a big night for the Albiol family

I’ll make them a paella, no matter who wins.

– Manuela Tortajada, mother of Raúl and Miguel Albiol, who will face off tonight in the Copa del Rey game pitting Madrid against Murcia.

Other remarks from the Albiol family, who will all be in the Nueva Condomina stadium tonight: father Miguel says both his sons are calm and excited to play in the game, and that he will support both of them, wish both of them luck, and that the best result would be a tie, so that the second leg will be an exciting one.  He added that he’s proud of his sons, first as persons and then as professionals.

Manuela added that Miguel Jr. and Raúl broke everything in her house, but got along very well.

And Miguel Jr. said, “I’ve never played against my brother.  On the field, we’ll be rivals, we won’t look at the last name on the shirt.  If I need to kick him, I’ll kick him, but without any malice… we’ll both defend our teams and after the game things will go back to how they always were.”