When a Clown takes over the El Classico!
I don't think I have ever been this nervous about an el classico in a long time. And the funniest shit is, it is not even from a sporting point of view (despite 5 out of 11 starters of barca being injured). To make it a bit more clear, I wasn't at all nervous about the el classico despite the crucial injuries up until yesterday when they announced the referee for the match - Gil Manzano.
This guy is the absolute worst - he belongs in the elite level of disgustingness alongside the like of Mateu Lahoz and Cesar Soto. Even the devil himself would be proud of the evil this asshole clown Gil Manzano is capable of, and maybe even a bit scared of this retard! Imagine that!
Barca could have 12 injuries, and I still wouldn't be so worried about the game as much as having this brain fucked clown Gil Manzano as the referee. How is this retard even allowed to go anywhere near professional football is beyond me, but then again - this just shows how biased the la liga is towards Real Madrid. They are not even trying to hide it anymore that they are trying to help Real Madrid cheat its way to wins every game. Appointing such a real madrid biased referee for the biggest game on the planet (yes, bigger than Argentina-Brazil in the current situation) is absolutely disgraceful, and shameful heinous act.
But then again, Javier Tebas and the La Liga has no shame. These shameless gits are killing the joy of football. Hence it is iconic that one the last acts of Barcelona legend Gerard Pique was to finally go up to this asshole Gil Manzano and tell him what a screw up he is!
It is such a shame that before the biggest game on the planet, instead of talking strategies and footballing tactics, people are talking more about the referee appointment. Because believe you me, there are some really juicy and interesting footballing stuff to talk about here. But that's the world we live in where if you have money you can even buy results shamelessly and no one can even say a word.
Let's finally talk football then eh?!
Injury to Joules Kounde
This is the biggest blow to Barcelona, Joules Kounde has been out best player of this season without a shadow of doubt. But that's not even the reason why this is such a big blow against real madrid. It is more tactical.
Xavi has recently deployed Araujo on the right wing to neutralize vinicius jr. But now that Vinicius plays slightly more inside, that is not a tactic that can be used. So Xavi will have to play araujo in his natural center back position and play Cancelo at the right back position. The problem with this now becomes, in the middle of the game vinicius might just move wide and exploit Cancelo's lack of defensive prowess and create an attack. However if kounde was available, Xavi could have just taken all the guesswork out of the equation and play Araujo at RB and Kounde at RCB - both have extreme defensive prowess and regardless where vinicius plays he would be neutralised. Also, Kounde's physicality would have been extremely useful to stop Jude Bellingham too. Big, big blow for barca here.
Injuries to de Jong and Pedri
There aren't many footballers in the world who can replace the quality of either Frenkie de Jong or Pedri. Try to replace both...? There's none! It is impossible and that is exactly what Xavi has to do for the biggest game on the planet - replace both FDJ and Pedri.
FDJ's ball carrying ability from deep in the defense and then linking up with Pedri who would be providing the magical individual brilliance is something we are sorely going to miss. Against a strong opponent like Real Madrid these were the traits that becomes the difference between a win and a defeat. Without the two best midfielders in the world right now, we just got to hope our strikers make 100% use of every chance that comes our way.
Injuries to Lewandowski and Raphinha
Raphinha has looked like an entirely different breed of monster since coming back and his agility and energy is going to be missed. And Lewandowski's typical killer instinct is irreplaceable. I still remember that presence of mind he had to do a backhill pass to Balde in the 93rd minute of an el classico last season which eventually ended up resulting in the winning goal. The experience and courage and the confidence to do something like that - that's what makes someone a big game player!
With all these injuries, we are going to be relying on literal teenagers in the biggest game on the planet and hope against hope they will stand up to the task.
Also, we need to hope that the thugs real madrid seem to call football players don't go on to break the legs of our players because we know for a fact that they will have the green light from the referee to do so!
Here's to a good classico that will ineveitably be destroyed by the clown Gil Manzano!
