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MADRID, March 8 (Reuters) - A prankster pretending to be Oscar-winning American actor Nicolas Cage fooled Real Madrid into thinking he was the real thing and enjoyed red carpet treatment at this week's Champions League match against AS Roma.
The lookalike, Italian television presenter Paolo Calabresi, watched Wednesday's game from the directors' viewing area at the Bernabeu and was taken into the team dressing room afterwards, Spanish sports daily Marca reported on Saturday.
He was even photographed being presented with a personalised Real shirt by club president Ramon Calderon.
Calabresi organised the stunt by using the name of an agency in the United States that had recently arranged a similar meeting at the Bernabeu for another actor, Sylvester Stallone.
Real Madrid have been hilariously fooled by Italian TV presenter Paolo Calabresi, who pretended to be American movie star Nicolas Cage during last week's Champions League game with Roma.
Not only had Calabresi used Cage's identity to attend the game from the VIP section at Santiago Bernabeu, but he was invited to the Madridista dressing room before being photographed with chairman Ramon Calderon.
Spanish reports said that Calabresi used the name of the agency which organized a visit for Sylvester Stallone to Bernabeu earlier this year.
Apart from the incident, Real lost 2-1 from the Giallorossi and were dumped out of this year's Champions League.
The lookalike, Italian television presenter Paolo Calabresi, watched Wednesday's game from the directors' viewing area at the Bernabeu and was taken into the team dressing room afterwards, Spanish sports daily Marca reported on Saturday.
He was even photographed being presented with a personalised Real shirt by club president Ramon Calderon.
Calabresi organised the stunt by using the name of an agency in the United States that had recently arranged a similar meeting at the Bernabeu for another actor, Sylvester Stallone.
Real Madrid have been hilariously fooled by Italian TV presenter Paolo Calabresi, who pretended to be American movie star Nicolas Cage during last week's Champions League game with Roma.
Not only had Calabresi used Cage's identity to attend the game from the VIP section at Santiago Bernabeu, but he was invited to the Madridista dressing room before being photographed with chairman Ramon Calderon.
Spanish reports said that Calabresi used the name of the agency which organized a visit for Sylvester Stallone to Bernabeu earlier this year.
Apart from the incident, Real lost 2-1 from the Giallorossi and were dumped out of this year's Champions League.
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