It has noses that those of us who have doubted the most about this Barçaof his repeated and disappointing way of playing, of winning, of his renunciation of the tables of the law of Cruyffism (hence, who knows, the criticism and slap of Luis Enrique a Xavi Hernandez), without public recognition by its technical managers that they are playing something else, let us be the most convinced that this Barça, the one from Paris, will undoubtedly eliminate the high and billionaire PSG.
The Paris party is for us, the non-believers, for those not blindly dedicated to the (desperate) cause of John Laporta y Xavi Hernandezwho fear a 0 out of 4, a starting point, a starting point, a demonstration, a turning point, a click (after the sudden comeback from 0-1 to 2-1 in minutes, the ‘other’ Barça would have disengaged, dropped arms and, perhaps, conceded another scandalous defeat by ‘Champions style’), that the team is capable of, at the very least, reaching the semifinals of the Champions League. Then, we’ll see.
I find it certainly incredible, grotesque, inexplicable and very demonstrative of how Xavi Hernández himself is experiencing this end of his very short cycle, that the coach shows, after his team’s Parisian exhibition, too many doubts, many doubts, very clear doubts, fearful doubts that, in MontjuïcOn Tuesday, anything can happen.
A packed Barça conquers Paris / REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq
And don’t tell me that he is prudent, that he doesn’t want euphoria, no, no, I’m talking to you about how any other coach, without going crazy, would have shown his absolute, total, unmitigated conviction that the team had returned, had caused the Click expected, dreamed of, necessary to win one of the two remaining titles and not end the year, the season, the cycle, your project with 0 out of 4.
“I hope we have buried the ghosts of this team in the Champions League!”, he said when they told him about that jump. He didn’t say, that’s it: problem solved. No, she hesitated. What’s more, when they ask him if his team has reached the maturity of game and mentality that he seeks and desires, he doubts more than ever: “It may be so, but… but I already said that on the day of Betis and the day from Antwerp and then we fell (he spoke of ‘devallada’), therefore we have to continue, we have to prove it again, on Saturday, in Cádiz and, on Tuesday, at home, where it will be a test by fire.”
“I already said and believed that this team had reached its maturity in play and mentality after the games against Betis and Antwerp and, then, we fell, we suffered a ‘devallada'”
I repeat, Xavi is not prudent or not only prudent, he doubts the behavior of his team, about its continuity, about the possibility that it will disappoint him again, him, not us. Why? Because he has already seen green shoots too many times in this very irregular season and he is fed up with his team not having three good, good games, in ‘Barça mode’, in this campaign.
And he is right, too right, all the right in the world. That’s why he doubts, true, with the intention of avoiding euphoria but, I insist, with the memory, experience and knowledge of the one who enjoyed the 4-2 win against Betis and then lost (4-1) in the Cup. in San Mamés and 3-5 against a discreet Villarreal. Or when he beat Antwerp (5-0) and then won (3-2) in a vulgar (for many, even unfair) way against Celta and tied 2-2 in a terrible match in Palma de Mallorca.
A full Barça conquers Paris / AFP/MIGUEL MEDINA
I have listened to the Paris press conference twice after the spectacular 2-3 against a cocky PSG and a giddy Luis Enrique (as one of his French critics says “Luis Enrique is a Kinder Surprise, in each game he opens an egg and he never knows what lineup will come out of it and how he will play”) and it is not that the Terrassa coach is with the handbrake on, he is, it is that he does not dare to say, to assure, that in Montjuïc we will see an extension, a continuation, an improved 2.0 version of this spectacular Barça.
I repeat, not only is he not saying it out of caution, he is not saying it because he has already seen this movie several times this year and, almost never, he liked the second part, the sequel, the day after. Okay, it’s the Champions League, the season is being played, the team has grown, about that boy called Cubarsi It is a scandal of disproportionate, global, stratospheric dimensions, what Lamine Yamalmore than more, the growth of Koundéthe resurrection of Lewandowskithe appearance of Christensenthe regularity of Gundoganthe reappearance of Pedri y De JongYes, yes, but please do it again, I need it, I deserve it.
That’s what he said, I hope we have buried the ghosts of the Champions League! It seems that in the head of Xavi, the most culé of all culés, there is still a little box reserved for those surprises, disappointments, disappointments.
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2024-04-11 22:01:10
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