The perverse writer of football created his first diabolic evening for the season and decided for diversity Barcelona and Real Madrid not to be couplings in exquisiteness, but solidarity in its mediocrity. The spectacle of Barca at Butarque offered Dante paintings, and Madrid collapsed in Seville only two hours after the blunder of the tragedy;also without greatness, also without excuses.
Just as the moose had gone to sleep in shock, they received an unexpected oxygen bomb from their eternal rival. The Catalan team, however, will do well not to be tempted by this circle of emotions because it crashes in itself at the worst game in the Ernesto Valverde era; a coach who came up with a dazzling image of an unexpected, as difficult to swallow a defeat. A defeat, which showed the ugly face of the champions who refused after the game to congratulate the modest but deserved opponents.
Because the title of this game is the Leader lost by the queer -;news wit h surreal notes and without any justification. The development of the game via career of messi made it even more unbelievable:Leganes turned the champion after an early goal by Philippe Coutinho after a magnificent play by Lionel Messi and after a beam. Then began the free fall of a team whose fuse turned out like never before in La Liga with Valverde on the bench.
Last year there were many opinions about Barca`s game, but there was a consensus on the solidity of the team. Now only six rounds were needed to break it (7 goals were scored in the period - as was only allowed in the 18th round last season), on which basis the double was won.
From Butarque`s disaster, the whole protection in a bundle comes tainted, starting with a Gerard Pique, who has surely made the most infantile mistake in his career illustrating his dubious mental state at the moment. Pique, however, was only a pa rt of the overall turmoil, which also saw Samuel Umtiti, who had come back from the World Cup, and Thomas Vermaelen, apparently suffering from the coach`s incomprehensible decision to let him back;where its defects are very manifest. What is your best striker in the world after having the weakest protection from the La Liga title?!
Undoubtedly, Valverde is guilty of what happened. Once again, I turned my lineup without success, once again had to fix it on the move, once again showed a lack of ambition and courage, once again did not see how the change to 1-4-3-3 did not have the same effect as 1-4-4-2 and once again his shifts did not work:he was confined to changing players in the same position and did not bring his team to a double hit. Warning, because this is the first serious warning that something is not working properly!
In Sevilla, however, Madrid, although he learned the news from Butarque, inexplicably like his eternal rival, went on a strol l and, as last year, Julen Lopetegui as Zinedine Zidane could not find a response to the enemy system 1-3-5-2, except to build its mirror - with Lucas Vazquez and Marcello as back wings and three central defenders.
