the hot notes of Valladolid-Barça

BarcelonaClear defeat for Barça against Valladolid at José Zorrilla. The Blaugrana were inferior to an opponent whose life was at stake and who competes with Espanyol for permanence. Next, some hot notes.

And dignity? A section of the Camp Nou asked Barça to let Pucela win to further complicate Espanyol’s stay in the First Division. And said and done: the Blaugrana, with a lot of rotations in the lineup, fell against Valladolid, which had just lost five consecutive games. The Castilian victory was clear and decisive because the visitors, already champions, were very soft in defense and did not take the chances they had before half-time. In short, not being able weighed more on them than not wanting to. Now, refishing the bunny and the rivalry with the parakeets, surely there were less embarrassing ways to make fun of them.

The defense is struggling without Araujo. Kounde had a bad game against Real Sociedad, he was substituted at half-time and Xavi left him out of the list due to a technical decision to go to Pucela. Bad mood with the Frenchman, who says he doesn’t want to play on the side and has opened a pulse with the club. The alternative against Valladolid, where Araujo did not participate either, was to put Marcos Alonso on the scoreboard and check again that he does not have the conditions to be so many meters from the goal. Christensen, his partner in the axis, was not right either: golas in his own goal, his own. And Eric Garcia was not up to the task in either of the two positions he occupied: he was in the picture for two goals, one as a winger and the other as a pivot. to cry

A little theater under poles. Ter Stegen wanted to finish this League with the best coefficient in the history of the Zamora trophy and the European record of goals to zero in the same League. However, since Barça have started to concede goals in the last stretch of the season, the German is no longer within reach of the second mark, which will continue to be in the hands of Cech with Chelsea, and has put at risk the first. In Valladolid, moreover, life was complicated because he left the pitch before the 60th minute with a 2-0 deficit. The game won’t count, but the goals scored will. what a joke Maybe it was easier for poor Iñaki Peña to be the starter, right?

Disgust of racism. Raphinha had a message ready on his inner shirt in case he scored a goal. The Brazilian didn’t score, but he wasn’t about to show what he had written in marker before jumping onto Zorrilla’s turf: “As long as the color of the skin is more important than the brightness of the eyes, there will be war.” Paraphrase of Vinícius, victim of racist insults in Mestalla on Sunday that are 100% unjustifiable. No, they cannot be forgiven or half-understood, no matter how much the Madrid winger is a provocateur, which he is. Matches must be stopped, stadiums must be closed and, why not, a point must be deducted so that football ceases to be a bad example.