Flick's miracle and Madrid heritage

I say curious because in the Madrid's DNA does not ask the problem so, there is rather “porlos” or “vamos” (“on them and at the cashier”, if I still opened the door of parallels), closer to the character of the winner with whom this club has become accustomed to.

And, at the peak, it was to work. Real Madrid has done at Sevilla perhaps the best (second) half this season in a duel with a redoubtable opponent. Coming after a first part in the line of the latest benefits, without shot on the gate and almost without counting in the game, just limiting to contemplate the rival's passenger machine.

Ancelotti's changes, not only Mbappe, but also those made immediately after the break, gave birth to a repontade chicken What, I am convinced, brought back before all those who were watching this match, the theory that Real Madrid does not usually lose the important finals they play. And this was an important final, well over the Saudi Super Cup for example.

The problem of Madrileni is that Hansi Flick does not lose final, and Hansi's Barcelona is superior to Xavi's Barcelona for a simple reason: He learned the German mentality of his coach, complemented by seriousness and an almost unreal tranquility.

So this good half of Madrid has transformed into an excuses of rigor to the most puddles, “Remontadus interruptus”. Barcelona won the trophy and shortened this epic, umbilical thread, with which Real Madrid had become accustomed to us, because usually this type of party, with this epic woven thread, was won by Real Madrid.

And this success showed us, which comes to confirm the supremacy of the Catalans this season, the fact that a team in the true sense of the word is always preferable to a group of superstars who are not too able to overcome their egos and to show that they are capable of solidarity gestures.

And here I have only one example, I think conclusive, the 1-0 goal scored by Pedri. Seek to review the phase and try to find Bellingham in her context.

The Englishman, whose performance was not at all annoying, on the contrary, looking for a goal pass for Vinicius (my sensation is that it would have been offside, but it does not matter), no finds because Pau Cubarsi (18 years! he found not even a white shirt.

The team spirit also trains it, not just the offspring, and here Ancelotti has a problem. Not to mention that even offside exits do not seem too trained in Madrid.

Hansi's Barcelona and Pep Comparisons

That Barcelona is a well -trained team, I think there are no doubt. What Hansi Flick managed this season is a small miracle, no matter how everything will end. Some are trying to find similarities between Barcelona's Flick and Guardiola, from Pep's first season.

There can be possible comparisons at the level of expectations, because even then, after two consecutive championships of Real Madrid, there were not many, but at the lot level I think they have no point.

Three quarters of Pep's team had won the Champions League in 2006, the attack was Messi-Eto'o-Henry, the defense leader was Puyol, Xavi was 28 years old, Iniest 25, Dani Alves had come, the defensive were Abidal and Rafa Marquez, only Busquets can create some similarities to what exists today.

In addition, Guardiola was since then obsessed with tactics, by that “Juego de Posicion” interwoven with “Juego de Pposion”, detached from Cruyff's ideas, which Flick is not and, between us, it does not have as long as his locker room is populated by students and students.

Which, however, have in their attitude and that age -specific unconsciousness. “If Real Madrid gives us a goal, it doesn't matter. If Real Madrid gives us two goals, it doesn't matter. We are better and we have shown.”

That's what Lamine Yamal says, who is not 18, and these words sound strange if we remember how teams like City, PSG, Bayern, Chelsea after they scored a goal from Madrid. As if the shots, the children from the Barcelona locker room “stole” what was believed to be only the heritage of Madrid.

What is following now for Catalans? “Double” with Inter, extremely difficult, because at the physical level Flick's team seems at the end of the powers. However, the energy that such a victory gives you can be extremely important, and here, yes, you can make comparisons with that first season of Guardiola, because the “triple” has since started after the Spanish Cup won with Bilbao.

The championship seems well seated, even though it is still a “classic” to dispute, especially because of that sense of inferiority of the Madrid I was talking about. In Madrid there is also the problem of Ancelotti (many I think will not be the one who will lead the team to the club world), and the mood is below the sea level.

Above all, the sensation is that Hansi Flick brought Barcelona at the top of the continental hierarchy, and this thing is not only accounting for the trophies won, but especially by the image it transmits. From this point of view, including (or especially) with what he did in the match, Real Madrid has a problem.

PS 1

The calculations for the golden balloon have already begun. And, obviously, the players of Barcelona are well positioned here, especially since it is without major final tournaments. Raphinha and Lamine Yamal are the most publicized. But I can afford a question in this sense: with Pedri how do we do it? I do not think there is a player today to condition the game of his team as Pedri so much.

The quiet of this 22 -year -old boy reminds of Xavi, and the invention of Iniesta. At 28 years old. Following the example of the two, probably, if the problem arises, Pedri will lose the ball in the duel with the two colleagues. Usually when Pedri loses the balloon, Barcelona has a problem, see the 1-1 emptiness on Saturday, but this time, if so, there will be no consequences. Precisely because Pedri looks like the same dough with Xavi and Iniesta.

PS 2

A match like this is also judged at the level of details. One reminded him above, the ball lost by Pedri who led to the goal of 1-1. There is something like this in the other camp. Two essential people in the victories of Madrid of the past, Courtois and Modric, seriously wrong at the two successes with which Barcelona succeeded “Remontada”

PS 3

The man of the match was appointed Ferran Torres, But I think it is unfair not to mention here the name of Jules Kunde. “If I keep it back, he starts to run around the house at 3 in the morning, so I prefer to put it,” joked Hansi Flick about the French international, his most used player, 4380 minutes and 49 matches as a holder.

In addition, “Relevo” offered a less known detail: this summer, after the semi-final of the euro lost by France with Spain, Kunde rested for two days and presented at the training of Barcelona, ​​to meet his new coach.

Then he went to Los Angeles, to a specialized center, to improve his left-oriented peripheral vision, because he realized that his position in the field will now be that of the right defender. The sprint that he made at the goal phase, after two hours of intense play, the oriented and completion could not be made without an exemplary physical state.

PS4

Absolutely lamentable time at which this final was scheduled. 10 o'clock in the evening in Spain is not necessarily a very late, but for dinner, not for football.