A beautiful talisman for victory. Atletico has a very long tradition
Margarita Luengo, an Atletico fan since 1996, used to bring a bunch of flowers to the corner flag. And she did it EVERY home Atletico game.
Why? To express her admiration for Milinko Pantich and his talent to serve from a corner:
"I laid four flowers for him at the corner flag. People asked me 'why? And I said it would be the four goals we would score."
You know what happened next. "Atlético beat Athletic Bilbao 4-1. And Pantich had an assisted double and a goal.
But once a 73-year-old cheerleader couldn't come to a team game due to covid restrictions. And since then, the tradition has been maintained by the captain of the Mariners, Coque