner-up of the Glass of Rey, the FC Barcelona. The colchoneros attained the victory by 3-1 in the turn, a result that was not sufficient to heave with the trophy.

Guardiola And Simeone confronted in this party

Diego Pablo Simeone will go back to step the lawn of a stadium where played like footballer of the Athletic of Madrid. In summer of 1996 confronted like player rojiblanco to the Barcelona of Pep Guardiola, current trainer of the Manchester City, and Luis Enrique, current trainer of Paris Saint-Germain, among others. The current technician of the Athletic of Madrid saw also the faces with Stoichkov, Love, Vitor Baía and other names illustrate of the football.