BARCELONA – We will have to ask Zinedine Zidane if he likes the pitch. Not too wet or too dry. Muddy, of course, not even less snowy and somewhat hard because of the ice, not even at least like in Pamplona on Saturday. The LaLiga president will have to be asked if the appropriate minimum weather conditions should be agreed with the Real Madrid coach in order to be able to play to their satisfaction. Not from others, no. To yours.
El Sadar may not have been the same for Madrid as his rival and Osasuna’s players have not had the same difficulty. Be…
In which Barça tied three consecutive victories and the cold froze Real Madrid in El Sadar in the League ceased to be another festival to become a suspicious tournament. “The conditions were not good to watch a football match,” Zidane argued, explaining that the match should not have been played … Despite the fact that a priori neither the coach, nor the club, nor anyone else said anything and maybe forgetting, should not It should be well thought out that in previous years, matches were played in the League under the same or worse conditions.
Barça, Valencia, Atlético, Betis … And also Madrid has played over the years under the snow, on impassable ground due to rain, mud or ice without causing any complaints. . It shouldn’t have been comfortable for Madrid players to spend four hours on a plane (installed in the first class, don’t forget), but arriving at their luxury hotel in Pamplona they were able to rest all day on Saturday. Too many excuses … And even more so if you consider that knowing the conditions that had already threatened Madrid on Friday, the club could have traveled hours before.
That Barça won 0-4 in Granada, that Messi scored two goals to add four in two games (and three shots on goal), that De Jong is no longer his bad copy, that Dembélé has chained four games at a level good. .. And that Leo smiles with the company of a young and unleashed Pedri, waiting for the return of Ansu Fati, there are too many circumstances for Real, with Atlético in the lead and three games waiting, to remain calm. This is how the sudden change of attitude in the meringue club is understood.
Barça explained that they are a great team, that they don’t have to show up to show muscle and that a good overall performance accompanied by genius shots from their captain is enough to regain their confidence and look to the future league with more eyes. good.
Enough for Real Madrid to suddenly feel uncomfortable spending four hours on a plane (first class, remember) and resting all day in a luxury hotel while Osasuna employees working fast to make El Sadar Stadium.
I am certainly sorry, with all certainty, that he won in Pamplona, Madrid would look muscular today talking about an epic victory, in infernal conditions and with renewed spirits, in a response to Barcelona, transformed into a leader and without a trace of that “no play” that Zidane claimed.