Ernesto Valverde has adhered "absolutely" to the official statement of a club dissatisfied with the sentence of 'procés'. And he has done it "because in the club we are all represented". It follows, then, that employees, think as they think, should publicly submit their opinions to that of the boss. To the one who pays them and, therefore, rules in their ideas, pushing them towards servility or reducing them to silence.

Barça players, even if they are not Catalan, even if they are foreigners, have always celebrated the titles shouting "Visca Barça and visca Catalunya!", As if it were in the contract. Curious exclusive feature. We do not imagine, supposing, the players of Seville exclaiming: "Long live Seville and long live Andalusia!" If that were the case and Juanma Moreno heard it while El Barrio sounds, it would make him want to go for some fine drinks. On the other hand, when Torra hears «Visca Barça and visca Catalunya!» With Els Segadors in the background, he wants to invade Andorra.

That two-way Barça scream has never been innocent or routine. It contained at the time a Catalan reaffirmation in front of the dictatorship of Franco , to whom the entity, schizophrenic, awarded medals. The same as now, with deferred heroism, withdraws his mummified corpse. The ritual shout institutionally identifies Barça today with sovereignty in rebellion. In homage to Tezanos , the club justifies "democratically" its position by using its own cooking surveys according to which more than 70% of the members support the statement. Since when are the bloated political issues consulted to legitimize positions that exceed the nature and purpose of sports clubs?

Too bad Piqué has withdrawn from the selection. It would have been interesting to see him against Sweden, one day after the court ruling, plunged into the schizophrenia of representing Spain while abominating her. Already without veils, freed from his awkward ambivalence, he hurried, along with his servant Roberto Sergi , to position himself with the club in repudiation of the Supreme.

Messi is silent about it. In the locker room there is a football captain and an ideological captain. An activist leader who prevails over a herd of fearful, gregarious or indifferent beings. Men unable to claim, from the strength of their status, the political neutrality of football and tell Bartomeu : "Not in my name."

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