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Looking at them in the white of their eyes: Danny Alves, the champion of victories over Real returns to the Clásico - Walla! sport

2022-01-12T12:34:11.218Z


He defeated the sworn rival in white no less than 22 times, including 14 in the Barcelona uniform. He also has two constitutive and spectacular goals for Iker Casillas' net.


Looking at them in the white of their eyes: Danny Elbas, the winner of the win over Real returns to the Clásico

He defeated the sworn rival in white no less than 22 times, including 14 in the Barcelona uniform.

He also has two constitutive and spectacular goals for Iker Casillas' net.

At 38, the legendary Brazilian defender returns to Clásico No. 28 in his career in the Super Cup semi-final (21:00, Sport4), and it's time to cuddle up to the memories

Michael Yochin

12/01/2022

Wednesday, January 12, 2022, 3:00 p.m.

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Leo Messi and Sergio Busquets have 19, Gerard Pique 18, Xavi 17, Andres Iniesta 16, Carles Puyol just 12. Danny Alves puts them all in the little pocket - he is the world champion in victories over Real Madrid with 22 such.

This is, of course, also due to the fact that the Brazilian defender has faced the Whites 45 times during his career (like Messi), so he also knew quite a few disappointments and 16 losses against the Royal Club of Spain, but it only strengthens rich history and adds motivation when he sees The white shirts in front of him.



Tonight (Wednesday) when he returns to the Clasico (21:00, Sport4) at the age of 38, he will be determined to achieve only one thing - the 23rd victory, while the memories will flood him.

The veteran star will never forget his conquests against Real.

He only had two goals in those 45 fights, but what goals those were!

It will not be easy to choose which was more beautiful, more important and more constitutive.

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Disassemble the galacticus within 14 minutes

Perhaps the first, because it was the debut goal of his European career, in a game that first made him to the big headlines and established his status as a rising star in the Spanish football sky.

It was on November 9, 2003. Real were the table leader and reigning champions, having recently sacked Vicente del Bosque in light of the Champions League semi-final defeat.



Portuguese Carlos Cyrus led the galactic squad with Raul, Ronaldo, Luis Figo, Zinedine Zidane and David Beckham in the squad.

Sevilla were a modest team that had returned to the Premier League just two years earlier and were trying to make their way back with academy players and a successful acquisition.

For the meeting in question, she came from 14th place, with only two victories in the first 10 rounds.



In short, the favorite identity was not questioned.

Even the most ardent and optimistic fans at Ramon Sanchez Pishwan Stadium could not foresee what a crazy show awaited them in the first half as the Andalusians tore Real to shreds.

The 20-year-old Alves, in his first full season in Sevilla after moving from Bahia, with the number 8 on his back, was unstoppable on the right wing.



In the 5th minute, he sent a wide ball that frightened the defense, and especially Ruben Gonzalez - the young stopper who grew up in Real's academy, and was supposed to be promoted as part of President Florentino Perez's "Zidane and Fabon" vision.

The visit to Sevilla put an end to the unfortunate Ruben's hopes that he was replaced in the middle of the first half, and no longer played in a Real Madrid uniform in the senior league.

Kairosh did not like how he slammed the sly elevation of Alves straight at the body of Ivan Lagra, and from there it became a former self.

Always enjoys humiliating Real.

Danny Alves (Photo: GettyImages, Queimadelos Alonso)

The jab over Casillas' hands

Two minutes passed, and Alves snatched the ball to Zidane to take the Andalusians for a quick and lethal outburst, at the end of which Jose Antonio Rice cooked for Dario Silva. It is sad to see this gate now, knowing that the Spanish winger was killed in a car accident in 2019, and the Uruguayan striker lost a leg in his own car accident back in 2006. Rice was then 20 years old like Alves, one of the hottest young names in Europe, just before moving to Arsenal, and the game against Real was tremendous for him, but the Brazilian even surpassed him - especially in the 14th minute.



It was a moment of pure glory in the fullest sense of the word. Alves, who was still nicknamed "Daniel" by the Spanish broadcaster, started the gallop in half of his pitch, passed Zidane lightly, sent a ball to Antonio and ran forward to get it back. The Spanish striker did his part perfectly, the Brazilian found himself in front of Iker Casillas and bounced over his head. Yes, Danny Alves' first European goal was scored with a jab, though he enthusiastically added to the net after the ball had already crossed the line, so in some sources it was not so mistakenly recorded. Between us, it does not really matter - the important thing is that the result was 0: 3 after a quarter of an hour, and Alves was involved in all the goals.



"Daniel" took off his shirt and went out dancing, while Cyrus sat stunned on the bench, Casillas scolded Gutti, Gotti was furious with Casillas, Figo wanted to bury himself, Zidane spat nervously on the grass and Raul grabbed his head.

So, more than 18 years ago, the Brazilian enjoyed humiliating Real Madrid for the first time in his life, and that feeling always accompanied him.

It was a divine performance that led him to believe that the sky was the limit for him.

Sevilla led 0: 4 at the break, won 1: 4, and started to climb up.

She finished the 2003/04 season in sixth place, and since then has not had a season in which she was not ranked at the top of the table.

There was no player who immediately fit so perfectly into his lineup.

Pep Guardiola (Photo: Reuters)

Pep's first and best purchase

And maybe the second gate was nicer and more fun after all? It was on January 25, 2012, exactly a decade ago, in Pep Guardiola's fourth and final season as Barcelona coach. Alves was the Catalan's first acquisition in the summer of 2008, and also the most successful of all by a considerable margin. There was no player who immediately fit so perfectly into the Blaugrana lineup, and became an integral part of the campaign to take over Spanish and European football. The defender later revealed that Real also coveted his services when he played in Sevilla, but he chose to "follow the heart", as he defined it. The heart definitely sent him to the right place, and he won all the possible titles already in his first season at Camp Nou.



With Pep, Alves has twice lifted the Champions Cup, collected three championships in the first three seasons in Catalonia, and the vast majority of Clasico meetings during this period ended in big celebrations. He was there at 2: 6 at the Santiago Bernabeu in May 2009, and also at the mythical and historic 0: 5 in November 2010 that derailed Jose Mourinho.



However, in the 2011/12 season, despite the glorious victory in the Clasico in Madrid, the Whites actually led the table, and the chance of losing the championship was very tangible.

That’s why a pair of Clasico encounters in the Cup quarter-finals became even more thought-provoking.

Barça lost to Real in the final in 2011, and winning the Copa del Rey emerged as the only option to win a local title.

Danny Alves wins against Real Madrid in 2012 (Photo: official website, from YouTube)

Missile long-distance connections in the Clásico

In the first game in Madrid, the Catalans won 1: 2, thanks to a very rare victory goal by left defender Arik Avidal. So in return, a week later, it was the right defender's turn to celebrate. Pedro gave the Blaugrana the lead in the 43rd minute, and even before the whistle for the break came Elbas' moment. Messi's free-kick from the left hit Lasana Diarra and rolled into the opposite extension corner, where the Brazilian was waiting for him with his leg ready. The missile for Iker Casillas' distant connections was unstoppable, and in terms of quality of workmanship it was one of the most beautiful goals in the entire history of the classic games between Barça and Real.



It was perfection, and dancing with Avidal in front of the enthusiastic Camp Nou stands only made the event more exciting.

Thus Barça went up to 1: 4 in total, but it was a critical goal, because Real scored twice in the second half, equalized to 2: 2 on the specific evening, and was not far from completing a comeback.

Barcelona went on to win the trophy - Guardiola's last title in Spain.

For Alves, it turned out in retrospect that this was only the middle of his term.

He left in 2016, in rather jarring tones, after his relationship with the club and the media gradually deteriorated.

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More than 100 cooks in Barcelona

"One can only imagine what I would have achieved if I had been a good player," he remarked cynically in 2016 in one of his last interviews as a Barça player. Facing those who enjoyed focusing on his shortcomings, he presented six championship wins, three Champions League wins, four King’s Cup wins, not to mention a Spanish Supercup (four wins), a European Supercup (three wins) and a World Cup for teams (three wins).



The balance showed 21 goals and 101 assists in 391 games. More than 100 cooks in one group for Magen! Has anyone else come close to such a statistical balance? Maybe if he had been a really good player, Alves would have reached the 200 as well. One can understand the mischievous spark in his eyes when he released this sentence. He deserved another farewell.



However, with all the bitter taste that accompanied his departure, and with all the harsh statements condemning the Barça management that came out of his mouth later, the intense love that is in his heart for this club cannot be extinguished.

So he returned with the slippers at the age of 38 to become the oldest player in the history of Blaugrana precisely in the most difficult time of the club.

Some players would have avoided it, because this comeback is not risk-free.



Alves was a key hero in the most successful era in all of Barcelona's history, but now he can tarnish his resume in a completely different era, and be a partner in humiliation.

This is not really a trivial choice, nor is the financial consideration at all here.

He returned to help, in the right-back position where no solution has been found for more than six years without him, and already in his first league game he recorded an assist with a perfect raise to the head of Luc de Jong.

So now he has 102 tackles in the Barça uniform.

The comeback is not without risk.

Danny Alves (Photo: GettyImages, David Ramos)

With shirt number 8, as in 2003

And now comes the Clasico, in the Super Cup semi-final in Saudi Arabia.

Clasico number 28 in Danny Alves' career, with the number 8 on the back, as in the Sevilla uniform in 2003.

He currently has 14 wins, facing seven losses and six draws.

In addition to that title, there are also four cooks, and countless marvelous performances, on which one can write an entire book.

Remember, for example, how he passed the ball between Cristiano Ronaldo's legs in a league game in October 2013?

Barcelona fans can not forget such things, and now there is an opportunity to add something more special to the collection.



Tomorrow he will not meet Ronaldo in the wing, but Vinicius, who was three years old when Alves scored his first goal against Real.

It will not be easy, but with Danny Alves on the pitch Barcelona's chances are definitely upgrading.

It just can not be otherwise.

He is the world champion in victories over Real Madrid.



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