2023-05-14 22:50:38
Cornellà de LlobregratBarça put the tie on the League in a very placid derby (2-4) for Xavi Hernández’s team. Espanyol’s fans, who had turned on their team because of the cause, went home disappointed and hurt with a team that at no time had vital constants. When Barça celebrated the title on the pitch, the white-and-blue radicals staged a shameful field invasion. Here are the hot tips from the derby.
A League to touch the ground. The League is neither cheap nor did Real Madrid give it to Barça or anything like it. Xavi’s team is absolutely deserving of the title because it has been the most regular team, a cliché as sweaty as it is true. There was no color in the derby. Of course, throughout the season the team has not been regular in the game and has paid 1-0 or 0-1 in many games, in which Ter Stegen has often been the most prominent. But the best way to continue on a path of maturity and growth is to build from the security and tranquility that comes with being a champion. Finding continuity in the game – great performances have been signed this season – and transferring the firmness of the League to Europe are the most immediate duties.
Alejandro Balde: priorities before thinking about Messi. To continue building a team, especially for the present, but also sowing seeds for the future, this means that before flying pigeons with the return of Messi, operations such as Balde’s renewal must be sealed. He does not have a first team card and has very modest conditions, which clash with his performance. This season has been the breakout season for the full-back, who was raised in the Barcelona neighborhood of Sant Martí de Provençals, and who, before signing for Barça at the age of eight, had also been through Espanyol’s academy, where he played as an attacker. In fact, this was one of the records he took for a walk, making the second Barça target and debuting as a goalscorer after 48 games with the first team. He has turned Jordi Alba into a secondary.
Missing Sergio Busquets. In fact, although dreaming of a Messi return to Barça is a precious exercise in nostalgia, one of the other big priorities for this summer is to replace Sergio Busquets. Frenkie de Jong, with a remarkable game at the RCDE Stadium, is a great midfielder, but when he shined most he was accompanied by the pivot of Badia. The option of the directive goes through Rúben Neves, in an operation Jorge Mendes productions which also involves placing Ansu Fati in the Premier League. On the other hand, the one wanted by Xavi is Martín Zubimendi, from Real Sociedad, who has a cost of 60 million euros that the Basques do not plan to reduce even a penny. After 15 years of excellence – he has always been the thermometer to know at what point the team’s game was – Busquets will be sorely missed. His last derby: one more recital to collect. He will lift the League as a captain.
Spooky Field Invasion. From the cries of “Bitch Barça” from a majority of the white-and-blue fans, it didn’t take long to pass to the cries calling for the resignation of Chen’s management. The Espanyol fans, who flocked to the stadium and sang the anthem at the top of their lungs, soon found themselves without arguments to believe that their team could put up a fight. Numerous fans began to parade after Barça’s third goal, five minutes before the break. The worst was yet to come, while the Blaugrana were celebrating the title on the pitch, more than a hundred Espanyol fans jumped from the cheering area onto the pitch. The Barça players had to run to the dressing room. Creepy.
Espanyol and the Mossos d’Esquadra are investigating the events. The club is exposed to sanctions such as the closure of the field. “We apologize to the world of football. We will work so that this does not happen again”, said the CEO of Espanyol, Mao Ye. “We are strict in security measures. We must review the deficiencies that may have existed”, he added.
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