Los Galácticos Episode 1 Review
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After a week of build up online, its a tad ironic that a Real Madrid match was probably the worst thing that could have happened to ESPN’s new Real Madrid documentary,
Los Galácticos. Nonetheless, Los Blancos’s Champions League knockout clash against Atlanta on Tuesday night certainly took center stage over the debut episode. However, with a 1-0 away win in the bag, el día después offered the perfect chance to kick back and enjoy some early 2000s nostalgia and boy did episode 1 deliver in that department.
Opening in June 2000, part one, entitled “Family”, covered Perez’s election to the presidency, the transfers of Luis Figo and Zinedine Zidane, the selling of the Ciudad Deportiva training ground, the disastrous 2002 Copa del Rey final and finished on a high with the team lifting the Champions League trophy in Glasgow. Revisiting this rollercoaster period of Real Madrid’s history was a host of familiar faces including Roberto Carlos, Santiago Solari, Jorge Valdano, Steve McManaman, Iker Casillas, even Vicente Del Bosque made an appearance.