Real Madrid put its most recent trophy on display Friday in its museum at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium. No, not the one that was crushed under the wheels of the team bus during the celebrations for its Copa del Rey victory over Barcelona.
It turns out the maker of the original also made a spare. Because apparently you never know when the first one’s going to be run over by a bus.
“I always make a spare in case something unexpected happens, lest (King Juan Carlos) be left with nothing to give out. The spare has been ready for a long time,” the owner of the jeweler that made the cup, Federico Alegre, told the newspaper El Mundo.
Alegre said told the newspaper that he would attempt to repair the original, which was dented and had its base destroyed in the fall. “I am not sad or even angry,” he said. “These things happen.”
In case you missed it, here’s the moment when slippery fingered Sergio Ramos dropped the hardware:
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