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944 The End of an Era

January 16, 2009 at 6 pm.

Real Madrid has ended the pre-match preparation meeting for tomorrow's league an hour ago.

But the players did not leave the training base, and they had learned that the club would hold a press conference.

This news came suddenly and was unexpected.

The leadership team led by Calderon must give an explanation to the outside world instead of responding perfunctorily like personal interviews, which will only make the members of Real Madrid more and more angry.

Today's newspaper has revealed in advance that Calderon has only two choices.

First, he voluntarily resigned to protect his board of directors, that is, the interests of the group led by him.

Second, wait for the members to vote to overthrow him! Then his leadership team will disappear by then, and how can there be a complete egg under the collapse of the nest?

In the past, Calderon always played the common political trick of "abandoning the car to protect the coach". Now it is time for him to sacrifice his own interests in the face of the group.

The players watched the live broadcast of the press conference in the conference room, and Madrid's TV station had already arrived at the press room of Real Madrid.

The news hall was crowded with people, and no reporter was sitting in his seat. Everyone stood up and wanted to crowd onto the stage.

When Calderon appeared, the lighting work was made on the scene, just like a star appeared, and the reporters stretched out their microphones forward, hoping to clearly receive every word Calderon would say next.

This situation cannot remind people of the Real Madrid chairman who was selected as the 51st place in the global sports circle by an authoritative sports magazine at the end of last year, and is sought after by the outside world.

In just less than two weeks, he had become a crossing rat, and now people are just looking at what decisions he makes.

Should I give myself a break, or should I wait for a revolution initiated by the members of the Bernabeu to push him to the guillotine!

Calderon's face was still calm at first, but when he started to speak to the microphone, his eyes were wet, and he could not tell whether it was really aggrieved and sad because of being bombarded by public opinion or a carefully planned bitter scene.

"Due to people's distrust of the board of directors I led, I decided to resign as chairman of Real Madrid Club. I admitted to making mistakes. But I did not do anything illegally. I am worthy of my conscience. My hands are clean. I am not a coward. I hope to exchange my resignation for comfort to Real Madrid Volkswagen."

Calderon's eyes were filled with tears at the press conference, and it was obvious from the voice he was very angry.

"People who care about Real Madrid are shocked every day by stories made up from the media, but these reports have completely lost their moral code and I condemn their approach. My departure, perhaps a success and victory for these people. I am proud of my service to the best teams in the world and thank the club's supervisors for their support during my tenure."

Calderon then thanked his wife and children.

"Thank you, my wife, Teresa. She can endure pain and sacrifice when I am not around. She also apologizes to my children because I have been attacked and slandered, and even my profile and photos cannot escape the attacker's claws. Thank you, may God bless you."

The scene has always been quiet. Calderon's resignation speech cannot touch people's hearts and sympathy. Now people just accept this fact calmly, but even if they had long foreseeed such a situation, this news will surely cause a sensation in European football.

After announcing his resignation and giving a speech, Calderon then explained to the outside world how Real Madrid will operate next.

Former Vice Chairman Vicente Boruda will be the acting chairman and temporarily take over club affairs.

As a result, Calderon sat in the chair for 940 days. His Real Madrid era officially ended!

Calderon did not leave amid applause, nor did he escape in abuse. When he was no longer the president of Real Madrid, he was left with only one lawyer, and the back of the 57-year-old man was ignored.

Madrid media quickly spread the news, and Real Madrid has changed!

Boruda, who took over as chairman, began to step forward. The former vice chairman of the club had no real power, and was more like a mascot.

So for the outside world, Boruda naturally became the focus of attention of the outside world.

Boruda delivered an inaugural speech, and on behalf of the club, he thanked Calderon for his contributions made in two and a half years. He repeatedly emphasized that the brilliant achievements of Real Madrid last season are inseparable from Calderon's painstaking management.

But his words cannot be bought by the members, but the rules are rules. According to the management charter of Real Madrid Club, when Calderon resigns, the members cannot "impeach" Boruda at this time, which seems unreasonable.

However, Boruda only joined the club's board of directors after Calderon entered the Bernabeu and became the vice chairman. He was obviously a part of Calderon's political group. Calderon's resignation decision must have the foreshadowing to avoid settlement in the future.

In addition to appease the morale of the club, Boruda's primary work after taking office must also resolve the issue of when the presidential election will be held as soon as possible.

Since Calderon has stepped down as chairman, there are two voices even on the board of Real Madrid. One view is that Real Madrid should hold a presidential election in advance after the end of the season, so that Real Madrid can make full use of the summer transfer period and re-enter the development track as soon as possible. Another view is that Boruda acts as Calderon's chairmanship and holds a general election after the expiration, which means that Real Madrid presidential election will be held in the summer of 2010.

As a Spanish ship tycoon, Boruda suddenly became the chairman of Real Madrid, and he naturally hopes to sit in this position for longer.

Therefore, after taking office, he will focus on the handling and winning over internal "parties".

He definitely wants to hold the presidential election in 2010 so that he will have enough time to manage his connections and achieve the purpose of re-election, which has completely deviated from his subsequent focus on club competitive affairs.

The good news for Real Madrid Club is that Boruda dares not touch Bosque, and will also reduce intervention in competitive affairs. After all, no matter what decision he makes, he will give someone a handle and become the reason for the opposition to attack him.
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