2023-11-07 21:41:34
BarcelonaBarça’s worrying defeat against Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League. The Blaugrana deservedly fell and have complicated the group. The result gives wings to the Ukrainians, well alive in the fight to continue in the Champions League, and expands Porto’s options in the face of reaching first place. Next, some hot notes.
Similes To avoid anger ahead of time, I explain the title of the piece. Starting with the premises. The first: these days of protests in Madrid for the investiture of Pedro Sánchez, the video of a young right-wing protester complaining of police charges with a “All this to fucking defend Spain“. The second: Marcos Alonso, by aesthetics, tastes and company, has a profile cayetano that he would attend the demonstrations on Carrer Ferraz. And the third: the Cantabrian full-back, starter to rest Balde, had a bad game in Hamburg up and especially down. Conclusion: Since Marcos is in low hours in his band, we combine, in an informal analysis section, what he did not do in Hamburg (defend) with what the citizens of his profile are supposed to do (defend) in the headquarters of the PSOE.
Three birds with one stone. Xakhtar-Barça made it quite clear why Alonso is the Blaugrana footballer (not goalkeeper) with the fewest official minutes. If the club decided to force his exit in the winter market, Xavi would not miss him much and would gain some salary cap to deal with other operations. Besides, it would kill two more sparrows with the same shot. I explain below. First, he could use Cancelo as Balde’s eventual reliever on the left wing, which would keep the dressing room balanced because the Portuguese isn’t a very good substitute. And secondly, since he has two competent, adaptable center backs (Kounde and Araujo), he could open them up on the wing more often and thus regain some of the lost solidity.
24 plus 38 add up to 62. These are the millions of euros that, with Barça’s financial report in hand, the institution owed on June 30 for the signing of Raphinha between the short and the long term. The amount is, if not, the same that Real Madrid paid to take away Luís Figo 23 years ago. This coincidence, however, does not make sense: it is anecdotal and football accumulates decades of inflationary tendency. What does bother me is that the Brazilian is the most expensive signing of Joan Laporta’s second term, that he continues to be so inconsistent with the ball at his feet and that he runs so badly. This year he is competing with a 16-year-old boy for the right wing and, of course, he should take a step forward. We hope that the sporting director, Deco, with whom he has a direct line, will demand it.
Two years, a lot to do. “We’ve been through all the shit,” said Xavi in the preview of the match against Xakhtar in reference to the last League engagements, ended with a cruel defeat on the edge against Madrid and a very undeserved victory in Anoeta. Still lucky, because the Blaugrana’s performance in Hamburg was even worse than the previous ones. It has been two years since the Egaren coach took the reins of the team and the evolution of the game is not satisfactory. There is a League and a Super Cup in the pipeline, but Barça continues to be too loose with the ball despite the arrivals of Gündogan and the Joãos, who should have added in this regard. The problem is compounded by injuries, a less orderly press and some loss of intensity. If the best are Ter Stegen and Araujo, bad luck.
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