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Sandro Rosell, Barcelona president, has reignited the controversy that surrounded the La Liga campaign last season by saying: "We all know that the last edition of the Spanish League was very strange"
Rosell is alluding to the conspiracy theories doing the rounds in Spain and, allegedly, the power of five key men.
Angel Maria Villar, the man with the power
Angel Maria Villar, president of the Spanish RFEF, can virtually do whatever he wants. Despite sacking his General Secretary due to a supposed lack of loyalty or regularly organising unwelcome international friendlies in mid-August, Villar was recently re-elected for the seventh consecutive term with around 80% of votes.
Just an example: Angel Maria Villar has recently announced that Jose Mourinho's eye-poking incident with Tito Vilanova will go unpunished and there's nothing Barcelona can do about it but complain to the media. Can you think of any other competition that would allow a manager to physically attack another professional and get away with it? Of course not!
The bottom line here is that, I believe, had it been Pep Guardiola who attacked Real Madrid's assistant, things would have probably been quite different. But I guess we'll never know.
Florentino Perez, the money man
Florentino Perez spent over €400 million to build a team full of Galacticos during his first stint as Real Madrid president (2000-06). Players such as Zinedine Zidane, David Beckham or former Barcelona captain Luis Figo certainly didn't sign for free but, surprisingly, Perez announced he had cleared the club's debt in the process - He was later found to off the mark and ended up resigning from his post.
After a couple of years away, Florentino Perez returned to El Bernabeu and used over €350 million to build a team which has won one Liga and one Copa Del Rey in three seasons. Los Blancos have spent €96 million on Cristiano Ronaldo, €64 million Kaka and €30 million on Coentrao, to name a few.
Real Madrid has spent over €1000 million in signings since the year 2000. Considering how weak the Spanish economy is at this moment in time, that certainly sounds like an extortionate amount of money, right?
The New York Times recently reported: 'Grupo A.C.S. (construction company presided by Florentino Perez) is in the midst of a frantic campaign to sell off assets, pay down their €9 BILLION debt and further distance itself from a Spanish economy caught in a spiral of austerity and deflation' - Very interesting information indeed...
Barcelona have been way more successful in recent times but simply can't compete with Los Blancos when it comes to spending. Did I miss something here? Where does all that Real Madrid money come from? Is it simply TV rights and merchandising? How have Los Blancos managed to be the only team in La Liga without debt?
I guess that, at least for now, we will just have to admit that Florentino Perez is a genius when it comes to handling Real Madrid's finances.
Jose Mourinho, the man who nearly destroyed Spain
Jose Mourinho landed at Real Madrid in the summer of 2010 after Florentino Perez had become tired of watching Carles Puyol lift every title in world football. From the moment he arrived at El Bernabeu, the Portuguese was given total control of the club.
Jose Mourinho's no-nonsense approach fuelled sparks of physicality from his players, with Arbeloa, Marcelo, Xabi Alonso and, of course, Pepe throwing constant tackles to stop Barcelona from displaying their tiki-taka passing game whenever they faced each other.
Far from discouraging such defensive, aggressive style, Florentino Perez remained silent and witnessed how Jose Mourinho kept forgetting about Real Madrid's historical values.
I know the rivalry between Barcelona and Real Madrid goes back many decades and there are many political elements involved but, honestly, I had never witnessed such hatred between players before. Players such as Raul, Di Stefano, Bakero, Guardiola or even Hierro and Stoichkov were angels compared.
The Madrid-based press also collaborated, regularly making up stories to question Barcelona's achievements and damaging our players' reputations.
What nobody seemed to remember in Madrid while they blindly supported Mourinho's approach is that most of those players are actually teammates with the Spanish national team. Unfortunately for them, they actually need the Barcelona players every 2 years if the want Spain to win anything at international level.
After the ferocious El Clasico battles back in 2011, Iker Casillas and Xavi Hernandez had to work tirelessly behind the scenes to ensure Barcelona and Real Madrid players showed each other a fair degree of respect and work together. Jose Mourinho's mentality had managed to break friendships that had been formed many years before his arrival.
After the resounding success of Spain in the Euro 2008, World Cup 2010 and Euro 2012 tournaments, many fans around the world agree that the current La Roja is the best national team to ever play the game of football - Despite Jose Mourinho, that is.
Sanchez Arminio, the man who runs the referees
Sánchez Arminio has been the president of the Spanish Association of Referees since 1993. The 70 year-old has the ultimate power on whether to investigate incidents or not, overruling the game official if necessary.
In recent times, Sánchez Arminio has managed to overlook Iker Casillas reportedly insulting the referee after the Copa Del Rey semi-finals, Jose Mourinho verbally abusing him again at the Camp Nou parking, Pepe's infamous step on Messi's hand and, I believe, has surely helped to ensure Angel Maria Villar forgave the Real Madrid coach after the eye-poking incident.
Despite all of the above though, he explained the following after Gerard Pique was sent off after complaining to the referee at half-time during the Sporting Gijon match: “I am angry because Pique doubts the honesty of Spanish referees. I am very hurt. What he said is bad sportsmanship, not positive for football.”
Funny how Gerard Pique ended up serving a longer ban that all Mourinho, Casillas and Pepe altogether!
Jaume Roures, the man who makes rich clubs richer
Jaume Roures is the head of MediaPro, the company who manages TV rights in Spanish football. At this moment in time, Barcelona and Real Madrid share 35% of the total revenue, meaning that each of the Top 2 teams receives a massive €140 million per year from the broadcasting giant. Valencia and Atletico Madrid each get €44 million with the other 16 teams in the Primera Division left to share the rest.
With clubs such as Real Sociedad only getting €12 million per season, it can't be a surprise to see how Barcelona and Real Madrid have consistently finished 30 points ahead of the 3rd placed team year after year. Yes, it can be argued that fans are much more interested in watching El Clasico than the relegation battle but, considering the so-called minor teams will never be able to keep their best players due to their lack of economic power, the competition as a whole risks becoming a predictable, vicious circle.
José María del Nido, famously outspoken Sevilla president, explained: “The unequal, unfair and outrageous system of distributing the financial rights favours Real Madrid and Barcelona year after year, to the detriment of the rest. It is a Third World league in which two clubs subtract the television money from the rest of us who are competing”
I am increasingly concerned that, unless the broadcasting revenue can be distributed more equally, the overall quality and appeal of the Spanish Liga will decrease, making fans lose interest in a predictable two-horse race.
Have Your Say
What did you think of this article?
Was Angel Maria Villar right to lift Jose Mourinho's ban?
How does Florentino Perez manage to afford so many expensive players each summer?
Is Jose Mourinho's influence beneficial for Spanish football as a whole?
How do you feel about the obvious dominance of Barcelona and Real Madrid in La Liga?
Did I miss out on any important points you would like to share with us?
I welcome and appreciate all respectful feedback.
Força Barça!!
Posted by: Francesc Tomàs
Founder and columnist at www.barcablog.com
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Posted by ADENIYI SEYI on 07/15/2012
yes u are right with your article. but there is one comment i want to add is about the ref officiating barca got almost 10 clear pk but it was disallowed by so called dubious refree
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Posted by Anonymous on 07/15/2012
You make it sound like Real Madrid set out to injure players, when really they're just closing down and being 100% committed,yes a few tackles where way too aggressive for the rules, but if we're exaggerating a team's style of play, i'll say 'Busquets, Pedro, Dani Alves, Sanchez and Villa spend more time rolling about on the floor, to actually playing the game' and 'Puyol, Xavi, Valdez, Busquets and Alves moan to the ref more than they play football'. Anyone can exaggerate anything, doesn't make it true.
From a neutral fan, I honestly mean to be as respectful to Barcelona, but correct me if i'm wrong, but this season; Madrid had more shots than Barca, scored more goals than Barcelona, created more chances than Barcelona and dribbled more.
Don't get me wrong, for the last 4 years i have gone out my way to watch Barcelona from England, but it's starting to get silly. The possession Barca have seems to be priority over the performance they give their fans.
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Posted by Anonymous (continued) on 07/15/2012
But what do i know, other than that one bias section, nice post Francesc and i'll enjoy reading more.
P.S. For any Barcelona fans who think i've been too harsh, maybe i have, but it needed to be said. I would like to know your opinions on the diving situation, as i for one find it embarrassing see.
I'll be interested to hear from actual Barcelona fans. Just like toend on a positive... I would like to thank Barcelona for the football they've introduced to the world.
Total football, and the best team to ever grace the game. Gracias Blaugrana.
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Posted by Anonymous on 07/15/2012
@anonymous above: you are totally wrong ,if you can compare real madrid before the jose mo55rinho era its different from this one in past el clasicos were there eye poking incidents,players fighting,stamping on each other?the list goes and goes on.
Who is the master mind of all these outrageous doings of course its mo5rinho with his obssesion to stop Barca(and he will never be able to do it).
Barcelona players dont make the most of it ,its just because of the agressiveness of madrid remember the tackle marcelo did to fabregas in the spanish cup, is that sportmanship?
I dont think so
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Posted by Elmagnifico on 07/15/2012
The fittest survive...The tide has turned.
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Posted by Anonymous on 07/15/2012
got to agree with the second anonymous. We arent talking about just agressiveness. They ve taken it to more than ' agressiveness'. And it isnt just one isolated incident , there are many instances. Pepe stamp on Messi, Mou on tito, C. Ronaldo on guardiola, etc surely had nothing to do with football
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Posted by Anonymous on 07/15/2012
Thank ya all for not saying anything about messi, have watched couple of games where Alves is been pulled down but will do all it takes not to go down....... Let's just be real, current madrid squad (presisent to player) aren't that good
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Posted by Rob on 07/15/2012
A lip reader who watched Mourinho, read his lips to say 'I want Messi hurt'!
Mourinho is a huge fan of his national team, Portugal! What would be great for them, create friction in the Spanish NT!! Remember the talk of Mourinho being close to getting rid of Iker because he and Xavi were working to keep the NT team mates friends!
I Agree Barça do need to make more chances but that will happen a lot more when Villa comes back, Barca played the entire Liga season without an outright striker. Villa is a 20+ goals per season striker! All the names pointed out in this article favour Madrid! No wonder they won Liga with the support they have off the people who are suppose to make sure things are fair!
What other league in the world would let a manager get away with an eye-gouge? This is an act that could blind a person!!!
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Posted by Rob on 07/15/2012
1st Anonymous , you say your a neutral fan but that does not reflect in anything you have said!
I am a Barça fan and yes I don't like it when Busquets does his play acting but we see it in loads of games from all over the planet! The only person I can say who does their very best to stay on his feet is Leo Messi and I would say 'correct me if I'm wrong' but I know I'm not wrong at all!!!
Madrid can do what they want and it will keep happening until these bias people are put in their place or relieved from duty, personally the latter is the best option for Spanish Football as a whole!
I do agree that money needs to be shared out a bit more equally though! It would be nice to see other clubs challenging for top spot!
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Posted by Anonymous on 07/15/2012
- Yes I know some barca players dive but I am tired of ppl labelling the whole team as cheaters. If you watch football in general, you would notice everybody dives, sad to say but diving is part of the sport. My point here is show some fairness. I don't like the diving any more than you.
- I really feel mourinho is getting away with a lot. Mourinho is a really smart man, he knew barca was a huge threat after that 5-0 loss in 2010 (which increased the intensity of the rivalries).
He has let his emotions get in the way and shown he will do any at all cost. I have seen such brutal display and violence from this real madrid side....mourinho : we are always prepared to play with a man down (red card) - what kinda coach says that???
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Posted by DreDay on 07/15/2012
As an Arsenal fan I have plenty of gripes with Barcelona, for starters the wound is still fresh from what is easily the silliest red card (to RVP at the Nou Camp) I have ever or will ever see.
In addition, I think it is despicable how Xavi, Iniesta, Guardiola, Rossell and co tapped up Cesc Fabregas last summer.
If they were good enough to win the league last season they would have done so, the truth is that Madrid were the better team.
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Posted by andrew kiken on 07/15/2012
EE were the better team throughout most of the year. We just needed them to lose a few games in a row, and the wheels would have likely fallen apart. But, they never did obviously. Barca almost made a comeback at the end, but the deficit was to much. Mourinho is surely one of the best coaches in the world with his success wherever he goes, but Pep is the perfect coach. Pep wins in a classy, but extremly competitive manner. To not lose less than a few games in a season in a low scoring sport is a real challenge. The margin for error is so small, and EE has almost caught up to our advantage which is a real challenge.
For Mourinho for the eye poking and Pepe for the hand stomping to not be suspended is real third world country stuff. Players will hurt other players if their coaches tell them to do so especially if there are no punishments. If messi ever gets hurt god forbid, because of an ee player we need to make it war, literally.
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Posted by simon on 07/16/2012
I absolutely love your picture of florentino and cristiano
you know most 500E notes are couterfeited by the mafia? could be where hes' getting his millions.
Barcelona is everything that the POWER ELITE in Madrid doesn't like, hence, of course everything will sway for the establishment club.
It is rather third world. Good competition makes everyone better.
Maybe in the old days the smaller clubs could keep their players but now money is the lifeblood of competitive football and needs to be redistributed as fairly as possible.
RM and Barca will still have huge advantages but it is counterproductive to gain these at the expense of everyone else.
Look at england where EVERY club believes that the equal distribution of TV rights is essential for the league's success. Clubs still have advantages but the competition is better than ever.
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Posted by Belgium on 07/16/2012
It's true that they don't want barca to win. They try their best in every possible way te help Madrid. You wan't te know where they(real madrid) get their money from? A few years ago Real Madrid sold their training ground for 500 million euros to Madrid Regional Council. It's clearly that they sold the ground for a lot more then it's actually worth.
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Posted by Snoop Dogg on 07/16/2012
1) The RVP red card was not Barcelona's fault. They are not in charge of who does and does not get carded. I agree it was harsh, but RVP got a yellow for a very nasty tackle in the first half which he clearly deserved. Then in the second half he did waste time - I know he said he didn't hear it, but he still committed the offense and gave grounds for his dismissal. A more absurd red was given to Thiago for Barca this season, for handball when there clearly wasn't any. Difference is we learned to move on, you didn't.
2) "Tapping up" Cesc is the biggest hypocritical thing. A lot of players and managers in the EPL have said that tapping up happens in nearly all dealings. Harry Redknapp said it happened basically always. So for people to point the finger at Barca for luring a guy who was coming to Barca anyway (a huge fan, team he supported all his life, hometown) and single them out as "despicable" is just silly.
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Posted by bisdak on 07/16/2012
as barca fan..i dont think mourinho deserve to be a coach..he is not playing fair already he commands madrid players to hurt some 1 just to win..what a tactics..do u think hurting is the good idea just to win? common mour play fair if cant win accept it then move on..find players can match barca...
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Posted by Dr.A.K.M.Zahid Hossain on 07/16/2012
Yes,Mourinho creating problems in Spanish national team player's because he is a Pourtugies.This session R.Madrid get favour from official's.It is not good for game to go unfunished for a bad incident.It is possible only in Spanish la liga, at England,France,Holland the incidents like Mourinho's eye poking and Pepe's step on Messi's hand are funishable incidents.
I am from Bangladesh,It is my honest observation.
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Posted by Nin on 07/16/2012
There always has been rivalry between Madrid and Barcelona, and it carries over to soccer.
Of the 5 people listed above, 4 have ties with Real Madrid or are pro Madrid.
There was a time when Real Madrid was a good team, but since Mourinho it has gone down both in talent, and sportsmanship. It is shameful.
Barcelona FC and Guardiola, have shown the world how the game is played. Guardiola has demonstrated a lot more talent and education than Mou, in all areas.
If The Spanish team didn't have most of the players from Barcelona FC, they would never have won the Mundial or the European cups.
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Posted by Blackshyd on 07/16/2012
Here is a true barca fan and won't be bias at all...can someone tell me if football is a rugby? How can real madrid play that kind of ball and tell me they are playing football? How couldd a coacoach tell his player to commit a foul so as to safe him from next match ban? That's crazy..mourinho just nothing but rubbish
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Posted by Hanson on 07/16/2012
guys pls cry less barca is the best team in the world dispise we miss one cup dose not make us loser we carried four cups which wey important to add to dat euro2012 wen it come to diving wat causes one bad leg tackling two the approach what wil u do if a player rush u aggressively and if u dont dive his bad tackling wil make u go on a long injury as villa went bosguest dose dive but he hang on balls dat is y d tackle him badly wen u talk of diving go to premiership ask nani or ashley young he wil tel u not wit a guy wit ball and somboy tackle him u call dat diving
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Posted by rik james on 07/16/2012
villar takes away JM suspension but he was there when bara won three titles in a row, Barca has the highest payroll of any team but the run a loss,why? history is the answer, RM has it. Since Jm arrived,RM plays a harder brand of football, apparently the soft play did not bring any tiles the last three years.Spain needs Brca players just like they needed RM, Valenia, Villareal to win major titles. Move on Barca and come to play this season after all you cannot win them all
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Posted by Kokoman on 07/16/2012
With the way this article is written, an ignorant person would think that the Barcelona team is full of angels who can't hurt a fly, not knowing that they have cheats (yes, cheats) like Busquets, Pedro and Dani Alves. It seems Barca fans would rather Mourinho played 'pretty' football in the classicos (and continuously lost 5-0) than the tough games they've been having. Let's not forget Xavi's comments during The Euros denigrating the Madrid team - and he's supposed to be one of the pillars of reason for Barcelona and Spain.
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Posted by sam on 07/16/2012
RM a team that is like a houdini of debt, how they sold a traning ground for 200-300 million euro to finance the purchase of galicticos + beckham? A team that is never criticized for overspending by blatter and platini.
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Posted by cliff on 07/16/2012
everything happening currently seem to favour madrid, but barca are doing the best to stop them. Truth be told barca overdoes when it comes to tackles and complaining to refferees. I think it should be fair distribution when it comes to sharing revenue from broadcast to level playing field.
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Posted by Drago on 07/16/2012
AS far as I know, Barca and Madrid's revenue streams are approximately the same. Given that, I have often wondered how Madrid are able to spend so much more in the transfer market than we do. In the past few years, Rosell has made a concerted effort to reduce our debt, something that we need to do. For us, La Masia is the way. Madrid can do what they like.
As for Mourinho, I could write a whole article on what I think. Most of it would not be complementary. He may have won La Liga last year but even many Madidristas are concerned about how he did it and the effect on their club's reputation.
One final question, was it a dive when Pepe nearly broke Alves's leg in that UCL semi?
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Posted by adsirich on 07/16/2012
The Spanish league has become mildly more interesting since Mourinho's arrival. At least it's now a two horse race rather one team absolutely dominating the league. Fair enough, Barca have deserved the success they have achieved in recent years, but who wants to watch one team thrash everyone (including their closest rivals) every season??
As for the financial fair play (or lack there of) in Spain with excessive share of TV rights going to 10% of the league, note what's happening in Scotland right now. The Spanish league in my opinion is not far away from becoming just like the Scottish, with far two much power allocated to two clubs there is absolutely no way any other clubs have a chance of competing. I would never sit and watch a full league match between any two Spanish teams other than the Classico, just like I wouldn't watch anything from Scotland other than the Old Firm derby. Rangers are no more, as will be the Spanish league unless something is done about the TV rights...
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Posted by Anonymous on 07/16/2012
I'm a true FCB fan, and I will be straight with my diction. Both Barça and R.M have there fear share of the blame. Why would Busquet dive when in Barça jersey, but for Spain he doesn't, because the Spanish media are always trying to hurt Barça. The revenue issue is something that I don't like as well. Another point is the El-classico which now adays are not classic, all these happening during Mourinho era is not a coincedence, and he should have been banned or purnished for his offence. Talking of V.P's red card, it is harsh, but LEGAL. Alves is a good diver, but so is Albeloa, Di Maria and even Ronaldo. Diving is part of sport, its a two edged sword, you can get away with it or get purnished. The fault lies with both teams, but it all began during the reigns of Mourinho, this is not to state that Mourinho is not a master tactician, but there were no fuse between FCB and R.M players other than football, now racism and religious interference have crept in, and Pepe's sudden incesant attack on Lionel Messi. Xavi should learn about giving speech in conferences like Javier Mascherano. Xavi is too outspoken and critical of Madrid and Mourinho. Other issues are mostly internal problems of each club or due to the influence of Spanish Football Federation.
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Posted by jw on 07/17/2012
Think your article is really good and if the statements are true it is a very SAD indictment of La Liga etc
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Posted by Warren Maunu on 07/17/2012
I'm a barce fan and even I think this is pretty biased, but that doesn't stop the facts in this article from being true. Not all the opinions are presented either, though. Overall, some good points have been made and suspicions have been aroused. Nice work.
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Posted by Jerroh1 on 07/17/2012
Good article and info. Seems unfair to the other teams and I'd hate to see the best league in the world go downhill because of the unequal balance of money. Despite the superiority of Barca and Real, La Liga is still the best and most skillful and tactical futbol in the world. Obviously the national team has proved that by now!
As far as Barca diving, I beg to disagree. Sure there is one here and there but no more than any other team in the world. The truth is that because they dominate possession so well they get hacked like crazy. Watch any el Classico again from the past three years and you will see that Barca excel in sportsmanship, fair play, and overall dominance of the game. They have been the best team in the world and every professional manager in Europe knows that. What I've noticed is that anyone I know who doesn't understand or appreciate Barca are not futbsllers themselves. Anyone who has played and knows the game admits that Barca is unreal.
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Posted by Tikitaka on 07/17/2012
I dont get it when people call Barcelona players especially Busquet divers. I have taken time to watch him since he broke into the first team in 2009 but cant get why it is all about him. The boy is as decent as any other player out there even though he may go down few times but who doesnt. The only area I fault Barca players mainly Xavi is the imaginary card waving when a team mate goes down, but even then you need ur players to be protected.
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Posted by kennyg on 07/17/2012
i guess pretty soon, we will have a repeat of serie A in the la ligue, if things are not checked in time.
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Posted by DreDay on 07/17/2012
TBH Snoop you make a lot of good points (especially about RVP's fist yellow, honestly could have been a red in itself). I'm just bitter I suppose.
I will say I still disagree about tapping up Cesc. I think there's a difference between club officials unsettling a player and his spanish national team-mates talking (in public, through the media) ad nauseum about how the move needs to happen.
Either way the point of my post was that this blog should focus on Barca not these 5 characters who caused Barca their success.
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Posted by Neutral on 07/17/2012
I have little love for Barca or Real, but I have even less love for Barca. In the era before Guardiola, Barca played football that was slightly more enjoyable to watch, instead of this rediculous tiki-taka style of play. I understand the point, to try and nullify the opponent through constant possession, and when they are exhausted from all the running back and forth, strike them with quick and clever passes to get in to goal. I get that. But to every Barca fan out there, doesn't it honestly get a little boring when they pass the ball side to side for the entire opening half hour? I've seen real football, like from the old English games in the 90's and early 2000's, where it didn't require a flashy player like Messi or Ronaldo to watch a good match. I'm talking about rolling up your sleeves and going into a dangerous challenge and not backing out at the last second and either getting injured or diving. The La Liga is masters of these performances, and it gets boring. There, I said it.
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Posted by Gabriel on 07/17/2012
It is interesting that Barcelona only "dives" when they play Madrid and how many cautions escape Madrid when they play Barcelona. I think if you began to see Pepe, Carvalho, Ramos, Marcelo get their deserved second yellows which always seem to go unnoticed, you wouldn't have Barcelona diving. By the way, DiMaria, Marcelo and Cristina do their fare share of diving but this is left unsaid.
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Posted by sheyi on 07/17/2012
i guess the fans of Barca are same as their players,i watched cf in arsenal,i am sorry he is not the same in Barca,complaining diving etc,Barcahas a right to play the kind of they like playing,but that does not mean stoke city should not play what they know how to play.
the point is simple,real Madrid are not good enough to win with the officiating in la liga,a supension is lifted,every body is complaining,you can as well ask him to live madrid and that madrid should be religated for Barca to win always,i hope what is happening in sccotland will not happen in spain
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Posted by Da Saint on 07/17/2012
We've all forgotten dat it took Mourinho! 22 solid, well-established, big-name & experienced-Players to be able to narrowly stop a literarilly an 11 man-squad of Barcelona with the rest from the FCB academy.
How many Madrid players are from their academy? If u check d RMD team all d 22 players were already established in their various club b4 movin 2 RMD. But for FCB all d big names there are home-made wit 99% from d FCB academy. Remember Barca literarilly used 11 man team A players (wit key players lk Villa & Abidal absent almost throughout) while d team B are all from FCB academy.
RMD had no choice dan to pack-up team A & B with already established players. For example when an OZIL goes out a KAKA comes in (big name 4 big name). But 4 FCB wen a Xavi goes out a Thiago comes in (small name 4 big name).
Listen Mourinho is a gud coach who knows short-cut to success wit all legitimate &dubious means put into practice. Mourinho's style & result can't survive long term basis bcos I don't think his system of Play & tactics can get him up to 14 trophies in d next 3 seasons.
For me the FCB-Tiki-taka-philosophy has proven to be the Best over the years bcos of its huge success on club level & National level as adopted by Spain.
Anyway in all FCB hav being able to create an atmosphere of high competitiveness with d consciouness of perfection & beating them does nt come easily rather you must work 4 it, usually wit many strokes of Luck.
As 4 me Mourinho is good but Guardiola is Better. C. Ronaldo is almost excellent but MESSI is extra-ordinary bcos he(Messi) is out of this planet.
RMD can be the biggest club but the FCB-philosophy works Better!!!
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Posted by The spoon and rock on 07/18/2012
This article hits the nail on the head,well researched and to the point-it cant be denied.Only thing worth mentioning is Real madrid have always done this-Di Stefano should have played for Barcelona,and was ready to sign till franco stepped in.Its the same old game in a different guise.However,this team is the worst for many reasons,never been so dirty and an abysmal sportmanship-they should look to Nadal as an example-Casillas,captain of Spain,and an amazing goalkeeper is not a good example of this
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Posted by steve on 07/19/2012
It's natural ppl will resist change.So naturally Barca apologists will want Barca to be champs every time.We all know dat JM is one of the best coaches in football history. If he is gud enough to seize power from Barca,wat's d big deal? JM doesnt official matches and doesnt lift suspensions. If d futball federation cant live up,is it JM's fault?The most important reason in any competition is to win and not to please opponents or detractors.So instead of blaming JM for Barca's dwindling fortunes,praise JM for bringing real football competition to Spanish football
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Posted by morgan moses on 07/19/2012
The issue of RM and Berca is a great issues because they are big rival.
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Posted by Blore2Jax on 07/19/2012
Nicely researched article - First off, any accusations of the spanish game (and barca,thereof) being 'boring' was dispelled by the 2012 Euro - so despite Mourinho's attempts to divide, I think del bosque has done a great job in uniting players
Now, I believe that the last el clasico was a failure of strategy for pep- ex: playing Montoya- and vindication for JM in his quick counter attack. That said, if it were not for an ultra efficient machine as Barca, RM would not be anywhere close to where they are today and, with a star studded team and bench, JM has little to do here.
Barca have been unfortunate to miss Villa (yes, and a lot less offside calls) and Abidal, but with a core team and inexperienced bench, there isnt much left to do when Barca's rivals resort to total defence and we get the ugly football that was FCB V Chelsea in the Champions League Semis
I wish Tito all the best and hope he lets the Rossell's and others do the bickering while he continues to coach
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Posted by Tapiwa Mubonderi on 07/20/2012
The real reason anti football triumphed over tiki taka was Villa was injured. FCB is out of this world and will retain all their titles Real does not have the sporting spirit of FCB.
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Posted by Regi on 07/23/2012
Excellent Article !! This has highlited many things to RM fans who loves CR's hair style !!
To Begin with - to all of you mentioned above about Barca players diving, heres the answer ; Do u rememeber DROGBA from the last year UCL semis , how good was his acting ?? did u guys like it ? OK, how about Pepe , he's the one who rolls on the ground the most than the whole barca team combined !! Do u remember Crissy in the Euros ? who left the ball for a lame tacke to get rewarded for a penalty ?? And also analyse the reson why the whole stadium was chanting "MESSI" each time ronaldo touched the ball ? CR is a good player , he was never the one who asked for fouls when he played for united , but for some reason hes changes his thinking since coming to RM and since then has never got anywhere close to the Golden Ball , to the one who said RM had most amount of passed and shorts and goals, u need to check your stats again ... u must be joking or blind to say that !!!
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Hola! I am Francesc Tomas. Barcelona is my passion and home-town team. I consider myself lucky to have regularly attended matches at the Camp Nou since the early 1980s. My cousin played for the Barça youth academy, sharing the team with Don Andres Iniesta, which gave me a clear inside view of how our club works behind the scenes. I am also the founder, editor and columnist at Barcablog.com.
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