La forja de la gloria

What kind of determination impels Real Madrid to strive to be the best of the best year after year, and to do so with unusual frequency? How do you explain that it has been the most successful club on the planet for more than a century and at a long distance from the next? Perhaps not gambling anything other than prestige greases the axes of expertise, since the substantial advantage of sport over any other competitive activity is that it does not banish the magnetism of war, although it offers it tamed by the rule of fair play. Perhaps it is that fair play, coupled with a unique idiosyncrasy to understand this sport, that has led the team to be the epitome of football glory. From its foundation in 1902 by two Catalan brothers to the expectation of a new and colossal stadium for the future, passing through the visionary character of Santiago Bernabéu and its current president, throughout the pages of this book the reader will find arguments that they deactivate its black legend, as well as the keys and details that have allowed Real Madrid to be the most successful, reputable and cosmopolitan company that Spain has given to the world.