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Fears that Madrid would copy Chelsea’s match against Barça on Tuesday had arisen before tonight’s clasico. Minutes after the kick off at eight o’clock, Real gave the impression that they were not going to dance in the same way as the Stamford Bridge guys. A recovered Robben was threatening from the right flank while Abidal was trying to stop him without success. This busy beginning had an early reward for Real when they scored first. Higuain lit the euphoria in the Bernabeu. That euphoria was not going to last long. With Barça’s common temperament, Guardiola’s guys reacted quickly. Like Tiger Woods’ approaches around the green, Messi bent a pass to Henry who with his majestic control hit Casillas’ net. continue

Many things have changed in Barcelona since Belleti’s goal in Saint Dennis. Last season has been the final evidence that this Barça needs to change. Now it’s easy to detail the errors. However, the people who like football can just clap or whistle at the stage.

Rijkaard has been fired. It’s true that he hasn’t managed well the commitment of Barça’s shadow stars. Therefore the team now needs a change of mentality more than a change of stars. Why do we need more players if we don’t know either how to treat or how to teach them that in the Camp Nou – it is our way or the highway. Despite losing all our opportunities by binning all our talent, Barça should preserve its game. Rijkaard has taught us that the team can move the ball as much as anyone and can make bright football. Maybe Guardiola would be the follower of Rijkaard, so then why do we need him? What has he done, in spite of being a superb mid-fielder? Is it necessary for Barça to allocate a job to all its former stars? I don’t know. continue

Hard moments for Barsa, we need souls, not only useless talent.

Barcelona has got stuck again. Last weekend the Getafe defeat was a big shock for the team morale. Barcelona had seemed to recover the rhythm as I told you in my last post, but not yet. In Camp Nou, the team does not have many problems, they open up the wings and they play with much more intensity.

In my point of view it is not a tactical problem, it is a problem of deep compromise. continue

Usually people like it when their team wins, despite how it has played. However, Barça supporters want our team to play well because it’s the only way to win. Barça suffers a lot to win when they play badly, despite that the team against they are playing is very bad. For this reason, I want to classify two types of teams:First, the ones that play speculative football and are used to winning, such as Chelsea or Real Madrid. These are teams with a strong mentality, they use to be physically well and held each opportunity to score. With only four opportunities they can make three goals. Why? First, they have superb forwards – Van Nistelrooy or Drogba – but continue