The battle of Real Madrid and Barcelona against their decline

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The

fight for survival.

The

does the resurrection.

Two ways of trying to leave behind a decline that broke out for the Catalans in

(2-8), and to which the whites have been approaching without remedy, with the fall against

as a serious warning.

The next classic gives off the aroma of decrepitude.

The two most successful clubs in Spanish football, the same ones that have shared 14 of the last 15 leagues (the hiatus for Atlético in 2014 is already far behind), have not reached the Champions League final for two years.

Something that had become a heavenly routine for five years, between the 2013-14 and 2017-18 seasons.

fled

, without anyone minimizing his absence.

would already score

.

Or the second line.

Or

and

, those young men who come and go.

Or

.

tried the escape without success, without nobody repairing in the consequences that this would cause.

Because he no longer has an escort to interpret him as

.

Because his team, in full gestation, now demands to live with him.

No longer live on it.

Meanwhile,

and

live in indifference.

An ugly wink of fate when it comes to those who should be capital in the reinvention, and for which the presidents

and

opened the safe before the pandemic prevented further waste.

Florentino now only spends on remodeling his stadium.

Bartomeu drags a debt of 820 million.

There are no fans in the fields that question.

And footballers are living more and more on the edge, with as many games as PCR's, and forced to lose privileges with new salary reductions.

Without the wheel of business turning.

Few times a cycle change was so difficult.

Dock

Zidane pays homage to an era;

Koeman, without references

is not discussed in the Real Madrid box

.

Confidence in the French coach is such that, even in October 2020, one can run into a starting line-up that, except for

and

, could well be anyone from the last five years.

In fact,

,

,

,

,

and Benzema, the base of the team against Cádiz, already participated in the 2014 Champions League final against Atlético.

If something characterized Zidane in success, it is his special ability in group management.

But also his eternal gratitude to those who brought him closer to the titles.

Footballers like

,

or even the aforementioned Isco, already insubstantial in the project, still appear.

While that legion of young people that

should lead

does not just have enough confidence - or to take the step forward - for the old guard to take a step back.

He

liked almost everything about

.

In addition to facing the problems both in the booth and in the press room, he dared to remove Suárez,

or

from the dressing room

.

Until after two convincing victories against

and

, the reality of the team became evident in the draw against

and the last defeat in

.

Where

or

do

not arrive,

,

or

must do so

.

The Dutchman, corseted in his idea of ​​the double pivot, is however failing his references.

Leo Messi still does not know how to adapt his genius at the end of the journey to the new scheme.

, whom Koeman hopes will be the quarterback who takes the ball and advances to the rival area, does not abandon his strange catatonic state.

Although nothing conditions more than the poor performance of Griezmann, unable to be noticed on the right or in the center.

Unable to save face with goals.

Koeman called in a center-back to start the game (

), a

holding

midfielder (

) and a multi-purpose forward with the ability to push (

).

None of that got.

He could barely start a side (

) while he was forced to give an invisible footballer like

, for which Bartomeu admitted the payment of 10 million euros.

Incomprehensible.

The star

Ramos and Messi, distrustful and without a resolved future

Nothing moves in the Real Madrid dressing room without the approval of Sergio Ramos.

But the white captain, already 34 years behind him and who is not guessed any relief in the center of the defense, has not yet resolved the renewal of a contract that concludes on June 30.

In other words, in less than three months he could freely negotiate with whoever he wanted.

Beyond the fact that the parties end up reaching an agreement for Ramos to conclude his career at the Bernabéu, his situation does not help stability.

Even more so when Florentino Pérez must begin in the coming weeks to negotiate a new salary cut among his players, something he achieved successfully and without media problems during confinement.

Bartomeu did not succeed then.

And not now.

Another storm is coming with that "temporary salary adjustment" that he seeks.

Messi, as team captain, has not managed to get all his teammates to make their own that burofax in which the ways of the board are discussed and an independent negotiation from the rest of the employees is intended.

, whose ancestry is growing in the club and about to sign its renewal,

and De Jong have not signed that group letter, according to

.

Messi, in addition, continues to wait to know what happens in the next elections to find out, whether it is still worth trying the adventure in Manchester with

or the reunion with

at PSG, or if the president who replaces Bartomeu He comes with Xavi Hernández under his arm.

Meanwhile, his game suffers.

The presidency

Nobody disputes Florentino;

Bartomeu tries to survive

Real Madrid, except for the three-year cycle of

(2006-2009), has not known another president in the last two decades than Florentino Pérez.

Without any opposition or need to go through electoral processes, the leader, who concludes his term next summer, will continue until the new Santiago Bernabéu is a reality.

Bartomeu may not even be able to start his pharaonic Espai Barça.

Keep crossing your fingers that the Generalitat, in the middle of the second wave of the pandemic, postpone the vote of no confidence that would accelerate its march.

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