Defeat in Madrid brings great happiness

I am saddened and saddened that the solution in Ukraine is not moving forward. On the contrary, it seems to require more dangerous paths and it is not good for anyone. The good thing was the result at the Bernabéu last week. The first thing I must say is that defeating Madrid, for the culé, is an extra pleasure, defeating them at the Bernabéu is a triple extra -I suppose for the whites it is the same at Camp Nou-. I made my debut in the 60s in the old stadium of Madrid when I studied for three years in Madrid. My first great pleasure, though difficult, was the Bottle Cup final, with Rigo from the Balearic Islands as referee and Zunzunegi, the white Basque central defender, scoring his own goal. You should see a picture of a lawn full of glass bottles. A few years later, when I was at Barça, as Vic Buckingham’s assistant, a league game was played which Barça won 0-1, Miguel Reina was a very good ‘cat’ and we returned at dawn in a plane called ‘El Correo’ and that served to move night owls from one city to another. Arriving in El Prat there is a lot of culé. Buckingham, inexperienced in these struggles, though a good coach, asked me ‘What happened?’ and I answered him ‘Well, Barça has won in Madrid’. He didn’t believe it.

Another experience that I remember with pleasure was a few years later, sitting on the bench in the capital with Michels and Rodri, when the team won 0-5 and destroyed white morale for a long time. From that moment I have to say that I played more than 20 games in a row in the capital. And I can’t remember if we won playing at the back, having the ball, playing attack. Nope. I only remember the games that Barça won. Last Thursday, the team did not dominate the game but the result. This has led some exegetes to dismiss this story of the blaugrana DNA, which is very simple. When you win, DNA increases and when you lose, it decreases. I’m one of those Barça supporters who play attacking and score a lot of goals in every game, but you have to understand that, in some cases, the only solution to get your head out of the water is to be practical, try not to score points goal From there, find the positive formula to win the game. Xavi is an exceptional player with an offensive mentality, but is surrounded by a group of high-level players who have led Barça to the Champions League, Liga, etc. Now this is not the case and it may be surprising that the team is looking for defensive security – it is the least defeated in history at this point in the League – but if it wins, after a short time, it will not remember which system work . The ‘catenaccio’ works for a while. Hopefully Barça will have the football possibilities to forget this and play attacking. The only thing missing is having players of enough quality to face matches like this. In the meantime, may the team win and let’s get our noses out of the water.