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One of the key of the success that up until now Barcelona has had is that they all seem to be “dancing” at the same pace; and that pace is dictated by the leader of the band, Guardiola. From Laporta to the 3rd goalie, everybody at Barcelona seems to be going in the same direction. The message is clear: with hard work, talent, respect and humility the results will come.
Camacho finds the key of Barcelona’s success. Former Spanish coach said before the game with Barcelona that the key to the success of Guardiola’s team is that they are superstars that play and work like working-class men. Over the past months the media has gone crazy trying to find the best description to the game of Barça; from “Dream Team V2” to “Extraterrestrial Team” all adjectives and names have been given but it was Camacho who hit the nail on the head and unfortunately for him he suffered the working-class mentality of Barcelona this past weekend. Barcelona came back from a 2-1 and in only 20 minutes scored twice to win 2-3 (and it could have been 2-4 or even 2-5). Daniel Alves, Xavi, Eto’o and Messi showed how this team works as hard as anybody to get what they want. Alves, in my opinion, is at the moment the best player in Barça; he plays extremely well defence and attacks just as good. Messi showed that he can decide a game at any time; and Xavi even risk his foot (he was faulted horribly at the moment he shot) to score a goal. And I could go on with the whole team.
Barça plays with fire. Early Warning. Just as Camacho foresaw what was going to happen Guardiola also said that Osasuna at their home stadium were very hard to beat; “if we relax we’re going to pay for it” were the words of Pep during the week and for more than a minute we all thought that we were going to lose the game. Barcelona finished a very good first half of the game but them somehow they decided to show up 20 minutes after in the second half. By the time they “woke up” the game was already 2-1. After the great comeback Guardiola said “ this goes to show that this team, at the moment, is the champion of nothing. We played with fire today and this cannot be tolerated” the real challenge for Guardiola started yesterday. The team showed signs of relaxation which terrified Guardiola. Perhaps it was the stadium; after all, El reino is never an easy place to visit, or perhaps it was the horrible weather conditions; or maybe even the tough game that Osasuna was playing (of which I will talk in my next column). But at the moment we don’t know. Next week Deportivo La Coruna is coming to Nou Camp so the time is perfect to test this team.
Now to finish the past in the King’s Cup. This Wednesday Barcelona will receive Atletico at Nou Camp to finish up the pass to quarter of final of the king’s cup. Even though they have a very comfortable advantage (1-3) they need to dominate Aguirre’s men. These two teams have seen amazing comebacks playing each others during the 90’s at this very tournament so Barcelona needs to play with the same intensity if they don’t want to play with fire again. Guardiola will probably alter the main team a bit and probably Messi and other regular players won’t be playing. However, if whoever plays keep doing it as they have been this band will play in quarters of final at the tune of Pep.
Camacho finds the key of Barcelona’s success. Former Spanish coach said before the game with Barcelona that the key to the success of Guardiola’s team is that they are superstars that play and work like working-class men. Over the past months the media has gone crazy trying to find the best description to the game of Barça; from “Dream Team V2” to “Extraterrestrial Team” all adjectives and names have been given but it was Camacho who hit the nail on the head and unfortunately for him he suffered the working-class mentality of Barcelona this past weekend. Barcelona came back from a 2-1 and in only 20 minutes scored twice to win 2-3 (and it could have been 2-4 or even 2-5). Daniel Alves, Xavi, Eto’o and Messi showed how this team works as hard as anybody to get what they want. Alves, in my opinion, is at the moment the best player in Barça; he plays extremely well defence and attacks just as good. Messi showed that he can decide a game at any time; and Xavi even risk his foot (he was faulted horribly at the moment he shot) to score a goal. And I could go on with the whole team.
Barça plays with fire. Early Warning. Just as Camacho foresaw what was going to happen Guardiola also said that Osasuna at their home stadium were very hard to beat; “if we relax we’re going to pay for it” were the words of Pep during the week and for more than a minute we all thought that we were going to lose the game. Barcelona finished a very good first half of the game but them somehow they decided to show up 20 minutes after in the second half. By the time they “woke up” the game was already 2-1. After the great comeback Guardiola said “ this goes to show that this team, at the moment, is the champion of nothing. We played with fire today and this cannot be tolerated” the real challenge for Guardiola started yesterday. The team showed signs of relaxation which terrified Guardiola. Perhaps it was the stadium; after all, El reino is never an easy place to visit, or perhaps it was the horrible weather conditions; or maybe even the tough game that Osasuna was playing (of which I will talk in my next column). But at the moment we don’t know. Next week Deportivo La Coruna is coming to Nou Camp so the time is perfect to test this team.
Now to finish the past in the King’s Cup. This Wednesday Barcelona will receive Atletico at Nou Camp to finish up the pass to quarter of final of the king’s cup. Even though they have a very comfortable advantage (1-3) they need to dominate Aguirre’s men. These two teams have seen amazing comebacks playing each others during the 90’s at this very tournament so Barcelona needs to play with the same intensity if they don’t want to play with fire again. Guardiola will probably alter the main team a bit and probably Messi and other regular players won’t be playing. However, if whoever plays keep doing it as they have been this band will play in quarters of final at the tune of Pep.
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