Joan Laporta He saw Madridistas again, but his second debut in a Clásico was not as happy as he could have ventured in Barcelona. The new / old Barça president wanted to stop seeing them, but to have fun again as a visitor against Real Madrid, which he suffered during his first term. But football is not played in the square … And on the field, his team did not respond as he expected, like Barcelona.
Zidane he hit the board Koeman and when the Barça coach reacted to the break, the scoreboard already showed an alarming 2-0. Barça rebelled against the elements, went from timoros to dominator, reached equality, protested angrily against Braithwaite about a penalty that the referee didn’t want to know anything about, let alone VAR, but it didn’t work out. And it failed again at the peak moment.
What in September was presented as a transition season awaiting better times, with the club busier in accounts than in titles, became an excessive euphoria in March due to an exceptional comeback, reducing Atlético’s restless points and keeping Madrid at bay without paying attention to the fact that the calendar offered as much alibi as the leader’s mistakes.
But Barça, who have already lost the first-round classic at the Camp Nou, fell to the Metropolitan, failed to play against Valencia and were knocked down by Juventus or PSG in their own stadium, were again caught in a duel against a rival. maximum demand.
After 20 days, Barcelona lost again in the League and a good part of the charm, from the miracle performed by Koeman, disappeared. Barça, who made an impressive comeback and ended up playing in notable games, fell again against a rival with maximum demand. A week before the Cup final, the doubts, at the worst moment, were again attracted to Barça.
It took Madrid a quarter of an hour to reposition Barça’s shortcomings on stage and a little over half an hour to demolish their illusion. He did it without brilliance, but with solvency, knowing how to defend, organizing behind the ball, giving up the initiative without problems, but biting it based on speed. Koeman’s team even deserved the draw, but Madrid, who needed to win yes or yes, knew how to read more and better the argument of a maximum game decided by a minimum.
Awaiting Atlético’s response to Betis, Barça’s disappointment is just as clear as the furious and euphoric rage draws to a Madrid willing to repeat the last step of last season. The night when Barcelona was able to take the last shot on the table ended in disappointment.
It will be necessary to see how a team is able to react from here which, wanting to rely on Messi (606 minutes without scoring a goal against Madrid), does not find his personality when he needs it most.