Torres and Arbeloa, Griezmann and Illarra, Mandzukic and Kroos... Old friends who will be enemies in the derby.
MEMORIES OF ANFIELD. After meeting each other as enemies in the Madrid derby in 2005, destiny united Torres and Arbeloa at Liverpool. Together they knocked Real Madrid out of the Champions League.
FROM LYON, ONWARDS AND UPWARDS. Benzema and Tiago were with the French team at the same time before making the leap to stardom. They won league titles together and climbed towards the upper echelons.
GROWN IN ZUBIETA. Griezmann and Illarra arrived at the capital after leaving Real Sociedad on a high to join one of the two Madrid giants. Youth team comrades yesterday, opponents today.
CHAMPIONS TOGETHER. Mandzukic and Kroos will never forget the 2012-13 season where, whilst sharing a dressing room, they won the European Cup through a goal from the Croatian in the final.
CROSSING THE DIVIDE. Juanfran and Casillas were together at Real Madrid more than ten years ago. The current Atlético man left for Osasuna before making the jump and signing for the Whites' rivals.
MAGIC AND DISAPPOINTMENT. Isco and Jesús Gámez are part of Málaga's and Champions League history, where they were dramatically knocked out in the quarter-finals two seasons ago.
To those can be added players who regularly share a dressing room as part of the Spanish national team, such as Juanfran, Ramos, Koke, Casillas or Raúl García among others.
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