Venezia, Joe Tacopina sets off to study Real Madrid, meeting of presidents with Florentino Perez set

Venezia FC chairman Joe Tacopina is learning from world class club Real Madrid, the Italo-American is in Madrid for a series of meetings over the weekend. On Saturday evening he will be a guest in the presidential box at the Bernabeu, watching Real Madrid-Getafe play. After, there will be even more meetings with Real, including with their president Florentino Perez. Tacopina's son Chris, a student at the Real Madrid MBA - Master's Degree in Sports Management, will join him on the trip. The model for Tacopina's Venezia is based on an idea shared by the merengues, mentioned often by the chairman: "Real has 3% of its fans in Madrid and 97% elsewhere. That will be the same for Venezia."