On this day, December 23, but in 1993, that is, 25 years ago, Louis van Gaal He starred in one of the most controversial press conferences in memory. The Dutchman, then coach of FC Barcelona, shot at a journalist, making famous the phrase: “You’re so bad.”
Louis van Gaal come to Barça the 1997-98 season, the same season in which Barça achieved one of the great signings of that time: Rivaldothat came from Sports after the Barcelona club paid the Brazilian’s termination clause. Together they won two leagues in a row and, in addition, Rivaldo He was crowned in 1999 with the Ballon d’Or.
In his first two seasons as a Barcelona player, Rivaldo He acted as a left winger under the orders of Van Gaalbut after conquering the Ballon d’Or The Brazilian asserted himself and in the first training session after collecting the award in Paris, there was a divorce between the striker and the Dutch coach. Arriving at practice the next day after collecting the award, he asked if I wanted to talk in the locker room. Van Gaal He thought he wanted to thank his teammates, but according to the Dutch coach, the Brazilian star said he would never play on the wing again and would keep the number 10 position from then on.
As a result, everything broke between the forward and the Dutch coach, who decided to remove him from the team. In this tense situation, came the legendary press conference, the last one before the Christmas holidays, which should serve to introduce José Mari Bakero as a new member of the club’s technical team. It was only 25 years ago.
A journalist asked Louis Van Gaal If there is any news about the conflict with Rivaldoafter not being called up to play. The coach ignored him, but another journalist asked him to respond, because he broke the agreement of silence in the locker room by publicly explaining the reasons why Rivaldo was removed from the team. That’s when Louis van Gaal broke up. He strongly accused the journalist Rafael Carbonell of being “very bad” and always making a “negative interpretation” of the situation he experienced in the locker room, “never positive.” The two journalists, the one who asked him -Rafa Carbonell- and the one who asked him for an answer –Edwin Winkelsthey got up and left the press room, while Van Gaal wished the rest of the reporters a merry Christmas and the ushering in of the new millennium.
Source: La Verdad
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