Bellingham wins the a cappella classic against a dominating Barça

Football talents are like great tenors. They sing with an orchestra or sing a cappella. In this way, the classic Bellingham won, capable of changing the setting of Montjuïc and the calamities of Madrid, which was not very intense and poorly designed in its presentation.. Like a two in the chest that comes out of nowhere, their first blow came to tie against a better Barça thanks to the spirit of footballers who bite the future in bites, Gavi and Fermín. Like an apparition in the place of the chosen ones, the Englishman once again haggled with logic in the outcome. The first classic of this 20-year-old prodigy was like a small chronicle of his brief and already great history in Madrid, in just a dozen games. You can't say so much in such a short time.. You can't score so much in so few games.. It is impossible to know how far he will go, but the faces of his rivals, from Xavi to Ter Stegen, respond in two ways: disbelief and fear.. [Narrative and statistics (1-2)]

This appearance that the classic confirms, with very few precedents, speaks of Madrid's success with his signing to the same extent that it indicates an early and dangerous dependency, and which was evident in his erratic play, at least during the first hour, in the who did not know how to respond to Barcelona. You have to ask Ancelotti about that, who left Camavinga on the bench and, once the Frenchman entered the field, he showed more energy than a good part of his teammates.

It was probably necessary to combat the initial intensity of the young Barça players.. The Rolling Stones' language doesn't really identify them. Gavi and Fermín is not 'rock', it is 'heavy metal'. Irreverent and metallic, they played football and percussion where Madrid believed they were superior, although the Barça goal came to the beat of a ballad danced in the area by Gündogan amidst the madridistas' stumbles.. The Austrian Alaba is not even up to a waltz.

But Madrid's worst mistake was not the one made in their area right after the start.. The most serious error was its lack of definition. It was not a Madrid to run, something that neither Valverde nor Rodrygo did, nor was it a Madrid to have possession, because it lacked the intensity in the disputes to then highlight Kroos and Bellingham. On the contrary, physical disputes revealed time and again the German's Achilles heel, for which running backwards is an ordeal.. The young Fermín squeezed him without the respect that must be had for the hierarchy. On a soccer field, seats are not left for the elderly.

The doubts accumulated in the white navel without Tchouaméni being able to order a stop and put criteria into the release of the ball.. Madrid was only able to stretch on the wings through Carvajal, the only one who decided to play the classic from the beginning, and Vinicius, faced in every action with his duality: dribbling and anger. It is the 'yin and yang' of this talent. The Brazilian knows it, Ancelotti knows it, who took him off the field by the hand when he was substituted, and his rivals know it.. Xavi's caresses on the sideline were superfluous.

ARAUJO BEFORE VINICIUS

The Barça coach repeated the maneuver, taking Araujo to the right to stop Vinicius. Nobody has done it better. He repeated. This meant overtaking Cancelo, although in reality Barça started with three centre-backs, with the inclusion of a good Íñigo Martínez as a starter on the left, and Cancelo and Balde one step ahead. In this way he counterbalanced the gaps that the Portuguese has in defense. Despite Koundé's absence, he had no problems in the first hour of play, with a single shot from Carvajal and a soft shot from Kroos. The outcome would be something else.

Quite the opposite of what was happening in Kepa's area, with shots from Fermín, one of them hitting the post, and the dangerous arrivals, vertically or diagonally, from Joao Félix. He is a different footballer than the Atlético player, as if he had loosened his chains, although some were probably in his head. Barça is their last train in the high speed of football. If you don't take it, the stops remain.

Íñigo Martínez found the wood again in a shot from Fermín's center and the rebound showed Kepa's reflexes. Under sticks is a cat. It doesn't fly the same way on departures.. The action took place as soon as the second half began, in which Madrid started with another intention and intensity. They must have heard something in the locker room.. He returned to the field, however, without changes, but Mendy's injury made Ancelotti turn to Camavinga.

TO THE EXCHANGE OF BLOWS

The more intensity, the more ball, the more ball, the more Modric, also on the pitch. The first effect was the recovery of the inside game, where Valverde and Bellingham move.. English does not need to be lubricated. Geniuses go from zero to 100, because quality is an instant. He received from the inside, looked and reduced Ter Stegen to his human condition from a distance. The German's vision may have been hindered when the ball came out, but the power was brutal, seasoned, furthermore, with a perverse effect.

Xavi needed something more to counteract Madrid's entry into the classic. Another game began, without the atmosphere of the Camp Nou and not poisoned by the decisions of a pragmatic and intelligent Gil Manzano, who avoided anything in the areas that was not very clear..

The coach had not wanted to risk with those returning from injuries, key players like De Jong, Raphinha or Lewandowski. He called the last two, in addition to Lamine Yamal. In a possible exchange of blows, he needed hitters, but, today, no one hits like Bellingham, a guy who knows nothing about our miseries, nor about Negreira nor about “sociological Madridism”, and who is willing to play like a great tenor, with orchestra or a cappella. Welcome.