“From the creators of Villarato”

the problem is not Gavi. If he commits more or less fouls, if he is sudden in his game or if he has a bull like he did in his day Casemiro during the years. As long as these issues form, suddenly, the media agenda dictated from Madrid, the problem is another. And that is why they are trying to weaken Barça. The problem is that Xavi He just won the final against Madrid by showering him with football. The problem is that Ter Stegen going to Zamora, already Lewandowski to the Pichichi and, especially, the Barça de Peter and of Gavi smells like a champion team. The real problem is that Barça is at the top, where the team is from Xavi He has lost the least in Europe in his League and, so far in the championship, he has played just three times: the home team against Rayo and Espanyol, and the defeat at the Bernabéu. The problem is that the rest of the matches are Barça victories. 14 in 17 games. At the rate of 100 points. Or, what amounts to the same thing, Barça has won -except for Real Madrid- all the rivals it has visited. And in a very important field. Xavi’s team added three out of three, flawlessly, in the stadiums of Real Sociedad, Seville, Valencia, Atlético de Madrid, Cádiz, Mallorca and Osasuna. 7 meetings, 7 impressive achievements. Or, looking at the entire trajectory of Xavi On the bench, the data is amazing: in 24 games as a foreigner in the Liga, his Barça lost only one game. It was this regularity that allowed the great return of the last League. This persistence, which has produced a very competitive team in Spain, is why Madrid fear that, just one year after the departure of Messi, Barça can win the League again. This is what they cannot stand and, from there, campaigns of attrition or smear will begin.

try it through Gavipassing him off for what he was not, was a great hypocrisy, as he remembered well yesterday Xavi. It turns out that when the young academy player plays for Spain, his courage and fighting spirit are praised and, when he wears the Barça shirt, he is passed off as a lumberjack and for things that are not. The comparison with Casemiro It is very offensive. The data to close the mouths is this: Gaviin the entire League, has seen fewer yellow cards (3) than dembele (4) or Ferran (4). Imagine the toughness of the youth squad entries.

Xavi, who has not lost his sense of humor, was nice yesterday when he remembered where all this dirty campaign came from: “From the creators of Villarato… And doping.” He said with a smile but he said. Xavi He is a man who does not forget that, as a player, in the years of the greatest success of the most brutal Barça ever seen, the media cavern invented the term “Villarato” to try to justify that Madrid was not won because of the referees. and, even worse, that the culé squad is doped. For this last insinuation, Barça had to pay 200,000 euros. What now, mate Gavi, was a minor campaign that was more obnoxious than sued. What’s really annoying is that an 18-year-old featherweight gave them a romp in a final and was named MVP. As Xavi pointed out: “Above all, if we win, people don’t like it”. This is the problem of Barça, who won again. And that is not forgiven.

I liked it

Rubi perfects corner kicks

Almería drew with Mestalla, in a colorful match (2-2), thanks to the strategy. The first Andalusian goal, which meant the first draw of the night, was scored by Chumi with a perfect header. It was the first corner that Rubi’s team took and it ended in a goal. And it’s Almería that is the first division team that has scored the most goals from corners so far in the Liga. In particular, it has 6, ahead of Real Madrid’s 5 or the 4 of Atlético or Real Sociedad. Of the 20 goals scored by Almería, in 18 games, almost a third were scored from a corner kick. The data is excellent and shows how well Rubi works in this aspect of the game. Knowing their team’s attacking limitations, they prepare the strategy to make the difference in this type of game where the talents are equal. In this sense, Barça in the League was only able to take advantage of two corner kicks. Eric García’s goal in Seville and Marcos Alonso’s against Espanyol. The rest, water. I wish Rubi would stop the way he did when he was at Can Barça. By the way, the referee of Valencia-Almería is Gil Manzano. Isn’t it strange that this referee whistles a League match on Monday and another Cup match on Wednesday? Wasn’t there a lot of desire to appoint you for the Camp Nou game?

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The penalty was only missed by whoever shot it

As a result of the preventive imprisonment of Dani Alves, who was accused of rape, Xavi appeared at the press conference on Saturday and said what he said. That he was not lucky in his statements indicates that the same coach, just after the game against Getafe, wanted to qualify his statements, corrected his point of view and apologized. Especially, to the victim of the attack. Xavi made a mistake in his first speech but importantly he was the only voice at the Club to take a position on the subject. The silence of the presidency and the board of directors on this matter cries out to heaven. Although Alves is no longer under contract with Barça, the Brazilian player is allowed to train with the team’s players so that he can maintain his fitness. What is curious about the case is that, just a year ago, when the case of Albert Benaiges broke out, Xavi was also the first to have an opinion on behalf of the Club. And he gave, by the way, an answer very similar to the one we are now hearing about Alves for the first time. “We love Albert very much and he surprised us. It’s a delicate and complicated case.” So complicated, that Barça fired Benaiges but -without understanding why now- they paid him his full contract. This is the second time Barça have put Xavi at the horses’ feet. He was not well, but the punishment was only missed by whoever shot it. Whoever was hiding, did not fail.

BAD MILK

one. How it changed the story. Piqué did not want a farewell press conference in the Auditorium with the President and now it is the President who will go on his streaming show to announce that the Kings League will play its final at the Camp Nou. What chapter did we miss in this series?

2. The accusation that the Barça-Madrid women’s match will be played at the Johan Cruyff Stadium because the Camp Nou will host the Kings League final, on March 26, is demagogy. The proof is that all the tickets for the new Clásico at Mini-Johan have been sold.

3. Of course, what would the membership vote for, if we held a referendum, on allowing the Kings League side to play at the Camp Nou?

Four. Spotify is laying off 6% of its workers after its shares plunged. We don’t have to fear for our main sponsor, do we? Darren Dein doesn’t have to pay the commission I guess?