Barça punishes an indolent Madrid and recovers stripes in the Desert Super Cup

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The name of

, the capital of

and for a week of

, derives from the plural of

, an Arabic word that is detailed in the

as "a garden that stands out from the rest due to its characteristics".

And there, in the middle of the desert of a peninsula far away from

,

built the garden of its desired and sought-after happiness.

A

(1-3) over

in a classic,

the 2021

and a psychological impulse to rise from its ashes.

On the grass of

,

forgot his style book and resorted to the most effective, fair and necessary to win his

as a Barça coach: intensity and high pressure, hallmarks of modern football, against

in divided balls, very thick with the ball and physically stiff.

They say that those of Ancelotti are in a "

" of physical preparation, a circumstance that can be used as a sports excuse for his performance, but never as the main reason for a

.

The first half, dominated by Barça in its entirety, sailed in a draw thanks to

until the Madridista chain of errors began.

Bad controls, bad passes, bad pressing, bad duels... A lack of control that Xavi's men enjoyed.

History says that

feels good in madness, in '

' of constant verticality.

That is where his

were born a few months ago.

But this Madrid has lost its

and

.

Barça, aware that

It came more from the work, the effort and the pressure to cause the rival's mistakes than from the

, he made them pay again with the same coin.

Three mistakes from Madrid

After half an hour, Busquets intercepted a bad pass from

to

at the top of the Madrid box,

picked up the loose ball, moved quickly to

and the Pole left

with a cross shot

.

It was a wink, a

.

He didn't need more to knock out his great enemy.

Nearing the break,

an attempt to pressure

in midfield, the Dutchman arrived earlier and left a perfect ball for

's career .

Exchanging his roles, the young Spaniard leaned over, waited for

's pressure and assisted

so that the former Bayern player, also alone in the area, finished off almost to an empty goal.

Ancelotti

did not give credit.

His team, mentally insurmountable in its successes and brimming with attitude when the most important titles were disputed,

.

An inexcusable question for a club created to lift trophies every year, however small they may be.

The second part summed up the current Madrid: a "

".

At the break,

, who had not been one of the worst but was the easiest change against the gallants of

.

Croatian and German curdled one of their worst games in recent months.

Without

, injured, the Real Madrid midfield loses his focus, and his French teammate has not been able to find him in the few, very few, opportunities that the coach has given her.

Vinicius and Rodrygo

, a threat of revulsion in the intermission, tried a start, more for heart than for legs and football, and Madrid continued without finding water in the desert.

Thirsty, he observed again

: another mistake, this time by

, who tried that horizontal and high pass towards the center of the field that all coaches since childhood have prohibited, resulted in the 0-3.

A run from

, a pass to

(MVP with a goal and two assists), an arrival from

at the far post... And a goal from the canary.

, with a goal in minute 92, made up the result but not the attitude of his team.

Barça's promises for the future breathed air into its present and filled with

a club that three months ago was dead, condemned to hell in the

and far from the continental elite.

The culé team has lifted the

and, what is more important, they once again know what the

necessary to succeed are.

Those that Madrid explained to Europe a few months ago and that now, as if nothing mattered, must be won again.

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