A final and a mood challenge, by Joan Golobart

Tremendous this season’s Cup final, Barça-Madrid not only involves a title for one of the clubs, but will also cheer up both of their league confrontation in Barcelona. It is clear that the Blaugrana much better located. Both for its global career and for the clashes between both teams this season. But we already know that in this type of meetings the previous trajectory is not usually decisive.

Barcelona has shown a great football deployment, a great ambition and a very modern football. He has never cared, and less against Madrid, maintain an advanced block, even leaving important spaces for players such as Vinícius or Mbappé. Always trying that the offside was a tool that would cancel the possible deployments of meringues. Surely the best footballer in Europe currently, as is Pedri, along with Joan García, will be a key element to win the trophy. The center of the Madrid field – a lot of defining what its game is – will suffer unless Carlo Ancelotti establishes a formula that minimizes the game of the Canary.

Socceristically, fate is much more in the hands of Barça. Its benefits will determine the end

But the Blaugrana have punctually shown certain dos. And this aspect is the only argument that gives some chance to Madrid. Basons always related to a certain disconnection. And this is important because the disconnections, if they exist, are already in the minds of the players days before the match. And if so, it is not easy to return them to the appropriate path 24 hours before. I imagine that Flick will have already known for days that the day to day is lived with intensity.

Madrid is not only far from being a solid team, it has not found a formula that makes us understand that it has a defined game system and that guarantees a victory. It is true that in his clashes he was very penalized in the offside. He did not know at any time face them. But there are mechanisms to fight it, it has men to do it. The best way to take advantage of a team that uses this strategy is to make crossed long passes, and in this aspect the combination of the launch of Valverde behind Koundé’s back for the arrival of Vinícius should be something to use. If Mbappé’s presence is possible, something similar should be organized.

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But footballically destiny is much more in the hands of the culés. It will be them and their benefits that determine the end. They cannot be overcome by anxiety and must understand that their victory must be based on deploying the good game that will take them to the goal. The obsession with the goal may give them the initiative, but will never grant them control of the game.