• Sarabia. "I am proud to be as I am, I will remain the same"

Destructive inertia involves the story. Josep Maria Bartomeu , who entered the box with his daily smile, that of Kafka's novel bureaucrat, undertook the second consecutive row of the Camp Nou. Martin Braithwaite, welcomed by the fan for his efforts to carry the lifeguards that nobody wants, ran and ran as if he were living in it. Feeling that few share. But the club does not have a better thermometer to assess your health than Leo Messi. And the Argentine is increasingly tormented by the mediocrity that surrounds him. He suffocates the helplessness of those who walk by walking. Because you barely sense a direction. Or an end. [1-0: Narration and statistics]

If Barcelona survived the Royal Society, and itself, on another dramatic afternoon it was thanks to technology. Because the main referee, Martínez Munuera , did not even know what that was about when he was called up for ten minutes. From the VAR they noticed that, after a center by Arturo Vidal and a failed shot by Lenglet, the ball had hit Le Normand's arm. The central of the Real went to the bulge, without looking, and with the limb out of control. Another thing is that video arbitration, beyond imparting justice, is turning this sport into an incomprehensible spectacle in the face of such a disparity of criteria.

Messi scored from eleven meters and celebrated with rage. No wonder. A couple of episodes allowed the handful of demons that come to haunt him to come to light. After half an hour, and in an action that only required good control, the Rosario saw how the booty did not follow the orders of his head. The ball slipped under his heels, and Messi slapped the air . And that the Argentine came from stealing a ball in the band that, had it not been for the firmness of Remiro, would have concluded in the first goal of the match.

Although nothing seemed to calm the 'ten'. The despair grew so much that, once he saw that he was late for a crossing with Merino, he took the Real Sociedad midfielder ahead. The kick cost him a yellow card. You already saw one in the classic past at the Bernabéu. And another in San Paolo in front of Naples.

Braithwaite shaker

It did not take the stage to become the fault for Barcelona. Quique Setién, who ordered his assistant, Eder Sarabia , to moderate his behavior in the face of the terror infused by his own booth, raised a game with some novelties. Although none of them just worked against a Real Sociedad that did nothing but show the reason for its excellent season.

Setién, after his last experiments with that 4-4-2 in which Arturo Vidal exercised as an extreme, he returned to 4-3-3. Rakitic, despite his twilight trend, held the position of Arthur, unable to leave his position of privilege in nursing. Lenglet evidenced the incomprehensibility of the latest Umtiti ownership. Messi claimed a place in the center of the attack with two receivers on the banks. Griezmann, this time on the right, did little more or less than on the left. A constant rattling around nobody's areas. On the opposite shore he developed his momentum Braithwaite , a great protagonist in the first half hour. Once the muscles were squeezed, he had to be another spectator.

Although it had been months since a player from Barcelona was seen leaving the skin in space. Braithwaite, agitator in what looked like a funeral, even tried to shake the stands by raising his arms and claiming some heat. The former Leganés footballer started with a change of pace and a left-footed shot . He continued with a more tame shot, a goal shot canceled out of play and even a stub that ended out. A hyperactivity that forced his classmates not to look at the ground.

The Real Sociedad de Imanol did not pay the fatigue after catching this week's Cup final. Imanol Alguacil made five changes with respect to the team that survived in Miranda de Ebro. His pulse did not even tremble when he left out Oyarzabal, recruited after the break. The young Barrenetxea, of only 18 years, percussed in the area of ​​Semedo. While between Odegaard, Portu and Isak converted each exit of Barça ball into an ordeal for Ter Stegen. The Real did not need to create real danger to be threatening.

A feeling of harassment by the people of San Sebastian who only grew in the second act. The government was his. And also the occasions, already under the offensive leadership of Oyarzabal. By then, Braithwaite was already without lungs, Messi had remained within a span of redemption and Rakitic had received the sentence from Camp Nou. The Croatian was frowning viciously by a fan who applauded to rage his replacement, Arturo Vidal.

The Chilean, what things, was the one who illuminated with his center to the area the way to the triumph of a Barcelona that crossed himself before the VAR. And the Royal Society, between indignation and helplessness to see how Griezmann made Monreal fall out of the area without punishment, could only wonder why his grief. He hasn't won at Camp Nou for 27 seasons. He could not even relieve him that the referee annulled a goal in the addition to Jordi Alba , who could not think of anything other than to challenge his own hobby to keep whistling.

A dantesque show that, however, allows Barcelona to continue in the battle for the League. And that reinforces the sordid story referenced by Cormac McCarthy in his 'Blood Meridian': "It doesn't matter what people think about war. War goes on. It's like asking what they think about the stone."

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