Hegemony. That supremacy that one exercises over others. A preeminence above all and that can be extended in time. Perfect definition to explain Barça’s role in the OK League. It is the absolute dominator and there is no discussion. He has won it 22 times since 1998. That is, he had only been left twice, in 2011 and 2013, without the big prize. The dominance was insulting, overwhelming. Until this week. On Tuesday, the Palau Blaugrana was left with a sniff. Victory for Reus Deportiu (3-4) in the final semi-final match and Barça was eliminated. News. Capitalization, considering precedents. Aitor Egurrola’s farewell day, a true myth of this sport with more than two decades of activity and 77 titles on the list. His, however, was not the only proper name of the night. The feat was led by an Olot. Marc Julià made a hat-trick and allowed his team to dream. He is already in the final and there he and his teammates will meet the Liceo. A historic opportunity to lift a title that the Baix Camp club has been resisting for 11 years.
It hadn’t been 24 hours since Julià was still thinking about it. “It’s hard to assimilate. We had an amazing, historic day. ” Congratulations piled up right after the final whistle. “It simply came to our notice then heavy. I spent the whole trip back on the bus answering congratulations and I still had more to open. It was all very strong. At times like this, every person who thinks of you deserves some time. It shows the esteem of everyone, and also the greatness of what we have just achieved. He remembered how things can change in just a few months, and that’s why you always have to go hand in hand. Match by match, as he says. “It simply came to our notice then. In February we played against Manlleu and lost at home. Then the fans told us everything on Twitter. And now we’ve come this far. What happens is that we haven’t done anything yet and we have three games left to win if we want to make the dream we all want come true.
Victory against a whole Barça at the Palau and three goals in his pocket. “It may be the most important day of my career. The match was perfect, we took an unexpected rival to the limit. I am happy with the level of maturity of the team and mine in a personal capacity. I’m at my best. I’ve won titles and experienced great things, but I’ve never been so close to winning the OKLliga. ” Julià, from Olot all his life and captured by the Barça club when he was a teenager, he says of Barça, and it does so bluntly, considering it the “biggest club in the world”. And that is why he considers that “breaking this hegemony is something historical” and gives it extraordinary value. “We won three of his five matches and two of them at the Palau.” He does remember, however, that despite this esteem he defends his team and that “I don’t want Barça to beat me. If I play with Reus, what I want is for mine to win ».
As he also longs to defeat the Lyceum now. But he warned, just in case the flies. “They are the favorites because the league is in charge and they are second and we are fourth. The final is at 65 and 35 percent. Now, we’re going to put some pressure on them. We will continue to compete as always and we will leave our skin in every training session and match “. And he concluded: “We will give everything until the last moment. If we lose the final, the season will be 9. And if we are champions, the season will be 12. ”
Despite his joy, however, he said that he was “sorry” that Barça’s Aitor Egurrola had put an end to his career in this way. “He is the best goalkeeper and player in the history of hockey. I also have a lot of respect as a person. He even had time to talk about Olot Hockey, club that has been making him fat for months at the OK Silver. Where it all began, a long time ago. “A very good job is being done and the positive part is that there is an excellent communion with the fans and the city. I am convinced that in three or four years they will have enough arguments to apply for promotion to the OK League.
