Stage fright, but the other way around

Stage fright has become a common expression, used repeatedly in the world of football, to describe the feeling of paralyzing dread that some football players feel when they step onto certain stages. The father of the creature is nothing else and nothing less Gabriel Garcia Marquezwhich he did to explain the shock he felt when he felt compelled to speak in public. and it will be Jorge Valdano who will adapt it, to find an application in the world of football, defined, even at the beginning, in fear that the real Madrid his rivals in his clergy of Santiago Bernabéu in European matches for several years. It is clear that the stadium did not win games, but the legend grew and gained weight based on repeated episodes of impossible victories.

Today it is still valid, although sometimes it manifests itself in the opposite sense from what is generally accepted. This is the case that concerns us, about Royal Society. Stage fright was born to “intimidate” the visiting team, not to shrink the home team, because of obvious hits. But sometimes this strange phenomenon happens.

Because what happens to the team Imanol Alguacil For a while now, it wasn’t even half normal. That every fifteen days he had to go into exile to find what would let him escape from home, was a perfect anomaly. What happens to the blue and white team every time they face their parish. Are the people of the Royal Society scary enough to achieve such an effect? Obviously not. Does the burden of responsibility that footballers carry on their backs prevent them from expressing themselves as they should based on their talent and quality? Then they must go en masse to the psychologist’s office. Is this just another bad streak, one of many in the world of football?

If so, it’s too long. No matter how many times I have raised this matter, I have not found a satisfactory answer. I only know one thing: one day, I don’t know how or when, it will be over, and we can turn the page.

Europe is paying the price

Tomorrow is Thursday true facing his fourth commitment of this arrangement European Leaguethat the new formula has not yet shown the success of its introduction. So far, Imanol’s men have tried everything, victories, draws and defeats, but from one common denominator, surrender to the spread of domestic competition. Although the coach won’t admit it in lineups designed for every moment.
It is true that the false start of the league forced Imanol to emphasize the matches of Leagueat the expense of the Europeans, who were relegated to the background, at least, until circumstances changed.
Said Olabeand when the director of football speaks we all pay attention, that Real is no longer traveling to Europe for tourism, just as an extra for the show. And I think this has become evident in recent years, as evidenced by the improvement in ranking. UEFA. That is why it is advisable to reconsider the first postulates, correct the objectives, or, perhaps better, return to them in their original formulation, and do it. SA Europe You travel to compete, not to walk.

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Only one left

In his goal against Seville penalty, Oyarzabal reached the impressive number of 99 goals as a Real player. This means that, if tomorrow I scored Pilsenwill go on to join the club’s centennial roster, an elite club comprised of seven individuals: Satrustegui (162), Lopez Ufarte (129), Cholín (128), Ontario (114), Kovacevic and Bienzobas (107) and Uralde (100). that’s not it!

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Kubo also wants his recognition

Yes Oyarzabal is about to achieve 100 goals, Take Kubo He’s looking for his 100th fight against the resilient Txuri Urdín, and he has just one appearance left to achieve it. In this way, follow in the footsteps of the Galicians braisewho reached this number last October (in Girona), and arrived at Real in the same season as the Kawasaki footballer. Their scoring duel was also tight: 20 for braiseand 18 for the Japanese.