Choose the way to disappear

Losing always hurts, but it’s healthy to learn to live with it. Most of us lose more than we win, so it has to be accepted as a companion on the journey. On the other hand, success seems to endorse all paths. Few cultures reflect how they got there because society values ​​success. Winning seems synonymous with doing things well, something that is highly debatable.

Barcelona fans received a strong blow against Atlético, it was the third consecutive defeat at home. This accumulation of bad results infects the analysis of the moment of the Blaugrana because those failures take different forms. One produces anger, the previous ones frustration. Barça have shown that they know what they want, they express themselves how they want, with their identity traits. He is brave, intense, he has clarity, he dominates the game, he subdues the rival, but he is inferior in places. Yes, the universe of places, where the results are decided, the subject that we sometimes despise as if it is not part of the game. Success and strength in defending your goal and in finishing against the rival are not random, although in a season they can swing from one side to the other. This is what proves or rejects football proposals, which only bring more or less closer to the goal.

However, the result should not determine the health of a team. Barça must ask themselves why they failed against Leganés and Las Palmas, the reasons why they dropped points to Balaídos, Anoeta or Benito Villamarín. You know what happened against Atleti, you made a concession that was punished and the rival forgave when you had to finish. They have different methods of defeat and cannot be put in the same bag, as tempting as it may be.

The Barça of flip reconciled to its purest expression. The team regained its smile, felt proud again, recognized its identity. This is the chosen path. Reinforcing those beliefs is more important in December, although it may not feel like it, than losing against a direct rival and being left out of the League. If Atlético can be proud of how they won, Barça should also have the freedom to choose how to lose. Unfortunately, the result cannot be controlled.

The role of the goalkeeper

Dangerous profession

The role of the goalkeeper has changed significantly in recent decades. He was always a special person, born to deny the great goal of football: the goal. A person who relates well to isolation, with the responsibility of being the last solution of the defensive team, strong-minded to accept individual mistakes that in other positions on the field are less punished. It is a very demanding position, as well as thankless, but it has recently risen to supreme power. Nothing has changed from the original and the foot game has been incorporated along with the reading of the game. Not only must he be technically accurate, but he is obliged to understand where the free man is or decide when it is time to play close or far. Every day being a goalkeeper is more difficult.