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Smile, you ate it: a Clasico summary that became a dismal Barcelona thriller
Griezmann with one touch on the ball, Brightweight with a disgraceful balance in front of his beloved team, the wonderful Patti is replaced in a moment of insanity, dear Pianic dries on the bench, Langela thinks Ramos can be caught wide, and where has Messi gone?
Yochin on Clasico that could have provided quite a bit of material for a film by Yehuda Barkan
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Michael Yochin
Sunday, October 25, 2020, 8:30 p.m.
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89 minutes, Barcelona are behind in the Clasico, and need a central striker to save them.
So number 9 enters the lawn.
His name is Martin Brightweight, and he is a die-hard Real Madrid fan.
In the previous Clasico, at the Santiago Bernabeu in March, he came on as a substitute when the score was zero, and Barça lost 2-0.
This time, too, immediately after his entry, the Catalans absorbed.
The cumulative balance with the Dane, in return for which the unfortunate Legans was paid 20 million euros to bring it down in honor of the second division, in the Clásico stands, then, at zero right goals and three mandatory goals in 23 minutes.
The bet on him yesterday seemed like a prank in memory of Yehuda Barkan.
Want more prank?
you are welcome.
Ansu Patti was Barça's outstanding attacking player yesterday (Saturday), and not just because of the historic goal and artistic cooking for Filippa Coutinho who missed when it was easier to score and set up 1: 2.
This prodigy was wonderful mostly because he was active, made movement to the dead spaces, asked for the ball, and plenty of confidence.
Almost every positive move of the Blaugrana went through him.
So true, he got tired towards the end, but the idea of replacing him with Antoine Griezmann in the 81st minute borders on insanity.
With all due respect to the Frenchman, he is not exactly the player who will add motivation in the moment of truth if he does not feel backed by the boss.
He will not ask for the ball.
In fact, since his entry he has only touched him once - an amazing statistic on every scale.
Even Brightweight tried harder at the time of the injuries.
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The idea of replacing him with Griezmann borders on insanity.
Anso Patti (Photo: AP)
And Alvareda dedicated the goal to Suarez?
Want to laugh a little more?
Luis Suarez's last league loss in the Clasico was in April 2016. He was absent from the fiasco last March due to injury.
And maybe a certain drop in fitness justified thoughts of replacing him with a younger striker, but in the bottom line the Uruguayan was sent off in a disgraceful way that further ruined the club's image, the heir did not arrive, and yesterday every Barcelona fan would like to see the team's true number 9 on the pitch.
Instead, Suarez scored for Atletico Madrid against Betis several hours later, while at the Camp Nou he found the Uruguayan net he wore white.
Who knows, maybe Federico Valverda even sent a text message to his teammate in the style after the final whistle: "It's for you, Lewis."
The Uruguayans are a cohesive people.
They do not like when someone so blatantly disregards their symbol.
Oh, and there were also funny complaints from Barcelona about the penalty being whistled for its duty in the VAR intervention.
One could, of course, argue that the decisions were inconsistent, and only last week did Real Sociedad Robin Le Norman Ashkara rip off the shirt of striker Antonio Sanabria in the open, leaving him with a piece of cloth in his hand - and yet it was decided for some reason not to punish him.
It's ridiculous and absurd, and even for that Yehuda Barkan could have made a likable movie, but it does not give other actors permission to grab shirts.
Kalman Langela committed an offense, and there can be no argument about that.
Barça chose to launch a frontal attack on the refereeing despite everything, in a transparent attempt to improve positions for the rest of the season.
The thing is that this also harms the club's reputation and image.
One can complain about real discrimination, but claims detached from reality do not fit a club of this magnitude.
On second thought, what is already befitting of this age of management, which is nearing its dismal end?
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It is impossible to argue that there was an offense.
Langela (screenshot)
Real did not have a right-back
The pure truth is that Barcelona did not have a better time to meet Real.
The champion is in a very bad period professionally, and has not shown proper ability in any game since the beginning of the season.
This past week has been particularly catastrophic.
The newcomer Cadiz rightly dismantled Real, and deserved a much higher result than 0: 1, but even so it collected its first ever victory in Madrid.
Then came the second team of Shakhtar Donetsk beaten by the corona, and without the spectacular saves of Thibaut Courtois the Ukrainians would have achieved much more than 2: 3.
It was not bad luck for Zinedine Zidane.
These were two outrageous defeats for teams that appear on paper to be extremely inferior.
The situation is so serious that Real now have no right-back following the injuries of Danny Carvajal and Albero Odriosola.
Yesterday Nacho was also injured in the first half, and Lucas Waxx was called to the problematic box.
Barça, on the other hand, finally have a right-back, and Serginio Dest left a fantastic impression in his first Clasico.
The Dutch-American, not yet 20 years old, closed the wing well, ate without vinegar, and also made a significant contribution to the attack.
On the other hand, Jordi Alba was also good offensively, and his assist for Patti stressed that he does not have to cook only for Leo Messi.
He has already found a common language with the new star as well.
In short, in the perfect world for Barça, she would at least recreate the performances of Cadiz and Shakhtar.
Instead, the game was close, laden with gross errors by both teams - and it was ultimately decided due to a foul by Barça.
Perhaps the combination with Pjanic will be the solution.
Frankie de Jong (Photo: GettyImages)
De Jong is still looking for himself
Ronald Koeman's decisions in the first Clasico of his life have a significant impact on that.
After running, with relative success, Coutinho in his favorite role at the center, he shifted him again - like Ernesto Valverda - to the left wing, and received no output from the Brazilian.
Pedri, an inexperienced 17-year-old diamond, was pushed into a relatively retreating position from the right, did not receive proper output from him either - nor did he replace him in time.
In fact, the Dutchman waited until the very last minutes to make changes, then threw into the battle all four strikers he had on the bench and completely abandoned the home side who were vulnerable as well.
The game at the end was chaotic, Griezmann watched without interest, and Real happily celebrated in front of the sparse defense.
Luca Modric allowed himself to circus the net as if he were JJ Okocha.
Modric's entry, shortly after Real took the lead, benefited Real in general - they got an experienced and fresh player who organized the game in midfield.
This is exactly what Miralem Pjanic could theoretically have done for the Catalans, but the one Koeman preferred to leave on the bench.
If it is not used at all in the Clásico when the team needs a star with such a set of skills, one is asked to wonder already at this stage if there was any benefit in bringing him from Juventus beyond the infamous accounting exercise.
Currently, Barcelona's central link is not encouraging to say the least.
Sergio Busquets, who lost to Valverda when the Uruguayan scored the first goal, is no longer able to cover the slowness of Gerard Pique and Langela.
Frankie de Jong, who is set to flourish with Koeman who knows him great from the squad, is still not exhausting his potential in an undefined role.
On the one hand, he is confident that he is capable of replacing Bostex.
On the other hand, it is not certain that it is capable of flowering alongside Busquets.
Perhaps the combination with Pjanic, as tried against Frantzvaros in the Champions League, could be a solution, but it was not implemented even for a minute yesterday in the Clásico, and questions remained hanging in the air.
Lead the table even in times of severe crisis.
Real players (Photo: Reuters)
Zidane can send a stranger to Koman
And there is also the issue of Messi, who was close to conquest yesterday in the first half, but disappeared when the team needed him after the break.
The flea needs to rediscover joy of life and motivation after the saga of the attempted departure, and maybe it will happen after the management change, but in the meantime he is off, so it is natural that Courtois stopped his kick.
As for Real, it can draw encouragement from the fact that even in a difficult crisis, when most players experience a significant drop in their fitness, it leads the table.
This staff has already proven last season that it is capable of connecting to an efficient machine, even if not always brilliant.
The addition of Martin Edgor extended the options in the link, and the fact that an injury prevented him from participating in the first Clasico of his life is regrettable for the Norwegian.
He will contribute to the bricks when he recovers, and Eden Hazard will also feel like a new acquisition if and when he qualifies.
Meanwhile, it was a mediocre Clasico minus for Zidane in terms of ability, but he finished it off with a win, kept statistics undefeated at the Camp Nou, and the result changes 180 degrees the momentum after the poor performances so far.
And for that he has to send a big bouquet of flowers to an opponent.
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Spanish League 2020/21
Group
Mash
Netz
A.
Hp
Gates
Nk
1
Real Madrid
6
4
1
1
4-9
13
2
Athletico Madrid
5
3
2
0
1-10
11
3
Real Sociedad
6
3
2
1
2-10
11
4
Villarreal
6
3
2
1
8-8
11
5
Hattafa
5
3
1
1
3-5
10
6
Osasuna
6
3
1
2
4-6
10
7
Cadiz
6
3
1
2
6-7
10
8
Elche
5
3
1
1
4-5
10
9
Granada
5
3
1
1
8-7
10
10
Betis
7
3
0
4
11-7
9
11
Eber
7
2
2
3
6-5
8
12
Barcelona
5
2
1
2
5-9
7
13
Seville
5
2
1
2
4-5
7
14
Valencia
7
2
1
4
11-9
7
15
Athletic Bilbao
6
2
0
4
7-4
6
16
Waska
6
0
5
1
6-4
5
17
Celta de Vigo
6
1
2
3
9-3
5
18
Alabs
6
1
1
4
8-3
4
19
Valladolid
6
0
3
3
9-5
3
20
Levante
5
1
0
4
10-5
3
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