UPDATED: 10:26 EST, 11 April 2013 Baseball has very little time for heart-warming reports today, but if anybody will create a fairytale it is 'Special One' Jose Mourinho. In an extraordinary story, the Real Madrid boss picked a down-and-out Mexican cleaner off the arctic Madrid streets and made him area of the club's backroom staff. Abel Rodriguez, 41, who waxes floors in Los Angeles underground channels, had spent his last few dollars to travel over to Europe and try to watch the El Clasico with Barcelona back in February. Fairytale: Abel Rodriguez (shown here behind Cristiano Ronaldo) was given a once-in-a-lifetime chance to act as Real Madrid's package guy after Jose Mourinho discovered him sitting in the snow outside their training ground Without a ticket, or even a hotel reservation in the Spanish money, it appeared a forlorn hope he could see the greatest game in world soccer, let alone meet any of the participants. Undeterred, Rodriguez created for Madrid's Valdebebas teaching complex upon arrival, seeking the consolation of at least seeing his heroes in planning. He'd no connection with them however, aside from several months' outstanding work as an apparently anonymous ballboy during Real's pre-season trip to California the prior summer, and was turned away by security. Broke, with nowhere to go and no possibility of seeing the large game, Rodriguez lay shivering in the snow by the side of the street for five hours. Then, the wonder happened. Fantastic opportunity: Rodriguez was kit person for Real for their Champions League wrap with Manchester United at Old Trafford, a fit by which Nani (below) was controversially sent down 'It was magic that I found him,' Mourinho recalled to Sports Illustrated. 'I saw Abel placed on the way away from training ground. 'I was making in my own associate Rui Faria's car, and there have been plenty of people outside. But I told Rui, 'Stop! It's the guy from Los Angeles.' 'Amigo! What are you doing here'? Mourinho asked from the car. 'I arrived at visit you guys,' Rodriguez responded. 'It is my first time in Europe, and my desire has been to come and see games. I was expecting to see El Clasico.' 'But there are no longer tickets,' Mourinho said. 'Where are you currently staying?' 'I haven't done any such thing about that,' the Mexican answered. 'My priority was to help you guys and then make my preparations. I had go to the stadium and try to get yourself a solution, if I didn't see you guys. And if that didn't work, I had fly back home.' If it had been remarkable in the very first place that Mourinho had recalled the face of the assistant from the UCLA teaching pitches they had used within the States, then what he did next was truly remarkable. Mourinho booked Rodriguez a space for the night at the same hotel the Real group were staying before the Barcelona match and put in VIP seats. But he was not even close to finished. Duties: Rodriguez helped construct the Real Madrid strip before their Champions League wrap at Old Trafford Over dinner on the eve of the Clasico, a once-in-a-lifetime proposal was given his new-found buddy by Mourinho - as a set man for the impending Champions League wrap with Manchester United to work in his team. Mourinho said: 'I advised him, 'No way [you're returning home], you arrive at Manchester with us and are a kit guy. You help people and you stay a bigger desire, a Champions League match from the inside!' Rodriguez dashed around his hotel room and grabbed his passport so the arrangements for his new part-time job might be made. Overcome by what had just happened, he burst in to tears of joy at the Real table. Several days later, he was at Old Trafford, dressed head to toe in standard Real uniform and helping to set down the system in the changing rooms. He had actually become some thing of a luck charm, with Mourinho and the players rubbing his stomach therefore good fortune rubbed off in it. Celebration time: Rodriguez also found his beloved Real Madrid defeat Barcelona in the Clasico at Bernabeu After Real's controversial triumph that evening, assisted by Nani's red card, Rodriguez found himself intermediary between the competing changing rooms, fetching and carrying closed t-shirts and gifts between both sets of players. He was actually questioned by Sir Alex Ferguson to get Mourinho for their customary post-match glass of wine. Home was returned by rodriguez with a lot of his or her own souvenirs, including shirts worn by Javier Hernandez, Mesut Ozil, Kaka and Michael Essien, and one of many match balls. Reflecting on the moment he left his wife Olga and three children in Manhunter to help make the day at decide to try and watch his favorite team, Rodriguez said: 'I really was indecisive about going, however the inspiration originated from my wife, who said, 'You should go. It is always been your dream.' I guess he's glad he did.
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