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MADRID, June 21 — Atletico Madrid captain Koke called up one of the club’s most celebrated fans before yesterday’s match against Real Valladolid to continue her long tradition of laying flowers on the pitch before each home game—and the act proved a good luck charm. Margarita Luengo, 73,...

Atletico Madrid's Vitolo celebrates scoring their first goal with teammates, as play resumes behind closed doors following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease , Madrid June 20, 2020. — Reuters pic

Margarita Luengo, 73, has placed a bouquet of flowers at a corner flag before every home game since 1996 but was unable to go to Saturday’s match due to Spain’s ban on fans entering stadiums to prevent further spread of the novel coronavirus. “I’ll leave them here and let’s hope they bring us luck and we win and score a goal from a corner,” said the midfielder to Luengo in a video the club published on their official website.

 

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