The worst of the “isms”

Little is said about it, perhaps because there is news that is scary. The truth is this week the test of Mohammed Yassi Amrani, the young man who was arrested in May 2020 by the Civil Guard. On his mobile phone, at the time of his arrest, messages were found in which he communicated with a member of Daesh in Syria where he told him about two actions he intended to take in Barcelona. On the one hand, he assured that he would enter a police station and, with a pistol, kill three agents. On the other hand, he pointed out that he would carry out an attack with a bomb attached to a drone inside the Camp Nou during a match between Barcelona and Real Madrid. In testing, Yassi Amrani He admitted the facts with which he was accused and made a plea deal in accordance with the Public Ministry to spend three years in prison. One less risk for Barcelona and for Barça. And a good success of the police in detecting and acting against this lone wolf who lived far from religion until, according to the police leak, they got him from Iraq through social networks, to redeem his self If he cut off the heads of the infidels, they assured him a place in paradise.

The news of his going to prison, however, leaves us with a bad body. Even knowing that terrorism is a terrifying lottery and that one should not live in fear (theory is usually better than practice), the fact is that this is the second time in several years that we have learned that jihadism has put the Camp Nou in his sights. When it comes to whipping up sinners in the West, there are few sanctuaries as synonymous with the Barça field, Europe’s largest stadium. Such an action would have enormous symbolic impact. And they know it. Furthermore, if not for the explosion of butane cylinders in Alcanar, while Ripoll’s cell was preparing the explosives, one of the vans rented by the terrorists would have detonated them at the entrance of Camp Nou, in Barça-Betis on August 20 , 2017. For the first meeting of the season, with Messi in the field, and Valverde Y Setien debuted on two benches in the League, 56,480 spectators came to the stadium. The security measures were intense and, when we observed a minute of silence for the victims of the attacks in La Rambla and Cambrils, we still did not know that the target of the barbarism was the fans attending that match, who has the illusion of a new era and is annoyed by two things that seem like the end of the world: the escape of Neymar and losing the Super Cup against Madrid. Offal.

Here, often, we go to fight, between us. Yes Kubala either Suarezyes Núñez Y Cruyffyes report Y Rosell… We forget that the enemy to be defeated, in Spain and in Europe, is in Madrid. And we have to look in another direction so as not to think that the real enemy, in this world, is the one who wants to end everything. Beginning of our life.

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1. Has this ever happened? Mateu Germany, in a last desperate attempt, invite Viktoria Plzen to the next Joan Gamper tournament if they score in Milan today? How about we give them all the profits from that night too?

two. By the way, from the Barça-Manchester City solidarity match at the end of August, in the fight against the disease ALS with 91,062 spectators, do you know the collection of that night and what came to Unzué for disease research?

3. Xavi He repeated ninety times that in Bayern 2 – Barça 0 “we played very well”. If he gets 100 reps, do you think he’ll get all three points back?

Four. Private pichichi. In the League, a scoring victory: Ansu Fati Y Dembele they have scored as many (3) as Barça Martin Braithwaite (3) in Spanish.

I liked: Eric Garcia’s lasting smile

Yesterday, the central player from Martorell was chosen to come out and talk about Barça-Bayern and the more than possible elimination from the Champions League. However, half of the questions focused on the criticism it receives. This is not the first time the defender has had to be on the defensive. But this is not the first time he has come out of his encounter with the press blaming errors that are not his own. Now it appears that the responsibility for the 3-3 at home against Inter is being blamed on the one with the least blame. He admitted that he could have done something different with the Italian’s second goal and he stepped on the feet of Rodrygo in the last counterattack of the classic, but Eric He said he feels strong because he protects himself well from outside noise.

He is the first to know when he has been right and where he has failed. Know your strengths and limitations. He knows that he is 21 years old, that he has a way to improve and also an environment that advises him well. And listen to his three coaches –Guardiola, Luis Enrique Y Xavi– always showered with praise. He said, instead, that he does not listen to insults “that disqualify themselves” or “interested criticism”. Eric He improved a lot in his second season at Barça and, in difficult times, proved to be mentally strong. His smile, in the press room, suggests a calmness within himself. And, this, in central-devourer Barça, is already taking a long way.

I didn’t like it: the luxury of working without Toni Ruiz

A year before Barça’s centenary, with journalists Antonio Bassa Y Edward Boettwe met with the President then Núñez to talk about the program about the history of the Club that we are preparing for TV3. In that meeting, Núñez told us that, for the Centennial events, they put an “ajunntet” in Ricard Maxenchs, to deal with all the work that came their way. The assistant talked about diligently Maxenchs I am a young man Tony Ruizsmart, helpful and careful, who went from university to the roller coaster of culé communication in the blink of an eye.

In a long quarter of a century, Ruiz has seen how Barça went from being run as a family club to the great sports multinational it is today, where it is once again trying to manage as a president’s family company. Tony Ruizalways helpful, polite, fighting for journalists, always keeping all the secrets and not revealing even half the story, he survived Barça from Núñezof Gaspartof Queenof reportof Rosellof Bartomeu and… a year and a half after the return of report, the surprise. Last Friday he came to the Club to work, as he has done for 26 years, they summoned him to a morning meeting and, with the chief of staff present, these things did not end well. Removed from Barca. After some time, David Saura, who has been the great architect of Barça’s global leadership in networks, also on the street. If there is a life without Messi, there will also be a life without Ruiz, Saura, Lazarus either Calatayud. But it remains to be seen that the relief is better.