Chapter 945
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At six o 'clock in the evening on January 16, 2009.
Real Madrid had finished their pre-match preparation meeting for tomorrow's league tournament an hour earlier.
But the players did not leave the training base. They had already learned that the club would hold a press conference.
The news came as a surprise, but it was as expected.
The leadership led by Calderón had to give an explanation to the outside world, not a perfunctory response like a personal interview, which would only make the Real Madrid members even angrier.
Today's newspapers had revealed in advance that there were only two choices facing Calderón.
First, he could take the initiative to resign to protect his board of directors, which was the interests of the group headed by him.
Second, he could wait for the members to vote to overthrow him! Then his leadership would also be gone. How could there be an unbroken egg when the nest was overturned?
In the past, Calderón had always played the common political trick of "abandoning the rook to save the king." Now it was his turn to face whether to sacrifice himself for the interests of the group.
The players watched the live broadcast of the press conference in the conference room. The Madrid television station had already arrived at the Real Madrid press hall.
The press hall was overcrowded. No reporters were sitting in their seats. Everyone stood up and could not wait to squeeze onto the stage.
When Calderón appeared, the scene was lit up like a star. The reporters stretched their microphones forward, hoping to clearly receive every word that Calderón would say next.
It was impossible to imagine that the president of Real Madrid, who was ranked 51st in the global sports circle by a sports authority magazine at the end of last year, was being sought after by the outside world.
In less than two weeks, he had become a rat crossing the street. Now, people were just waiting to see what kind of decision he would make.
Would he commit suicide to give himself a quick death, or would he linger on and wait for a revolution initiated by the Bernabéu members to push him to the guillotine?
Calderón's face was calm at first, but when he began to speak into the microphone, his eyes were wet. It was impossible to know if he was really aggrieved by the bombardment of public opinion or if it was a carefully planned show of suffering.
"Due to people's distrust of the board of directors led by me, I have decided to resign as the president of the Real Madrid Club. I admit that I made mistakes, but I did not violate the rules. I am worthy of my conscience. My hands are clean. I am not a coward. I hope to use my resignation in exchange for the appeasement of the Real Madrid public. "
Calderón had tears in his eyes at the press conference, and it was obvious from his voice that he was very angry.
"People who care about Real Madrid are shocked every day by the fabricated stories from the media, but these reports have completely lost their moral compass. I condemn their approach. My departure might be a success and victory for these people. I'm proud because I've served the best team in the world. I'm grateful to the directors of the club for their support during my tenure. "
Calderón then thanked his wife and children.
"Thank you to my wife, Theresa. She was able to bear the pain and sacrifice when I wasn't by her side. I also want to apologize to my children, because I was attacked and slandered. Even my personal information and photos could not escape the claws of the attacker. Thank you, and may God bless you. "
The scene had been quiet. Calderón's resignation speech did not move people to gain sympathy. Now people just calmly accepted the fact. But even if such a situation was foreseen, the news was bound to cause a sensation in European football.
After announcing his resignation and giving his acceptance speech, Calderón went on to explain to the outside world how Real Madrid would operate next.
Until a new president was elected, the vice president, Vicente Boruda, would temporarily take over the club's affairs as the acting president.
As a result, after sitting in the president's position for 940 days, Calderón's Real Madrid era was officially over!
Calderón did not leave amidst the applause, nor did he escape amidst the abuse. The moment he was no longer the president of Real Madrid, he was only left with the identity of a lawyer. No one cared about the back of the 57-year-old old man.
The Madrid media quickly spread the news. Real Madrid had changed!
Boruda, who took over the president's position, began to walk to the front of the stage. The former vice president of the club did not have any real power and was more like a mascot.
Therefore, for the outside world, Boruda naturally became the focus of the outside world.
Boruda gave his inaugural speech. On behalf of the club, he thanked Calderón for his two and a half years of service to the club and repeatedly emphasized that Real Madrid's brilliant results last season were inseparable from Calderón's painstaking management.
But his words did not make the members buy it. But rules were rules. According to the management bylaws of the Real Madrid Club, after Calderón's resignation, the members could not "impeach" Boruda at this time. It would be unreasonable.
However, Boruda also entered the club's board of directors after Calderón took over the Bernabéu club and became the vice president. He was obviously a part of Calderón's political group. Calderón's decision to resign must have been foreshadowing to clean up the mess and avoid settling accounts later.
Boruda's first task after taking office was to pacify the club's morale and resolve the issue of when to hold the president's election as soon as possible.
Since Calderón had stepped down as president, even within the Real Madrid board of directors, there were two voices. One view was that Real Madrid should hold the president's election early after the season so that Real Madrid could make full use of the summer transfer period to get back on track as soon as possible. The other view was that Boruda should hold the president's election after Calderón's term as president expired. In other words, Real Madrid's president's election should be held in the summer of 2010.
As a Spanish shipping tycoon, Boruda suddenly became the president of Real Madrid. He naturally wanted to sit in this position for a longer time.
Therefore, after he took office, his main energy would be focused on the internal "parties" and wooing.
He definitely wanted to hold the president's election in 2010. That way, he would have enough time to build up his connections and achieve the goal of re-election. This made his work focus completely separate from the club's competitive affairs.
The good news for the Real Madrid Club was that Boruda would not dare to touch Bosque. At the same time, he would also reduce his interference in competitive affairs. After all, no matter what decision he made during this period, it would be a reason for the opposition to attack him.
On this day, the Calderón era of Real Madrid came to an end!
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