ULTIMO TANGO (Barcelona vs Real Madrid) Jorge Barraza
The F.C. Barcelona visit to the Santiago Bernabeu stadium was
too much work for the so called Real Madrid galactic equipment. The "Azulgranas" leadered by Ronaldinho and helped by Eto'o and the argentinian Messi were, to say something, too much in comparison with all the star
players that form the Merengue team. For this side we have a team with the elemental mood to play, have fun and to enternain people humiliated in his own
stadium to another one who only thinks about money and who is the one more untouchable player among them. The Barca's president shows once more how good he has used the money under his administration buying world valued players and who assume very well what they are doing is to play soccer and further more they are paid for it and besides, very well paid, for what they know to do better. We add to it the Frank Rijkaard technical assistance who about a decade ago played together with Marco Van Basten, Ruud, Gullit, Ronadl Koeman; and his experience as a soccer player let him knows automatically that the thing to do when you have under your command so many and so good soccer players is basically to send them to play soccer and the best soccer they know, to attack, to show their highlights, to be respectful with the sport itself and the fans. The first cameroon Eto'o goal, is a simple demonstration how to resolve within that reduced place, to show us that it's not necessary to think so much when the player is at only a few meters from the goal. Every forward player should consider it if he already got the balloon within the goal space and it is free to kick, stop thinking in so many foolness and just kick. Later on we had the best play of the night, the reason why we all admire and envy a man that day after day makes us to question ourselves how the hell he does it. Two goals realized the same way, a perfect dominion of the balloon, a fast run through the left side of the field, head up, dribling, delayed back players and a final definition that left to Iker Casilla Goal Keeper disarmed, sad, tired, with rings under his eyes and helpless sending holly mothers' rememberings to his back players equipment. There were not only the goals nor the Ronaldinho's or Eto'o's magic but the way the whole team accomplished it, a Messi player who did it like if he had been 5 years of playing against Real Madrid, and a Xavi player, who commanded from the third line of the field, and Puyol who shows that is the best in the deffensive place. Through this way it was clearly stated that money does not buy everything in life and that the Real equipment received a deep humbleness demonstration. As certain credit card publicity messages would said "One of the best brazilian and all over the world forward soccer player, US$ 90'000.000; a daddy's Spice Boy, US$ 85'000.000: a world championship french soccer player, US$88'000.000, the 21 years revelation brazilian soccer player, US$65'000.000. To see all of them, humiliated in their own stadium and such ugly faces, have no price."