The "war" on the football field will never be as exciting as the stories off the field.
After the first leg of the Copa del Rey semi-finals, the home team won 2-0.
The Spanish media have speculated that Real Madrid and Barcelona will meet in the Copa del Rey final, which is "destined".
Obviously, behind all "destined to be", there is a wonderful story.
Real Madrid defeated Atletico Madrid 2-0, which was more reflected on the court, reflected in the advanced formation and strategizing, especially his courage to rotate the team's number one superstar Cristiano Ronaldo in such an important game.
More importantly, Real Madrid won!
Alfredo, the editor-in-chief of Aspen, immediately updated his column after the game, saying that this is a game that may not seem very eye-catching for Real Madrid, but it is definitely of great significance.
"It further establishes that Real Madrid is a collective, not a group of stars."
If Real Madrid's 2-0 victory over Atletico Madrid was convincing both on and off the field, then Barcelona's 2-0 defeat of Real Sociedad was particularly embarrassing.
Referee Gonzalez's three penalties completely changed the trend of the game.
The first time happened in the 35th minute. At that time, Barcelona was unable to attack Real Sociedad for a long time, but was frequently hit by threatening counterattacks by the visiting team. When Puyol defended Real Sociedad's counterattack in the frontcourt, he hit forward Carlos Vela.
For a tactical foul, he was shown a yellow card instead of a red card, which caused quite a bit of controversy.
But the biggest controversy occurred in the 43rd minute. After receiving a pass from his teammate, Carlos Vela directly hit the Barcelona goal. Puyol chased behind him, trying to stop the Mexican from advancing. The two had physical contact along the way.
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Carlos Vela also played very smartly, always protecting himself with his hands and not giving Puyol a chance, but when he entered the penalty area, Puyol had no choice and caught Carlos Vela.
His hand caused his body to lose balance, and his shot when he fell to the ground lost its threat.
Regardless of the reaction on the court at that time, even the Barcelona players themselves felt the crisis, and the fans at Camp Nou were silent, thinking that this should at least be a yellow card or a penalty kick.
But Puyol already had a yellow card.
As a result, Gonzalez said nothing and signaled the game to continue.
This caused great outrage among Real Sociedad players.
Both penalties were very obviously biased, and this was no ordinary mistake.
Taking advantage of Real Sociedad's confusion, Barcelona quickly scored the first goal, but what's even more terrible is that when the Barcelona players celebrated the goal, Real Sociedad center back Igor Martinez protested to the referee, thinking that he
The penalty is unfair.
Gonzalez was very decisive this time and directly showed the red card, sending Igor Martinez off.
After three penalties, the game had completely lost its suspense.
Real Sociedad head coach Arthur criticized the referee after the game, saying that the officiating of this game was simply a disgrace.
Arthur said that playing at Camp Nou was already very difficult, but it was even more difficult tonight.
"There is no doubt that Barcelona was once an admirable team and they achieved very high achievements, but now, tonight, they are extremely disappointing."
Arthur even said that if a team like this, with such performance, could win the La Liga championship, it would be a tragedy for the entire La Liga league.
Compared with his previous praise for Real Madrid coached by Gao Shen, the implication is very obvious.
In the competition for the league title, he supported Real Madrid.
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One is worthy of the name, and the other is not worthy of the name.
This caused a huge response after the first leg of the Copa del Rey.
Barcelona once again benefited from a red card at Camp Nou. This is not the first time, and it has once again attracted the attention of public opinion.
Even Barcelona's mouthpieces Daily Sports and Mundo Deportivo had to admit that Puyol's second foul was a very obvious misjudgment.
Many Spanish professionals, especially former international referees, have come out to express their opinions. Basically, they all believe that the yellow card for the first tactical foul can barely be washed away, but Puyol's second foul, including the yellow card and
Not giving any penalty kicks, this definitely falls into the category of amateur errors.
Some media also pointed out that Barcelona is in urgent need of a championship, and the Spanish Football Federation is working hard to "help" Barcelona survive the current public opinion crisis.
Because just two days before the game, the controversy over Barcelona's introduction of Neymar finally broke out. Several opposition directors on the Barcelona board of directors directly took Rosell to court. Former chairman Laporta also came forward to support.
Demand the disclosure of Neymar's transfer terms and whereabouts of transfer funds.
Rosell failed to withstand the pressure and resigned voluntarily, and First Vice Chairman Bartomeu took over as Barcelona chairman.
This also caused an uproar in Barcelona and even Spanish football.
Coupled with the controversy caused by this Copa del Rey semi-final, everyone was disappointed with Barcelona.
Even Daily Sports published a report that the attendance at Camp Nou continues to decline.
Barcelona's mouthpiece listed a very detailed data, saying that Barcelona's stadium attendance this season has reached a record low.
Take the Copa del Rey as an example. Only 38,000 fans attended the game between Barcelona and Real Sociedad.
At the Bernabeu, there were more than 80,000 Real Madrid fans, more than twice as many as Barcelona.
Daily Sports felt that this comparison might not be objective, so they compared the two home stadiums in the quarter-finals.
Real Madrid played against Espanyol, and more than 78,000 fans entered the Bernabeu Stadium, while Barcelona played against Levante, and only 25,000 fans entered the Nou Camp Stadium, not even the Bernabeu Stadium.
one-third of.
You know, the capacity of Camp Nou is much larger than that of Bernabeu.
Daily Sports also felt that just comparing the Copa del Rey was not convincing enough, so they compared the Champions League group stage and this season’s La Liga, and found that so far this season, Barcelona’s average attendance in La Liga is less than six
Ten thousand.
What about the Bernabeu?
The venue was packed!
How bad have Camp Nou attendances gotten?
Barcelona general Alves once criticized Barcelona fans in public, criticizing those fans who did not attend the game and were not as loyal to the Red and Blues as they said.
"Sometimes, I even feel like I'm playing away from home."
It is not difficult to see that the attendance rate at Camp Nou has reached an embarrassingly low level.
Although Barcelona found various reasons for this, including the start time, including various other reasons...
After Daily Sports published a questionnaire, fans gave two answers. One was that Barcelona's record began to lag behind that of Real Madrid, and it was not even possible to win at their own home court.
Secondly, Barcelona's football is getting boring.
"The players obviously lacked motivation. They began to get bored and couldn't find the passion to play. Every game was carried out step by step, and tasks were only completed mechanically on the court. There was a lack of exciting and exciting performances."
"Everyone has seen the ball rolling, but no one will be excited about it because it has no threat!"
"The team also lacks an overall plan and a vision that is exciting and exciting."
Daily Sports made a poignant comparison between Real Madrid and Bernabeu fans.
"The fans at the Bernabeu are packed because they know that every home game and a sophisticated team can bring them unexpected surprises."
"Just like this game against Atletico Madrid, they can suddenly break out after dozens of minutes of high-intensity and fierce confrontation, allowing everyone to feel the blood and passion of football again."
"They can see the performance of young players such as Pogba, Verratti, Casemiro, Varane, Jese, Morata and so on at the Bernabeu Stadium, and track their growth and progress, even in
Looking forward to the future in their mistakes!”
"They can also see the high-level commander controlling the overall situation in front of the coaching bench at the Bernabeu. They can see the world's top head coach arranging formations and strategizing, doing his best to bring victory to the team.
Looking forward to the unprecedented Triple Crown promised by Gao Shen and that great era of Real Madrid!"
"In comparison, we have nothing. Even the head coach in front of our coach, Martino, is like an inactive bystander."
"Although, we had expected him to bring more changes to the team."
Daily Sports believes that Barcelona fans have completely lost confidence in the team's football.
This was not only obliterated by Barcelona's football itself, but also defeated by Gao Shen and Real Madrid.
There is no harm without comparison.
It is precisely because the performance of the sophisticated Real Madrid is too amazing and too strong, which makes the current Barcelona extremely mediocre, and naturally cannot attract Barcelona fans into the Nou Camp.
Daily Sports also raised a question.
Two days ago, the world-famous sports magazine [World Football] published an annual salary ranking of players.
Surprisingly, there are four Barcelona players among the top ten annual salary lists in world football, namely Messi, Xavi, Iniesta and Neymar.
And what about Real Madrid?
There is only one Ronaldo!
Daily Sports believes that this needs to attract the attention of Barcelona’s new management.
You know, although Barcelona's revenue has reached 480 million euros, ranking second among clubs in the world, Real Madrid's revenue has exceeded 600 million euros, ranking first among clubs in the world.
Florentino even stated at the recent membership meeting that his superb coaching and the outstanding results he has brought have strongly boosted Real Madrid's business globalization, which is expected to exceed 650 million euros in the 2013/14 season.
When the revenue is far less than that of Real Madrid, the annual salary of the players is significantly higher than that of Real Madrid. This is definitely unhealthy.
Daily Sports believes that if the Barcelona management does not make a decision and control and restrain the situation, Barcelona will sooner or later suffer a huge setback in terms of players' annual salaries.
This may even drag the team into an inevitable financial crisis.
