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First of all, I apologize to the reader for writing of Madrid. I understand that these days it must be saturated the one that reads these lines, in fact in our own blog we have touched several topics of the actuality meringue, essential, on the other hand. The case is that Madrid, for the small crisis through that he is living, is fashionable and I cannot refuse to give myself my opinion. The accusing fingers point at many directions, I believe than to all. On the one hand we have Florentino Pérez, a man who, for me, has fulfilled his part of the dealing. The chief brought stars, returned the illusion and everything trusted in Valdano. And here we enter the Argentinian, talkative one of good verb, which since the thumb went down to The Forest has brought the disorder to the white house. Valdano is the first one of the big culprits. He formed the team, recorded Pellegrini and brought players at his{your} pleasure. His, not that of Pellegrini. There reinforced the front part, good. It reinforced with two cracks the line of three quarters, very well. It reinforced the midfield, for me with the wrong man. And it did not reinforce the defense, especially the left side street, where Marcelo and Towers had not given the level in previous campaigns, very badly.

From Valdano the ball happens to Pellegrini. The technician has triumphed there where it has gone. His services sheet is irreproachable. It forged the epoch St Lawrence, campeonó in River and did it of movies in the Villarreal. But Madrid, they say, is Madrid. I believe that Pellegrini sold from the minute one, that is to say, did not claim anything, began to the Valdano arms with the closed eyes … And now he is a victim of his apathy.

In the last years the big problem of Madrid has been the game creation. The targets gained two consecutive Leagues and susbsitstieron last year by means of courage, criterion. Valdano brought Alonso, perhaps this was not what Pellegrini wanted, but the Chilean was never opposed to anything. It even allowed the Argentinian to say that it was his second option after Wenger. Badly, very badly. But let’s turn Alonso. Ex-of the Liverpool he looks like to me a big player, but not a distributor in strict sense. Him without going so far as to do disgust to the ball, it is neither Xavi nor Iniesta, not even Guti … Alonso is a wrong signing, because for this profile those of Concha Espina already had to the two Diarra, especially to Lass, and at the worst to Fernando Gago. But Xabi was recorded and it was said that Xabi was going to be the canalizador of the team, Valdano said it and thus the principal sports newspapers sold it in his fronts. There one of the mothers is of the lamb, undoubtedly.

This period Madrid started by marking the differences for Cristiano Ronaldo and everything what it includes. Because the portuguese not only generates, also it determines the rivals and leaves many hollows to be exploited. Without the Portuguese the targets have reduced his potential and his shames have stayed to the overdraft. Ronaldo’s absence has undressed Madrid, this way of simple.

And without Guti the situation becomes mediocre. It is necessary to realize well a concept: the only hope that this Madrid touches the ball and bewilders in the green is with the rubito in the field, there is not any more. Guti is extravagant but nobody in this staff sees like him the soccer. He is a detested player, there where it goes it receives whistles but when the ball takes hold the people, friends and enemies, they respect him, because few ones like him have a good time give him to the ball such an accurate geometric perspective. To relegate Guti to the step, without Christian, is like signing a death sentence. And if we add to that Raúl’s entitlement, which provokes Kaká’s displacement the band … As he would say that one, it extinguishes and vámonos. I do not know why of the fight of Guti and Pellegrini, but I believe that it is something that he should already manage, as soon as possible. Guti is uncontrollable, it is this way everlasting, but it is the hope of this team, although sometimes it exasperates to most calmed and they bring in desire of ordering it to pass. But for that it is the summer and the staff renewals. Now it is the wrong moment, undoubtedly.

This morning there have gone out a few declarations of his in which he was admitting that it goes out drinking until high hours of the dawn. The mass media have given him tow, some of form more disguised than others, but tow after all. Guti goes straight ahead and says what does it and the rest of his union. Because the players, most of them, know the night even better than the day. What Guti has said will be used in his against, but the reader remembers to big like Best, Corbatta, Garrincha or incredible René Houseman, who, certainly, today grants a small and interesting interview to EXPERT, in which it gives to Maradona, sayings is of step. All these players in some occasion went out to the field drunk, without sleeping, and gave him a lesson on the contrary. Because the soccer is so pure that not even the alcohol can spoil to the one that takes it inside when he treads a field of play. Or what is the same, I believe that drunk Guti distributes more game than Xabi Alonso and, obviously, that Stammerer … and also to Granary, other that Alcorcón is punished from that thing about, it is necessary to recover Guti at the price that is.

Then there are things that are not understood, like the topic of Sergio Ramos and his sanction. Valdano says that the trainer knew it at two o’clock of the evening, the trainer says that it had not even idea in the press conference later to the meeting … This lack of coordination gives to think that something does not go well in Madrid at structure level and that the relation between technician and general manager is not fluid. Nevertheless, in spite of these black thunderclouds, the best thing of everything the fact is that the white persons are still very alive in the important thing, to only one point in League of the Barca and depending on themselves in the Champions. In the Bernabéu it is still possible to channel the contracted situation that is breathed, although it would be suitable that a series of clear concepts was had.

Under my point of view, Raúl must be substitute, because his entitlement reduces Kaká, since it displaces it of the center. Raúl must know that his moment stayed far, however much some of them it try to put like the soccer player courage, which it is. But eye, which with courage does not gain itself anything unless your rivals are so vulgar as you, we it already saw the previous campaign. Raúl does not marry in a system that must seek protection in the mobility and the dynamism. I said already a few months ago, that Madrid should play with two mediocentros of defensive cut and the creative one, Guti, with Kaká and Ronaldo at his air and a top it arrives. Without Ronaldo, the best thing is to use a player of the style of Higuaín or even to Marcelo for the left, as another resource … Con Ronaldo Madrid will resuscitate insurance, because his unforeseeable rises open the defenses and there it is possible to enter loud snort. But if one wants order, until it is not recorded what should have recorded this summer, Guti is essential. Valdano, culprit, for recording badly. Pellegrini, culprit, for transigir with everything and not to be brave in his expositions, disregarding without what it is necessary to do. And Guti, probably, culprit, like so many other times, but basic, as the things are, to give sense to so much chaos.