{"id":18745,"date":"2022-05-20T21:00:29","date_gmt":"2022-05-21T01:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/05\/20\/real-madrid-say-goodbye-to-left-back-great-marcelo-in-final-bernabeu-appearance\/"},"modified":"2022-05-20T21:00:29","modified_gmt":"2022-05-21T01:00:29","slug":"real-madrid-say-goodbye-to-left-back-great-marcelo-in-final-bernabeu-appearance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/05\/20\/real-madrid-say-goodbye-to-left-back-great-marcelo-in-final-bernabeu-appearance\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Madrid say goodbye to left-back great Marcelo in final Bernabeu appearance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Real Madrid closed the book on their La Liga-winning 2021-22 campaign this season with a 0-0 draw against high-flying Real Betis in the Spanish capital tonight, and while they lifted yet another Spanish title in the run-up to their date with Liverpool the final of the Champions League, the club and its supporters had one last chance to say goodbye to veteran star Marcelo.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Real Madrid celebrated Marcelo during his last game at the Santiago Bernab\u00e9u \u2764\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kGh8l1qmzG\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/kGh8l1qmzG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 B\/R Football (@brfootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brfootball\/status\/1527763548654522369?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 20, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A generational talent at left-back and one of the most successful players to ever put on the famous all-white kit in Madrid, Marcelo will be parting ways with the Spanish giants in the summer after his contract expires, putting an end to a storied love affair that dates back to 2006-07.<\/p>\n<p>While much of the talk around Madrid of late has been the potential future of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/we-have-an-agreement-with-both-kylian-mbappes-mother-provides-update-on-future\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kylian Mbapp\u00e9<\/a> and a possible arrival in La Liga, days gone by were the order of the day this evening when Marcelo came off the bench in the 70th-minute to replace Ferland Mendy for one final appearance in front of passionate home support.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">16 seasons for Marcelo at Real Madrid. The club\u2019s most decorated player with 24 titles and a brilliant servant who never lost his smile.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Get Spanish Football News (@GSpanishFN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GSpanishFN\/status\/1527764175514116098?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 20, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Born in Rio de Janeiro, the 34-year-old has lifted twenty pieces of major silverware (not including four Club World Cups) for Madrid during his days with the club, while featuring an impressive 545-times for Madrid and scoring 38-goals along the way.<\/p>\n<p>The heir apparent to Roberto Carlos for both club and country, few would argue just how impactful Marcelo has been while managing to stand the test of time and remain a key performer for Real before father time began to take its toll in recent seasons.<\/p>\n<p>As the club\u2019s most decorated player in an incomparable history across the beautiful game, Marcelo has left his mark on a people, a city, multiple countries, and football as a whole on a level that few could ever have imagined. Thank you, Marcelo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Real Madrid closed the book on their La Liga-winning 2021-22 campaign this season with a 0-0 draw against high-flying Real Betis in the Spanish capital tonight, and while they lifted yet another Spanish title in the run-up to their date with Liverpool the final of the Champions League, the club and its supporters had one [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-18745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18745\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}