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JOSÉ LUIS ALLEGUE
Jeddah
Updated
Beyond the victories of FC Barcelona and Real Madrid in the semifinals, the first 72 hours of the Spanish Super Cup have been full of controversy: Incendiary statements, surprising resolutions, insults, brawls and even harassment of Mallorca fans in three days full of fires.
Raphinha’s bomb
The preview of the first semi-final between Barça and Athletic came marked by the bomb Raphinha in the press room. After answering several questions about the situation of Dani Olmo and Pau Víctor (at that time they were still not registered), he opened up about what he really thought: “I don’t like to lie. If I were in another club and I was seeing Pau and Dani’s situation, perhaps I would think about whether it would be best to be here. “When I arrived here, I knew the situation of the club, I knew that I had a certain chance of playing with this shirt and I waited.”
The fourth captain of the Barça team attends to the media in the preview of the Spanish Super Cup semi-final against Athletic.
His frankness surprised many and minutes later he agreed with Joan Laporta at the training ground and had a chat with him for just over a minute. Did they talk about it? We don’t know, but what the player did confirm is that the president was not angry: “I haven’t told any lies”he slipped to the press after training.
The Brazilian and the president of Barcelona spoke before training started at the King Abdullah Sports City
Caution and debauchery
Wednesday was marked by the resolution of the Higher Sports Council that allowed Barcelona to re-register Dani Olmo and Pau Victor. Good news for Barcelona and surprise for most. But the news, beyond the precautionary one, was Joan Laporta’s reaction captured by Esport3 where you can see the president giving a thumbs up.
The Esport3 cameras captured the images of Joan Laporta in Jeddah as soon as he learned of the CSD precautionary measure that will allow FC Barcelona to provisionally register Dani Olmo and Pau Víctor.Esport3
But Laporta’s debauchery did not end there. Already in the authorities box of the King Abdullah He addressed members of the territorials and other guests with insults and disrespect. An uncomfortable situation for which the president of the RFEF, Rafael LouzanHe apologized the next day.
He attended to the fans after the game, but did not want to make any statements
Although several clubs have already spoken out about the precautionary measure granted to Barcelona, the first to do so that day when Laporta lost his temper was his counterpart at Athletic: Jon Uriarte. “It’s amazing. We live in situations like this that are grotesque. It’s not good to live in situations like this for Spanish football,” said. Something Deco defended himself against: “The president of Athletic must worry about his own thing. Everyone has their difficulties”he sentenced.
MOVISTAR PLUS+ Uriarte talked about a grotesque situation and Deco told him to worry about his affairsMOVISTAR PLUS+
New chapter of Maffeo-Vinicius and appearance of Asencio
Thursday passed calmly until game time, but not even 10 minutes had passed when we saw that Maffeo and Vinicius They had not buried the hatchet. A new chapter of the rivalry between the two to which many of their colleagues joined and which endedwith a tangana at the end of the game.
After the end of the match, players from Real Madrid and Mallorca engaged in an unfortunate brawl.
In the mess that arose at the end of the match, Ancelotti was seen talking to Maffeo, Rüdiger asking for peace and the Mallorcan fans very angry with Asencio, to which important players in the locker room such as Dani Rodríguez and Omar Mascarellthey reproached him for his attitude: “I’m a little old and you have to know how to win. He is going to have many games to learn. Maffeo gets a little hot because they give him a touch and then the kid arrives, who He’s been here for two days and he needs to have a little more respect.“explained the captain.
The Mallorca player, very critical of Asencio’s attitude in the fight at the end of the match.
Shameful harassment of Mallorca fans
One of the most disgusting images of the first three days of activity in the Super Cup occurred after the Real Madrid-Mallorca. Dozens of fans They mocked, scolded and even harassed part of the expedition of Mallorcan fans and relatives.displaced to Jeddah.
Natalia Kaluzova, Dominik Greif’s wife, tells MARCA about the situation they experienced when they left the stadium after watching Real Madrid-Mallorca.
“The truth is that the children of this country They have taken photos of us up close and have been harassing us. Natali, Dominik Greif’s wife, too,” he denounced in IB3 Cristina PalavraDani Rodríguez’s wife.
This Friday, day of rest regarding official eventsplayers from Barcelona and Real Madrid have enjoyed part of the day off and They are already thinking about Sunday’s classic that will distribute the first title of the year 2025.
