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Few football grounds boast a more prestigious ?
address than the Bernabeu, lies as it does on the 1. ______
Castellana, the three-lining highway that runs through 2. ______
the heart of Madrid. ?
As Real date back to 1902, when the Sociedad 3. ______
Madrid Football Club was formed, it was not until ?
1920 when the club was granted permission to use the 4. ______
Real (royal) prefix. Work began on the current?
stadium in October 1944. The land had been purchased?
on three million pesetas; construction costs totally a 5. ______
further 38 million, a staggered sum for the time. The 6. ______
cost of the new stadium led to claims, never proving, 7. ______
that Real had received financial aid from General?
Franco’s government. Under Bernabeu’s patronage,?
Real Madrid became the greatest club side ever, won 8.______
the European Champions Cup a record five times in a?
row between 1956 and 1960, a remarkable feat that?
is unlikely to be challenged. ?
Madrid lies, quite literally, at the heart of?
Spain. This is no small coincidence that the capital’s 9. ______
leading football club is seen like a symbol of all 10.______
things Spanish, just as FC Barcelona is a beacon for?
the independent Catalan spirit.
