The situation
The president is a madridista member, the coach was a club player and has the same white academy players in the squad as Real Madrid itself, five. If there is a team that has a close relationship with Real Madrid, it is Getafe. Not from now. Always. At least, since he’s been in the First Division, and it’s already been 18 seasons. The current Getafe has madridista ascendancy in all areas: manager, coach and squad. To begin with, the president (and owner of the club) Ángel Torres is a member of Real Madrid. The azulón leader never hid his sympathy for the Madrid club since he was a child and, while he is the president of Getafe, he keeps his Real Madrid membership card valid. In addition, until recently it was common to see Ángel Torres on the fields of the Madrid sports city following the matches of the lower categories live. He also did it with Atleti, and that is why every summer with the first teams that he negotiates to reinforce Getafe is with the two entities in the capital. On one occasion, there was even speculation about the possibility that Ángel Torres would present himself as a candidate for the presidency of Real Madrid. It happened before the arrival of Florentino Pérez.
The details
On the Getafe bench will be Quique Sánchez Flores, who was a Madrid player for two seasons, from 1994 to 1996, winning a league title. In turn, Quique is the son of Isidro, who also played for Madrid from 1961 to 1965 , winning four league titles. But the main fact that shows the link between the two clubs is that in the current Getafe squad there are the same Madrid youth squads as in Real Madrid itself. Five azulones were at La Fábrica: Soria, Kiko Casilla, Seoane, Borja Mayoral and Latasa. From Ancelotti’s team, the same number: Carvajal, Nacho, Lucas, Valverde and Mariano.