After winning the 1973-74 League, FC Barcelona was reinforced with Neeskens, Marinho, Heredia, and calculated that the nationalization of Sotil would be a weeks. It did not happen that way, and of the four only one started the season. But another complication arose that was not learned. Already in the preseason games it was seen that the fascination caused by the Blaugrana game and especially Johan Cruyff was over.
After a year in which the Dutch was received with expectation in most of the fields of Spain, Cruyff became the antipatic rival that had to be stopped by any means. His gestures, the constant indications to the companions and his insistence on the claim to the referee won haughty reputation.
In the Teresa Herrera trophy, on August 13 against Peñarol, the first expulsion of Cruyff arrived. In a hard entry of Uruguayan Hugo Fernández, he stirred from the ground and the referee (Portuguese) expelled both players: “He threw me to the ground, when I fell he took my ankle between my legs to twist it and I reacted trying to get rid of him. It is false to kick him in his face, ”Cruyff justified.
The most indicative was that Fernández, who retired on Camilla, was fired as a hero and Cruyff booed. Moreover, when the Peñarol player reappeared completely recovered and went to the bench, he was unanimously cheered and dedicated himself to greet Riazor’s stands.
A few months later, on February 9, 50 years ago, the first expulsion arrived official of Cruyff. It was in Malaga and the image of the Dutch escorted, almost detained, by the Police because he resisted the field retained an insurmountable iconic power. Barça had already lost the League Train, as certified by that defeat by 3 to 2.
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“Cruyff, ridiculous” and “The tor of a kid” Brand while in Sports World It was pointed out that the “Take White” League that had seen “the most crucible and violent game of the current league.” In the 35th minute, with 1-1, Málaga scored the second, but the line judge lifted the flag offside. Cruyff, as Captain, demanded that the referee, Biscay José Luis Orrantía, to consult his assistant. He refused and the discussion lasted six minutes, with Cruyff expelled for repeated protests.
Michels got fed up: “seen today many things are explained. It makes sense to play like this, there is some animosity against Barcelona. ” There was the circumstance that Orrantía had also been the referee of the historical 0-5 of Bernabéu a year earlier. And, as Domènec Garcia revealed in The avant -garde It was then fined to declare to the press that Cruyff was a real gentleman for his education and behavior.
Years later, Orrantía revealed that when he was responsible for Madrid, the call of the arbitration president, José Plaza, of whom another ex -arter, Antonio Camacho, who was in command of the arbitrations, Barça would never be champion, would never be champion.
The Linian raised the flag, the referee did not want to know anything and TVE sentenced: it was out of play
Barcelona published a nine -point note to remember the “unpredictable and unusual” difficulties that prevented Sotil from align cattle Another team with an illegal goal and the expulsion of a rival.
Who did Barcelona talk about? They have succeeded, from Real Madrid, that shortly before, on January 12, he had imposed himself in Malaga (1-3), when the league was not yet so white. With 1-0, Madrid tied through a ghost goal (in Brand It was rounded that the ball did not pass the line) and hence the protests and the red.
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There is a last revealing aspect. With hardly any live games on television, on Mondays at 8:30 p.m. the former Ortiz de Mendíbil presented the first images and judged the controversies. TVE’s program (the only one) had a huge audience. In his analysis of Malaga-Barça it was categorical: there was an off-game double in Marras’s play.
Blaugrana outrage
“Agustí, no Arujixis”
Cruyff only received a punishment match for double warning. It was Barça-Sporting that riveted the Blaugrana erratic march (1-1), but again with enormous controversy, among Montal support banners (“Agustí, no efluixis,” said one). The referee had a mistake of mistakes that culminated with a possible penalty to classes, not pointed out, little by the end. The rain of pads and the indignation of the Camp Nou caused the game to stop for several minutes between boos. Madrid followed its unstoppable march and surpassed Salamanca (1-0) with a penalty goal. The referee of Barça-Sporting was Pablo Sánchez Ibáñez, the same as Malaga-Madrid.
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