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Classification The worrying situation of Barcelona
This Barcelona, that of
Ronald Koeman
, and also that of his four captains, is nonsense. A bad taste joke. And no one in the box can remedy it. His inability to compete with the greats of the League and his complete insufficiency in Europe is known. But the competition no longer matters. Neither the rival or the stage. The nonsense is always the same. The defeat occurred this time in Vallecas against a Rayo that had not beaten the Catalans for 19 years. Barça warps history in its wake. (Narration and statistics)
It was only necessary to see the cachazudo trot of
Philippe Coutinho
to understand everything. The decrepitude stayed to live in this team. Football also has an insulting ability to run over you when all hint of agility disappears. On feet, on ideas, what difference does it make. Every time the ball reached his domains, Coutinho had to imagine another present.
That he would be able to turn like a top, break two or three rivals and rehearse that thread that once led Barcelona to make him the most expensive signing in its history. But the dystopia always ends in the same way, with
Coutinho
, nailed in the memory, seeing how the ball makes fun of his narcotic bearing. He lost 15 balls, 12 only in the first half. What is incomprehensible is that he lasted 74 minutes on the field.
Nothing penalizes more in Vallecas than slowness.
The neighborhood swallows everyone who stops.
It is convenient against Rayo de
Iraola to
stake your face in each duel, something that this Barcelona cannot understand, which must still think that quality is enough.
The first game action was metaphorical.
Barça kickoff and first loss of the ball.
It got worse.
Óscar Trejo
, the franjirrojo captain who woke up looking for a goal from the center of the field, looked like the Cyclops
Polyphemus
devouring men.
The paw of the tiger
It was precisely Trejo who snatched a ball from
Sergio Busquets
that ended up being lethal.
Falcao
, 35, and
Piqué
, 34, were preparing to fight in a duel that ended up being too uneven. The Colombian did not even need to run. It was enough with a cut that left the central Barcelona to an eternity of the ball. With no one to bother him, Falcao pulled on instinct. He adjusted his hitting with his left foot so much that
Ter Stegen
could not help but repeat that gesture of helplessness that has now become a hallmark.
With the advantage caught, Rayo offered Barcelona the chance to redeem themselves. Although the tactical nonsense of this
Koeman
team is such
(it played 4-2-3-1, with
Dest
at the end and
Sergi Roberto
behind) that any option had to be born from individual momentum, never collective. And there who stood out the most, by far, was
Nico González
. The young man has inherited the clarity of ideas from the legendary
Fran
. While his companions looked at each other without knowing exactly what the hell to do, Nico generated advantages before each oriented control. A vertical pass with just enough power to dismember lines to
Kun Agüero
, for the first time a starter, should leave the Argentine alone before the goal
Dimitrievski
.
Aguero may no longer be asked to get to the ball first.
He did what he could.
He could barely touch the ball before the Rayo goalkeeper appeared.
A team that makes waters
Much less help the null confidence of the footballers, who must even believe themselves much worse than they are. It has happened to
Frenkie de Jong
, now injured. And it's happening to
Memphis Depay
, who started the season like lightning and now wanders like a lost soul. The Dutchman had, yes, two actions of merit that ended in the worst way. In the first act, and with 1-0 on the scoreboard, he crossed into the area for Sergiño Dest to repeat his shot into the nothing of the classic. While in the second half, already in the throes of Barcelona's harassment, Memphis forced a penalty on
Óscar Valentín
. He himself failed it. His gaze revealed defeat. And his stamping with the foot, conditioned by fear, confirmed it.
Koeman was nailed to his red Vallecas chair.
He drew players without rhyme or reason.
No plan.
Without sense.
He shook off Nico, his only beacon, as
Demir
,
Gavi,
and
Luuk de Jong
entered
.
Agüero, with his lungs in his windpipe, ended up hopelessly consumed in those eight minutes of addition that were of no use.
Piqué already said it against Atlético.
He also served against the Lightning.
Barça could have been playing for three hours that they would not have scored.
Soccer advances.
But Barcelona has been doing too much now that he doesn't even blink.
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