Agitated the Cup final for the events of the eve, With Real Madrid launching a historical order To the Federation and the arbitral collective, White and Catalans oppose this Saturday in the Cartuja of Seville their contradictory moments in form, even knowing that the logic in football is twisted.
Remember. The flight of the Pichón Marcos Alonso in La Romareda, Bale's career before the despair of Bartra and Tata Martino, Núñez's tear relief in Mestalla because he was going to save Cruyff From the burning before the fifth of the vulture … the dynamics, the game, the states of form, the burden of nursing, the precedents or the wrappers of one and the other – whether of optimism unleashed, whether of galloping crisis – they remain in a fallow for the glory of the fan. Blessed sport.
Barça de Hansi Flickin the process of building an era, and Real Madrid of Carlo Ancelottiwho continues to fight for lengthening a time that so many in their club are already exhausted, they live this Saturday in a sevilla already heated a glass final of those that mark trajectories.
Return with the triplet
Why The Catalans intend to put the first triplet stone -Shocablo counterproductive in a discipline given to bipolarity- in a season end in which it is at a couple of corners of the big hunting pieces, leader of the league with four points of advantage over the whites, and in a semifinals of the Champions League that will face the inter-hall of Simone Inzaghi from next week.
For the most resulting fans, Flick's work must still acquire a practical and palpable sense with titles to boast, beyond the Arabian Super Cup (2-5 against Madrid). As if it were little to have taken Barça out of the decrepitude of the post-messi era with a legion of young people to whom Pedri calms and accelerates at will.
Mbappé's time
And if Kylian Mbappé arrived at Real Madrid, it was also to open a new time. Although this, at least so far, has led to a complicated egos management by Ancelotti, who has failed to resolve the lace of all his attackers – Rodrygo is the one who has suffered the most, while Vinicius claims his gallons – and that has suffered the serious deficiencies in sports planning without reports both for the heart of the game – Kroos – and for the sides.
Flick has achieved, at least until now, that his punki football machine works beyond the importance of soloists. Barça appears in Seville without its top scorer, Robert Lewandowskiand without bucket, its left side. But he is confident that Ferran Torres lengthen his Buenaventura in the Cup, turned into a fetish tournament for Valencian (five goals in four games), and that Gerard Martín, who two years ago earned a living in Cornellà, can be solid in the most complicated test of his career.
On the contrary, Flick may thank finally Dani Olmo to release ownership in a classic as 'Trescuartista', which would take Gavi and Fermín to the start bench. As long as, of course, the technician does not decide that Olmo is his striker liar center.
Ancelotti's doubts
Many more doubts Ancelotti, caused both by the absences by injury – Camavinga, who was called to be the left -handed side, the remaining season is lost – and by the pressure of those who incite him to take precautions adding pieces to the center of the field. The hole on the left shore should fill it Mendyalthough he has not played for more than a month and because Fran García usually be suspicious for his coach. The decision can mark the final being Lamine Yamal – in full race for the Golden Ball next to Raphinha -, who develops its butterfly flutter in that area.
Fede Valverde is called to delay his position to the right -handed side, opening there space so that, together with Tchouaméni, Asome, Well Dani Ceballos, well a Modric that will turn 40 in September. Rodrygo, who has a special aura for category matches, would thus be the third tip if Ancelotti does not yield with the idea of the four midfielders.
But the coaches know well that, at this point, the disposition of pieces and the tactical plots pass to the background before the voracity of the players. There it remains that Ter Stegen, captain of Barça, received (or claimed) the medical discharge after seven months injured And even knowing that who will be on Sunday under sticks will still be Szczesny. But who is willing to miss something like that?
