(ESP-ENG) Un clásico y una medalla de oro. [Opinión]
Hello friends, good vibes to all.
This weekend was a very busy one because we are already starting to see the preseason games in Europe and the most important leagues will be kicking off soon, more specifically next week. As has been the custom for a couple of years now, Real Madrid and Barcelona have faced each other in the United States for purely spectacle and economic reasons, but we don't care about that as long as we get to see one of these matches. On Saturday and after being threatened with suspension due to a storm, this match took place in New Jersey, a game that would not see, for the most part, the great figures of each team because they are still on vacation.
If we see eleven by eleven we realize that none of them had the stellar lineups so it was the perfect opportunity to see the replacements. On the white side we can say that Arda Güler is spectacular, the quality he has is very great and can become one of the best of Madrid this season, he had a few, even a goal disallowed but it was a play for the great control and dominance he has. But there are also his disappointments, maybe it is too early to say it but Endrick is not having a good start at all, zero goals and assists in almost 3 games but not only that but you do not see things on the field, it seems that he has to exploit that potential that everyone says he has.
On the Culé side, the situation is different. I think that they have a better replacement than the Merengues, all the players from La Masia are extraordinary, there is a lot of future there. Players like Pau Victor, Marc Bernal and Alex Valle have a lot of interesting things to offer. In fact the first of these made the double and why not, fight for Lewandowski's place. I think that with the arrival of Hansi Flick this Barcelona can have another face, they played better than Madrid, had good possessions, handled the ball better, shot more at the goal; I think the sensations were better. This German is seen to be working on the issue of deep ball pressure, he complained after the game about that, that they lacked intensity in several moments of the game and yes, when that happened Madrid was when they had their best minutes. In the end they are friendlies but we could still see the capacity of each bench and I would think that Barcelona is better off in this department.
We have to take into account that we did not see Bellingham, Mbappe, Valverde, Camavinga, Tchouaméni, Rodrygo; and on the other side Yamal, Pedri, Gündoğan and the injured Araujo, Gavi and the possible signings of Dani Olmo and Nico Williams. Madrid not so much but Barca if I consider that it is a team under construction, I think Flick is not clear about the eleven nor does he know for sure who will arrive, the good thing is that he has very good material to consolidate a great team, especially that is competitive considering how complicated the previous season was.
But in addition to soccer we also saw a consecration in Paris and Novak Djokovic finally, after 16 years, won the long-awaited gold medal at the Olympic Games. This conquest was the only one he was missing to be considered the best tennis player of all time, or at least for me he is. It is understood that everything is a matter of perspective because what Nadal (also Olympic champion) or Federer did were not little things either, the Serbian's numbers are an absolute barbarity. Obviously Grand Slam winner and is the one who has achieved it more times, Davis Cup winner, more weeks as being number 1 and also the oldest to be in that ranking, I think he has 40 Masters 1000, ie, are achievements that will hardly be seen again.
Yesterday's match against Carlos Alcaraz was crazy, two tiebreaks defined history. This was a kind of revenge for what happened at Wimbledon since the Spaniard won the tournament, but also the Serbian's desire for this medal that had been so elusive was very big. Yesterday we saw a more aggressive and forceful version of Novak, with a cooler and more calculating mentality, it is true that he is very volatile and showed it in these Olympic Games but yesterday he knew how to manage those emotions and bring out his best version at 37 years of age. A pleasure to watch and enjoy these players and now legends.
¡Un abrazo a todos, nos leemos en la próxima!
Well friends that's all for today, I hope you liked it.
¡A hug to all, see you next time!
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Agradecido por tus valoraciones. El deporte siempre apasiona a sus admiradores.
Fue un encuentro de nombre de equipos sin presencia de los que seran los titulares. Pero solo con ver esas camisetas en el terreno de este estadio es un verdadero espectáculo
Visca! Barca!
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