Dani Alves begins his second stage at Bara in the controversial tribute to Maradona in Saudi Arabia

Barcelona, ​​despite the fact that it included in its statutes that it would fight for equality and the dignity of people, plays in Riyadh in a match that served for the Brazilian’s re-release as a Barça player. Boca won in the penalty shootout

Few things more surreal to see play Dio’s Hands of the deceased Rodrigo in Riyadh, capital of Saudi Arabia.

But it is that this football in which the business deconstructs all mythomania allows a tribute to Diego Armando Maradona between Barcelona and Boca Juniors, some of the teams where the Argentine icon played, in the middle of the Arabian peninsula. Naples, however, the great Diego club, did not sign up for a grotesque that, yes, reported some three million euros to the Barça entity. As much as the Barça leadership assumed the extreme contradiction of playing this match in Saudi Arabia, the country where the next Spanish Super Cup will also be played and in the spotlight for its constant violation of Human Rights. In its latest reform of the statutes, Barcelona included an article in which it promised to “fight for the eradication of all sexist, homophobic and racist attitudes in the social and sports fields (…) and to ensure equal rights and the dignity of all people. ” Nothing is imposed on money.

Dalma Y Gianinna Maradona, daughters of the Argentine star, and his ex-wife Claudia Villafae were present in the stadium box to remember the Fluff, who died on November 25, 2020 at age 60.

The game, a nuisance for the coach Xavi Hernndez and for all those players displaced to Riyadh even though they did not play a single minute (Ter Stegen, Dembl, Piqu, Busquets, Luke de Jong, Frenkie de Jong Y Umtiti) served to attend the premiere of Dani Alves in his new era as a Barça player. The Brazilian winger had last played for Barcelona five and a half years ago. Now, at 38 years old, stuffed into his number 8, looking tipito and pending to be registered as of next January, he tries to show that he is still a more than valid footballer for this team in search of reinvention.

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Dani Alves, who donned the captain’s armband in the second half, exhibited hierarchy in a team loaded with young people. Nobody doubted that. But the Brazilian international also hinted against Boca – the same team with which he won the last Argentine Cup – starting line-up – a state of form that makes his incorporation understandable. In this Barcelona that is used to bleeding from the right side, Dani Alves can become an important footballer. Especially in the offensive game, always pending to exercise even from inside to give continuity to the game, center and also test his characteristic bounce shot.

A center from Alves in the second half, precisely, was the preamble to the Barça goal. Coutinho He continued the action by bouncing the ball off his forearm. Y Ferran Jutgl, former captain of Espanyol B, was able to score his first goal for Barcelona. His shot at the turn was impeccable. El Bara, however, was not able to defend his advantage once again. At that time it was the footballers of the subsidiary who were piling up in the team. Three touches in transition were enough for Boca to tie the game less than a quarter of an hour from the end thanks to both Zeballos in front of Neto.

Already in the penalty shootout, because the Maradona Cup could not be deserted, Boca beat Barcelona. grandchild did not stop any of the four shots he received, while the Catalans penalized the errors of Matthew Pereira Y Guillem Jaime, both from the subsidiary.

Dani Alves played the 90 minutes. Marc in the batch. And he did not show that this new time is coming to him great. Significant.