They aimed him with a pork head

• On September 15, 22:00, GSP.ro will transmit exclusively in Romania a clash of some of the biggest footballers: Legends Charity Game aims to gather donations over one million euros for the victims of wars and conflicts held worldwide;
• Three reporters of the newspaper, Ionuț Iordache, George Nistor and Daniel Grigore, will provide from Lisbon images, real -time information, reports and interviews;

Pepe, Ricardo Carvalho, Deco, Maniche, Quaresma, Pauleta and many others – on September 15, all these big names of Portuguese football will be led from Luis Figo, the huge player with matches in Sporting, Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid and Inter.

Figo is not the only player who wore the shirt of both colossi of Spain but No transfer between the great rival has caused waves like lusitan.

This is because in 2000, the moment of Figo's passing from Catalonia to the capital of Spain, the Portuguese band player was one of the best in the world. As a proof, at the end of that year, the Golden Ball was appointed, the individual award granted to the best footballer in the world.

Luis Figo, the protagonist of “the greatest betrayal in history”

And today, 25 years away, Figo's passing in Madrid continues to be largely considered as the most controversial transfer in history.

There have been so many theories and question marks on the big blow instrumented by Florentino Perez, that Netflix produced and launched a documentary on the backstage of the Barcelona -> Madrid axis.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3u7tzwbvcg

Florentino Perez “guaranteed” with the bringing of Figo!

In 2000, Florentino Perez was going to run for Real Madrid's presidency and came with an unlikely guarantee at the time: “If I become the president of Real Madrid, Luis Figo will sign with Real Madrid.”

An idea impossible to conceive, as the player who had written history for 5 years in Barcelona, ​​with 7 trophies and over 100 goals and decisive passes, to dress the shirt of the great rival.

Especially since the images of Luis Figo since 1999, after the second title with Barcelona, ​​were still fresh in the memory of microbiists. Then, From the balcony of the town hall, with the hair dyed in blue and red, Figo chanted in front of the thanks: “The Madrid weeping to bow in front of the champions!”.

At the shelter of the termination clause, the president of Barcelona refused to increase his salary

Figo did not feel appreciated as his contribution to Barcelona. When his businessman Jose Veiga went with the claim of a wage growth at President Joan Gaspart, The leader of Barcelona welcomed with a vehement refusal: “impossible”.

Gaspart, then freshly elected president of the Catalan club, He was convinced that no one could pay the termination clause of the contract between Barcelona and Luis Figo, worth 60 million euros. But Florentino Perez was sitting, plotting with the footballer's camp.

“Gaspart treated me like nobody. I didn't expect it. I was expecting more heat. I got angry. My mother, the guy believes that bluff to renegotiate the contract. It all started because I got angry”, The story of Figo.

It did not last long until Florentino Perez and Figo's representative sign a pre -contract. In order for betrayal to be even more painful, Figo had declared in an interview with Local Sports that he would remain in Barcelonabeing, in his words, the “final decision”.

But during the vacation that followed that interview, in Sardinia, the businessman Jose Veiga and Paulo Futre, close to the Figo camp, made him change his mind!

The then president of Barcelona: “Figo said to me:” It depends on you what ticket I will use “”

Figo signed Real Madrid on the night of July 23 to 24, 2000. Joan Gaspart claims that the former Portuguese footballer called on July 23 and would have resorted to a blackmail:

“I asked him when he arrived and he replied,” This is up to you. ” Here comes betrayal. He said to me, “I have two tickets. One from Lisbon to Madrid and one from Lisbon to Barcelona. It depends on you if I use the one to Barcelona ».

He also told me: «You have to give me a 500 million pesetas bank guarantee, I want Barça to give me that. And you have to take me from the airport tomorrow and make a public statement, as president, that Figo stays in Barcelona ».

I replied: «Luis, it's midnight. I can't give you a bank guarantee. You ask me the impossible. “Okay, then I go to Madrid!” He concluded. “Success! Good way! What do you want to tell you? ”.

Welcomed on “Camp Nou”: targeted with a pork head!

On October 21, Luis Figo returned to “Camp Nou”, this time as an opponent. Over 90,000 host supporters produced a hostile atmosphere at the recurrence of the one they considered one of them.

Apart from the stadium, T-shirts were burning with his number, the interior of him crowded with scary messages: “A mercenary. Go to hell!” / “Catalunya does not forget, Judas!”.

When he was on the edge of the land, especially when he was preparing to execute the corners, It was taken to the target with everything that was available to the Blaugrana supporters: briquettes, cans, food, a bottle of whiskey, even a pork head!

• In the first of his seasons in Barcelona, ​​1995/1996, Figo was a colleague and Gică Hagi. On September 15, in Lisbon, there will be opponents in Legends Charity Game.

Team composition at Legends Charity Game

The legends of Portugal: Vitor Baia, Beto, Pepe, Ricardo Carvalho, Fabio Coentrao, Bosingwa, Jorge Andrade, Eliseu, Bruno Alves, Luis Figo, Deco, Dani, Simao, Maniche, Tiago Mendes, Nani, Quaresma, Nuno Gomes, Helder Postiga, Hugo Almeida
Coach: Costinha

The legends of the world: Petr Cech, Edwin van der Sar, Rene Higuita, Cafu, Marco Materazzi, Javier Zanetti, Carles Puyol, John Terry, Roberto Carlos, Kaka, Youri Djorkaeff, Christian Karembeu, Gaizka Mendieta, Krassimir Balakov, Gheorghe Hagi, Giorgos Karagounis, Marek. Hamsik, Alessandro del Piero, Henrik Larsson, Michael Owen, Javier Saviola, Hristo Stoichkov
Coach: Peter Schmeichel
Second coach: Diego Lugano