El Clasico from Buenos Aires with an 'anti-Messi' angle
Argentina's first Real Madrid supporters' club
Posted Sunday, October 28, 2018 by Marca.com
When Real Madrid take on Barcelona it is rightfully a game that is watched eagerly all around the world, and that is as true as anywhere in Buenos Aires where Argentina's first official Real supporters' club will watch Sunday's meeting.
Los Blancos travel to the Camp Nou, home of their eternal rivals and their star player, Lionel Messi.
"It would be good to have an Argentine in Madrid," Nico Menghini, the club's founder said.
"We have Franchu in the youth team and hopefully he makes it to the first team.
"Messi monopolises everything, but we are happy and the idea of this club is to find people who are Real Madrid fans so they feel comfortable."
There are currently around 60 members in the club and they come together whenever Madrid play to watch and play football.
"We started during [Jose] Mourinho's time and we had just three of four people," Menghini added.
"Our first event was when Real Madrid won the tenth Champions League in 2014 and we had 15 people together.
"We had grown by the last Champions League and we had 120 people filling two floors of a bar.
Despite the poor recent run, the club are hopeful ahead of Sunday and are confident that Madrid will bounce back at the best possible time.
"We are used to getting back up and this is a good opportunity to be reborn."
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