BarcelonaThe blow to Turin was severe. He stunned the locker room and the coaching staff. Barça have had a few days to overcome the defeat in the Champions League final. Jonatan Giráldez’s team returns to the competition for the last title in play of the season: the Queen’s Cup. Barça are heading to Alcorcón this Wednesday to play in the semi-finals against Real Madrid (9pm, Teledeporte and Esport3). The whites have been the only state team to put the Catalans on the ropes and will now host the European runners-up at the lowest level of the course.
Real Madrid was the first rival this year to break Barça’s plans. The first 45 minutes to forget dislocated and exasperated Barça, who did not know how to overcome it until the second half and turned the score around in the first leg of the quarter-finals of the Champions League. White outscored them in tactical approach, intensity and goalkeeping. Disabling the midfielder helped Alberto Toril’s team to collapse in the first half. On another scale, this is also what happened in Turin. Barça lost their innate game during the first half to forget and saw Olympique de Lyon not miss the chance to regain the European crown.
Against Madrid, the game is in the box and a victory is needed to start regaining the spirit. But Graham Hansen is down injured and receives medical treatment on the field.
