He said Mario Vargas Llosa in an interview with ‘El País’ that he became obsessed with writing without using adjectives, working on each sentence, each word, but above all on “having a horror of adjectives”. And one caresses on the temple the idea of how the Peruvian writer, a prodigy, would manage to write football criticism without resorting to nicknames. How to expose the defective performance of Madrid in Mallorca, the troubled attitude of Vinicius in general or the festive victory of Barça over Sevilla only with verbs, without qualifying. Being very, very good, it is supposed, whenever possible. We consult with Juan Cruz and says it’s not. “Impossible, football is itself an adjective.” Good. In this counter-chronicle of the convincing triumph that establishes the leadership of the inspired team of Xavi you will find many adjectives.
the tribute
If it is hard to believe that what happens on a pitch can be valued without adjectives, it is clear that you can write a hymn. the ill-fated Josep Maria Espinas He barely used a pair in the ‘Cant del Barça’, a piece that he wanted to be accessible and easy to sing in the stands. She nailed it. Barça was quick and asked LaLiga for the minute of silence it deserved.
The problem
It seemed like an innocuous action. It seemed like one of those events in which he writhes in pain, overreacting, and ends up getting up as if nothing had happened, ready to go back to weaving his typical spider webs in the center of the field. It was not the case. Not even five minutes had passed. Busquets the cold ankle punished him. Kessie entered in his place, respecting the formation of the four midfielders, and we began to imagine what Barça would be like without him, the eternal Barcelona anchor. And it should be said that the pressure for a quick recovery, a mission in which the man from Badia usually plays the bugle, did not suffer. In any case, Barça will have to get used to the absence of ‘Busi’ for a couple or three weeks. He almost certainly goes down in the first round against Manchester United.
The system
Sevilla presented Barça with the challenge of generating chances in very closed spaces. In the absence of the most vertical of all players, dembeleXavi’s team demanded to quickly regain possession and diligently move the ball. He managed to suffocate the Sevilla squad, who only decided to get their heads out of the bathtub and stretch out in the final stretch of the first half. He did not do it with the first Barça goal, nor the second, nor the third… Not even after Sampaoli gave Jordán a page full of instructions that he took a long time to read and interpret. strange moment. It was a resigned Sevilla, not very brave.
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He had contributed very little throughout the season. Substitute very substitute. But KessieIn the first goal, Pedri appeared. We found out that he has a rubber ankle. Christensen introduced the ball into the area, Raphinha looked for the uncheck, touched Kessié and this one, fine and precise, turned that ankle for Alba’s rapid irruption. A choral and liberating goal. Kessié, apart from the ‘delicatessen’ gesture, displayed physicality and trade throughout the match. His best Barca night.
The protagonist
Transfer discussed. For the price, for the flabby performance, for that vital languor that seems to accompany it. But raphinhaThis time, he was crowned the most efficient footballer in the game. Determinant in Alba’s first goal; assistant after an impressive run into space in the second, and finisher in the third, a pass from the veteran winger, also brilliant. The Brazilian scored his first goal at the Camp Nou (he has scored another five away) and was able to receive the first ovation from the stands. He is not a sumptuous winger, with an explosive dribble, but he has discipline and finds free spaces, two qualities that he put at the service of the undisputed leader against Sevilla.