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In addition to meeting every morning in the mirror, I am considered to be a rare bug for other things, as for example to see with good eyes that Joan Laporta expresses publicly his ideology. I begin being quite tired of that every word that it relates to Laporta and the politics is to speak badly, to criticize it of one exceedingly extraordinary. And the fact is that also, it seems that every day they are more and grow in confidence, or both things.

It makes grace great to me when they shout to matador and catastrophe that the president of the Barcelona should not mix sport and politics. The laugh disappears to open way to the indignation when those who release “that“ for the mouth are the same that do the fat sight with the one who really mixes sport and politics.

I do not believe that Joan Laporta mixes the Barcelona with the politics. True that it dyes the barcelonismo with peculiarities of the catalanism, which are seen engrandecidas with the Catalan fanaticism of his president, but it does not stop being a superficial fact that the Barcelona takes as a typical phrase with “més that a club” or the senyenera in a slightly showy area of the T-shirt.

Perhaps all this is an excuse to be able to put hand to Laporta, the only route in which to be able to rant with the obligation of not remembering that it has gained two Champions, that it has done history with a triplete or that it has managed to do a daydream Barcelona.

There are still the people who reproaches Gregorio Manzano for the period 03/04. That campaign the technician jiennense accepted the challenge of taking the reins of the Athletic one of Madrid, newly promoted. The weapon that gave to him to battle was vulgar, this is the reality. And despite that the mattress-makers fought to play in Europe almost until the end. Matías Lequi, Musampa, Simeone in his most gray stage, Gaspar, Of the Saints, Sergi, Friend or Nikolaidis were some of the men with those who from Vicente Calderón were trying to fight for there came to the Champions … An authentic figment that not even promising Fernando Torres and the talent of Ariel Ibagaza could achieve.

Not even much less Apple tree was the culprit of that return frustrated to the First and the time has given him the account, despite his unfortunate step along the Malaga, reaffirming his worth as technician in the place where it has achieved more important successes: Majorca. When it came in February, 2006 to substitute Cúper, few ones were betting for the salvation of the vermilions, but Gregorio turned out to be revulsive. To the following year it saved it with guarantees, in 07/08 it even threatened in spite of fighting for the UEFA and in the previous campaign, although they took most of the stars, the team achieved the salvation again, although in January many were giving it lowered.

This year Majorca, which yesterday fell down worthily in Sánchez Pizjuán, looks of bearing the type. As sometimes previous, Cléber Santana and Arango has to be reinvented, after the march this summer of Jury, three fundamental pieces in the previous exercise. With humble signings, Apple tree again has a warm potato in his hands and for prompt the thing does not do badly.

The good technical staff not necessary is those who gain qualifications. There are very good trainers who gain everything, but also there are other normalitos that for directing crack teams can take one League. Apple tree has never been lucky to direct a big one, but there where it has always been it has expired. His stamp is indelible, despite the change of cards, to worse, obviously. He bets for 4-4-1-1, but his men for bands are not the extreme outstanding figures, but less explosive players but yes more versatile, that contribute major presence in the midfield, his big target, facet in which there collaborates the attacker who is behind the front center. The idea of Apple tree is to have many players in the watershed, with the first well anticipated two lines, despite playing out, although sometimes like those of yesterday before the most powerful impossible one it becomes impossible to contain the rival so above.

The arguments vermilions are really ordinary. East type might be eleven: Auoate; Josemi, Nunes, Ramis, Ayoze; Varela, Mario (very much eye with this player), Martí, Tuni; Víctor and Adúriz. There are no stars, as it sees the léctor, but yes a worth and praiseworthy team sensation in all the meetings that has played. Majorca is going to spend it badly, because the true thing is that every year they are depriving him of his best tricks, but it transmits good sensations, thanks to the identity of set that his technician prints.

I wonder how many times I will have the sensation of verifying how the word “perfection“ is exceeded in my reference threshold. I was thinking about having seen the perfect party in the last final of the Champions League. But for this one Barca there is always one more step above. It is true that the rival yesterday event was not lodging danger you do not even grasp in the sleeve, nevertheless this step is necessary to raise it equally.

‘Perfect‘ it is defined in RAE as that one or that one that has the biggest possible grade of kindness or excellence in his line. And in case of this one Barca, he never goes so far as to know if his biggest excellence grade has reached. The facility with which they play scorer overwhelms more than his capacity, more than his absolute control of the game. The Racing turned out to be knocked down between a soccer of book and between its own powerlessness, which with the step of the minutes was on the increase. Messi, the visible head of this Olympus, shone for his exquisiteness of movements and his amazing auction.

But like a lot of Gods, and some other earthlings to whom we have labeled them thus, nobody is perfect. The perfection does not exist, as would say that one, because everything is improvable. True, although the perfection of this one Barca resides in this amazing quality of imposing its own game rhythm, always of dominating without being dominated, of calculating every pass and every move to the millimeter, of knowing what movement to do in every moment.

This exhaustive calculation of his game, this full self-knowledge is what does that it is Barca is practically unbeatable. It is not perfect, but it emulates it very well. With more solutions than movements in the chess, only the fortune (an imperfect science, since it is completely inaccessible and impossible to govern) it can be imposed like rival before this team. Before the rest of phenomena (let’s call him Racing, let’s call him Athletic …) the makers of a perfect party already they know them. They dress of blue and cochineal.

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The soccer, although sometimes some of them claim to complicate it, has a few relatively simple reasonings. Not always, that is like that, two more two are four, but in general this mathematical operation approaches the resultant number. Another day, seeing the party of Madrid, I verified that the love, or big part, went so far as to whistle to those of Pellegrini. The motive, seemingly, is the desire of the community meringue of seeing his team dancing on the lawn as the Barca does it. To say that they ask too much is a big truth, I even dare to say that the Bernabéu requests an impossible one, unless from the stool one is condenadamente bravely.

The Barca plays like nobody, not for having to possibly better player of the world, Messi. The Barca is only because it hoards to two mediocentros more ingenious than the planet. There are many and good, but nobody sees the development of the game like Xavi and Iniesta. Hence, when Xavi and Iniesta are on the lawn, the rivals tremble. This couple is the engine that works properly to the current League champion, then Messi is, that of nothing does to you everything, Daniel, who for the right avoids the limits of the speed, Ibrahimovic, Henry … But the epicenter blaugrana is in these two small types, only in them.

Madrid will not be able to come to the excellence of the Barca, basically, because it does not have players in the midfield of the size of Iniesta and Xavi. Madrid is a sack of the first figures that decide a meeting to you to the minimal opposite absent-mindedness, but not a compact team. Madrid is so favorite to everything like the Barca, or even more, but it will never be able to win astonishing as the Barca does it, because his soccer comes from players who are not provided with the mental agility and resources of Xavi and Iniesta.

There is a possibility, nevertheless, of changing the history and of achieving Madrid that it fools, but for that Pellegrini has to be brave, very brave. It was not a coincidence that another day the meringues were playing his best minutes when Guti went out. Skylight that not. To play with Diarra and Stammerer, a puffed up soccer player, hinchadísimo, offers you little in the creative plane, rather not at all. But to play with Diarra, doing of squire, Stammerer helping, and Guti to his air, changes the history … The ideal thing, obviously the fact would be that Lass, Guti and Kaká were sharing track, then yes that there would be tomato. And what do we do when Xabi Alonso returns? Since to play with a trivote, Xabi, Guti and Lass, leaving free Kaka and placing in top Ronaldo and Benzema. The problem is that to extract that one eleven is necessary to have arrests, and the doubts that we can have at this point with Pellegrini are, the less, reasonable.

On Guti many things have been said and they will be said many other. Nevertheless, I believe that it is just to praise the evolution that this player has experienced. Of an indolent one with class, he has happened to be an elegant worker, a leader of team. I think that Guti with the years knows better, so that it seems incongruous to me to claim lofty Madrid in his forms with the second captain in the stool. Personally, I am attracted very much by the idea of seeing Guti along with Kaká, if this two connect Madrid yes he can acquire the style that his people wish. With Guti out that is impossible, because to play with a double pivot formed by Xabi Alonso and Diarra improves what existed earlier, obviously, but it is not going to give the longed excellence. Xabi Alonso is the most finished mediocentro, in defense it is haughty and it sees well the attacks, but it does not have the perception of the soccer of the Guti, Valerón, Iniesta, Xavi, Of the Rock and big others.

If Pellegrini wants that his team wins and convinces, perhaps it is time for it to raise one more drawing in consonance with what it has the Barca, to break the chains of 4-4-2 and to play with a top skylight, Benzema, two dynamic references it arrives like Ronaldo and Kaká and a line of three in the watershed: Lass destroys, Guti designs and Alonso is in all sides. This team drawing seems extremely attractive to me. The problem is that we load ourselves on seven, on the captain, … The collection of proverbs says to the untouchable one that who wants something, something costs him. Is there the question, as Madrid is able, perhaps be able, but the doubt in the air is to know if it will dare to sacrifice his sacred player after the common good.

It has not being the case during this week, but yes it is true that this month there have been other sports that they have occupied many hours in the television. We release in Notasdefútbol a new section a selection of other sports approaches the lovers of the soccer for when the soccer disappears of the TV set for a few hours. And they are great. And for it, what better that to sweep for house. In Weblogs SL we have other blogs who do not speak about soccer, and that I am sure that (if you do not know yet them) you will be interested in.

This week we want to share with you a series of interesting posts that have been raised in the rest of sports publications of the house. Moto22, RacingPasión, FueradeLímites and SaliraaGanar are part of the set of the sports blogs of Weblogs SL.

To start, to present an interview published in SaliraGanar to you: You does not the struggle-Real sound Madrid of the League with the duopoly that exists in handball, between Ciudad Real and Barcelona? Talant Dujshebaev, technician of the team of La Mancha, spoke this week for SaliraGanar. Part 1 and Part 2

In Moto22, a curious video that it is sure to the moteros that you the situation will sound. To the sure friend who him would not go badly a little of muscle, or already inestimable help of a Touré Yayá, a Zokora or a Cristiano Ronaldo.

I am sure of that many of you you dejásteis for the hour of Study Stadium the Mestalla appointment between the Valencia and the Sporting. And the fact is that at the same hour it was beginning an event that has hooked million Spanish. The final of the Eurobasketball 2009, where the selection delighted us with another title for our shop windows. Who would say to us that we might enjoy the selections of soccer and basketball like champions of Europe! The SaliraGanar partners have continued the Eurobasketball up to the Spanish gold.

The FueradeLimites partners bring an innovation over to us for those fans of the golf (that they are, and many). I am sure that Guti already has in his power this new invention of the world of the golf.

And to finish with the revision of this week, a polemic topic that it affects to the future of one of ours. The notice to Renault for the matter of Singapore 2008 and the expulsion of the chief of Fernando Alonso of the Formula 1, Flavio Briatore. I hope shortly we see, finally, the Asturian of red.

In Moto22 | We are going to raise the motorbike of the soil
In RacingPasion | HE ENTRUSTS It finds Renault guilty but it does not sanction it
In Fueradelimites | Kangaroo TV: if I go to a tournament I want one of those
In SaliraGanar | He interviews Talant Dujshebaev 1 and 2
In SaliraGanar | European Poland 2009: champions of Europe