The crisis in the Barcelona it offers cracks even between the referents, once symbols of success for more than a decade. The proof: what happened after the 1-0 scored by the Atletico Madrid in the duel for the Spanish League. The conquest occurred 23 minutes into the first half of the match played at the Wanda Metropolitano. An express counterattack led to a first pass from a lone Luis Suárez to Thomas Lemar, who overcame Ter Stegen’s resistance.
But, in the midst of the festivities, the camera of the official broadcast twice captured a tense discussion between Gerardo Hammered and Sergio Busquets, captain of the squad after the departure of Lionel Messi to PSG. From what could be observed at the crossroads, the central marker claimed him at the wheel due to the movements of the midfield, which as a result of the problems in the setback left several men without a mark, starting with Suárez. In the images it is clear that Busi returned without a mark, closely following how the ball reached the Uruguayan, but without accelerating to try to catch up.
Busquets tried to give his argument about the play to Piqué, who continued to claim him with emphasis, making fuss. The TV also showed the image of Ronald Koeman in a box, after reviewing the play on his tablet. He made an obvious gesture of annoyance and returned his gaze to the actions. On the closing of the first stage, above, the aforementioned Suárez expanded the scoreboard.
From an irregular walk in the League and after a terrible start to the Champions League (they lost 3-0 to Bayern Munich and Benfica), Ronald Koeman was once again in the eye of the storm. Not only outwards, since the leadership that Joan Laporta heads today is openly looking for him to replace him (they rang from the Italian Andrea Pirlo to the Argentine Marcelo Gallardo). Also on the domestic front: the newspaper Sport revealed that he had a discussion with a reference at halftime of the stumble before the Portuguese cast.
“The thing was not over”explained the Catalan media, but if he reaffirmed that it is a perfect image of the stage that the team that lost Messi, his great figure, is going through. In addition, the financial situation of the institution after the management of Josep Bartomeu is to say the least delicate.}
In addition to the drop in the sale of T-shirts and the capacity at Camp Nou without the idol, the FC Barcelona’s total debt is 1,350 million euros and that amount includes the 52 that must be paid to Messi himself as part of the deferred salary that the player stopped earning during the pandemic to alleviate the club’s financial situation.
A gloomy panorama, to which the sports car is added, with sparks between the figures that Barcelona have left in the squad, as was seen in the case of the Piqué-Busquets clash.
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