Premier League overshadow Clasico
Premier League overshadow Clasico
After the matches of the national teams with tedious predictability us fail holiday at the beginning of each season, the Premier League is back more powerful than ever, a real sledgehammer to its European rivals. Consolation, which was the Spanish league was that Barca - Real Madrid is the biggest possible match. No longer is. Or at least there are already rival. The fever that seized the world for the Manchester derby between United and City, can now be compared with that around the Spanish Super classic.
Shaken match that they did shows that over time the clash between two giants of the English North will become even more impressive. Football is much more than a game of 90 minutes. Football are expectations that generates a match. In the case of this United - City British media, but also those from halfway around the world started from last Monday to repeat the exaltation we saw in the sports pages of the Spanish press on the eve of another Real Madrid - Barcelona. So far, a derby between two teams from Manchester born great interest only to fans of both clubs and such. Now both English and residents of Spain, China and the United States spent the last week engulfing detailed dissections, historical analysis and psychological profiles of opponents. That the two coaches rivals. By the start of the match the 22 players on the field were of secondary importance, like extras in a Hollywood super.
Global audience focused day after day in the duel between Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola - Batman and the Joker, Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker, James Bond and Goldfinger in the world of football. Three days before the game media already were listing all the scandals and clashes between Mourinho and Guardiola from when trained Real Madrid and Barcelona, famed their quotes ( "he fucking boss" Pep "Why? Why?" Jose) rivalry philosophies their finger in the eye and everything. There was criticism, albeit indirect, to Mourinho's players from his former team Chelsea, which glowed in the headlines. Whatever he had, and it far more adamant in address Guardiola by Zlatan Ibrahimovic, the new United player, and Minho Region, agent and other new benefits of Red Devils - Paul Pogba. Guardiola that "not a man" that "no balls". And so on.
At its press conference on Friday, Guardiola said that the noise about his rivalry with Mourinho was "media issue". Well, this question - yes and no. Media and restaurants give the audience what the audience wants. It's never very clear what comes first - the chicken or the egg. Anyway Guardiola, and all those who live football must be grateful to the media. If they are not fed painful starvation if they were not echo the desire of many tables can not stop the endless film duels and second legs between him and Mourinho, the first match between the two as coach of United and City would cause less interest than which was played a few hours later between Liverpool charismatic Jürgen Klopp and Lester, the current English champion.
And what we saw in the match won by City 2: 1 away from home was that Mourinho and Guardiola are much more than two cinema actors. They transformed their teams. With Louis van Gaal last season United bored even sheep; Manuel Pellegrini City players played like sheep. United Mourinho, however, fought until the last second with murderous rage; City Guardiola confirmed the most optimistic expectations of their supporters, and he fought for every ball, but when he ruled (over 60% of the time) exposed the class, such as is rarely seen in the history of the Premier League.
The match was the most sinister nightmare for those who claim the Spanish league rival English with riches that will provide its TV rights to broadcast the world. The new Superklasiko had drama, which has always characterized the Premier League, plus the added value that lacked class, elegance and art. And as if to put a finger in the wound a few hours later, Real Madrid put 5 goals to Osasuna ... Hrrrrr ...