tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41761457028443014652024-03-13T18:55:36.768+01:00FUTBOL PIRINEUS (ENGLISH VERSION)Futbol Pirineushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03378370108368865604noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4176145702844301465.post-66111972702525479732017-04-22T12:31:00.003+02:002017-04-22T12:31:55.390+02:00WE HAVE FORGOTTEN EVERYTHING<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">We have forgotten everything. Everything that made Barça great, as a
team, as a Club, as an entity, has disappeared. And if there is anything left,
it is hidden in some drawer, as if we were ashamed to show it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">They have forgotten the famous "values". A Club that helped as
it did to the Brazilian Chapecoense after its accident, a Club, where the U-13
team goes around the world with wonderful images after winning a Japanese team
or, a Club that was showing off UNICEF on the chest and was paying!!! to do so,
can not fail to not return the ball after the opponent sends it out to attend
an injured player, further if he was wasting time or anything else. The image,
by itself, is not pretty. Or, it can not be that a team of our Academy, in one
of these tournaments that are played now at Easter, make the kick-off when the
opponent is celebrating a goal. It is possible that the boys are not aware of
what is going on, however, the referee does not have to give permission for the
kick-off, and the team leaders have to tell the children to stop and wait for
the opponents.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">And, with that, we have forgotten grassroots. The social networks of the
Club only talk about wins of U-11, U-15 or U-19, while at the first team there
is no player arriving from the lower ranks since many years ago. The last was
Sergi Roberto, who debuted with Guardiola. Rafinha was loaned and, if it is not
because the coach is Luis Enrique, who had him at Celta, I doubt he would have
returned. Thiago, Bartra, Onana, Bellerin, Deulofeu, Adama, Grimaldo, Samper or
Munir are not here. For one reason or another. Some have been sold (better or
worse), others have been shown where the exit door was, and others are on loan.
Surely, more than one of these, or many, would serve perfectly to do the work
that others, who cost than 150M€ in transfers, do not know, can not do, or, do
not want to do. Not to mention the B. But if they are leading the 2ndB and they
have quite well to be promoted to 2ndA, you will tell me! True, but 2/3 of his
players have not even come through the Youth, with all that this implies. And I
doubt the vast majority will continue in the team if it is promoted. So, what
is the aim?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">And, having forgotten grassroots, we have forgotten the
"model", the one of playing. The one everyone in the football world
applauded and admired. The one that was the envy of all. Now we play something
different. "Evolution," they call it. But, so much evolution that, in
the end, does not resemble it at all. Hey! However, we have possession! We have
what??? They have not understood anything. Absolutely nothing about how Barça plays.
And, now they tell us that we have to bring players with muscle for the
midfield, that Xavi and Iniesta does not serve, that Mascherano and not
Busquets should be the central midfielder, that this is "modern"
football. I insist. Nothing. About nothing. And, when Luis Enrique uses 1-3-4-3
as a system, they tell us it is what Cruyff was doing. No idea, listen. No
idea. Because Cruyff did not play with 3 center back (or Lopez Rekarte, Ferrer,
Sergi and Juan Carlos were CB???). The Barça of Cruyff (and the one of
Guardiola when it used this system), had width with the full-backs and width
with the wingers. So, 4. This one, only 2. There was Koeman alone (perhaps with
Nando or Nadal). Here we have Mascherano-Piqué-Umtiti (or Piqué-Umtiti-Mathieu...
it doesn’t matter). There, Bakero played with his back to the goal. Here,
Messi, when playing in this position, does so to receive and play up. Txiki or
Goiko were wingers, wingers. Do we have any of these now? It's the same... Come
on, man, come on!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">And, we have forgotten that Barça can not be al the day in the courts.
The signing of Neymar, the FIFA case, the land of Gavà-Viladecans, the "estelades"
... and now the appeal for the sanction against Neymar before tomorrow's match
against Madrid. I am clear that it is not acted the same against Barça as
against others. No doubt. But, that the level of incompetence of the Directors
and Legal Services (or other contracted lawyers) is stratospheric, I still have
less doubt. One thing is very clear. The Laws have been skipped. Further that
from Madrid, Nyon or Zurich they push more here than to other sides, the truth
is that they have not given us the reason in anything. This, when appeals have been
sent late or with defects. Remember the Cup Final in Madrid, where they wanted
to ban the estelades. The appeal of the Club was not admitted, because it was
not signed by the one who has to (it was the Club and, it had to be a private,
if I have no misunderstanding). With the case of Neymar (that seems that it is
not yet finished), at the moment the Club is convicted. Yes, we are criminals.
The same ones (Rosell and Bartomeu), who continue to repeat that "we would
do everything the same" are those who say "they want to condemn us
for a crime committed by the Club." For the Club! Not them! You have to be
a real shamelessness to say so. All this without talking about the Directors
who, for one reason or another, with a constant drip, appear in newspapers (in some
newspapers, because others..., better not to talk), TV, etc.,with different
problems with justice because their business activities. And this can not be.
One thing is bad management and, another, to be a criminal offender. This is
Barça and, like Caesar's wife, if it is not honest, at least it should look
like it is.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">And, with all this, and more, we have forgotten that we are "Més
que un Club". Now we are "More than a Club". In fact, it should
not surprise us too much. The official website of the Club is in English
(.com), as well as social networks like Twitter (the @FCBarcelona account is in
English, while _cat, _se, _jp,... are the associated accounts), in case someone
did not know it. We are so international that there are “socis” in Colombia,
the United States, Switzerland, Russia, China, Japan, Senegal..., that they
have to take a plane if they want to vote the day of Elections, because, in a world so technological
and other, it turns out that you can not yet vote electronically. Because we
have also forgotten the soci. Or, maybe what does not matter is the soci.
Because the soci complains when things are not going well. And, if you have a
Camp Nou with a majority of tourists, these do not come to complain. Although a
sandwich full of fat and a drink costs you 9 or 10€. A Camp Nou which, by the
way, should be reformed. I've said it more than once. Compared to the new
stadiums in Europe, we are light years away from those. But there is not a cent
in the cash. And, Barça, who has never been a seller club, must sell (better or
worst), players to equilibrate the accounts. Because, in addition, a Project
that was going to cost 600M€, already woit will cost 630M€ before doing
anything. But, we are a global club and therefore we are "More than a
Club". And everybody is happy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">We have forgotten so many things that the list is endless. Even what the
shirt is. And now, we put horizontal stripes or, we do not know how many
vertical stripes..., marketing, they call it, globalization... And, in the
meantime, the shirt with the senyera (the one they said it would ALWAYS be), has
disappeared. They have also forgotten it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Jordi Pascual<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Futbol Pirineushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03378370108368865604noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4176145702844301465.post-72421790845374908822016-10-21T15:17:00.000+02:002016-10-21T15:17:01.011+02:00THE END OF POSITIONAL PLAYING<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Last Wednesday I watched Barça-City (U-19). Beyond confirming that the
Barca youth also wants to play as the 1<sup>st</sup> team (without wingers, a
less constructive play in midfield, etc.), one of the things that caught my
attention was the fact of watching many mistakes of tactical kind in our team.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Thursday, via twitter, <a href="https://twitter.com/sirocco_10/status/789015527796645888">sirocco_10</a>
was telling us as that a scout of Villarreal was explaining him the change of
mentality that there is in many big clubs with respect to youth football. For
you to have an idea, those who do not know too much how this goes on, remember
that, in general, grassroots football develops in 4 stages: iInitiation (up to
12 years approximately), Development (16 years), Performance (19 years),
Competition (21). What is it happening? Very simple: the big clubs are focusing
more on Performance and Competition (both, at training level and at scouting
and recruitment level), than in Initiation and Development.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">And that is bad. Very bad. For football in general, but particularly for
Barça even more. By all the famous "model,
and its implementation, means.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I'll explain. The last 25 years (since the arrival of Cruyff to Barça’s
bench, although this doesn’t like to many), Barça has developed a special model
of training and playing. Not unique (at the end of the day, Cruyff took it from
Ajax and mixed it with the things that <a href="https://twitter.com/MetodoLR">Laureano
Ruiz</a> was doing), but so well implemented that it has led us where it had
led us (League, Champions League, National Teams... ), and that it has deserved
the unanimous recognition worldwide (football and non-football).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The problem is that the "model" was more than a form or style
of playing football. The "model" contained all the Principles of Football
(<a href="http://www.martiperarnau.com/tactica/la-ortodoxia/">I wrote about it</a>
a few years ago on the magazine of <a href="https://twitter.com/martiperarnau">Martí
Perarnau</a>). If there’s anything good at the Coaches Courses of the RFEF is
that they establish Principles (Offensive and Defensive), that I have not seen
in any other country. In fact, in many countries, according to who you talk, some
will say that the Principles are one or the other.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">This means that any boy who had gone through the Barca youth football
knew the "game", the "what", but also the "how"
or "why" of a given situation on the pitch Not now. And this "not
now," includes the pause and the delay. The pressure, the possession, the
width, the 1-4-3-3 can be used in many ways to play, however, pause and
patience are linked unequivocally to positional play. And, pause and patience allow
to have lines together, allow unmark support (the "3<sup>rd</sup> man",
" the free man"), allow to close the pitch correctly and allow much
more.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">All this, however, is no longer. And it is not that you don’t see it with
the 1<sup>st</sup> team. It is not seen at Barca B, neither at U-19. But it has
its logic. Beyond that grassroots teams should play as “seniors" do, the
fact is that the vast majority of players at B (17, I think they are), they
have not played for U-19 and many of the U-19 are not trained at home. And,
they do not know the positional play; however, it seems that many do not know neither
the Principles we spoke earlier. And, the coaches (Gerard and Gabri), it seems
that neither or, at least, it seems they do not care whether they are applied
or not. And instead of teaching (Professional Formative Football, it’s called
now B and U-19, but still "formative", right?), they want to win at any
cost.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">But there is more. Until now, they were looking for, particularly for grassroots,
skilled players who could play the ball, able to run with it, pass, dribble ...
Not now. Now bigger and stronger players are searched. And they tell us that Rakitic
replaces Xavi, or Andre Gomes or Denis Suarez replacing Iniesta. Or, if Busquets
is not playing, Mascherano can do it easily. And they are so calm. As if it was
the same! As if there is any relation between a dribbling of Messi or Iniesta with
one of Rakitic or André Gomes. No. No relation. The firsts dribble because
their quality. The latters, because their strength. Make no mistake.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">And it’s also said that, of course, you have to play with the players
you have. The coach must adapt to the characteristics of their players. I think
it's great, but, all these players have come because Luis Enrique, don’t’ they???
And those who have come for the B, to do something similar, is it a Gerard
Lopez thing, right?? Or is there someone who believes that coaches have no say
in making the squad??? And the respective Technical Secretaries (Robert
Fernandez, Pep Segura) seek what they want or do they follow the ideas of the
coach? And all this is done following the guidelines given by the Board,
because, of course, do not forget that the boss is the Board. And they are the
ones who decide what "model" the Club has to follow. They are, nobody
else.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">But, about the Board and I’ll talk another day, if that. Let’s go back
to our "positional play". They tell us that grassroots (Amateur Formative
Football, until 17 years, as said at the beginning with Initiation and Development),
continues to work in the same way as before. I really doubt it. But it is that,
besides hesitation, it is an inconsistency. That is, until 16-17 years we teach
them one thing. From here on, a very different one. And all this, while we are taking
kids from outside for the B and the U-19 who are not trained in positional
playing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">But, what about the coaches?? Until recently, the majority of coaches in
grassroots football were people who had spent many years in the house or were
former players who knew the model. For one reason or another, many of these are
no longer and those who have returned have done with other ideas. It is
somewhat sad that coaches trained in the club go around explaining the model
and, when they come back, they do not apply it. It is what it is. It is said
that, in the not too distant future, Xavi could be the ideal coach for Barça. I
do not doubt it. Now, I doubt that he comes with this Board and I doubt, even
more, if he can apply positional playing with everything I have said so far.
And if not, look at the difficulties of Guardiola to apply it, first at Bayern
and, now at City.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I have no doubt that Barça will continue to win competitions, even when
Messi leaves. We will play in a different way, with players that will be
different and, with a majority of outside players. But we will win, for sure.
At the end of the day, the vast majority of “socis” and supporters only care
about winning at any cost.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Now, "that" that dazzled the world and many have not yet
learned that it is NOT called "tiki-taka" and it is called
"positional play", take off the illusion. It will take years to see
it again. If we see it again.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Jordi Pascual<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;">You can follow me on twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/JordiPascualP">@JordiPascualP</a></span>Futbol Pirineushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03378370108368865604noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4176145702844301465.post-76274126792185953872016-07-30T11:59:00.004+02:002016-07-30T11:59:41.285+02:00FIGURES<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Barca economic Vice President, Susana Monje, presented the economic
balance of the 2015-2016 season. Before going on, let me make a couple of
considerations.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The first is, Mrs. Monje, that the fact that the judge has concluded
that the famous <b>40M€</b> paid to N&N
for the transfer of Neymar to Barca are salary and no transfer, does not mean
that this transfer has cost <b>19,3M€</b>.
At "accounting" level it will be reflected in this way in the books,
sure. But the reality is that, between one thing and another, the transfer (not
counting the "real" wage the contract says), is around <b>100M€</b>. That we are not experts in Economics
does not mean we do not know about addition and subtraction.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The second consideration is that, according to the same Mrs. Monje, the
accounts have been audited, as established by law and that, for the sixth
consecutive year the accounts have been validated without any annotation.
Perfect. Or not. If auditors are the same who said they were 40M€ transfer and,
it turns out they are not, I would not be too quiet. Let us not forget that the
Club has come to recognize two tax crimes, while the same authors (who signed
the agreements, Mr. Rosell and Mr. Bartomeu), have come free of any charge. And
it was audited. Not to joke about it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Let the numbers as such. As starting point, when you see the big
numbers, you can’t say anything but: AMAZING! They had budgeted income <b>633M€</b>, against <b>598,5M€</b> spending, with a profit (before tax) of <b>34.5M€</b>. The results were:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Income: 679M€ (+46M€)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Expenses: 630M€ (+31.5M€)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Benefit: 49M€ (+14.5M€)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Moreover, debt has been reduced from <b>328M€</b> to <b>271M€</b>, i.e. <b>57M€</b>. Another great news in terms of
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Now, let's analyze where these data come from, and we’ll see that the
situation, although economically it seems more than good, at productive level
perhaps it is not so.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The first thing is that the club received a bonus of <b>24M€</b> from Nike and sold players
(Pedro+Bartra+Adama), for a total of <b>48M€</b>.
That is, as such, we have only achieved revenues of 607M€. When it comes to
reaching 1,000M€ in 2021, it seems to be quite difficult if there is no ability
to generate more revenue out of extraordinary circumstances. Because there is
something we can’t forget: the great clubs are players-buyers, not sellers.
Clubs of medium/small size include in their budgets the sale of one or two
players to have a balanced numbers. The large, don’t. And at Barca, heading
fastest growing in terms of revenue is sales of players and, marketing (new
sponsors), not selling products.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">What does this mean? Well, I understand that this means that the economic
model that we have is not useful anymore. If you look at the
"Stadium" section, you will see that increases <b>9M€</b> over the previous year. A game like Spanish Super Cup (paying
for socis now), can allow to enter <b>4-5M€</b>.
There is a clear stagnation. I repeat: for an economist, what matters is the
total amount, but for those who have to get the money means something is not
done well.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Let's go to debt. <b>57M€</b> less.
But, if there is no the sales we have said before, you can’t reduce debt. We
are back in the same place. Since there is no normal increase in revenue, the
only way is the extraordinary one. And, of course, it’s not every year that
extra millions will come from a sponsor or we’ll sell enough players to fix the
situation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Think, on the other hand, that more sponsors mean fewer tickets to sell
... or less socis in the Stadium. As the agreements are
"confidential", we don’t know what the sponsors have in exchange, but
everywhere, one of the things they receive are obviously match tickets. The
more sponsors, the more tickets you have to give, obviously. And the Estadi has
a limited capacity. Therefore, if we add sponsors, we will have to stop selling
tickets or, when there are socis who leave the Club, these seats will not go to
socis who are on the waiting list. They have not said the number of
season-holders tickets. Last year it was 84,000. We'll see how many are this year
or next year.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">We go to a third point. The payroll. The budget was 419M€ meaning 66% of
revenues. The reality tells us it is 435M€, representing 69%; if winning the
League and Cup is not included in the budget, we have a problem. A problem
aggravated when the amounts paid in bonuses to players exceed the bonuses we
receive from sponsors and others. Somewhere the accounts have been done too
lightly, without calculating all circumstances. And this year, unfortunately,
we didn’t win the Champions League, which always represents an expense that
makes all the economy stagger the club. It can’t be.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">To all this we have to add the issue of "Grand Sponsor": <b>35M€ (5%¡¡ of the Budget)</b>, for a Board
that shows off Trident, Triplet and I don’t know what else. <b>35M€</b> for a shirt that wear the world's
best player by far, the one that should be his replacement and the best striker
in the world. When you see all this, it is clear that, at commercial and image level,
things aren’t well done. All this, when you're considered one of the most
valuable Clubs in the world (it matters little whether first or second, because
the criteria used can have many variables, the fact is you are up there). Me,
I'm sorry, but I do not understand any of this. Or they are very bad selling
the club or I don’t know what to think.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">In short: the financial situation of the club looks very good -although
still they have not explained why it was that Nolito (<b>18M€</b>) could not come in January, but we have now these figures of
income and profits-, but, on the other hand, the business situation it is
stagnant, without solutions to increase revenue, either by way of further
exploitation of what is done now, either by way of new activities to do. In the
short term they can give us good results and the accounts can be good. Once
everything is sold, what will they do?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Club sports model have been already burst. Now, it seems they will do the
same with the economic model. Selling players to have benefits is sending us away,
every day, of being "More than a Club" and brings us closer,
increasingly, to be "One more Club".<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Futbol Pirineushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03378370108368865604noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4176145702844301465.post-46311649350003589522016-05-16T12:16:00.003+02:002016-05-16T12:16:48.386+02:00BARÇA B AND OTHER STUFF<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Sunday ended the regular season in 2nd B Division. From this weekend we
will have the playoffs for promotion to 2nd A Division. Barca B will not be
there. And, when things have a bad starting, it’s normal to end badly.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The elections to the Presidency of Barça took two very significant
changes at the level of the sport structure that affects B team. On one hand,
García Pimienta, who had done all the planning together with Roura, found that,
overnight, they put Gerard Lopez above him, as 1st coach. On the other hand,
the sports organization changed: the club was splitted into 3 parts (4 with Women's
Football): Professional Football (1st team), Formative Professional Football
(Barça B, Juvenil A (U-19) and B (U-18)), and Amateur Formative Football
(Cadete A (U-16) to Prebenjamines (U-8)). The EscolesFCB are outside and are part
of Marketing Area (what do you want I say?).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Each of these parts has a Technical Secretary and still we have the Scouting
Area and the Methodology Area (which in principle are transverse)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Is this you see here above.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The first problem is that each Technical Secretary seems to do what he
wants. They call it Technical Secretary, but it seems rather a Technical
Director. That is, marking the lines to follow in terms of the way of working,
playing, etc. With all that it has as consequences. Roura does one thing, say
classic "model". Robert Fernandez is only for the first team, looking
for players around the world to enable keep winning, increasingly "as
is."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">We have the Formative Professional Football. The Technical Secretary is
Pep Segura. They sold it as the intermediate step between
"grassroots" and "professional football" as it was neither
one nor the other. And indeed, when you're in no man's land, you end up not
knowing where you are and the results are what they are. Juveni B is the only
one, with one game to finish the league, can win. The Juvenil A has finished
4th at 19!! points behind the 1<sup>st</sup>, with no option to play the Champions
League (both, Spanish and European), or the Cup. And, the B...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Barca B. After the disappointing season 2014-15 where the team dropped
from 2ªA to 2ªB (although for some Directors that was not problematic or bad)
with coaching change in mid-season (Vinyals instead of Eusebio) and, speeches
here or there saying if players this or that (incidentally, quite players had
been in the Juvenil A with Vinyals, so if not adequate behaviours were detected
and nothing was done to correct it...), the 2016 season began with a coach appeared
at the last minute with some players signed who could not play for the famous
"FIFA Case" and the desire to come back to 2ªA quickly. The reality
was very different. At the end of the year the team was in position for the relegation
to 3<sup>rd</sup> Division. Excuses were everywhere ("they are very
young," "no experience", "the FIFA case"...) and when
the winter market came there was a revolution. A lot of new players (7?, 8?, 9?...
I do not remember), which also meant a lot of players released.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">In summer they had gone some as Adama; others, like Deulofeu, still running
around Europe and it seems with no return. The latter case seems pretty clear:
Quality, indisputable. The character, too. And I wonder, with so many coaches,
assistants, psychologists, etc. that we have in the club, no one has sat a
couple of hours with this kid to see what happens? And I ask the question from
complete ignorance. I have no idea if this has happened or not.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Other players left because, by contract, should be promoted to the first
team. Amazing!!! The top of incompetence. Having in a formation team players that
are promoted by contract and not because the quality. And, of course, there
wasn’t room for them at the 1<sup>st</sup> team. And therefore...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">We continue. Two names: Grimaldo and Robert Gonçalves. The first seems
not very "friend" of Luis Enrique and this does not want it for the 1<sup>st</sup>
team. Until here, it’s perfect. Now, if the club believes it is a player with a
future, why not to loan him and we'll see in a while? Well, no. Sold. No option
for buy-back. The second, a player who came on loan from Fluminense of Brazil
and sold to us as the new... Neymar! He came to "cost 0" (this was told
to us), with a buying option this summer for 7M€. First, if he was overweight;
then we know nothing more. The truth is that it has played in the league,
exactly the same as its price: 0 minutes. And what is worse, without any
explanation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Now, it seems that for next year, a new revolution for B is prepared,
with the aim of being promoted to 2ªA. It sounds good to me... or maybe not.
The aim of B is to prepare players to be promoted to the 1st team. The higher the
B is, more competitive and therefore better for the players. So far, the theory
is fantastic. The problem is putting it into practice. There have been games
where only 2 B players were coming from La Masia. 2!! Is this Barca B?????? Is
this a formation team ???? If I was told that next year there will be 4 or 5 of
these "new" in the 1st team, although I could understand, however, it
seems that this will not be the case.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">This revolution also seems to be aimed to find/sign other kind of
players: now we have to look more "physical" players. This is, Roura
continues working, as we have said, "the model" but when they reach
17, only the bigger and the stronger will continue. Is that, isn’t it? That is,
as I said before three "Technical Secretaries", each one making the
war on their own, with no one, at Executive Technical level, marking the line
of the Club. We go like this.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Why do we want a "Formative Amateur Football" full of quality
players if, when they reach the Juvenil B, w will not want them for being small?
Why do we want Juveniles and a B if, hardly, they will not contribute with
player for the first team? And, to contribute means players who can compete
with those who are playing. Having 20 minutes in a cup game against 2ªB team...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Zubizarreta said one day, when he was still the Technical Director:
"If we don’t find out what we want, we will have to look for it at home."
Translation: the priority of B is NOT the formation for the first team. The
priority of B is... I cannot see it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">By the way, it seems that Samper is one of those players who, as he has no
"physical aspect", it is quite difficult for him to stay at the 1<sup>st</sup>
team. Nothing more to say.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">You can follow me on twitter: @<a href="https://twitter.com/JordiPascualP">JordiPascualP</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Futbol Pirineushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03378370108368865604noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4176145702844301465.post-48509608089869211842015-12-23T12:09:00.003+01:002015-12-23T12:09:48.404+01:00SOME NOTES<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Some notes and comments about the Blaugrana present:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">1. Messi is the best. No doubt. He can play walking, he can run or he
can do whatever he wants to. When he has to be, he is. And, while he is, we
will win titles. Then... we'll see.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">2. The way to play Luis Enrique seems increasingly "it".
Interestingly, the more we resemble "that", the more important have
become players like Busquets who some wanted to send to the bench and put in his
place Mascherano. As if they were the same. As if a change of stamps.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">3. In this line, the model was changed (it was not evolution, it was
change, for sure) to come back, now, as close as possible to the model. The
worst thing is we do not know if the model is for the Club or for the team.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">4. Iniesta (84), Pique (87), Messi (87) and Busquets (88), were already
when the FIFA Club World Cup 2009. Thiago (91) and Sergi Roberto (92), should
be next. The first is gone. The second, is not yet consolidated. Danger.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">5. If in January we should bring 5 or 6 players to save the
"B" (playing in 2nd B, do not forget, after relegation last year), it
means that something is being done badly. B's mission is to serve to prepare
the players for the 1st team.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">6. So many players coming and going from the "B" also means
that something is not well done at the level of planning and scouting. The
"B" players should get there to go to the 1st team, not for
commercial transactions.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">7. It is great that the Technical Secretariat goes up and down and tries
to have as much information about players worldwide. The problem is that we
have gone from "What we do not find at home, we’ll go to look for it
out" to "What we do not find out, we're going to look for it at
home."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">8. The Club is in "excellent economic situation", but we can
not sign in January, because we would not be on-line with EBITDA and new
elections should be called. In other words, maybe we are not so well.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">9. It seems that the only way for the club's new revenues is through
agreements with sponsors. Agreements that we do not know what they really mean
for the soci. What do we give in return? We're not told. They talk about
"confidentiality clauses". Given that everything had to be done with
"transparency"...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">10. All this, with a reform of the Stadium that still we do not know if
we have permission from City Hall and the Generalitat or, either, how it will
be funded. Remember that 200M€ were coming from downgrading the debt from 400
to 200M€ to borrow again. Today, the debt is more than 300M €. Complicated. Very
complicated.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">11. The Club continues at the courts (and losing lawsuits). The latter,
with bills paid for a work not done. In any normal place this should make those
responsible resign. Here...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">12. We all know that guilty ones are Jordi Casas and the "black hand".
Interestingly, judges (both civil and sports), say the opposite. Why is that
way.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">13. Do not turn around more. The team holds the Club. The day the team
stops winning (and we've seen this year after Anoeta), the situation will be
untenable. Those who know me know that I do not want the team to lose never.
Neither the team, nor the Club, deserve the officials we have. I know there
have been elections and Bartomeu won clearl. No doubt. But, that there are many
socis who vote based on whether the ball goes in or not, it is also very clear.
And, the same that voted Bartomeu now, will ask for his resignation as soon the
team loses two games in a row. And back to point 1. Will be able Neymar (beyond
the 57,1M€ or whatever), to do what has made the Argentine when this one is
gone? And, it is not about a couple of months, as he did recently because the
injury of Messi. It is doing so one year, yes, and next year, also.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">And 14. The "repoker" this year has only one point of
comparison with the sextet or the Champions League in Paris. And it is that we
have been for 10 years at the top of world football. No one had ever been so
long up there. And it has to continue, because otherwise...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Anyway, only to wish Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Jordi Pascual<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Futbol Pirineushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03378370108368865604noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4176145702844301465.post-24478015008120376522015-07-25T11:52:00.002+02:002015-07-25T11:52:49.735+02:00GAME OVER<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Finally, we have had elections at
Barça. Bartomeu has clearly won and will be President the next 6 years (in
theory, we all know how this Club goes...)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">As there have been many analyzes of
these elections, I do not think we have another matter. So, here it is.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">BARTOMEU: The triplet and trident.
The triplet and trident. And everything works fine. And, what does not work, it
is the fault of others. This and the support of a press unworthy of the name
(with exceptions), which has hidden to all the socis the "bad"
issues, has had enough to win. He has not presented any program (go to his
website and see if you can find it), and neither it has been necessary. He
asked for fair play in January, when he said that elections would be at the end
the season but he and the members of his Board have been traveling up and down
since then on behalf of the "events of the Club". He dind't want to
go to any debate with the other candidates, except the obligatory on TV3, which
is the essence of democracy. But, he is chosen by a majority of socis and, if
they think the Club has to be this, it is their decision. We will have enough
time to check if this Club becomes just a football team.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">LAPORTA: I think he was wrong on
both the timing and strategy. He said he was running for elections at the last
minute and thought it was because he had to and not because he really believed
in it. Nor did he present any particular program (also, go to his website), but
a good number of names, really, quite exciting. Program as such was "we
did so and will do so if we win." It seemed the student who leaves
everything to the last day trusting his memory, and it fails him in the final
exam. While on stage he is the best of all by far, the day of the debate was at
a low level, without getting virtually the melee with Bartomeu (and it is very
clear that Laporta is much better in this regard). If he wants to continue in
the race, I think he has to do a deep self-criticism and start working from
scratch.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">BENEDITO: Got 8000 votes in 2010 and
now 3000. Does this mean that people have no trust on him or he has done a bad
campaign? Surely not, but Laporta was not in 2010 and had no clear replacement
within his group and, now he was. It is quite possible that, sociologically,
voters of one and another are very close, though, defended Club models are
quite different. He presented his "100 proposals" as a program and
many of them, really, really interesting. It has been five years breaking stones
going across the country. As a worker, I do not think anyone can say anything.
However, as I said once, I think he lacks something to be a media and
charismatic leader. I doubt that, after two consecutive defeats, can present
something more exciting for the future. We'll see.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">FREIXA: A very well presented
program (go to the web, like everyone else). A group of well known names by the
fans, together with another group of "football workers" unknown to
most of the general public. However, I said from the beginning that his
credibility, to me, was nil. He has been 5 years in the Board and now he
criticizes left and right. "Everything they did was wrong, the Board
members had no information ..." I ask: Why did he not leave, if it was
like that? If one day he is able to explain it (I doubt), he could be an
interesting candidate.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">BATISTE: I respect everyone's ideas,
however, I can't come to understand that a group that only appeared with the idea
of having the famous "animation stand" and to get affordable prices
for travel to matches, has been about to be a candidate. Or maybe that's what
really matters to the soci. The team wins, no matter how, and that we can go to
watch it wherever in Europe.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">FARRE And, following the above
reasoning, he was much more far from being a candidate. And, in contrast, he
had a very interesting program. Even a sponsor to put more money than Qatar
Airways! The upside for me is that, now that he knows how it works and what to
do, can be a very interesting candidate for forthcoming elections.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">MAJO: Beyond the idea, pretty well
explained of the electronic voting, I do not buy anything. Majó is the person
who said "Messi, best mum" when the Faus-Messi affaire ("that man",
remember?). As Benedito, he has already been (and lost) more than one elections, which does not make him for the
future.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">FONT: His name was mentioned as a
possible candidate for many weeks and finally decided, due to time constraints,
not to show and prepare the next elections. We'll see what happens.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">MANAGING BOARD: They weren't a
candidate, but it seemed. They bought, sold and loaned players during the
election period, going far beyond what the statutes say, with the excuse of
"The coach demanded it." Unacceptable for a club like Barca.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Personally, it has made me very
happy to see how many of the ideas that have been put in this blog in recent
months about the "Model of Club" and other stuff, have appeared in
many of the programs of the candidates. I do not mean (which could also be),
that some of them have been copied. To the contrary, what makes me happy is to
see that, someone unknown like me is not so far, in concept of Club and way of
doing things, of these that have been present at the elections. Also, you know
I was in the group "Origen" which got to submit a program and finally
decided not to run the call of the elecions. Right now, I do not know if we
will try to participate in the next one.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">I know that some candidates will
read this and some will not. Some will like it and some will not. It is what it
is. In any case, this game is over and now it begins a new one. We'll see what
happens!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Jordi Pascual<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Futbol Pirineushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03378370108368865604noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4176145702844301465.post-72681508119510171442015-06-24T22:04:00.001+02:002015-06-24T22:04:15.732+02:00ESPAI BARÇA<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">I wanted to write about the
elections and the pre-candidates. In fact, I had it prepared fifty-fifty.
However, what I have read of Josep Maria Bartomeu about the "Espai
Barça" has made me change my mind. According to the pre-candidate and
former unelected president (but legitimate), if his candidacy doesn't win, it is
unlikely that this reform is made. Let's see:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">1) The reform approved by the socis
was "all or nothing". There was no alternative. It was the proposal
of the Board or not doing any action.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">2) A project was presented for a
total amount of € 600M, when this same Board was contrary to the known "Foster
Project" by Joan Laporta, costing € 300M ... because it was very
expensive.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">3) The construction of a new Palau
Blaugrana is presented to a vote when it was already included in the electoral
program. What is the reason for it? This new Palau will have a capacity of
10,000 spectators. The minimum demanded by Euroleague Basketball. Is it there
so little confidence in filling it? Unable to be 12,000 or 15,000 spectators?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">4) Mini-Estadi disappears. If there
was so few people attending (and better not to mention Barça B match against
Betis), do you think that they will go a lot to Sant Joan Despi?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">5) From the 1st Ring, they will disappear
several rows of seats (we do not know how many), to make way for a series of
"VIP Boxes" and "Hospitality". "UEFA compels us",
they say. LIE. So clear. And when they want, I show them. Show us UEFA
regulations obliging do this.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">6) WiFi coverage will be placed around
the Camp Nou. Wasn't this in the electoral program, and it haven't been done?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">7) Catering kitchens and modern
extraction systems will be improved, they tell us. Let's see, so many stadiums they
have seen and they have not realized that what is needed are real restaurants
where people can have different offers (sandwiches, snacks, menu,
"a-la-carte" ..) and not a better system for smoke's extraction?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">8) Some of the money needed to make
the reform will come from all these concessions and other spaces (shops, etc.),
which become long-term (can be up to 50 or up to 99 years); this point was
confirmed by the then Vicepresident Faus ("this man", do you remember?),
asked about it in one of the presentations of the reform. But let's have clear
that if they give us the money now, for all the years of the concession we will
not see anything. Or is it not? What revenues will we have therefore?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">9) The number of season ticket
holders at the Camp Nou has dropped to 84,000. That is, there are 15,000 seats
available to the public for each match. This, while there is a fairly long
waiting list of socis who want a seat. Meantime, in time of Laporta, the seats
were changed by others narrower, so the actual discomfort is clear enough in
many areas of the stadium, without the current Board has done nothing to fix
it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">10) Therefore, we speak of a reform
where the socis, beyond escalators and elevators, will have little benefit. €
420m just for the Camp Nou I do not think they are justified.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Now, make no mistake about one
thing. A major reform of the Camp Nou is necessary. In many ways, as I have
said many times. Not only escalators, elevators, toilets and kitchens cleaner
with better flues. The reform the Camp Nou requires is more than that. Make no
mistake. And, I have not heard any pre-candidate saying he will do nothing in
this regard. What Bartomeu has done with his statements is purely emotional
blackmail to the socis.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Is it necessary a reform of the Camp
Nou? Yes. So clear.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Is this reform that they propose
needed? No. So clear.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Do we need a President with these
ideas? No. Even clearer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Jordi Pascual<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Everything
points that, at the end of the season, Xavi Hernández will leave Barça.
"It's okay to leave. It's old" or "He is not useful for this
modern game" are some of the things we've heard in recent times. I will
not make any assessment on them. It's wasting time. It's that simple.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">It is
true that no one will remember Xavi as the player who ran faster than anyone, who
jumped more than anyone, who recovered balls, who put the foot making a huge
effort to prevent the ball went into the goal after the goalkeeper was
overcame, that... nothing. From all this, nothing.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Nor he
won't remembered for three "nutmegs" on the same play or, dribbling
one player after another or, for his records as a scorer. Not Either.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">About football
it has always said that it was a matter of space and time. The one who
dominates this, dominates football. And this is SIR XAVI (Yes, in capital
letters, as the "Master" Puyal named him). Xavi is football. It is
the "fucking boss" of space and time. Always with the GPS in position,
scanning all the possibilities before receiving the ball. "What he does is
very easy," said some. Easy? You mean it's easy to play 1-2 touches almost
always choosing the best option? No. Not a chance. What Xavi does is very
complicated. If it was that easy, the world would be full of Xavis. And it is
not. For some reason it will be.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Now
turn to play short. Now, long. Now, to the right. Now, to the left. Now,
forward. Now back. Now, we accelerate. Now, we stop. Now, I approach. Now, I go
away. Space and time. Always, at all times. Reading the match and the play as
few players in football history. Always knowing what it is most interested for
the team.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">"The
false 9" is not understood without Xavi. "When you see Leo in this <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>position between the lines, pass him the
ball," said Pep to Xavi the day of 2-6 at the Bernabéu. And Xavi, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>searching for Messi. And when he saw him where
he had been told, PAM! Because, of course, for much intelligence you have, if
you can not play it ... and Xavi, plus intelligence, has quality. Tons of
quality that many people have never seen or understood.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">"Move
the ball to move the opposition," says the manual of positional playing.
And Xavi got tired of playing the ball. Towards hither and thither. Always with
the idea of disrupting the contrary, to find the spaces between the lines, to
find the place inside pass and then again, PAM! Take, Leo, finish. And, Leo, if
he gets the ball on the edge of box, he finishes. That's why he is the best in
the world.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">"Do
not touch if they don't come" also the manual says. And Xavi was running
with the ball, until an opponent was coming to look for him and, then, a soft
touch and an opponent less. And a line overpassed. And, closer to the
opponent's box. Space and time. Every Time.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Xavi,
besides breaking many lines too, with Iniesta and Messi broke another football
"myth". The small and technical players. Especially among the
"6" and "8" showed that, for playing in midfield, you did
not need to have 1,80m. nor weigh 80kg. And, when they linked with the
"10"... Those 3v2 near the opponent's box dizzy everyone until, PAM!,
once again. Take, Leo, finish</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">"The
ball does not get tired, let's make run the ball," also the manual says.
And Xavi made the ball run at a crazy speed. So much that one day, which Barça
won 4-0 Bayern in the Champions League, Van Bommel (former Barça and Bayern at
the time), when asked after the game why they had not made almost no fouls, he
replied "Is that nobody was there. When we arrived, there was no ball or
otherwise. It was like chasing ghosts".</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">It will
take years to see one like him. Not at Barça, no. In the world. No players like
him appear every day. There is no plenty of Architects and Engineers with this
style. No people have mastered spatial concepts like the one of Terrassa. A
player does not have 7 Leagues, 3 Champions, 2 World Club Cups, 2 European
Championships and 1 World Club, playing as a starter, if you don't have
something special.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Ladies
and gentlemen, stand up and hats off. With all of you, the "Lord of space
and time": SIR XAVI!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Jordi
Pascual</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">You can
follow me on twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/JordiPascualP">@JordiPascualP</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;"></span></div>
Futbol Pirineushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03378370108368865604noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4176145702844301465.post-59588203572805168182015-02-28T12:55:00.000+01:002015-02-28T12:55:00.811+01:00LIGHTS AND SHADOWS<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Beyond
the change from "Model" (The one which, according to the Board wasn't
questioned) and the fact unacceptable to me that the 1st team plays in a way
and at grassroots (Academy), they work and play in a different manner, fact is
this Barça of Luis Enrique has a
number of features quite marked. Let's see what this team stronger and, where
squeaks this way of playing the Asturian.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The
first thing that is clear is that this team has been made from verticality and not
horizontality. So far Barça was a team that slowly up the ball until all players
have placed in attacking positions and from there, start that dance of positions
and players which mesmerized the rival until it left a hole to penetrate with many
options to score. It was a team based on midfielders. To fill the midfield with
players and create the superiorities from there was the most important.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Now,
that does not exist. The team begins at the back to go quickly up, to find the
"Three Tenors" that, from these, come the plays. And basically
everything goes around Messi. Before, the game was organized from Xavi. He dictated
the "tempo" of the match. When to go fast and when to slow. Now,
quickly search of Messi, for him, from the position of dropped winger, to make
a diagonal to Neymar. This diagonal is what gives him time to get to the edge
of the area, which is where the Argentine star is lethal. Weeks ago, Messi
picked up the ball and began to dribble players up to the front. He had two
lines and 6-7 players to delete. Now no. He delates midfielders with this pass
and reaches the front where there will be 2-3 to "disturb" him.
Pretty easier.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">If the
diagonal is not feasible, then Messi tries to dribble and go by the right side.
But here is closed for 2-3 opponents... and the sideline. When Messi played as
"False 9", could have opponents, but had no space limitations. Now he
has them and this makes it easier to lose balls.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">And if
Messi is closed, turn to play ball back and start moving the ball. But this
team no longer has to Xavi and no one to play their role. Midfielders (Iniesta,
Rakitic, Rafinha...), are not players with the pause and sense of game as the
one of Terrassa. And, the team notices a lot. Too Much. And, as the positional
play has become an accessory, if the mechanisms and automatisms are not worked,
they are lost. As also football patience has been lost. Everything is vertigo
and speed. Back and forth.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">And now
the team reaches attack positions far between the lines. This means that, if
there is turnover, the contrary has a lot more space to counterattack, just as
it has Barça. The games have become a coming and going, often nonsensical. And
this Barça gives many options for the adversary. Any team can put Barça's
defense in trouble, which has not all the blame, much less, of conceding goals.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">It is
said that when a team receives goals, blamed for the defense or goalie. No. At least
not always, and in the case of Barça, perhaps less often than people think. If
the ball arrives easily to the rival forwards and they have clear choices to
overcome the defense is not, in principle, because the defenses are bad or not
in "form". Often in situations 2v2/1v2/1v1 where the opposite faces
goal while the defense runs back. Or, the defense must come down at full speed
from offensive positions, because the team structure does not allow for
adequate coverage and surveillance.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Luis</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> Enrique, after a long time, seems to
have found its "starter team". This is formed by Bravo (Ter Stegen
for Cup and Champions), Alves and Alba as full-backs, Piqué and Mascherano as
central defenders, Busquets as central midfielder and Iniesta Rakitic as
attacking midfielders and, Messi, Neymar and Suarez as forwards.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Clearly,
the three at the front is pure dynamite. If not the best attack in the history
of football, it sure is among the best. There is goal, quality and magic. Each
player is different and each player brings to the game unique characteristics:
speed, movement off the ball, definition. When any of the three has the ball,
you know that anything can happen. And, this is not usually good for rivals.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The
midfield is the most suffering this new model of Luis
Enrique. Participation in the construction of the game is almost testimonial.
As already mentioned, the ball rolling at high speed from defense to the
forwards, midfielders only serve as companions. And as companions, have a
secondary role. Their work is more recovery than building up. And Xavi and
Iniesta are very uncomfortable with these very remote functions of their features.
And Busquets has to take care of hundreds of square meters, because the team is
no longer the team that was all together and had a player 10m. away of each other.
Now, that does not exist. If the ball arrives to the forwards, they try to do
something without expecting support. If it goes well, it's fantastic. But if
the play does not end, midfielders are far and spaces are very large. As it is
about running and not about have fluency in the game, many people prefer Mascherano
instead of Busquets in the middle. As I said a few days ago, before, to have the
matches under control we were using Xavi. Now we use Mascherano. Different
players, different football concept. And, of course, will give different
results. We have gone from make the ball run to make the players run. Concept.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">And on
defense, after Douglas, Mathieu and Vermaelen
have come, Piqué and Mascherano continue to play, with testimonials roles for
Bartra and Montoya. It is true that we have recovered the best version of Piqué
and the team appreciates it. But Mascherano remains the "libero"
(Sorry, but I don't accept this of "central amender"; you know that I
do not like the inventions of names for existing things), and it seems that
there is no credible alternative by the coach in the major matches. In the
meantime, Alves still offering a lime and sand and Alba, in tight defensive
situations, shows that still have tactical deficiencies. Both are much more
comfortable in attack than in defense. Perhaps because even for so fast players
like them it isn't useful?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">And
behind the defenses, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>there is the
goalkeeper. Bravo is however expected. Sober, without great fanfare. A goalie
to win games, but not to win Championships, in my opinion. You can tell me that
he is the less scored goalkeeper of the League and probably of the season. Barça
goalkeeper has to stop the very difficult balls... and some of the impossible.
Ter Stegen is proving the correctness of his signing. No complex, playing
quietly and is very young. And, this yes, he stops some of the impossible balls.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">We're
talking about a Barça that makes a lot of goals, but also gives many options to
the contrary. A Barça built from the speed of the players and not from the
order of the ball. Basically, this was expected. Compare the players who were Luis Enrique and Guardiola, compare how their teams
are. And is not the same to play against a mid-table team in the league, that
to it do against Madrid, Chelsea or Bayern in the Champions League. If
we play like the first half against the City, everything is possible for this
team. If we do as the second one..</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">A team,
as Luis Enrique said in his press
conference of presentation, which is unpredictable. What happens is that often
it seems unpredictable for the players themselves.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Jordi
Pascual</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">You can
follow me on twitter: @<a href="https://twitter.com/JordiPascualP">JordiPascualP</a></span></div>
Futbol Pirineushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03378370108368865604noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4176145702844301465.post-29006584485011283182015-01-12T20:50:00.000+01:002015-01-12T20:50:05.140+01:00THE TECHNICAL DIRECTOR<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Since 1988</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">Johan</span> <span class="hps">Cruyff</span>
<span class="hps">joined Barça</span>, <span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">Club</span> <span class="hps">has developed</span> <span class="hps">an
unique model of working and playing</span>. <span class="hps">This model</span>,
where all <span class="hps">trained</span> <span class="hps">and played</span> <span class="hps">in a particular way</span>, had its <span class="hps">zenith with</span>
<span class="hps">Guardiola</span> <span class="hps">as coach</span> <span class="hps">and remained</span> <span class="hps">with</span> <span class="hps">Tito</span>
<span class="hps">Vilanova.</span> <span class="hps">With Tata</span> <span class="hps">Martino</span> <span class="hps">last year</span> <span class="hps">and
now</span> <span class="hps">with</span> <span class="hps">Luis</span> <span class="hps">Enrique</span>, <span class="hps">this has changed.</span> <span class="hps">The first</span> <span class="hps">team plays</span> <span class="hps">and trains</span> <span class="hps">in
one way and</span> <span class="hps">the rest of the</span> <span class="hps">Club</span>
<span class="hps">doesn't know</span> <span class="hps">what to do</span>.</span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">All this,</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">when President</span> <span class="hps">Bartomeu</span> <span class="hps">said yesterday in</span> <span class="hps">a newspaper that</span> <span class="hps">the profile</span> he <span class="hps">was looking for</span> <span class="hps">to replace</span> <span class="hps">Zubizarreta</span> <span class="hps">was closer to</span> <span class="hps">a Technical Secretary</span> <span class="hps">like</span> <span class="hpsatn">"</span>Txiki" <span class="hps">Begiristain</span> <span class="hps">than</span> <span class="hps">a</span> <span class="hps">Technical
Director</span> <span class="hps">as Zubi</span> <span class="hps">was doing until
now.</span></span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">See</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">, <span class="hps">I</span>'m lost. <span class="hps">Who do
you think</span> <span class="hps">should be the</span> <span class="hps">executive
officer</span> <span class="hps">of sports policy</span> <span class="hps">at Barça</span>?
<span class="hps">The President?</span> T<span class="hps">he sports Vice-President</span>?
<span class="hps">The Official of the Club responsible of</span> <span class="hps">Grassroots</span>?
<span class="hps">No.</span> <span class="hps">None of them</span>. <span class="hps">This must be the</span> <span class="hps">Technical Director</span> <span class="hpsatn">(</span>as in any other <span class="hps">club</span>, <span class="hps">don't you</span> <span class="hps">think</span> <span class="hps">we're
doing</span> <span class="hps">strange</span> <span class="hps">inventions)</span>.
<span class="hps">And as such</span>, it must be <span class="hps">a technician.</span>
<span class="hps">A few days ago</span>, I read <span class="hps">that people are</span>
<span class="hps">proposing a</span> <span class="hps">non-technical person</span> <span class="hps">for this place.</span> <span class="hps">With all due respect</span>,
what does this guy <span class="hps">know about football</span>? <span class="hps">¿About</span>
<span class="hps">positional playing</span>? <span class="hps">About training
methodologies</span>? <span class="hps">About recruiting structures</span>? <span class="hps">About coach education</span>? <span class="hps">What</span> <span class="hps">do you think</span>, that <span class="hps">the Technical Director</span>
<span class="hps">has only</span> to <span class="hps">negotiate the contracts</span>
<span class="hps">of players</span>?</span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">We have arrived</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">. <span class="hps">Because</span> <span class="hps">this is</span> <span class="hps">the work of the</span> <span class="hps">Technical Director</span>. <span class="hps">And</span>, <span class="hps">more,</span> <span class="hps">in a place</span> <span class="hps">like
Barca</span>. <span class="hps">He must know</span> <span class="hps">all this.</span>
<span class="hps">Like everywhere,</span> he'll <span class="hps">know</span> <span class="hps">more</span> <span class="hps">of some things</span> <span class="hps">than
others.</span> <span class="hps">But he must master these basic points</span>.</span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">He must know</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">that what Luis</span>
<span class="hps">Enrique</span> <span class="hps">is playing now</span> <span class="hps">has nothing to</span> <span class="hpsatn">do with "</span>Barça <span class="hps">model."</span> <span class="hps">That there is no</span> <span class="hps">wingers neither</span> <span class="hps">positional game</span>. <span class="hps">Now</span> <span class="hps">of course if</span> <span class="hps">you
are going to</span> <span class="hps">sign a</span> <span class="hps">coach</span> <span class="hps">without knowing</span> <span class="hps">if he</span> <span class="hps">fulfills
what</span> <span class="hps">we need...</span></span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">He must know</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">that Barca</span> <span class="hps">B</span>
<span class="hps">is a formation team</span> that <span class="hps">should be as</span>
<span class="hps">high as possible</span>. <span class="hps">That</span> <span class="hps">is not the same</span> <span class="hps">2nd</span> <span class="hps">or</span>
<span class="hps">3rd</span> <span class="hps">Division</span> <span class="hps">and</span>,
if the case, <span class="hps">the players</span> <span class="hps">have to leave
on loan</span> <span class="hps">to</span> <span class="hps">take</span> <span class="hps">these</span> <span class="hps">experiences</span>, and that <span class="hps">they can not</span> <span class="hps">sign</span> <span class="hps">every
year</span> <span class="hps">in 4 or</span> <span class="hps">5 players</span> <span class="hps">for this team... because</span> <span class="hps">this means</span> <span class="hps">the job</span> <span class="hps">of those coming from behind is</span> <span class="hps">not good.</span></span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">He must know what the</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">training models</span>
<span class="hps">are</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">decide</span>
that <span class="hps">all</span> will have <span class="hps">the same</span> <span class="hps">training</span> <span class="hpsatn">(</span>with <span class="hps">the
obvious differences</span> <span class="hps">of age</span>, of course). <span class="hps">I insist:</span> <span class="hps">the first team</span>, too. <span class="hps">Therefore</span>, we must <span class="hps">go find</span> <span class="hps">those</span> <span class="hps">coaches,</span> <span class="hps">for any
of the</span> <span class="hps">teams in the</span> <span class="hps">Club,</span> <span class="hps">who know</span> <span class="hps">how our way of working or</span> <span class="hps">that are</span> <span class="hps">able to adapt.</span> <span class="hps">And therefore</span>, just as <span class="hps">there must be a</span> <span class="hps">recruitment of players also</span> <span class="hps">we must have with
the coaches</span>.</span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">He must</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">know how to organize</span> <span class="hpsatn">the Technical Secretariat (</span>Recruitment), to <span class="hps">reach as many</span> <span class="hps">places as possible</span>,
starting <span class="hps">Catalunya</span>, continuing in <span class="hps">Spain</span> <span class="hps">and
then</span> <span class="hps">Europe</span><span class="hps"> and</span> <span class="hps">the rest of world</span>. <span class="hps">The presence of</span> <span class="hps">scouts</span> of <span class="hps">Barça</span> <span class="hps">is much lower than</span> <span class="hps">that of other</span> <span class="hps">clubs</span> <span class="hps">and
also</span> <span class="hps">many</span> <span class="hps">boys</span> <span class="hps">are missed</span> <span class="hps">by not knowing</span> <span class="hps">their existence</span>, that is, not to <span class="hps">go</span> <span class="hps">to places where</span> <span class="hps">they should go</span>.</span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Therefore</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">, <span class="hps">the role of the</span> <span class="hps">Technical Director</span> <span class="hps">is basic.</span> <span class="hps">He's not only someone who</span> <span class="hps">manages a group of</span>
<span class="hps">people.</span> <span class="hps">Here's</span> <span class="hps">more.</span>
<span class="hps">Is someone who,</span> <span class="hps">apart from managing all</span>
<span class="hps">this group</span>, must know <span class="hps">what they are
doing</span>, <span class="hps">technically</span>. <span class="hps">And besides,</span>
<span class="hps">considering that</span> <span class="hps">there are areas</span> <span class="hps">or departments that</span> <span class="hps">are transverse</span> <span class="hpsatn">(</span>as it is <span class="hps">supposed to be</span> <span class="hps">the famous</span> <span class="hps">"Area</span> of <span class="hps">Methodology</span>" managed by <span class="hps">Seiru</span>l·l<span class="hps">o)</span>. <span class="hps">Or the famous</span> <span class="hpsatn">"</span>COR"
program, the vast <span class="hps">database that</span> <span class="hps">has</span>
<span class="hps">the club</span>, but <span class="hps">that</span> <span class="hps">when</span> <span class="hps">it's time to use it, it seems that it's
not useful</span> <span class="hps">or</span> <span class="hps">do not</span> <span class="hps">know how to use</span> it.</span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Therefore,</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">two things are necessary</span>. <span class="hps">The first</span>, <span class="hps">an Official</span> <span class="hps">who
knows</span> <span class="hps">the world</span> <span class="hps">of sport,</span> <span class="hps">and that knows</span>, <span class="hps">at least</span> <span class="hps">roughly,</span> <span class="hps">what type of</span> <span class="hps">functional
organization</span> <span class="hps">should be created</span> <span class="hps">to
achieve this.</span> <span class="hps">The second is that</span> <span class="hps">the
person who is</span> <span class="hps">Technical Director</span>, in addition to <span class="hps">the capabilities</span> <span class="hps">mentioned above,</span> <span class="hps">has the ability to</span> <span class="hps">modify this</span> <span class="hps">structure or organization</span> <span class="hps">to make it better</span>
<span class="hps">and be</span> <span class="hps">able to find a</span> <span class="hps">team that</span> <span class="hps">can</span> <span class="hps">do
better.</span></span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Moreover,</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">Club</span>
<span class="hps">must create</span> <span class="hps">a structure</span> <span class="hps">that allows</span> that <span class="hps">changes</span>, <span class="hps">whenever there is</span> <span class="hps">new Board,</span> <span class="hps">are minimal.</span> <span class="hps">That is,</span> <span class="hps">a
stable and</span> <span class="hps">permanent structure</span> <span class="hps">which
is not subject</span> <span class="hps">to constant change</span>. <span class="hps">And</span> <span class="hps">this, as I</span> <span class="hps">also</span>
<span class="hps">said once</span>, <span class="hps">involves establishing</span> <span class="hps">a clear and</span> <span class="hps">concrete</span> <span class="hps">"model"</span>,
<span class="hps">the "philosophy"</span> <span class="hps">to follow</span>
<span class="hps">and that it is</span> <span class="hps">permanent or</span>, in
the <span class="hps">worst case</span>, <span class="hps">need</span> <span class="hps">for consensus</span> <span class="hps">very</span> <span class="hps">broad
to</span> <span class="hps">be changed.</span></span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">You can follow me</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">on</span> <span class="hps">twitter</span>: <a href="https://twitter.com/JordiPascualP">@JordiPascualP</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;"></span></div>
Futbol Pirineushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03378370108368865604noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4176145702844301465.post-80686971038633570862014-12-23T12:31:00.002+01:002014-12-23T12:31:28.135+01:00ELECTIONS AT BARÇA (& IV)<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">In</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">previous posts</span> <span class="hps">I
have</span> <span class="hps">talked about what</span>, to me, <span class="hps">should
be</span> <span class="hps">the future of Barça.</span> <span class="hps">I have
spoken</span> <span class="hps">of the <a href="http://futbolpirineusenglish.blogspot.com/2014/11/elections-at-barca-i.html">economic</a>
model</span>, <span class="hps"><a href="http://futbolpirineusenglish.blogspot.com/2014/11/elections-at-barca-ii.html">sports</a></span>
<span class="hps">and <a href="http://futbolpirineusenglish.blogspot.com/2014/12/elections-at-barca-iii.html">other
sports</a></span>. <span class="hps">Now, it's</span> <span class="hps">time to
talk about</span> <span class="hps">the one who</span> <span class="hps">owns the</span>
<span class="hps">Club:</span> <span class="hps">The "Socis" (Members)</span>.</span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The socis of</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">Barça</span> go <span class="hps">voting,</span>
<span class="hps">every</span> <span class="hps">six years</span>, <span class="hps">which</span>
<span class="hps">will their</span> <span class="hps">President.</span> <span class="hps">Every year there</span>'s <span class="hps">Assembly of Delegates</span>,
which could <span class="hps">gather a</span> <span class="hps">little more</span> <span class="hps">than 4000</span> <span class="hps">partners to decide</span> <span class="hps">the general lines</span> <span class="hps">to be followed by</span> <span class="hps">the Board.</span> <span class="hps">The reality is that</span> <span class="hps">just over 1000</span> <span class="hps">are</span> <span class="hps">attending</span>.
<span class="hps">And</span> <span class="hps">that's it.</span> <span class="hps">It
is very difficult</span> <span class="hpsatn">(</span>if not impossible) <span class="hps">that the partners</span> <span class="hps">may have</span> <span class="hps">other</span> <span class="hps">activities</span> <span class="hps">and
participation in the</span> <span class="hps">daily life of the</span> <span class="hps">club.</span> <span class="hps">Convene</span> <span class="hps">a non-confidence
motion</span>, <span class="hps">with</span> <span class="hps">the new Statutes</span>,
<span class="hps">means</span> <span class="hps">they have to</span> <span class="hps">be 15</span>% of the members <span class="hps">entitled to vote</span> <span class="hps">who request it</span>. <span class="hps">Around</span> <span class="hps">20000.</span> <span class="hps">In</span>
<span class="hps">14 days</span>, without having <span class="hps">Census</span> <span class="hps">Members</span>.</span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">"Socis"</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hpsatn">(</span>less and
less, <span class="hps">by the way)</span>, <span class="hps">go to the</span> <span class="hps">Camp</span> <span class="hps">Nou</span> <span class="hps">every 15</span> <span class="hps">days.</span> <span class="hps">One
reason</span> <span class="hps">is that</span> <span class="hps">there are fewer</span>
<span class="hps">members</span> <span class="hps">seats.</span> How<span class="hps"> is</span> <span class="hps">this?</span> <span class="hps">All Right.</span>
<span class="hps">Very simple</span>. <span class="hps">Not everyone</span> <span class="hps">who leaves</span> <span class="hps">the seat</span> (resign as member),
<span class="hps">is replaced by</span> <span class="hps">other members.</span> <span class="hps">In the late</span> <span class="hps">90s,</span> <span class="hps">the</span>
<span class="hps">Club</span> <span class="hps">had</span> <span class="hps">major
headaches</span> <span class="hps">in</span> <span class="hps">Champions League
games</span>. <span class="hps">By</span> <span class="hps">law</span>, 5% of tickets
<span class="hps">should be</span> <span class="hps">for</span> <span class="hps">visiting
supporters</span>. <span class="hps">And</span> <span class="hps">this meant</span>
<span class="hps">moving a</span> <span class="hps">large number of</span> <span class="hps">people</span> <span class="hps">(mostly</span> <span class="hps">Lateral
(side), 3rd Row</span>), <span class="hps">to do so.</span> <span class="hps">Today</span>,
this is much <span class="hps">easier.</span> <span class="hps">With</span> <span class="hps">a capacity of</span> <span class="hps">99,000</span> <span class="hps">seats,</span>
<span class="hps">only</span> <span class="hps">84000</span> <span class="hpsatn">(</span>figure
given <span class="hps">by the</span> <span class="hps">Vice-President</span> <span class="hps">Faus</span> in <span class="hps">one of the</span> <span class="hps">presentations</span>
for the<span class="hps"> reform of the</span> <span class="hps">Camp</span> <span class="hps">Nou</span>), <span class="hps">are members.</span>
<span class="hps">That is,</span> <span class="hps">15,000</span> seats have been
lost <span class="hps">(or</span> <span class="hps">have been won</span> <span class="hps">15,000</span> <span class="hps">tickets</span> to <span class="hps">put
on sale</span> <span class="hps">every game</span>, each one to <span class="hps">look</span>
<span class="hps">as they want)</span>.</span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">And, as</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">ever fewer</span> <span class="hps">members</span>,
<span class="hps">it is increasingly</span> <span class="hps">difficult to have</span>
<span class="hps">complaints.</span> <span class="hps">At least</span>, <span class="hps">in the stadium.</span> <span class="hps">Very special circumstances</span>
<span class="hps">should be taken to</span> <span class="hps">the</span> "<span class="hps">soci"</span> <span class="hps">make a</span> <span class="hps">mass
protest</span>. <span class="hps">It</span>'s not about <span class="hps">the</span>
<span class="hps">"soci"</span> <span class="hps">to complain every day.</span>
<span class="hps">Not at all.</span> <span class="hps">It is</span> <span class="hps">establishing channels</span> <span class="hps">that allow the</span> <span class="hps">members to say</span> their<span class="hps">s</span>. <span class="hps">To</span>
<span class="hps">participate more</span> <span class="hps">actively in the</span> <span class="hps">day by day.</span> <span class="hps">Nor</span>, it <span class="hps">does
not try to</span> <span class="hps">monitor the activities</span> <span class="hps">of the Board.</span> <span class="hps">No. That's why</span> <span class="hps">they were elected.</span></span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">For instance</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">. <span class="hps">The</span> <span class="hps">Delegates
we talked about earlier</span> <span class="hps">are chosen</span> <span class="hps">by lottery.</span> <span class="hps">Don't you mean</span> <span class="hps">that</span>, <span class="hps">to encourage participation</span>, it
would be <span class="hps">better than those</span> <span class="hps">members</span>
<span class="hps">who want to be (delegates), can be elected</span> <span class="hps">directly</span>? <span class="hps">And if</span> <span class="hps">you do
not get</span> <span class="hps">the number</span> <span class="hps">that mark</span>
<span class="hps">the Statutes</span>, then the <span class="hps">draw is made</span>
<span class="hps">to choose</span> <span class="hps">the rest.</span></span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Or,</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">the members</span> to <span class="hps">have</span>
<span class="hps">option for</span> <span class="hps">interviews</span> <span class="hps">(interactive</span>, for example), with <span class="hps">the Officials
of the</span> <span class="hps">Club?</span> <span class="hps">These</span> <span class="hps">may</span>, <span class="hps">from time to time</span>, <span class="hps">go</span> <span class="hps">explaining</span> <span class="hps">what
happens in the</span> <span class="hps">Club.</span></span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Many will say to</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">me</span> <span class="hps">that</span> <span class="hps">most</span> <span class="hps">clubs</span> <span class="hps">that's</span> <span class="hps">what happens.</span> <span class="hps">Do
not forget</span> <span class="hps">one thing.</span> <span class="hps">In</span> <span class="hps">the vast majority of</span> <span class="hps">clubs</span> <span class="hps">in the world</span>, people <span class="hps">that go to the Stadium
aren't</span> <span class="hps">club owners</span>. <span class="hps">They</span> <span class="hps">are supporters,</span> <span class="hps">only.</span> <span class="hps">Here,
as</span> <span class="hps">I have said</span> <span class="hps">many times,</span>
<span class="hps">we are the</span> <span class="hps">"owners"</span>. <span class="hps">The decisions</span> <span class="hps">of the Board</span> <span class="hps">are</span> <span class="hpsatn">(</span>or will be) in accordance <span class="hps">with an</span> <span class="hps">electoral</span> <span class="hps">program
and, as</span> <span class="hps">we say</span> <span class="hps">the members.</span>
<span class="hps">On</span> <span class="hps">the other</span> <span class="hps">clubs</span>,
no. <span class="hps">There</span> <span class="hps">is one person or group</span> <span class="hps">of persons who,</span> <span class="hps">because they have</span> <span class="hps">the majority</span> <span class="hps">of shares in the</span> <span class="hps">club</span>, <span class="hps">decide</span> <span class="hps">what they
believe</span> <span class="hps">is</span> <span class="hps">best for their</span> <span class="hps">personal interests.</span> <span class="hps">And if they</span> <span class="hps">get tired</span>, they <span class="hps">sell</span> it (the Club), <span class="hps">and go away.</span></span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">At Barça</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">, <span class="hps">it does not happen.</span> <span class="hps">And</span> <span class="hps">it doesn't have to happen</span>. <span class="hps">Barça</span> <span class="hps">must remain</span> <span class="hps">of
its members.</span> <span class="hps">And they</span> <span class="hps">to say
theirs</span>. <span class="hps">And</span>, it is not<span class="hps"> to send</span>
<span class="hps">an e</span>-mail <span class="hps">to complain that</span> <span class="hps">the seat is</span> <span class="hps">broken.</span> <span class="hps">Or
that</span> <span class="hps">water falls when it rains</span> <span class="hps">because</span>
<span class="hps">a pipe</span> <span class="hps">from the top</span> <span class="hps">is broken.</span> <span class="hps">Or</span> <span class="hps">... No.</span>
<span class="hps">This is not</span> <span class="hps">member participation</span>.
<span class="hps">But then,</span> <span class="hps">neither the</span> <span class="hps">schedules</span> nor the <span class="hps">restoration</span> of <span class="hps">Camp</span> <span class="hps">Nou</span> <span class="hps">does not help much</span>, not to say <span class="hps">it does not
help</span> <span class="hps">anything.</span> <span class="hps">Matches</span> <span class="hps">on</span> <span class="hps">weekdays at</span> <span class="hps">10 pm</span>.
<span class="hps">With</span> <span class="hps">some sandwiches</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">drinks</span> <span class="hps">at
exorbitant prices</span> <span class="hps">(and no</span> <span class="hps">more
than that)</span>. <span class="hps">Members who</span> <span class="hps">go to the
stadium</span> <span class="hps">arrive</span> <span class="hps">just in time</span>,
<span class="hps">watch the game</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">leave</span> <span class="hps">quickly</span>, <span class="hps">because
tomorrow</span> <span class="hps">people have</span> <span class="hps">to</span> <span class="hps">get up early</span> <span class="hps">to go to work</span>. <span class="hps">And</span> <span class="hps">let's not talk</span> <span class="hps">of
those who</span> <span class="hps">live outside</span> <span class="hps">Barcelona</span> <span class="hps">and have</span> <span class="hps">2-3 hours</span> <span class="hps">to
arrive.</span> <span class="hps">At some point</span> <span class="hps">there was
talk of</span> <span class="hps">formulas</span> <span class="hps">as</span> <span class="hps">applied by Bayern</span>, which <span class="hps">takes</span> off <span class="hps">place at</span> <span class="hps">those who</span> <span class="hps">do
not go to matches</span>. <span class="hps">Normal schedule</span> <span class="hps">in Bundesliga</span> is 15:30 on <span class="hps">Saturday</span>. <span class="hps">There's a</span> <span class="hps">match</span> <span class="hps">at
18:30.</span> <span class="hps">One on</span> <span class="hps">Friday</span> <span class="hps">at 20:30</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">Sundays</span>
<span class="hps">match</span> <span class="hps">at 15:30</span> <span class="hps">and
another</span> <span class="hps">at 17:30.</span> <span class="hps">The same as
here, so.</span> <span class="hps">And</span> <span class="hps">some would like to</span>
<span class="hps">apply the measure</span>. <span class="hps">I know they</span> <span class="hps">will tell me</span> <span class="hps">that this is not</span> <span class="hps">the fault of the</span> <span class="hps">club.</span> <span class="hps">If</span>
<span class="hps">TV,</span> <span class="hps">that if</span> <span class="hps">the
Asian market,</span> <span class="hps">if</span> <span class="hps">...</span> <span class="hps">Are you sure</span>? At <span class="hps">all?</span> C<span class="hps">an</span>
anyone <span class="hps">tell the me difference</span> <span class="hpsatn">(</span>in
<span class="hps">TV rights</span>), <span class="hps">when playing on Sunday</span>
<span class="hps">at 5pm</span> <span class="hps">or</span> <span class="hps">Sunday
at</span> <span class="hps">9pm</span>? <span class="hps">I</span>'m not so <span class="hps">clear</span>.</span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">What should be</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">the mechanisms</span> <span class="hps">that allow the participation</span> <span class="hps">of the membrs</span>?
<span class="hps">As I said</span>, <span class="hps">there are a few</span>: <span class="hps">Interactivity with</span> <span class="hps">Officials,</span> <span class="hps">suitable schedules,</span> adaptation of the <span class="hps">Stadium</span>,
<span class="hps">Assemblies</span> with more <span class="hps">representative</span>
<span class="hps">Delegates</span> <span class="hps">...</span> <span class="hps">If you</span>
<span class="hps">think about it</span>, <span class="hps">certainly</span> you'll
n<span class="hps">find</span> <span class="hps">some</span> <span class="hps">more</span>.</span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">It is our</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> C<span class="hps">lub,</span> <span class="hps">and</span>
<span class="hps">we</span> <span class="hps">are all interested in</span> <span class="hps">this is working.</span></span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Jordi</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">Pascual</span></span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">You can follow</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">me</span> <span class="hps">on</span> <span class="hps">Twitter</span>: <a href="https://twitter.com/JordiPascualP">@JordiPascualP</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;"></span></div>
Futbol Pirineushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03378370108368865604noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4176145702844301465.post-80477612233029723662014-12-06T12:27:00.001+01:002014-12-06T12:27:10.462+01:00ELECTIONS AT BARÇA (III)<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Historically,</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">FC</span> <span class="hps">Barcelona</span> <span class="hps">has</span> <span class="hps">been</span>
<span class="hps">a multidisciplinary</span> <span class="hps">Club.</span> <span class="hps">Basketball, Handball</span>, Volleyball, Rugby,
<span class="hps">etc.</span> <span class="hps">have been</span> <span class="hps">sports
where</span> <span class="hps">the name of our</span> <span class="hps">Club</span>
<span class="hps">has been present.</span> <span class="hps">Currently,</span> <span class="hps">up to 12 different</span> <span class="hps">modalities</span> are <span class="hps">practiced in</span> <span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">Club.</span>
<span class="hps">Of these,</span> <span class="hps">4 are</span> <span class="hps">considered</span>
<span class="hpsatn">professionals (</span>Basketball, Handball, Roller-<span class="hps">Hockey</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">Futsal)</span>,
<span class="hps">while the rest</span> <span class="hps">are</span> <span class="hps">amateurs.</span></span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The questions that</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">many people raise</span>
<span class="hps">are:</span> <span class="hps">Is it necessary to</span> <span class="hps">spend</span> <span class="hps">so much money</span> <span class="hps">to</span>
<span class="hps">maintain</span> <span class="hps">(in the case</span> <span class="hps">of professional sports</span>) <span class="hps">as</span> <span class="hps">a</span> <span class="hps">loss-making activities</span> <span class="hps">for the</span> <span class="hps">Club?</span> <span class="hps">and</span>,
moreover, should we <span class="hps">have so many</span> <span class="hps">different</span>
<span class="hps">amateur</span> sports <span class="hps">in a</span> <span class="hps">club</span> that <span class="hps">is</span> <span class="hps">as
professional as</span> <span class="hps">Barça</span>?</span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">I will tell you</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">yes.</span> <span class="hps">To both</span>. <span class="hps">Let's start</span> <span class="hps">by</span>
<span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">amateur</span> <span class="hps">sections</span>.
<span class="hps">The last</span> <span class="hps">to go was</span> <span class="hps">an historical</span> <span class="hps">as</span> <span class="hps">was
baseball</span>. <span class="hps">The justification was that</span> <span class="hps">the cost</span> <span class="hps">of this section</span> <span class="hps">was around</span> <span class="hps">400,000</span>€<span class="hps">/year
and</span>, <span class="hps">since the</span> <span class="hps">Club</span> <span class="hpsatn">had a "</span>deep economic crisis <span class="hps">as a
result of</span> <span class="hps">the previous Board</span>" <span class="hps">had</span> <span class="hps">to eliminate</span> <span class="hps">those
expenses which</span> <span class="hps">were not necessary.</span> <span class="hps">Well,</span> <span class="hps">for you may have</span> <span class="hps">an
idea,</span> bringing <span class="hps">Neymar</span> <span class="hps">with family
and friends</span> <span class="hps">to the presentation of <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the</span> <span class="hps">player</span> <span class="hps">cost</span> <span class="hps">(travel</span>, hotels, <span class="hps">etc.</span>),
according to what the <span class="hps">former President</span> <span class="hps">Rosell</span>
<span class="hps">said in</span> <span class="hps">his statement to</span> <span class="hps">the judge</span>, <span class="hps">301,000€</span>. <span class="hps">That
is,</span> <span class="hps">in a couple of</span> <span class="hps">days</span> <span class="hps">we spent</span> <span class="hps">the same cost that</span> <span class="hps">baseball has</span> <span class="hps">in a year.</span> <span class="hps">No comments.</span></span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">As the name suggests</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">, they are <span class="hps">amateur teams</span>;
<span class="hps">ie</span>, <span class="hps">the players</span> <span class="hps">do</span>
<span class="hps">this sport</span> <span class="hps">because they like it</span>, <span class="hps">and they have no</span> <span class="hps">financial compensation</span>
<span class="hps">that allows</span> <span class="hps">them to live</span> of <span class="hps">the sport</span>. <span class="hps">As such</span>, <span class="hps">these
sports</span> <span class="hps">serve to</span> <span class="hps">show the name</span>
<span class="hps">of Barça</span> <span class="hps">everywhere.</span> <span class="hps">To compete</span>. <span class="hps">Nothing</span> <span class="hps">else
than that.</span> So m<span class="hps">any</span> <span class="hps">sponsors</span>
<span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">partners</span> <span class="hps">and I
do not know</span> <span class="hps">how many</span> <span class="hps">things we
have,</span> <span class="hps">can't we</span> <span class="hps">find</span> <span class="hps">one of</span> <span class="hps">more</span> <span class="hps">local type</span>
<span class="hps">that serves to</span> <span class="hps">cover part</span> <span class="hps">of the costs</span> <span class="hps">they have?</span> <span class="hps">At the</span> <span class="hps">end of the day</span>, how much <span class="hpsatn">money (</span>among all these <span class="hps">amateur sports</span>)
<span class="hps">are we talking about</span>? 5M<span class="hps">€/year?</span> <span class="hps">For a</span> <span class="hps">club</span> <span class="hps">with an
overall budget</span> <span class="hps">of over</span> <span class="hps">500M€</span>,
this means <span class="hps">1%</span> <span class="hps">of the total.</span> <span class="hps">To put it</span> <span class="hps">differently</span>: <span class="hps">What</span>
an <span class="hps">average</span> <span class="hps">player</span> of the <span class="hps">football team</span> earns (gross), <span class="hps">is what</span> <span class="hps">cost us</span> <span class="hps">all sections</span> <span class="hps">at
the end</span> <span class="hps">of the year.</span> <span class="hps">And</span> <span class="hps">there would be many</span> <span class="hps">simple solutions</span>,
such as <span class="hps">involving</span> <span class="hps">professional players</span>,
who <span class="hps">serve</span> <span class="hps">for these sports</span>. <span class="hps">I think</span> <span class="hps">there is no more</span> <span class="hps">getting around</span> <span class="hps">the issue</span>.</span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Let's go to</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">'professionals' sports</span>. <span class="hps">Teams</span> <span class="hps">ready to compete</span> <span class="hps">at
the highest level</span> <span class="hps">in all competitions</span>. <span class="hps">Teams</span> <span class="hpsatn">that play the "</span>Champions <span class="hps">League</span>" for <span class="hps">their sport</span>, which
often <span class="hps">are in the finals</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">win.</span> <span class="hps">Teams</span> <span class="hps">costing us</span>
<span class="hps">a lot of money</span> <span class="hps">each year and</span> <span class="hps">they tell us</span> <span class="hps">they are</span> <span class="hps">a
bottomless pit</span>. <span class="hps">That,</span> <span class="hps">however
much</span> <span class="hps">you try</span>, you can never <span class="hps">be
profitable</span>. <span class="hps">Are you Sure?</span> <span class="hps">Has
anyone</span> <span class="hps">looked</span> <span class="hps">well how</span> <span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">NBA</span> <span class="hps">works</span>? <span class="hps">Has anyone</span> <span class="hps">looked at</span> <span class="hps">how
they work</span> <span class="hps">teams across Europe</span> <span class="hps">that
do not have</span> <span class="hps">a "mother" football team</span>
who <span class="hps">gives the name</span> <span class="hps">and much more</span>?
<span class="hps">As many</span> <span class="hps">clubs</span> from <span class="hps">around the world come</span> <span class="hps">to</span> <span class="hps">see</span> <span class="hps">the model</span> <span class="hps">of</span>
<span class="hpsatn">"</span>La
Masia" <span class="hps">to carry it to</span> <span class="hps">their</span> <span class="hps">clubs</span> <span class="hps">and
countries,</span> <span class="hps">I think</span> <span class="hps">we should</span>
<span class="hps">go there</span> <span class="hps">to</span> <span class="hps">see
what and</span> <span class="hps">how.</span> <span class="hps">Because if</span> <span class="hps">Memphis</span> <span class="hps">Grizzlies,</span> <span class="hps">with</span>
<span class="hps">a capacity in the</span> <span class="hps">Fedex</span> <span class="hps">Forum</span> <span class="hps">of</span> <span class="hps">18,000
spectators</span> <span class="hps">has benefits</span> <span class="hps">and</span>
<span class="hps">this</span> <span class="hps">Club</span> is <span class="hps">only
dedicated to</span> <span class="hps">this,</span> <span class="hps">we have to</span>
<span class="hps">start thinking how they do</span> <span class="hps">there.</span></span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">They have</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">said us about having</span> <span class="hps">global</span> <span class="hps">sponsors</span> <span class="hps">for all</span>
<span class="hps">sections</span>, about <span class="hps">sponsorship</span> <span class="hps">for each team,</span> <span class="hps">this</span> <span class="hps">and
that.</span> <span class="hps">What</span> <span class="hps">I can not understand</span>
<span class="hps">is that a</span> <span class="hps">club</span> <span class="hps">like
Barça</span> <span class="hps">have</span> <span class="hps">so much trouble</span>
<span class="hps">to</span> <span class="hps">put a</span> <span class="hps">commercial
name on</span> <span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">shirt</span> <span class="hps">when</span>, we are told, <span class="hps">there are so many</span> <span class="hps">sponsors</span> <span class="hps">and so many people</span> <span class="hps">who want to invest</span> <span class="hps">in our</span> <span class="hps">Club.</span> <span class="hps">Something</span> <span class="hps">is not</span>
<span class="hps">right. Or</span> we <span class="hps">do not know</span> how to <span class="hps">sell the brand</span> <span class="hpsatn">"</span>Barça" or,
<span class="hps">we can not explain</span> <span class="hps">what the different</span>
<span class="hps">sections represent</span> <span class="hps">or</span> <span class="hps">whatever.</span> <span class="hps">What is certain</span> <span class="hps">is</span> <span class="hps">that there is something</span> that <span class="hps">we do not do well</span>.</span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Together with</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">the purely sporting</span>
<span class="hps">part</span> <span class="hps">is</span> <span class="hps">the
exploitation of the</span> <span class="hps">sports arena.</span> <span class="hps">The</span> <span class="hpsatn">"</span>Palau <span class="hps">Blau</span> <span class="hps">Grana</span>". <span class="hps">Years ago that</span> <span class="hps">is</span> <span class="hps">small</span> <span class="hps">and outdated.</span>
<span class="hps">The Board</span> <span class="hps">put</span> <span class="hps">in
the same package</span> <span class="hps">of reform of the</span> <span class="hps">Camp</span> <span class="hps">Nou</span> <span class="hps">building a</span> <span class="hpsatn">new "</span>Palau"
when <span class="hps">this was something that</span> <span class="hps">had</span> <span class="hps">in its election manifesto</span>. <span class="hps">If someone</span> <span class="hps">tells me</span> <span class="hps">reasons why</span> <span class="hps">you
must go to</span> <span class="hps">referendum</span> <span class="hps">something
we</span> <span class="hps">already</span> <span class="hps">said they wanted to</span>
<span class="hps">do...</span> <span class="hps">Also, one of</span> <span class="hps">the prerequisites for</span> <span class="hps">this new</span> <span class="hps">construction is that</span> <span class="hps">Euroleague Basketball</span>
<span class="hps">forces</span> <span class="hps">have</span> <span class="hps">pavilions</span>
<span class="hps">at least</span> <span class="hps">10,000</span> <span class="hps">people</span>
<span class="hps">capacity.</span> <span class="hps">What capacity</span> <span class="hps">will have the new</span> <span class="hpsatn">"</span>Palau"? <span class="hps">Well</span>, <span class="hps">10,000.</span> <span class="hps">That is,</span>
<span class="hps">it appears that the</span> <span class="hps">Board has no</span> <span class="hps">great interest</span> <span class="hpsatn">(</span>or do not know <span class="hps">how it works)</span>, <span class="hps">in</span> <span class="hps">a
large enclosed</span> <span class="hps">sports arena.</span> <span class="hps">Beyond
the</span> <span class="hps">matches,</span> <span class="hps">there are many
activities</span> <span class="hps">to do on a</span> <span class="hps">Pavilion</span>
<span class="hps">of these features.</span> <span class="hps">Perhaps</span> <span class="hps">no one has</span> <span class="hps">explained, but</span> <span class="hps">here too there are</span> <span class="hpsatn">"</span>VIP
Boxes", restaurants, <span class="hps">etc.</span> <span class="hps">It is</span>,
like <span class="hps">the case of football</span>, <span class="hps">to offer</span>
<span class="hps">all kinds</span> <span class="hps">of services, match-day as</span>
well as <span class="hps">the other days</span>. <span class="hps">People should
have</span> <span class="hps">the need to</span> <span class="hps">spend the day at</span>
<span class="hps">the club</span> <span class="hps">facilities</span> <span class="hps">and, if</span> <span class="hps">football game is</span> <span class="hps">at 8pm,</span> <span class="hps">do not have a</span> <span class="hps">match</span>
of <span class="hps">whatever</span> <span class="hps">at 6pm,</span> <span class="hps">for the simple reason</span> <span class="hps">that people</span> leave
the <span class="hps">Palau</span>
<span class="hps">to go immediately to</span> <span class="hps">Camp</span> <span class="hps">Nou</span><span class="hps">.</span> <span class="hps">Now</span>, <span class="hps">if you have</span> <span class="hps">the
game in the</span> <span class="hps">Palau</span> <span class="hps">at 5pm,</span>
<span class="hps">there may be</span> <span class="hps">people who</span> <span class="hps">go to</span> <span class="hps">eat something</span> <span class="hps">before
changing</span> <span class="hps">scenario</span>. <span class="hps">Obviously,
this</span> <span class="hps">is linked</span> <span class="hps">with</span> <span class="hps">the prices at the concessions of restaurants and similar</span>. <span class="hps">With</span> <span class="hps">current prices and</span> <span class="hps">services neither</span> <span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">Camp</span> <span class="hps">Nou</span> n<span class="hps">or</span> the <span class="hps">Palau</span>.
<span class="hps">Has anyone</span> <span class="hps">stopped to consider</span> <span class="hps">the revenue that</span> <span class="hps">could we have</span> with <span class="hps">another model</span> of pricing and service?</span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The sections</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">are</span> <span class="hps">closely
related to</span> <span class="hps">the exploitation of the</span> <span class="hpsatn">"</span>Palau".
<span class="hps">In fact</span>, there is no, <span class="hps">in these sports</span>,
<span class="hps">the earnings of football by</span> <span class="hps">television
and/or ticketing.</span> <span class="hps">One thing</span> <span class="hps">to</span>
<span class="hps">decide is what</span> <span class="hps">we do with</span> <span class="hps">Club members</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">their
relationship</span> <span class="hps">with other</span> <span class="hps">sports.</span>
<span class="hps">Obviously</span>, the first thing <span class="hps">that matters
is</span> <span class="hps">that the</span> <span class="hps">person who will</span>
<span class="hps">watch basketball</span> <span class="hps">or</span> <span class="hps">handball</span> <span class="hps">is</span> <span class="hps">the "soci"
of the club.</span> <span class="hps">But</span>, <span class="hps">as we said</span>
<span class="hps">before,</span> <span class="hps">there is a problem</span> <span class="hps">of exploitation.</span> <span class="hps">The</span> <span class="hps">futsal</span>
team played a <span class="hps">few days ago the</span> <span class="hps">"Elite</span>
<span class="hps">Round</span>" <span class="hps">of</span> <span class="hps">UEFA</span>
<span class="hps">giving access to</span> <span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">"Final</span> <span class="hps">Four"</span> <span class="hps">of
the sport.</span> <span class="hps">It</span> <span class="hps">was played at the</span>
<span class="hpsatn">"</span>Palau".
<span class="hps">What was the assistance</span> <span class="hps">of spectators</span>?
<span class="hps">Below 2,000</span>. <span class="hps">Something</span> <span class="hps">does not work.</span> <span class="hps">The same</span> <span class="hps">with basketball.</span> T<span class="hps">he</span> <span class="hpsatn">"</span>Palau"
is only full <span class="hps">6 or 7 days</span> <span class="hps">of the year
when</span> <span class="hps">we play</span> <span class="hps">40</span> <span class="hps">home games</span> in <span class="hps">a season.</span> <span class="hps">Little bit</span>. <span class="hps">Very little.</span> <span class="hps">We have</span>, <span class="hps">in</span> <span class="hps">different
sports</span>, <span class="hps">some of the</span> <span class="hps">world's best
in</span> <span class="hps">their specialty, but</span> <span class="hps">usually
the</span> <span class="hpsatn">"</span>Palau" <span class="hps">is half
full</span> <span class="hpsatn">(</span>or half empty, <span class="hps">as you
prefer</span>). <span class="hps">I repeat:</span> <span class="hps">something does
not work</span>. You s<span class="hps">ee</span> <span class="hps">matches</span> of
other Clubs <span class="hps">in their</span> <span class="hps">domestic
competitions</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">halls</span> <span class="hps">are full.</span> <span class="hps">And</span>, <span class="hps">let
alone</span> <span class="hpsatn">"</span>Champions" matches. <span class="hps">Tickets are sold</span> <span class="hps">many days</span> <span class="hps">before the game.</span> <span class="hps">With</span> <span class="hps">so
many experts in</span> <span class="hps">Marketing,</span> <span class="hps">New
Technology,</span> <span class="hps">etc.</span> <span class="hps">Are we</span> <span class="hps">not able to</span> <span class="hps">find ways</span> <span class="hps">to
fill a</span> <span class="hpsatn">"</span>Palau" <span class="hps">that,
at most</span>, <span class="hps">has a capacity of</span> <span class="hps">8,000</span>
<span class="hps">spectators</span>? <span class="hps">How to</span> <span class="hps">fill</span> <span class="hps">one</span> <span class="hps">10,000</span> <span class="hps">or 15,000</span>?</span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">We have two</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">ways.</span> <span class="hps">Or</span>
we <span class="hps">accept</span> <span class="hps">the current</span> <span class="hps">model,</span> and <span class="hps">we'll always</span> <span class="hps">complain</span> <span class="hps">that spending</span> <span class="hps">is
unsustainable</span> or, we<span class="hps"> start to</span> <span class="hps">look</span>
<span class="hps">seriously</span> what <span class="hps">others do</span>, <span class="hps">that fill</span> <span class="hps">halls and</span> <span class="hps">have
benefits</span></span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">You can follow</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">me</span> <span class="hps">on</span> <span class="hps">Twitter</span>: <a href="https://twitter.com/JordiPascualP">@JordiPascualP</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">In this second</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">post about</span> <span class="hps">the future of Barça</span>, I <span class="hps">want to talk about</span>
<span class="hps">sports model</span>. <span class="hps">About football</span>. About
the <span class="hps">Sections (other sports),</span> <span class="hps">I will
discuss it in</span> <span class="hps">a forthcoming</span>.</span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">What has</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">made Barça a great</span> <span class="hps">club</span> <span class="hps">in recent years</span>, beyond <span class="hps">the victories</span> <span class="hps">and titles</span>, <span class="hps">is the</span> <span class="hps">way to play</span>. <span class="hps">A
work that</span> <span class="hps">begins</span> <span class="hps">in the late</span>
<span class="hps">70s with</span> <span class="hps">people like</span> <span class="hps">Oriol</span> <span class="hps">Tort</span> <span class="hps">or</span> <span class="hps">Laureano Ruiz</span>, but <span class="hps">it</span> <span class="hps">gets</span>
<span class="hps">the final</span> <span class="hps">boost from</span> <span class="hps">the arrival of</span> <span class="hps">Cruyff</span> <span class="hps">as
coach.</span> <span class="hps">Cruyff</span> <span class="hps">carries with it</span>
<span class="hps">the working model</span> <span class="hps">at</span> <span class="hps">Ajax</span>,
it begins to <span class="hps">be applied to</span> <span class="hps">all</span> <span class="hps">grassroots football</span>. <span class="hps">So,</span> <span class="hps">25 years</span> <span class="hps">ago</span>. Not <span class="hps">4</span>
<span class="hps">days.</span></span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">This model</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hpsatn">(</span>a way to play, <span class="hps">a way to train</span>) <span class="hps">is</span> <span class="hps">a
mainstay</span> <span class="hps">when we speak</span> <span class="hpsatn">of
being "</span>More <span class="hps">than a</span> <span class="hps">Club</span>".
<span class="hps">A</span> <span class="hps">Club</span> <span class="hps">where all</span>
<span class="hps">teams play</span> <span class="hps">the same way</span>, from <span class="hps">the lowest/youngest to</span> <span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">top/oldest.</span> <span class="hps">Obviously</span>, <span class="hps">there
are variations</span> <span class="hps">from one team to</span> <span class="hps">another</span>,
for the simple <span class="hps">reason that</span> <span class="hps">the players
are not</span> <span class="hps">all equal.</span> <span class="hps">But</span> <span class="hps">the idea is</span> <span class="hps">one and only one</span>.</span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Now, that</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">is gone.</span> <span class="hps">The
first</span> <span class="hps">team plays</span> <span class="hps">in a way</span> <span class="hps">that has little to</span> <span class="hps">do with that</span>. <span class="hps">Some people</span> <span class="hps">speak of</span> <span class="hps">evolution,</span>
<span class="hps">revolution</span>, <span class="hps">even</span> <span class="hps">...</span>
<span class="hps">Forgive me,</span> <span class="hps">but</span> <span class="hps">now</span>
<span class="hps">is another style of</span> <span class="hps">play.</span> <span class="hps">Beyond</span> <span class="hps">that</span> you <span class="hps">like it
or not</span>. <span class="hps">In the meantime</span>, <span class="hps">the youngest
at the</span> <span class="hps">Club</span> <span class="hps">continue to work</span>
<span class="hps">as usual, and</span> <span class="hps">the closest</span> <span class="hps">to the first team</span> <span class="hpsatn">(</span>Barça <span class="hps">B,</span> <span class="hps">Juvenil</span> <span class="hps">A)</span> <span class="hps">are in</span> <span class="hps">no man's land</span>. <span class="hps">Neither
here</span>, <span class="hps">nor there.</span></span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">This is what</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">they have to say</span> <span class="hps">potential candidates</span>: <span class="hps">What</span> <span class="hps">model they want</span>. <span class="hps">And how</span> <span class="hps">it is applied.</span> <span class="hps">And</span> <span class="hps">this
means</span> <span class="hps">to coach</span> <span class="hps">people</span> <span class="hps">that cas apply this model</span>. <span class="hps">And</span>, <span class="hps">look for players</span> <span class="hps">that are adaptable</span> <span class="hps">to the model.</span> <span class="hps">And</span>, <span class="hps">having
an effective</span> <span class="hps">Technical Secretariat.</span> <span class="hps">No point having</span> <span class="hps">a fantastic program</span> <span class="hps">(as</span> <span class="hps">they say is the</span> <span class="hps">COR,</span>
<span class="hps">with</span> <span class="hps">20,000</span> <span class="hps">players</span>
<span class="hps">in its</span> <span class="hps">database)</span> <span class="hps">if</span>
<span class="hps">we don't sign</span> <span class="hps">the type of player</span> <span class="hpsatn">we need (</span>when we have to sign). <span class="hps">This is a</span>
<span class="hps">second premise</span>. <span class="hps">We've been told</span> <span class="hps">plenty</span> <span class="hps">of times</span> <span class="hps">in
recent times</span> <span class="hps">that if</span> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>we don't find outside here <span class="hps">the
player</span> <span class="hps">we need</span>, we will <span class="hps">look</span>
<span class="hps">at home.</span> <span class="hps">Is this</span> <span class="hpsatn">"Barça's Philosophy</span>? <span class="hps">Excuse me</span>,
but no. <span class="hps">If you</span> <span class="hps">want to do</span> <span class="hps">things well</span>, <span class="hps">the first thing is</span> <span class="hps">to look</span> <span class="hps">at home.</span> <span class="hps">And</span>,
<span class="hps">if you do not</span> <span class="hps">find what we seek</span> <span class="hps">at home,</span> <span class="hps">then you have to</span> <span class="hps">go outside.</span> <span class="hps">But</span> <span class="hps">not
vice versa.</span> <span class="hps">The</span> <span class="hps">club</span> <span class="hps">invests</span> <span class="hps">around</span> <span class="hps">20-25M€/year</span>
<span class="hps">in Grassroots/Academy...</span> <span class="hps">to go</span> <span class="hps">signing</span> <span class="hps">outside</span>? <span class="hps">Sorry</span>,
<span class="hps">but I'm lost</span>.</span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> C<span class="hps">lub</span> <span class="hps">sports model</span>,
then, <span class="hps">must have these</span> <span class="hps">3 legs</span>: <span class="hps">Model</span> <span class="hps">of play, model</span> of <span class="hps">training</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">model</span>
<span class="hps">of recruitment/training.</span></span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">model</span> of play <span class="hps">must</span>
<span class="hps">be ours</span>, <span class="hps">we've</span> <span class="hps">had
so far.</span> <span class="hps">That</span> <span class="hps">is based on</span> <span class="hps">positional play</span>. <span class="hps">For all</span> <span class="hps">Club teams</span>. <span class="hps">And if</span> <span class="hps">a
candidate</span> <span class="hps">wants</span> <span class="hps">to change,</span>
<span class="hps">he</span> <span class="hps">says</span>. <span class="hps">Not
worth</span> <span class="hps">what we have now</span>: <span class="hps">Saying
one thing</span> <span class="hpsatn">(</span>that the model <span class="hps">is
not discussed</span>), and <span class="hps">make a different</span>, <span class="hps">ie</span> <span class="hps">play</span> <span class="hps">another way.</span>
<span class="hps">And, if they want to change</span>, they have to <span class="hps">tell us why</span>. This <span class="hpsatn">about "</span>the
model <span class="hps">is obsolete</span>" <span class="hps">is a lie.</span>
<span class="hps">The</span> <span class="hps">problem is that</span> <span class="hps">many</span> <span class="hps">do not</span> <span class="hps">yet know</span>
<span class="hps">how the model works</span>, and as it is <span class="hps">difficult,</span>
<span class="hps">or very</span> <span class="hps">difficult, if</span> <span class="hps">solutions are not found</span>, the better <span class="hps">thing is
to change</span>.</span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Similarly,</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">and linked with</span> <span class="hps">the above,</span> <span class="hps">how to train</span> <span class="hps">should be</span> <span class="hps">the same</span>: everyone <span class="hps">has to train</span> <span class="hps">the same way</span> <span class="hps">(obviously</span>, <span class="hps">with</span> <span class="hps">the
differences</span> <span class="hps">based on</span> <span class="hps">age</span>:
it is not <span class="hps">the same a</span> <span class="hps">9 year old boy,</span>
<span class="hps">one</span> of <span class="hps">15</span>, o<span class="hps">r an
adult</span>). <span class="hps">And therefore</span>, <span class="hps">it is
needed to have</span> <span class="hps">trained</span> <span class="hps">coaches</span>
<span class="hps">who understand</span> <span class="hps">how Barça works</span>. <span class="hps">And, apparently</span>, once <span class="hps">we are out of Barça,</span>
there are <span class="hps">no</span> <span class="hps">coaches</span> <span class="hps">in the world who</span> <span class="hps">know</span> <span class="hps">the
functioning</span> <span class="hps">of positional play</span>. It i<span class="hps">s not time for a</span> <span class="hps">global</span> <span class="hps">approach</span>? <span class="hps">Similarly</span> <span class="hps">we
have</span> <span class="hps">exported</span> <span class="hps">the<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>brand</span> <span class="hpsatn">"</span>Barça"
<span class="hps">across the globe</span> <span class="hps">in terms of</span> <span class="hps">a number of things</span>, why <span class="hps">not do it</span> <span class="hps">at the level of</span> <span class="hps">methodology?</span></span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Finally</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">, <span class="hps">the third leg</span>. <span class="hps">The recruitment</span> <span class="hps">and training.</span> <span class="hps">As I have</span> <span class="hps">said many times,</span> <span class="hps">the current</span> <span class="hps">recruitmenr system</span> <span class="hps">does not work.</span> <span class="hps">At least</span> <span class="hps">the structure.</span> <span class="hps">There are</span> <span class="hps">many trips</span> <span class="hps">here and there that</span> <span class="hps">could be</span> <span class="hps">solved</span> <span class="hps">differently,</span>
<span class="hps">just as</span> <span class="hps">there are many places</span> <span class="hps">where there is no</span> <span class="hps">presence of the</span> <span class="hps">Club.</span> <span class="hps">We need to do these processes more
rationally</span>, <span class="hps">so that</span> <span class="hps">there is
maximum</span> <span class="hps">presence and</span> <span class="hps">hence</span>
<span class="hps">the maximum information</span>. <span class="hps">And also,</span>
<span class="hps">we have to use</span> <span class="hps">all ways to</span> <span class="hps">obtain this information.</span> <span class="hps">And</span>, there are
many <span class="hps">unused</span>. <span class="hps">As for</span> <span class="hps">training,</span> <span class="hps">as I said</span> <span class="hps">before,</span>
<span class="hps">the current model</span> <span class="hpsatn">of "</span>La <span class="hps">Masia</span>"
<span class="hps">is</span> <span class="hps">to be used</span>. <span class="hps">First,</span>
<span class="hps">always,</span> <span class="hps">from home.</span> <span class="hps">And</span> <span class="hps">to see well the needs of the first team</span>
<span class="hps">and search</span> <span class="hps">at home.</span> <span class="hps">It can not be</span> <span class="hps">that Barca</span> <span class="hps">B</span> <span class="hps">let</span> <span class="hps">go,</span> <span class="hps">especially in recent</span> <span class="hps">years</span>, <span class="hps">a lot of players</span> <span class="hps">that are replaced</span> <span class="hps">by others</span>, that <span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">following
year are leaving again</span>. <span class="hps">This,</span> <span class="hps">I
understand,</span> <span class="hps">means that there is</span> <span class="hps">no
clear policy</span> <span class="hps">regarding the type of</span> <span class="hps">players</span> <span class="hps">they are searched/needed.</span> <span class="hps">Furthermore,</span> <span class="hps">the way that</span> <span class="hps">happens</span> <span class="hps">mostly</span>: <span class="hps">those
who go</span> do it for <span class="hps">free</span> <span class="hps">and those
that</span> come <span class="hps">are</span> <span class="hps">costing us</span> <span class="hps">money.</span></span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Over these three</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">legs</span> <span class="hps">I understand we have to build the Barça of the future.</span> <span class="hps">And if</span> <span class="hps">a candidate</span> <span class="hps">believes
that the</span> <span class="hps">legs should be</span> <span class="hps">a
different way,</span> <span class="hps">say it</span>. <span class="hps">But</span>
<span class="hps">in concretion</span>. <span class="hps">What and how</span> <span class="hps">he will do it.</span> <span class="hps">It has to be clear</span> <span class="hps">to all</span>. <span class="hps">Barça is a</span> <span class="hps">football</span>
<span class="hps">Club</span>, and it is useless <span class="hps">to have many</span>
<span class="hps">benefits if</span> <span class="hps">then the performance</span> <span class="hps">on the pitch is not as expected</span>.</span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Jordi</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">Pascual</span></span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">You can follow</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">me</span> <span class="hps">on Twitter</span>: <a href="https://twitter.com/JordiPascualP">@JordiPascualP</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;"></span></div>
Futbol Pirineushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03378370108368865604noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4176145702844301465.post-41498016851663041182014-11-15T00:31:00.003+01:002014-11-15T00:31:51.924+01:00ELECTIONS AT BARÇA (I)<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">It seems that the</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">pre</span><span class="atn">-</span>electoral <span class="hps">campaign for the elections</span> <span class="hps">for President</span> <span class="hps">of FC</span> <span class="hps">Barcelona</span>
which, <span class="hps">at the latest,</span> <span class="hps">will be</span> <span class="hps">in the spring of</span> <span class="hps">2016</span>, has already <span class="hps">begun.</span> <span class="hps">Beyond the</span> <span class="hps">possible/probable</span>
<span class="hps">candidates</span>, I <span class="hps">want to make</span> <span class="hps">some reflections on</span> <span class="hps">what I</span> <span class="hps">think</span> <span class="hps">any of</span> <span class="hps">them
should</span> <span class="hps">consider.</span></span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The first</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">(and</span> it <span class="hps">is
what</span> <span class="hps">this post</span> <span class="hps">is dedicated t</span>),
is the <span class="hps">club</span> <span class="hps">model</span>. <span class="hps">Not</span> <span class="hps">model</span> <span class="hps">referred</span>
<span class="hps">to</span> <span class="hps">the sports side</span>, <span class="hps">but</span> <span class="hps">in terms of</span> <span class="hps">economic
and</span> <span class="hps">social aspects</span>.</span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Barça is a</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">club</span> <span class="hps">with</span>
<span class="hps">around 150,000</span> <span class="hps">owners</span>: <span class="hps">the "socis" (members).</span> <span class="hps">All with</span>
<span class="hps">the same rights</span> <span class="hps">and duties.</span> <span class="hps">Every 6</span> <span class="hps">years by universal</span> <span class="hps">suffrage,</span> we <span class="hps">choose</span> <span class="hps">the
person who</span> <span class="hps">will</span> <span class="hps">lead</span> <span class="hps">us through this</span> <span class="hps">period.</span></span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Each</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">year,</span> <span class="hps">in order to</span>
<span class="hps">control the action</span> <span class="hps">of the Board</span>,
we have the <span class="hps">General</span> <span class="hps">Assembly of
Commissioners</span>. <span class="hps">First problem</span>. <span class="hps">The</span>
<span class="hps">Commissioners</span> <span class="hps">basically</span> <span class="hps">are chosen</span> <span class="hps">through a</span> <span class="hps">lottery
process</span>. <span class="hps">That is</span> <span class="hps">by far</span>,
if some <span class="hps">one wants</span> <span class="hps">to go to</span> <span class="hps">the Assembly</span>, if the <span class="hps">machine does not</span> <span class="hps">pick your</span> <span class="hps">membership number</span>, <span class="hps">you will not be there</span>. <span class="hps">This, among other</span>
<span class="hps">things</span>, <span class="hps">makes</span> <span class="hps">an</span>
<span class="hps">Assembly</span> <span class="hps">which has more than</span> <span class="hps">4,000</span> <span class="hps">potential participants,</span> <span class="hps">only</span> <span class="hps">have,</span> <span class="hps">at</span> <span class="hps">crunch time</span>, around <span class="hps">1,000.</span> <span class="hps">Few people</span>. <span class="hps">Very little</span>, <span class="hps">to decide</span>, and often <span class="hps">without all</span> <span class="hps">the required information,</span> <span class="hps">what we want</span> <span class="hps">to be done</span> <span class="hps">in the next period</span>.</span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Moreover,</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">one of the things</span> <span class="hps">that</span> <span class="hps">is being considered</span> <span class="hps">is whether</span> <span class="hps">the current model</span> <span class="hps">can increase</span> <span class="hps">substantially the</span> <span class="hps">income/benefits</span> <span class="hps">of the Club.</span> <span class="hps">At the</span> <span class="hps">end of the day</span>, if the <span class="hps">Club</span> <span class="hps">has no</span> <span class="hps">benefits</span>,
you <span class="hps">can not</span> <span class="hps">sign players</span> <span class="hps">(if</span> <span class="hps">needed</span>), <span class="hps">you can
not</span> <span class="hps">make improvements to</span> <span class="hps">infrastructure</span>,
etc.</span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">To make it easy</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">, we will say <span class="hps">that
basically</span> <span class="hps">there are 3</span> <span class="hps">types of</span>
<span class="hps">Club model.</span> <span class="hps">The</span> <span class="hps">first
is the one</span> <span class="hps">we have said</span>. <span class="hps">The one that
Barça has today.</span> <span class="hps">One</span> <span class="hps">where</span>
<span class="hps">those who go</span> <span class="hps">to the stadium</span>, <span class="hps">are the owners</span>, at 100%, <span class="hps">of everything that</span>
<span class="hps">represents the</span> <span class="hps">Club.</span></span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The second model</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">is followed by the
majority</span> of Clubs <span class="hps">worldwide.</span> <span class="hps">The</span>
<span class="hps">Club</span> <span class="hps">is</span> <span class="hps">a Corporation
with</span> <span class="hps">an(some) owner</span>(s). <span class="hps">These are</span>
<span class="hps">the ones who decide</span> <span class="hps">what</span> <span class="hps">happens in the</span> <span class="hps">Club</span>. <span class="hps">People
who go</span> <span class="hps">to the stadium to</span> <span class="hps">watch
the games</span>, unless they are <span class="hps">shareholders</span>, they
have no <span class="hps">say over</span> <span class="hps">what happens</span> <span class="hps">in the</span> <span class="hps">Club</span>.</span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">A third</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">model</span>, <span class="hps">mainly</span>,
<span class="hps">is used</span> <span class="hps">in Germany</span>. <span class="hps">Basically</span>,
in this model, the supporters <span class="hpsatn">(</span>the "socis"
for <span class="hps">Barca</span>) are the <span class="hps">owners of the</span> <span class="hps">football</span> <span class="hps">club</span>. <span class="hps">At the
same time</span>, there is a <span class="hps">"Corporation"</span> <span class="hps">that</span> <span class="hps">is responsible for</span> <span class="hps">the whole theme about</span> <span class="hps">marketing,</span> <span class="hps">advertising,</span> <span class="hps">etc.</span> <span class="hps">That
is,</span> <span class="hps">what</span> <span class="hps">is the</span> <span class="hps">"non</span> <span class="hps">sport</span>" <span class="hps">part</span>,
t<span class="hps">he</span> <span class="hpsatn">Club (</span>ie <span class="hps">the
sports</span> <span class="hps">part</span>), is the majority <span class="hps">shareholder
of the</span> <span class="hps">"Corporation"</span>.</span></div>
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<span class="hps"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The key
question</span></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">is: Can</span> <span class="hps">Barça,</span> <span class="hps">with</span>
<span class="hps">its current structure,</span> <span class="hps">maintain the same
level</span> <span class="hps">of income/benefits</span> <span class="hps">thatthe
other big</span> <span class="hps">Clubs have</span>?</span></b></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">If the answer</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">is YES</span>, we
don't need to talk anymore<span class="hps">.</span> <span class="hps">Only</span> <span class="hps">(and already</span> <span class="hps">is a big</span> <span class="hps">job</span>),
they <span class="hps">should</span> <span class="hps">seek ways to</span> <span class="hps">encourage higher participation</span> <span class="hps">of the "socis"</span>
<span class="hps">and, at the same</span> <span class="hps">time,</span> <span class="hps">greater control over</span> <span class="hps">the actions of</span> <span class="hps">the Board.</span> <span class="hps">And when</span> <span class="hps">I
say</span> <span class="hps">control</span> <span class="hps">I do not mean</span> <span class="hps">an agency</span> <span class="hps">to audit</span> <span class="hps">every
5 minutes</span> <span class="hps">what</span> <span class="hps">the Board</span> <span class="hps">is doing</span>. <span class="hps">At the</span> <span class="hps">end of
the day</span>, <span class="hps">when it</span> <span class="hps">is chosen</span>
it is <span class="hps">because</span> <span class="hps">it</span> <span class="hps">is</span>
<span class="hps">believed to be</span> <span class="hps">the best</span> <span class="hps">prepared to do</span>. <span class="hps">I mean</span> <span class="hps">some
sort of</span> <span class="hps">"Parliament"</span> <span class="hps">or</span>
<span class="hps">whatever you want to</span> <span class="hps">say</span>, <span class="hps">to be able to</span> <span class="hps">say</span> <span class="hps">yes
or no</span> <span class="hps">to certain</span> <span class="hps">specific
activities</span> <span class="hpsatn">(</span>such as <span class="hps">money
invested in</span> <span class="hps">signings,</span> <span class="hps">infrastructure</span>,
etc.). <span class="hps">It is not</span> <span class="hps">that</span>, <span class="hps">every time we buy a laptop (for</span> <span class="hps">example)</span>,
you <span class="hps">have to ask</span> <span class="hps">this body</span> <span class="hps">to give its</span> <span class="hps">approval.</span> <span class="hps">No.
This</span> <span class="hps">is the</span> <span class="hps">day</span> by day <span class="hps">of the Board.</span> <span class="hps">It is</span>, <span class="hps">roughly,</span>
<span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">general control</span> <span class="hps">of the big</span> <span class="hps">budget items</span>.</span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">If the answer to</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">the question we</span>'ve
<span class="hps">done before is</span> <span class="hps">NO</span>, it is
necessary <span class="hps">that we</span> <span class="hps">think</span> <span class="hps">we want to be</span>. <span class="hps">What and how</span>.</span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Being</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">a "Corporation</span>", <span class="hps">like the majority of Clubs means that</span>, <span class="hps">those
who</span> <span class="hps">go to the stadium</span>, in principle, <span class="hps">decide nothing</span>. <span class="hps">Now</span>, they <span class="hps">do not own anymore</span>. <span class="hps">The owners are</span> <span class="hps">a group of</span> <span class="hps">people who invest</span> <span class="hps">their money</span> <span class="hps">and as</span> <span class="hps">such,</span>
<span class="hps">their first goal</span> <span class="hps">is to have</span> <span class="hps">an economic benefit.</span> <span class="hps">No</span> <span class="hps">sports</span>. <span class="hps">So that we understand</span>: <span class="hps">winning the</span> <span class="hps">Champions</span> <span class="hps">League</span>
<span class="hps">is good</span> <span class="hps">for the money</span> <span class="hps">paid to the entity</span>, not the <span class="hps">sporting event</span>.
<span class="hps">This means</span> <span class="hps">that you can buy</span> <span class="hps">and sell</span> <span class="hps">players based on</span> <span class="hps">an income statement</span>, not the <span class="hps">performance</span>
<span class="hps">that</span> <span class="hps">may occur in</span> <span class="hps">the field.</span> <span class="hps">The big advantage</span> <span class="hps">for most</span> <span class="hps">of the current</span> <span class="hps">"socis"</span> is <span class="hps">that our money</span> <span class="hps">is</span> <span class="hps">no longer in danger</span>. <span class="hps">There are</span> <span class="hps">others who</span> <span class="hps">win
or lose</span>. <span class="hps">Like any</span> <span class="hps">ordinary</span>
<span class="hps">company.</span> <span class="hps">Because that's</span> <span class="hps">what Barça would become.</span> <span class="hps">A company</span> like
many other <span class="hps">that manufactures</span> <span class="hps">cars</span>
<span class="hps">or drinks.</span> <span class="hps">Like any</span> <span class="hps">ordinary</span> <span class="hps">business,</span> <span class="hps">there
will be some</span> <span class="hps">sponsors who</span> <span class="hps">will pay</span>
<span class="hps">money to</span> add their <span class="hps">trademark</span> <span class="hps">on the pitch</span>. <span class="hps">They</span> <span class="hps">will
be those who</span> <span class="hps">are entitled to</span> <span class="hps">tickets
for</span> <span class="hps">the big games</span>. <span class="hps">So</span> they
<span class="hps">pay</span>. <span class="hps">On</span> <span class="hps">the other
hand</span>, <span class="hps">if we like it</span>, it's <span class="hps">well</span>,
and if not, too. <span class="hps">And</span> <span class="hps">the day they</span>
<span class="hps">get tired of this</span> <span class="hps">"toy"</span>
<span class="hps">they will leave</span>. <span class="hps">They</span> <span class="hps">will</span> sell <span class="hps">their shares</span> <span class="hps">to
others.</span> <span class="hps">That will continue to decide</span> <span class="hps">what is best for</span> <span class="hps">their pockets.</span> <span class="hps">Examples include</span> <span class="hps">Manchester United</span>, AC
Milan, <span class="hps">Liverpool</span><span class="hps">,</span> <span class="hps">PSG</span>, etc.</span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The second option,</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">if not possible</span>
<span class="hps">the actual one</span>, <span class="hps">is the</span> <span class="hps">German model.</span> <span class="hps">Here</span> <span class="hps">is a</span>
<span class="hps">company</span> <span class="hps">that</span> <span class="hps">represents
what</span> <span class="hps">is</span> <span class="hps">the "nos-sport"
side</span>. <span class="hps">The sports</span> <span class="hps">Club</span> <span class="hps">is still owned by</span> <span class="hps">the "socis",</span>
and <span class="hps">they always</span> <span class="hps">have the</span> <span class="hps">majority of shares in the Corporation</span>. <span class="hps">In</span>
<span class="hps">this</span> <span class="hps">sense</span>, I recommend <span class="hps">the <a href="http://www.martiperarnau.com/articulos-de-futbol/bundesliga/real-madrid-s-a-d-barcelona-s-en-c/">following
article</a> (in Spanish) by <a href="https://twitter.com/feriurgo">@feriurgo</a></span>
<span class="hps">which explains</span> <span class="hps">very clearly</span> <span class="hps">how the system works</span>. <span class="hps">It has</span> <span class="hps">the advantages of</span> <span class="hps">the availability of a</span>
<span class="hps">lot of money</span>. <span class="hps">The disadvantage</span>, <span class="hps">as</span> <span class="hps">in the previous case</span>, it <span class="hps">would no longer be</span> <span class="hps">all ours.</span> <span class="hps">Bayern</span>, <span class="hps">Borussia</span> <span class="hps">Dortmund,</span>
<span class="hps">etc.</span> <span class="hps">work with this</span> <span class="hps">model.</span></span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">There is still</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">another option.</span>
<span class="hps">Accepting that</span> <span class="hps">we can</span> <span class="hps">not grow</span> <span class="hps">with the current system</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">not wanting to change</span>. <span class="hps">This can mean that we can be</span> <span class="hps">many years</span>
<span class="hps">without winning the</span> <span class="hps">Champions</span> <span class="hpsatn">League (</span>and perhaps <span class="hps">not</span> <span class="hps">participate at it</span>). <span class="hps">Moreover</span>, this also
<span class="hps">represents</span> that <span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">work done</span> <span class="hps">with at the grassroots still have to</span>
<span class="hps">be much higher than</span> <span class="hps">we do now</span>,
because <span class="hps">we will not have</span> <span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">necessary money</span> <span class="hps">or</span> <span class="hps">to</span>
<span class="hps">buy</span> <span class="hps">great players</span> <span class="hpsatn">(</span>when needed), <span class="hps">or</span> <span class="hps">pay
large</span> <span class="hps">wages</span> <span class="hps">that they have</span>.
It is to <span class="hps">stay with</span> <span class="hps">the current model</span>
<span class="hps">(assuming</span> <span class="hps">you can</span> <span class="hps">not grow</span> <span class="hps">up with it</span>), with <span class="hps">all that</span> it <span class="hps">would mean at all</span> <span class="hps">levels.</span></span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">In any</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">case, the first</span> thing <span class="hps">to</span> <span class="hps">decide the one who</span> <span class="hps">wants
to be</span> <span class="hps">the next President</span> <span class="hps">of Barça</span>
<span class="hps">is this.</span> <span class="hps">Without the</span> <span class="hps">definition of</span> <span class="hps">this model</span>, <span class="hps">it will be difficult</span> <span class="hps">to decide</span> <span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">sports policy</span>, which <span class="hps">I will talk about in the next entry.</span></span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Jordi</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">Pascual</span></span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">You can follow</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">me</span> <span class="hps">on Twitter</span>: <a href="https://twitter.com/JordiPascualP">@JordiPascualP</a></span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Since </span></span><span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">always</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">there has been talks</span> about <span class="hps">the importance of playing</span> <span class="hps">on the wings,</span>
<span class="hps">giving</span> <span class="hps">width.</span> <span class="hps">To
make</span> <span class="hps">open the</span> <span class="hps">opposing defense</span>,
either <span class="hps">bringing</span> <span class="hps">the wingers to the flanks</span>
<span class="hps">and leaving</span> <span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">center
free</span>, either <span class="hps">taking advantage of the own</span> <span class="hps">full-backs</span> going up.</span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">football</span> <span class="hps">of Barça
in recent years</span> <span class="hps">(and</span>, we can say <span class="hps">that
almost always</span> <span class="hps">since I can remember</span>) had wingers. Either
playing with "right <span class="hps">leg"</span> <span class="hps">to go</span>
<span class="hps">to</span> <span class="hps">the goal line</span> <span class="hps">and
crossing</span> <span class="hps">or</span> <span class="hps">either with
"switched leg"</span> <span class="hps">to</span> <span class="hps">go</span>
from the <span class="hps">outside</span> <span class="hps">to the inside of the
box</span>.</span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Now, with</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">Luis</span>
<span class="hps">Enrique</span>, we don't have this. <span class="hps">I will not
speak</span> <span class="hps">about if mode,</span> <span class="hps">if</span> evolution<span class="hps">...</span> <span class="hps">No. I just want</span> <span class="hps">to
mention</span> <span class="hps">what</span>, for me, <span class="hps">are the
tactical</span> <span class="hps">consequences</span>.</span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">On one</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">hand we have</span> that, <span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">fact</span>
<span class="hps">that</span> <span class="hps">there are no</span> <span class="hps">wingers</span>, <span class="hps">makes that the full-backs are the
ones that have</span> <span class="hps">to go</span> <span class="hps">to</span> <span class="hps">the goal line</span> <span class="hps">and cross</span>. <span class="hps">As the</span> winger <span class="hps">is not there</span> <span class="hps">to cover him</span>, it is <span class="hps">the job of the Attacking
Midfielder to do it</span>. <span class="hps">This means that</span> <span class="hps">in the middle,</span> <span class="hps">where once</span> we <span class="hps">had</span> <span class="hps">Xavi</span> <span class="hps">and Iniesta</span>
<span class="hps">(to go to</span> <span class="hps">the best known</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">nearby),</span> <span class="hps">now</span>
<span class="hps">there is no one</span>. <span class="hps">But</span> <span class="hps">not only that.</span> <span class="hps">Busquets</span> <span class="hps">not only</span> drops between the center-backs <span class="hps">to take
the</span> <span class="hps">ball out</span>, but also he stays there in <span class="hps">a lot of plays</span>; <span class="hps">this means that there are 3 at
the back and none of them is the full-back of the other side where we have the
action</span>. <span class="hps">That is,</span> <span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">Barça</span> <span class="hps">midfield</span> <span class="hps">has many</span>
<span class="hps">distances</span> <span class="hps">among players.</span> <span class="hps">And</span> <span class="hps">it costs a lot</span> <span class="hps">to
recover</span> <span class="hps">the ball</span>, <span class="hps">because the
players</span> <span class="hps">are very far from</span> <span class="hps">it.</span>
<span class="hps">If</span> <span class="hps">this recovery</span> <span class="hps">is
not done</span> <span class="hps">immediately after</span> <span class="hps">loss,</span>
it's time to go <span class="hps">back to defensive</span> <span class="hps">positions.</span>
<span class="hps">And</span> <span class="hps">sometimes</span> <span class="hps">very
quickly</span>, <span class="hps">too quickly</span>, because <span class="hps">the
opponent has</span> <span class="hps">had time</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">space to organize</span> <span class="hps">the counterattack</span>.</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span class="hps">1.</span> <span class="hps">WITH</span> <span class="hps">LUIS</span> <span class="hps">ENRIQUE</span></span></i></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">And so</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">we say</span> <span class="hps">Busquets</span>
<span class="hps">is not useful</span> <span class="hps">when the problem</span> <span class="hpsatn">(</span>in principle, <span class="hps">beyond</span> <span class="hps">that he is better</span> <span class="hps">or</span> <span class="hps">worse
fit</span>), <span class="hps">is that he is placed 20 meters away from</span>
<span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">AM's when</span> <span class="hps">before
he was just</span> <span class="hps">10.</span> <span class="hps">And of course,</span>
<span class="hps">he can't arrive to all.</span> <span class="hps">Before</span> <span class="hps">it was all</span> <span class="hps">triangles</span> <span class="hps">between
players.</span> <span class="hps">Now</span>, they are not. <span class="hps">And</span>
<span class="hps">the foundation of any</span> <span class="hps">organization are</span>
<span class="hps">the triangles</span> <span class="hps">that allow</span> <span class="hps">to</span> <span class="hps">give</span> <span class="hps">constant</span>
support to the <span class="hps">companions.</span></span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">We turn now to</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">offensive situation</span> <span class="hps">when</span> <span class="hps">we have wingers</span>. <span class="hps">We have the full-back going
up by the flank and,</span> <span class="hps">a few meters away</span>, <span class="hps">we have the winger.</span> <span class="hps">On one side</span> <span class="hps">or the other.</span> <span class="hps">The opposing</span> <span class="hps">defense</span> <span class="hps">goes to intercept the full-back, who
passes to the winger that give the ball back</span>. <span class="hps">2v1</span>
<span class="hps">situation</span>, <span class="hps">impossible to stop</span> <span class="hps">if well</span> <span class="hps">executed.</span> Classic scenario in <span class="hps">football</span>. <span class="hps">And if the</span> <span class="hps">2v1</span>
<span class="hps">is</span> <span class="hps">at the flank</span>, it is still <span class="hps">more impossible</span> <span class="hps">to stop.</span> <span class="hps">No</span> <span class="hps">more</span>.</span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">But</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">we have more</span>. <span class="hps">Before, when the AM was going up</span>
by <span class="hps">the middle</span> <span class="hps">of the pitch</span>,
accompanied by <span class="hps">the full-back</span>, we had <span class="hps">the
same</span> 2v1 <span class="hps">situation</span>. <span class="hps">Yours</span>-<span class="hps">mine</span><span class="atn"> and a </span>player <span class="hpsatn">"</span>deleted".
<span class="hps">And</span> <span class="hps">the AM or the FB</span> continued
carrying the ball <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">created again</span>
<span class="hps">this</span> <span class="hps">2v1</span> <span class="hps">with the
opposing</span> <span class="hps">center-back</span> <span class="hps">when</span> <span class="hpsatn">Messi (</span>with that <span class="hps">"false 9")</span>,
<span class="hps">was going two steps back</span>.</span></div>
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</span><span class="hps"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">2.</span></i></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> WITH GUARDIOLA<span class="hps"></span></span></i></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Now</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">, no. <span class="hps">Now there are no wingers</span>. <span class="hps">As much as</span> <span class="hps">someone says</span> <span class="hpsatn">"</span>narrow-wingers". <span class="hps">This does not
exist</span> <span class="hps">in football.</span> <span class="hps">Wingers</span>,
<span class="hps">by definition, are</span> <span class="hps">open</span>. <span class="hps">If not, they</span> <span class="hps">are</span> <span class="hps">anything
else,</span> <span class="hps">but they are</span> <span class="hps">not wingers</span>.
<span class="hps">We continue</span>. <span class="hps">No</span> wingers <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">the forwards are too close to</span> <span class="hps">the</span> de<span class="hps">fenders</span> <span class="hps">to create</span>
<span class="hps">these spaces and</span> <span class="hps">2v1</span> <span class="hps">situations</span>. <span class="hps">It's that simple</span>. <span class="hps">And when</span> <span class="hps">the FBs go,</span> <span class="hps">the
forwards are fixed.</span> <span class="hps">As he is</span> <span class="hps">fixed</span>,
we know <span class="hps">where he is and</span> <span class="hps">therefore</span>
<span class="hps">there's no</span> <span class="hps">2v1</span>.</span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">And</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">this,</span> <span class="hps">that seems
so simple,</span> <span class="hps">is one of</span> <span class="hps">the things</span>
<span class="hps">the actual</span> <span class="hps">Barça has lost.</span> <span class="hps">The</span> <span class="hps">2v1</span> <span class="hps">aims to
eliminate</span> <span class="hps">opposing</span> <span class="hps">players and</span>
<span class="hps">lines.</span> <span class="hps">If we have a team mate</span> <span class="hpsatn">(</span>who some call <span class="hpsatn">"</span>the third
man", <span class="hps">which</span> <span class="hps">is</span> <span class="hps">free</span>), <span class="hps">we have a</span> <span class="hps">passing
line.</span> <span class="hps">And, as</span> <span class="hps">we</span> have <span class="hps">passing lines</span> <span class="hps">if</span> <span class="hps">the
move</span> <span class="hps">is continued (Pass and go),</span> <span class="hps">that</span>
<span class="hps">is what we have to do</span>, we have a <span class="hps">returning
line</span>. <span class="hps">We</span> have <span class="hps">2v1</span>. <span class="hps">The</span> <span class="hps">issue is</span> <span class="hps">that the</span>
<span class="hps">player with</span> <span class="hps">the ball</span> <span class="hps">always follow</span> <span class="hps">the play</span>, <span class="hps">so, the</span> opposite <span class="hps">player coming</span> <span class="hps">not know</span> <span class="hps">where to go.</span> <span class="hps">If
he goes to</span> <span class="hps">the one that has the ball</span>, <span class="hps">the one that does not have it</span> <span class="hps">is free</span>. <span class="hps">If he goes to</span> <span class="hps">the one that</span> <span class="hps">does not have it,</span> <span class="hps">the carrier</span> <span class="hps">has space</span>.</span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Before,</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">Messi</span>, <span class="hps">with
this of the</span> <span class="hps">"false</span> <span class="hps">9"</span>,
<span class="hps">had</span> <span class="hps">the wingers 20-25 meters away.</span> <span class="hps">Space.</span> <span class="hps">Plenty of room</span> <span class="hps">and
also</span> <span class="hps">with</span> <span class="hps">Leo</span> <span class="hps">very</span> <span class="hps">close to the box.</span> <span class="hps">Now,
if Messi wants this distance with Neymar</span> and <span class="hps">Suarez</span>
<span class="hps">he has to play</span> <span class="hps">10-15 meters</span> <span class="hps">behind them</span>. <span class="hps">That is,</span> <span class="hps">10
to 15 meters</span>
<span class="hps">away from the box</span>. <span class="hps">And</span> <span class="hps">Messi,</span> <span class="hps">as closer</span> <span class="hps">to the
box he is, as more dangerous he is</span>. <span class="hps">Before,</span> <span class="hps">Messi</span> <span class="hps">was running parallel to the</span> line
of the box <span class="hps">to shoot</span>; <span class="hps">now</span>, he runs
<span class="hps">towards the</span> <span class="hps">area</span> <span class="hps">to
pass.</span> <span class="hps">Now, when</span> he <span class="hps">does a</span> <span class="hps">2v1</span> <span class="hps">is 15 meters away from</span>
<span class="hps">box</span>. <span class="hps">Before, he was at the edge of the
box</span>. <span class="hps">It was much easier</span> <span class="hps">to shoot and</span>
<span class="hps">score</span>. <span class="hps">Also,</span> <span class="hps">Xavi</span>
<span class="hps">and Iniesta</span> <span class="hps">were 10 meters away of him</span>;
<span class="hps">2v1</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">3v2</span>
<span class="hps">were</span> <span class="hps">continued</span>, and the space <span class="hps">was easily found</span>. <span class="hps">Now</span>, Xavi, Iniesta, <span class="hps">Rakitic</span>, <span class="hps">are 30 meters away of the</span>
<span class="hps">Argentine star</span>. <span class="hps">Or he does all it</span>
<span class="hps">by himself</span> <span class="hps">or</span> he <span class="hps">fails</span>
<span class="hps">to</span> <span class="hps">2v1</span> <span class="hps">he can do</span>
<span class="hps">with</span> <span class="hps">Neymar</span> <span class="hps">or</span>
<span class="hps">Suarez,</span> <span class="hps">because he is not</span> <span class="hps">on the</span> <span class="hps">edge of the box</span>. <span class="hps">Note that</span>, the goals <span class="hps">he's scoring now is when
he</span> <span class="hpsatn">"</span>lives" <span class="hps">on the</span>
<span class="hps">edge of the box</span>. The same as he did before.</span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Therefore,</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">today we speak</span> <span class="hps">of</span> <span class="hps">Messi</span><span class="atn">-</span>Neymar-Suárez
<span class="hps">connection, but</span> <span class="hps">we forget</span> <span class="hps">that</span> <span class="hps">the one that was</span> <span class="hps">lethal</span>
<span class="hps">was the</span> <span class="hps">Messi</span><span class="atn">-</span>Xavi<span class="atn">-</span>Iniesta <span class="hps">connection</span> <span class="hps">with</span>
Busquets playing the role of <span class="hps">"Big Brother"</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">controlling everything</span> <span class="hps">from behind.</span> <span class="hps">Now</span>, this connection <span class="hps">is virtually nonexistent.</span> <span class="hps">The distances</span>
<span class="hps">are much bigger.</span> <span class="hps">And</span> <span class="hps">all this</span> <span class="hps">is very noticeable</span>.</span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">I want</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">the returning of the wingers.</span> <span class="hps">They will return us the</span> <span class="hps">2v1</span> <span class="hps">and they will return us the</span> <span class="hps">best</span> <span class="hps">Messi.</span></span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Jordi</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">Pascual</span></span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">You can follow</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">me</span> <span class="hps">on Twitter</span>: <a href="https://twitter.com/JordiPascualP">@JordiPascualP</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">1)</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">Why</span>, <span class="hps">if the Club</span> <span class="hps">has so
high</span> <span class="hps">value according to</span> <span class="hps">Forbes</span>,
is it not possible to <span class="hps">find a</span> <span class="hps">global
sponsor</span> <span class="hps">for sections</span>?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
<span class="hps">2)</span> <span class="hps">Why is this</span> <span class="hps">complaint
about</span> <span class="hps">player salaries</span> <span class="hps">when</span>
<span class="hps">is</span> <span class="hps">this Board</span> <span class="hps">that
has made</span> <span class="hps">most</span> <span class="hps">signings and</span>
<span class="hps">contract renewals</span>?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
<span class="hps">3)</span> <span class="hps">Why</span> <span class="hps">a top
executive</span> <span class="hps">of the</span> <span class="hpsatn">Club (</span>Emili
<span class="hps">Sabadell)</span>, <span class="hps">says</span> <span class="hps">that
there is</span> <span class="hps">an agreement</span> <span class="hps">with</span>
<span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">ticket resale</span> <span class="hps">business</span> <span class="hpsatn">"</span>ViaGogo" <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">Faus</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">Cardoner</span> <span class="hps">Executives</span> <span class="hps">say
that there isn't?</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
<span class="hps">4)</span> <span class="hps">Why</span>, <span class="hps">if</span>
<span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">tickets at</span> <span class="hps">ViaGogo</span>
<span class="hps">Club are coming from members</span> <span class="hps">nothing is
done</span> <span class="hps">about them,</span> <span class="hps">both at</span> <span class="hps">Club</span> level <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">going to
the</span> <span class="hps">Police?</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
<span class="hps">5</span>) Why <span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">Club</span>
<span class="hps">continues having Deloitte as auditor</span> <span class="hps">if they</span>
<span class="hps">had to</span> <span class="hps">redo</span> <span class="hps">the
accounts of the</span> <span class="hps">Club</span> <span class="hps">after
leaving</span> <span class="hps">the previous Board</span>, <span class="hps">since
they were</span> <span class="hps">not right?</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
<span class="hps">6)</span> <span class="hps">Why</span> <span class="hps">were</span>
the <span class="hps">accounts</span> redone <span class="hps">if the</span> <span class="hps">auditor</span> <span class="hps">(Deloitte</span>), <span class="hps">gave</span>
<span class="hps">them as</span> <span class="hps">favorable?</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
<span class="hps">7)</span> <span class="hps">Why is there</span> <span class="hps">a
man who</span> <span class="hps">takes</span> <span class="hps">1.2M€/year</span> <span class="hps">for doing nothing</span> <span class="hps">(said by</span> <span class="hps">himself)</span>, <span class="hps">and the Board</span> <span class="hps">does not act</span> <span class="hps">rescinding</span> <span class="hps">the contracts?</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
<span class="hps">8</span>) Why <span class="hps">are</span> there <span class="hps">players
that are signed and</span> <span class="hps">who are injured</span> <span class="hps">and we do not know</span> the <span class="hps">recovery time</span>?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
<span class="hps">9)</span> <span class="hps">Why</span>, <span class="hps">if</span>
<span class="hps">the Grassroots</span> <span class="hps">is so successful</span>, <span class="hps">the heads</span> <span class="hps">of it</span> <span class="hpsatn">(</span>Amor
and <span class="hps">Puig</span>) are changed?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
<span class="hps">10)</span> <span class="hps">Why does it work</span> <span class="hps">so bad</span> <span class="hpsatn">the Technical Secretariat (</span>Scouting<span class="hps">/Recruitment</span>), of the <span class="hps">Club</span>?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
<span class="hps">11)</span> <span class="hps">Why are</span> <span class="hps">scouts</span>
<span class="hps">from</span> <span class="hps">Liverpool</span>, Fulham, <span class="hps">PSG</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">Bayern</span> <span class="hps">working</span> <span class="hps">at 200 km</span>. of <span class="hps">Barcelona</span>
<span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">Barça</span> <span class="hps">is</span>
<span class="hps">not</span>?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
<span class="hps">12)</span> <span class="hps">Why</span> <span class="hps">it is not
said</span> <span class="hps">who is responsible</span> <span class="hps">for</span>
the <span class="hps">"administrative</span> <span class="hps">mistakes"
in the</span> <span class="hps">FIFA</span> <span class="hps">case?</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
<span class="hps">13</span>) Why <span class="hps">was</span> <span class="hpsatn">spoken
of "</span>black <span class="hps">hand</span>" in the <span class="hps">case
and</span> <span class="hps">FIFA</span>, <span class="hps">has finally</span> <span class="hps">acknowledged</span> <span class="hps">it was a problem</span> <span class="hps">of ours?</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
<span class="hps">14</span>) Why <span class="hps">has lowered</span> <span class="hps">the number of</span> <span class="hps">season ticket holders from</span>
<span class="hps">99000 to 84000</span> <span class="hps">when</span> <span class="hps">there are</span> <span class="hps">members still</span> <span class="hps">waiting for</span> <span class="hps">a seat in</span> <span class="hps">the
waiting list</span>?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
<span class="hps">15</span>) Why <span class="hps">is that the</span> <span class="hps">Club,</span> so, us<span class="hps">, the</span> <span class="hps">members</span>,
who have <span class="hps">paid nearly</span> <span class="hps">1M€</span> <span class="hps">in</span> <span class="hps">attorneys when</span> <span class="hps">the
Board</span> <span class="hps">has led the</span> <span class="hps">former</span> <span class="hps">to court</span> <span class="hps">for mismanagement</span>?</span></div>
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<span class="hps">16)</span> <span class="hps">Why are</span> <span class="hps">there
members</span> <span class="hps">with</span> <span class="hps">35-40</span> <span class="hps">years old</span> at the Club <span class="hps">who have never</span> <span class="hps">been</span> <span class="hps">commissioners</span> <span class="hps">and
others,</span> <span class="hps">with 10 years</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">they have been</span> <span class="hps">3 times</span>?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
<span class="hps">17</span>) Why do <span class="hps">almost in any</span> <span class="hps">operation</span> <span class="hps">appear corporations linked to</span>
<span class="hps">Executives</span> of the <span class="hps">Club</span>?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
<span class="hps">18</span>) Why are not explained<span class="hps"> ALL</span> <span class="hps">terms of</span> ALL <span class="hps">the concessions</span> <span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hpsatn">Club has (</span>Shops, <span class="hps">Restaurants</span>, <span class="hps">Catering,</span> <span class="hps">etc</span>)<span class="hps">?</span></span></div>
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<span class="hps">19</span>) Why do <span class="hps">you talk about</span> <span class="hps">the demands of</span> <span class="hps">UEFA</span> <span class="hpsatn">(</span>Hospitality,
etc.), <span class="hps">to justify</span> <span class="hps">the reform</span>,
when the existing <span class="hps">legislation in this regard</span> <span class="hps">says</span> <span class="hps">very</span> <span class="hps">little about
the subject</span>?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
<span class="hps">20</span>) Why<span class="hps"> the</span> reform of the <span class="hps">Camp</span> Nou, <span class="hps">when it</span> <span class="hps">was not in the</span> program?</span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">21)</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">Why an</span> <span class="hps">Architectural</span> <span class="hps">Competition</span>
<span class="hps">for the reform of</span> <span class="hps">Camp</span> <span class="hps">Nou</span> <span class="hps">is convened</span>
<span class="hps">if</span>, as <span class="hps">Mr.</span> <span class="hps">Faus</span>
<span class="hps">said</span>, <span class="hps">there is already a</span> <span class="hps">project</span> <span class="hps">made with</span> <span class="hps">measurements
and budget</span>?</span></div>
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<span class="hps">22)</span> <span class="hps">Why he tickets that are</span> <span class="hps">offered for sale</span> <span class="hps">says for example</span>, <span class="hps">"Gol</span> <span class="hps">Nike</span> <span class="hps">Sud</span>"?
<span class="hps">When</span> has been this <span class="hps">authorized</span>?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
<span class="hps">23)</span> <span class="hps">Why a</span> <span class="hps">club</span>
<span class="hps">that talks about</span> <span class="hps">transparency makes</span>
<span class="hps">almost all its</span> <span class="hps">contracts confidential</span>?<br />
<br />
<span class="hps">24</span>) Why <span class="hps">is there so little</span> <span class="hps">respect to other</span> <span class="hps">members and</span> it is <span class="hps">not</span> <span class="hps">respect what</span> <span class="hps">the
statutes</span> <span class="hps">say</span> <span class="hps">when</span> <span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">General</span> <span class="hps">Assembly</span>
<span class="hps">approve matters that are not</span> <span class="hps">in the</span>
<span class="hps">agenda</span>?</span></div>
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<span class="hps">25</span>) Why <span class="hps">do you not leave?</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
<span class="hps">Jordi</span> <span class="hps">Pascual</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
<span class="hps">You can follow</span> <span class="hps">me</span> <span class="hps">on Twitter</span>: <a href="https://twitter.com/JordiPascualP">@JordiPascualP</a></span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">My colleague</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">Matttew</span> <span class="hps">Whitehouse</span>
<span class="hpsatn">(<a href="https://twitter.com/The_W_Adress">@The_W_Adress</a></span>)
<span class="hps">has asked me</span> <span class="hps">to do a review</span> <span class="hps">of his latest book</span>: <span class="hpsatn">"</span>Universality<span class="hps">/The</span> <span class="hps">Blueprint for</span> <span class="hpsatn">Soccer
'</span>s <span class="hps">New</span> <span class="hps">Era"</span>. <span class="hps">This has</span> <span class="hps">taken me</span> <span class="hps">almost
40 years</span> <span class="hps">ago when</span> <span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">received as a gift</span> <span class="hpsatn">"</span>Tinker,
Taylor, Soldier, Spy" by John <span class="hps">Le</span> <span class="hps">Carré</span>.
<span class="hps">It was the</span> <span class="hps">first book I read</span> <span class="hps">by this author</span> <span class="hps">and I enjoyed it</span>. <span class="hps">So much so that</span> <span class="hps">I've read it</span> <span class="hps">maybe</span> <span class="hps">20 times</span> <span class="hps">and</span>
<span class="hps">it made that I bought almost every book</span> <span class="hps">by
this author</span>.</span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Beyond the</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">story told</span> by <span class="hps">Le</span> <span class="hpsatn">Carré (</span>fascinating), which <span class="hps">I liked</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">still like</span>
<span class="hps">what</span> <span class="hps">is his way</span> <span class="hps">of
linking</span> <span class="hps">the past</span> <span class="hps">with</span> <span class="hps">the present circumstances</span> <span class="hps">and possible
future</span> <span class="hps">events.</span> <span class="hps">This is what</span>
<span class="hps">Matt</span> <span class="hps">has done</span>. <span class="hps">He
explains</span> <span class="hps">what was</span>, <span class="hps">what is</span>
<span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">where we are going</span>.</span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Curiously</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">, or <span class="hps">maybe not,</span> <span class="hps">is that</span>, coming from <span class="hps">cultures</span> <span class="hps">(both general and</span> <span class="hps">football</span>) <span class="hps">as different as</span> <span class="hps">the Anglo-Saxon</span> <span class="hps">and Latin</span>, I agree <span class="hps">almost entirely</span> <span class="hps">what</span> <span class="hps">Matt</span> <span class="hps">says</span>. <span class="hps">While it is</span> <span class="hps">true that</span> <span class="hps">the
paths followed</span> <span class="hps">are not the same</span>, <span class="hps">so
perhaps</span> <span class="hps">cultures,</span> <span class="hps">which makes</span>
<span class="hps">the arguments</span> <span class="hps">employed</span> <span class="hps">are different,</span> I subscribe <span class="hps">the conclusions he
reaches</span>. </span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">As</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">Le</span> <span class="hps">Carré</span> <span class="hps">makes</span> <span class="hps">in the book</span> <span class="hps">there
is a main</span> <span class="hps">protagonist</span> <span class="hps">George</span>
<span class="hpsatn">Smiley-</span>Pep <span class="hps">Guardiola.</span> <span class="hps">But</span>, <span class="hps">in the same way</span>, <span class="hps">there
are plenty of</span> <span class="hps">supporting actors</span> <span class="hps">to
help understand</span> <span class="hps">what is</span>, and <span class="hps">what
happens</span>: <span class="hps">Ferguson</span>, Mourinho, <span class="hps">Queiroz,</span>
<span class="hps">Benitez</span>, Messi, Cristiano <span class="hps">Ronaldo</span>,
Ronaldinho, <span class="hps">Beckham</span>, Scholes, Xavi, <span class="hps">Iniesta,</span>
<span class="hps">Busquets</span> <span class="hps">Alonso</span>, <span class="hps">Drogba,</span>
<span class="hps">Laporta</span>, <span class="hps">Florentino</span> <span class="hps">Pérez</span> <span class="hps">...</span> <span class="hps">all play</span>
<span class="hps">some</span> <span class="hps">more or less important</span> roles
<span class="hps">to help understand</span> <span class="hps">what happened</span> <span class="hps">in football</span> <span class="hps">in</span> <span class="hps">the last
15 years</span> and, what it seems <span class="hps">to come</span>.</span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">But</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">there are more similarities</span>: <span class="hps">Smiley</span> <span class="hps">is</span> <span class="hps">not the
classic</span> <span class="hps">spy,</span> <span class="hps">nor</span> <span class="hps">is a classic</span> <span class="hps">coach</span> <span class="hps">Guardiola</span>.
<span class="hps">Both</span> <span class="hps">are looking for something</span> <span class="hps">that does not exist</span>: perfection. <span class="hps">And, this</span>
<span class="hps">means innovating</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">daring</span>. <span class="hps">And of course</span>, <span class="hps">sometimes</span>
<span class="hps">you're wrong</span> <span class="hps">and</span>, <span class="hps">when done</span>, <span class="hps">is</span> <span class="hps">very</span>
<span class="hps">sound</span> <span class="hps">way</span>.</span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Matt</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">, <span class="hps">as</span> <span class="hps">Le</span> <span class="hps">Carré</span>, <span class="hps">makes us</span> <span class="hps">an
analysis that</span> <span class="hps">starts</span> <span class="hps">in the past,</span>
<span class="hps">in the late</span> <span class="hps">90's</span>. B<span class="hps">ased on</span> <span class="hps">his knowledge</span> <span class="hps">of
English football</span>, he explains <span class="hps">why the English</span> <span class="hps">dominate European football, at club's levle</span>, appearing <span class="hps">again and again</span> <span class="hps">in the Champions</span> <span class="hps">League</span> finals, <span class="hps">until,</span> <span class="hps">suddenly</span>,
it's over. <span class="hps">What happened</span>? <span class="hps">Well,</span> <span class="hps">very simple</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">very
complicated</span> <span class="hps">at the same</span> <span class="hps">time.</span>
<span class="hps">The players</span> <span class="hps">have changed,</span> <span class="hps">because the game</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">so
requests</span>, and England
<span class="hps">has not seen it</span>.</span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Today's players</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">are</span> <span class="hpsatn">(</span>should be) <span class="hps">much more</span> <span class="hps">universal</span> <span class="hpsatn">(</span>polyvalent). <span class="hps">No longer are useful the wingers who can only</span> <span class="hps">focus
on</span> <span class="hps">running and crossing</span> <span class="hps">or</span>
<span class="hps">center backs that only reject the ball</span> <span class="hps">or</span>
<span class="hps">central midfielders that only stop</span> <span class="hps">balls.</span>
<span class="hps">Now</span>, the wingers <span class="hps">have to cross,</span> <span class="hps">open</span> <span class="hps">field</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">finish.</span> <span class="hps">The</span> <span class="hps">center
backs must</span> <span class="hps">know how to go out with</span> <span class="hps">the ball under control</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">the central midfielder has</span> <span class="hps">to cut,</span> <span class="hps">keep</span> <span class="hps">the ball</span> <span class="hps">and
distribute</span> <span class="hps">the play.</span></span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">And while</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">there are players</span> <span class="hps">which by their nature</span> <span class="hps">will never be</span> <span class="hps">play some roles</span>, <span class="hps">the fact is</span> <span class="hps">that the more</span> <span class="hpsatn">"</span>records"
are mastered, <span class="hps">more options</span> <span class="hps">to play.</span>
<span class="hps">If</span> today I don't play here, I play there<span class="hps">.</span>
<span class="hps">Simple</span>.</span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Matt</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">also</span> <span class="hps">puts in
evidence, clearly,</span> <span class="hpsatn">one of the "</span>myths"
<span class="hps">of football:</span> <span class="hpsatn">the systems (</span>formations).
<span class="hps">As</span> <span class="hps">said</span> by <span class="hps">I</span>
<span class="hps">do not remember who</span>, <span class="hps">1-4-3-3</span>, <span class="hps">1-4-4-2</span>, <span class="hps">1-3-5-2</span>, etc. <span class="hps">they
are</span> <span class="hpsatn">nothing more than "</span>Telephone
Numbers". <span class="hps">What matters</span> <span class="hps">today are</span>
<span class="hps">the movements of the</span> <span class="hps">players, but</span>
<span class="hps">especially</span> <span class="hps">of</span> <span class="hps">the
ball.</span> <span class="hps">This</span> <span class="hps">is</span> <span class="hps">who sets</span> <span class="hps">everything.</span> <span class="hps">And</span>
<span class="hps">players need</span> <span class="hps">to adapt and</span> <span class="hps">change position</span> <span class="hps">constantly</span>. <span class="hps">Universality.</span> <span class="hps">Mobility</span>.</span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The book</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">makes an exhaustive review</span> <span class="hps">of English football</span> <span class="hps">and its</span> <span class="hpsatn">"</span>evolution?" <span class="hps">in recent years</span>,
but, as <span class="hps">Le</span> <span class="hps">Carré does, he</span> <span class="hps">tells us</span> <span class="hps">what Brazilian</span>, <span class="hps">German or Spanish have done</span>. A<span class="hps">ll</span> <span class="hps">environments must be understood to</span> <span class="hps">know what
to do</span> <span class="hps">with yours.</span> <span class="hps">New ideas,</span>
<span class="hps">new concepts</span>, new ways of <span class="hps">understanding
football</span>. <span class="hps">Everyone</span> <span class="hps">appears</span>
<span class="hps">because</span> <span class="hps">everyone has</span> <span class="hps">a</span> <span class="hps">contribution to make</span>. <span class="hps">The</span> <span class="hps">pressing</span>, <span class="hps">the</span>
<span class="hps">zonal marking</span>, superiority <span class="hps">in</span> <span class="hps">midfield</span>, keeper<span class="atn">-</span>players <span class="hps">...</span> all things <span class="hps">bring something</span>. <span class="hps">And</span> <span class="hps">everything becomes more</span> <span class="hps">universal</span>, <span class="hps">more functional,</span> <span class="hps">more versatile</span>. <span class="hps">And</span> <span class="hps">the
word "team</span>" <span class="hps">dominates.</span> <span class="hps">Teams
work</span> <span class="hps">for the stars,</span> <span class="hps">but the stars</span>
<span class="hps">work</span> for<span class="hps"> the teams.</span> <span class="hps">Before</span>, no.</span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">It is explained</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">the importance of</span>
<span class="hps">the wingers with</span><span class="hpsatn"> "</span>wrong-footed
<span class="hps">leg".</span> <span class="hps">Robben</span> <span class="hps">or</span> <span class="hps">Messi</span> <span class="hps">playing</span>
<span class="hps">from right to left</span>. <span class="hps">Ronaldinho</span> <span class="hps">and Cristiano</span> <span class="hps">Ronaldo</span>, <span class="hps">from
left to right</span>. <span class="hps">Of</span> <span class="hps">a</span> wingers
that are non-wingers <span class="hps">in</span> <span class="hps">the sense of
making</span> <span class="hps">crosses</span> <span class="hps">to be</span> <span class="hps">finished</span>. <span class="hps">But</span> wingers <span class="hps">that
give a lot</span> of width <span class="hps">to the team</span>. <span class="hps">And</span>
<span class="hps">a</span> <span class="hps">center</span> <span class="hps">forwards
who</span> <span class="hps">are</span> <span class="hps">not</span> static <span class="hps">expecting a</span> <span class="hps">cross</span> <span class="hps">to
finish, that come to</span> <span class="hps">midfield</span> <span class="hps">to
create</span> <span class="hps">superiority</span>, scoring <span class="hps">goals,
but</span> <span class="hps">also assisting</span>. <span class="hps">And the</span>
<span class="hpsatn">"</span><span class="atn">box-to-</span>box" midfielders,
<span class="hps">that were a</span> <span class="hps">players</span> which <span class="hps">only</span> used to <span class="hps">run.</span> <span class="hps">Now,
a</span> <span class="hpsatn">"</span><span class="atn">box-to-</span>box"
<span class="hps">has to do many</span> <span class="hps">things.</span> <span class="hps">If</span> not, <span class="hps">you are</span> lost.</span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">As</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">John</span> <span class="hps">Le</span> <span class="hps">Carré</span>, Matt <span class="hps">Whitehouse</span> <span class="hps">teaches
us</span> <span class="hps">that you can only</span> <span class="hps">anticipate
or</span> <span class="hps">think about</span> <span class="hps">what will be</span>
<span class="hps">in the future if</span> <span class="hps">you know</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">analyze</span> <span class="hps">what
happened in</span> <span class="hps">the past and</span> <span class="hps">what is
happening</span> <span class="hps">today.</span> <span class="hps">As I said before</span>,
different cultures <span class="hps">lead to different</span> <span class="hps">interpretations,
but</span> <span class="hps">at very</span> <span class="hps">similar conclusions</span>.
<span class="hps">And</span> <span class="hps">football is</span> <span class="hps">universal.</span>
<span class="hps">Everywhere</span> <span class="hps">you play with</span> <span class="hps">a ball.</span> <span class="hps">The want who knows</span> <span class="hps">what to do</span> <span class="hps">with it</span> <span class="hps">has
many</span> <span class="hpsatn">(</span>all, probably) <span class="hps">chance of
winning.</span> </span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Buy the</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">book</span>. <span class="hps">You'll
love it</span>.</span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Jordi</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">Pascual</span> </span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">You can follow</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">me</span> <span class="hps">on Twitter</span>: <a href="https://twitter.com/JordiPascualP">@JordiPascualP</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;"></span></div>
Futbol Pirineushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03378370108368865604noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4176145702844301465.post-14873498568118485942014-08-03T12:37:00.001+02:002014-08-03T16:48:46.919+02:00THE AMERICAN PROBLEM<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The success of the</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">USMNT</span> <span class="hps">in the</span> <span class="hps">World Cup in Brazil</span>, where they <span class="hps">were eliminated</span> <span class="hps">in the second round</span> <span class="hps">by Belgium,</span> <span class="hps">after finishing</span> <span class="hps">second</span> <span class="hps">in their group</span> <span class="hps">behind
Germany</span> <span class="hpsatn">(</span>champion), and <span class="hps">ahead
of</span> <span class="hps">Portugal,</span> <span class="hps">with</span> <span class="hps">audiences of millions</span> <span class="hps">on TV and</span>, too,
with <span class="hps">thousands of people</span> <span class="hps">on the streets</span>
<span class="hps">watching the matches</span> <span class="hps">at stadiums</span> <span class="hps">or other sites</span> <span class="hps">become</span> <span class="hps">the</span>
<span class="hps">pose of the</span> <span class="hps">eternal question</span>: <span class="hps">Why</span> <span class="hps">the US can</span> <span class="hps">not
produce</span> <span class="hps">great figures</span> <span class="hps">at World
level and</span>, <span class="hps">reach</span> <span class="hps">semifinals</span>
<span class="hps">(eg) in</span> <span class="hps">a World Cup</span>?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span class="hps">US has two</span> <span class="hps">very important things</span> <span class="hps">when it comes to</span> <span class="hps">becoming</span> <span class="hps">a world power.</span> <span class="hps">On one hand</span>, <span class="hps">more than 4</span> <span class="hps">million registered players</span>, <span class="hps">with a</span> <span class="hps">high percentage</span> <span class="hps">of young players.</span> <span class="hps">Moreover,</span> <span class="hps">the money,</span> <span class="hps">which
always helps.</span></span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Now when</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">we talk about money</span> <span class="hps">we need to consider</span> <span class="hps">one thing.</span> <span class="hps">In America</span>
<span class="hps">everything is done</span> <span class="hps">face</span> <span class="hps">to</span> <span class="hps">benefit.</span> <span class="hps">If</span> <span class="hps">there is no profit</span>, <span class="hps">there is no activity</span>.
<span class="hps">And</span> <span class="hps">here</span> <span class="hps">is</span>
<span class="hps">where the first change should be done</span>. <span class="hps">Football
must</span> <span class="hpsatn">stop being "</span>business-oriented" <span class="hps">and become</span> <span class="hpsatn">"</span><span class="hps">sport-oriented"</span>
<span class="hps">And this includes</span> <span class="hps">those who organize</span>
<span class="hps">competitions.</span> <span class="hps">I understand that</span> <span class="hps">they have to go</span> <span class="hps">to</span> <span class="hps">a
system where</span> <span class="hps">everyone is</span> <span class="hps">in and</span>
<span class="hps">this includes</span> <span class="hps">both,</span> <span class="hps">adult soccer</span> <span class="hps">and grassroots</span>. <span class="hps">That is,</span> <span class="hps">1st Division</span>, 2nd, 3rd, <span class="hps">regional</span> <span class="hps">categories</span>, <span class="hps">etc.</span>
<span class="hps">But</span> <span class="hps">everyone inside</span> <span class="hps">and</span> to <span class="hps">play</span> <span class="hps">here or
there</span> <span class="hps">depending on</span> <span class="hps">your</span> <span class="hps">sports results,</span> but not that <span class="hps">you are</span> <span class="hps">not</span> <span class="hps">admitted to the</span> <span class="hps">MLS</span>
<span class="hps">based on an</span> <span class="hps">expected turnover</span>.</span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">But if</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">thing</span> <span class="hps">worked</span> in this way <span class="hps">only</span> at <span class="hps">adult level</span>, <span class="hps">we could</span> <span class="hps">even</span>
<span class="hps">give it as</span> <span class="hps">good.</span> <span class="hps">The
problem starts</span> <span class="hps">at grassroots football</span>. <span class="hps">Thousands</span> of Clubs <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">thousands
of</span> <span class="hps">Coaches are</span> <span class="hps">engaged in</span> <span class="hps">it</span> <span class="hps">professionally</span> <span class="hps">(full-time</span>),
<span class="hps">which does not happen</span> <span class="hps">in any other
country</span> <span class="hps">in the world.</span> The <span class="hps">Clubs</span>
<span class="hps">of</span> <span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">Spanish</span>
<span class="hps">league</span> <span class="hpsatn">(</span>for instance <span class="hps">I know</span> <span class="hps">quite well</span>) just <span class="hps">now are beginning to have</span> <span class="hps">their grassroots
coaches</span> <span class="hps">live exclusively from football</span>. <span class="hps">And</span> <span class="hps">just a few.</span> <span class="hps">Not all</span>,
<span class="hps">not even close.</span></span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">This means</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">that if a</span> <span class="hps">club</span>
<span class="hps">has 10</span> <span class="hps">coaches,</span> <span class="hps">plus</span>
<span class="hps">administrative part</span>, <span class="hps">plus</span> <span class="hps">this, plus that,</span> <span class="hps">imagine what</span> <span class="hps">the parents are</span> <span class="hps">charged for</span> <span class="hps">children to play</span> <span class="hps">football</span>: 500<span class="hps">$/month</span>, 600, <span class="hps">700</span> <span class="hps">..</span>
<span class="hps">1200.</span> <span class="hps">Not to mention</span> <span class="hps">when the kids</span> <span class="hps">are going to</span> <span class="hps">play a</span> <span class="hps">tournament</span> at <span class="hps">the
other</span> <span class="hps">side of the country</span> <span class="hps">and</span>
<span class="hps">must be paid</span> <span class="hps">airplanes</span>, hotels,
etc.</span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">It should be clear</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">that the</span> <span class="hps">problem is with the</span> <span class="hps">system itself</span>. <span class="hps">Not</span> <span class="hps">the coaches.</span> <span class="hps">As
more</span> <span class="hps">coaches</span> you <span class="hps">have that work
full time</span>, it <span class="hps">means more and</span> <span class="hps">better</span>
<span class="hps">work</span> <span class="hps">can be prepared</span> <span class="hps">to make.</span> <span class="hps">In Europe,</span>
<span class="hps">in general,</span> the Coach <span class="hps">is linked to a Club.</span>
<span class="hps">No</span> <span class="hps">coaches</span> <span class="hps">do</span>
<span class="hps">3 hours a</span> <span class="hps">week at this</span> <span class="hps">Club</span> <span class="hps">and 3</span> <span class="hps">more</span> <span class="hps">in another.</span> <span class="hps">This</span> <span class="hps">is
given by</span> <span class="hps">the fact that</span> <span class="hps">there are
a lot</span> <span class="hps">of</span> <span class="hps">completely</span> <span class="hps">independent leagues</span>, and if <span class="hps">I do not like</span>
<span class="hps">this league,</span> <span class="hps">I</span>'m going to play <span class="hps">a different one.</span> <span class="hps">This is where,</span> <span class="hps">I think, the</span> <span class="hps">USSF</span> <span class="hpsatn">(</span>the
Federation) should come <span class="hps">and find a way</span> <span class="hps">that</span>
<span class="hps">everyone can participate</span>, <span class="hps">because,</span>
<span class="hps">on the other hand</span>, <span class="hps">having</span> <span class="hps">such high</span> <span class="hps">fees</span> <span class="hps">makes
many</span> <span class="hps">children do not have</span> <span class="hps">access
to</span> <span class="hps">play football</span> <span class="hps">in many</span> <span class="hps">of these clubs</span>. <span class="hps">And, this also</span> <span class="hps">means that,</span> <span class="hps">when looking</span> <span class="hps">for children</span> for the several National teams, <span class="hps">often</span>
<span class="hps">do not know</span> <span class="hps">where to search for</span>, as
<span class="hps">we said</span>: <span class="hps">excess</span> of <span class="hps">leagues,</span> <span class="hps">traveling</span>, <span class="hps">tournaments</span>
<span class="hps">in one place and</span> <span class="hps">in another</span>, <span class="hps">etc</span>.</span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">As the organization</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">is based</span> <span class="hps">in Spring, Summer</span>, <span class="hps">etc.</span> <span class="hps">and, not</span> <span class="hps">full seasons</span>, <span class="hps">we
also find</span> <span class="hps">something different.</span> <span class="hps">A
child playing</span> <span class="hps">in a club</span> <span class="hps">in autumn</span>
<span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">spring</span> <span class="hps">in</span>
<span class="hps">a different one</span>, <span class="hps">because,</span> <span class="hps">most</span> <span class="hps">are</span> <span class="hps">short</span> <span class="hps">leagues</span> <span class="hps">(10-12</span> <span class="hps">games).</span></span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">In addition,</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">we have the</span> <span class="hps">tradition</span> <span class="hps">of College sports in USA</span>. <span class="hps">Like other</span> <span class="hps">sports</span>, football <span class="hps">in general</span>, <span class="hps">has</span> <span class="hps">its
time.</span> <span class="hps">Most</span>, autumn <span class="hps">(September-November</span>),
although <span class="hps">there are states</span> <span class="hps">where it is</span>
<span class="hps">spring (March</span>-May). <span class="hps">This means that in</span>
<span class="hps">8-10 weeks</span> the <span class="hps">teams</span> will <span class="hps">play</span> <span class="hps">15-16</span> <span class="hps">games</span>
<span class="hps">and also</span> <span class="hps">if they are playing</span> <span class="hps">in</span> <span class="hps">High</span> <span class="hpsatn">School</span>
<span class="hps">or</span> <span class="hpsatn">College</span>, they obviously <span class="hps">can not</span> <span class="hps">be playing</span> <span class="hps">in
his</span> <span class="hps">club</span> <span class="hpsatn">(</span>training and
matches <span class="hps">at the same</span> <span class="hps">time</span>, <span class="hps">etc</span>.). <span class="hps">I understand that</span> <span class="hps">one of the priorities</span> <span class="hps">is</span> <span class="hps">to</span> <span class="hps">define</span> <span class="hps">whether a</span>
"<span class="hps">Club</span> model" <span class="hps">based</span> <span class="hps">or</span> <span class="hps">"HS/College</span> <span class="hps">model"</span>
based, <span class="hps">because they are totally</span> <span class="hps">different
concepts.</span> <span class="hps">But</span> <span class="hps">whatever the</span>
<span class="hps">model chosen</span> <span class="hps">should be based on</span> <span class="hps">a model of</span> <span class="hps">30</span> <span class="hps">league
games</span> <span class="hps">per season (yearly), plus</span> <span class="hps">the
finals.</span> <span class="hps">But, it's not</span> to <span class="hps">try to
copy</span> <span class="hps">models</span>, if not <span class="hps">to have it</span>
<span class="hps">adapted</span> <span class="hps">to the particularities of</span>
<span class="hps">a country of</span> <span class="hps">vast extent</span> <span class="hps">and</span> very different <span class="hps">population and</span> <span class="hps">climates.</span></span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Personally</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">, I understand the <span class="hpsatn">"</span>club
<span class="hps">model</span>" is <span class="hps">the most appropriate</span>,
<span class="hps">because it is what</span> <span class="hps">allows for a</span> <span class="hps">Philosophy</span> <span class="hps">and a way</span> <span class="hps">of
working from</span> <span class="hps">the youngest to</span> <span class="hps">the
1st</span> <span class="hps">team</span>. <span class="hps">Same for everyone.</span>
<span class="hps">One of</span> <span class="hps">the things I see</span>, <span class="hps">in general,</span> <span class="hps">is that each team</span> <span class="hps">from the same</span> <span class="hps">Club</span> <span class="hps">operates</span>
<span class="hps">more or less</span> <span class="hps">autonomously,</span> <span class="hps">where the</span> <span class="hps">coach decides</span> <span class="hps">the methodology</span> <span class="hps">of training,</span> <span class="hps">how to play</span>, <span class="hps">etc</span>. <span class="hps">Even</span>,
sometimes, <span class="hps">the same coaches</span> <span class="hps">are</span> <span class="hps">looking for</span> <span class="hps">sponsors</span>, <span class="hps">ways
to travel</span>, <span class="hps">etc</span>. <span class="hps">It is the</span> <span class="hps">Club</span> <span class="hps">who should provide</span> <span class="hps">this.</span></span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">In</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">short, it is</span>, in my <span class="hps">view,</span> <span class="hps">to seek a more</span> <span class="hps">rational
model</span>, <span class="hps">from the</span> <span class="hps">USSF</span> <span class="hps">itself, which</span> <span class="hps">allows</span> <span class="hps">everyone
to</span> <span class="hps">compete and</span> <span class="hps">go up</span> <span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">stairs</span> <span class="hps">in</span> <span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">football</span> <span class="hps">pyramid</span>.
<span class="hps">With a good</span> <span class="hps">organization,</span> at the <span class="hps">level of</span> <span class="hps">Clubs,</span> <span class="hps">Leagues</span>,
<span class="hps">etc</span>. <span class="hps">the rest can</span> <span class="hps">start thinking</span> <span class="hps">seriously</span> <span class="hps">that</span> <span class="hps">any day</span>, USA will be <span class="hps">World Champion</span> in <span class="hps">football</span>. <span class="hps">Because</span> <span class="hps">there,</span> <span class="hps">when they</span>
<span class="hps">propose</span> <span class="hps">something,</span> they <span class="hps">do it.</span> <span class="hps">They have not</span> <span class="hps">been
proposed</span> <span class="hps">yet.</span></span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Jordi</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">Pascual</span></span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">You can follow</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">me</span> <span class="hps">on</span> <span class="hps">Twitter:</span> <span class="hps"><a href="https://twitter.com/JordiPascualP">@JordiPascualP</a></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;"></span></div>
Futbol Pirineushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03378370108368865604noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4176145702844301465.post-42390992867009013722014-07-06T17:25:00.003+02:002014-07-06T17:25:37.363+02:00THE ART OF SPYING (& II)<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">I spoke</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">a few weeks ago</span> <span class="hps">about Scouting at </span>level
<span class="hps">teams</span>, watch <span class="hps">their movements, their</span>
<span class="hps">tactics,</span> <span class="hps">set-pieces</span>, <span class="hps">etc</span>.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
<span class="hps">Now I</span> <span class="hps">will talk about</span> <span class="hps">players.</span> <span class="hps">How can we</span> <span class="hps">see</span>
<span class="hps">that a player</span> <span class="hps">is</span> <span class="hps">good/useful
for</span> <span class="hps">our team?</span></span></div>
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<span class="hps">The first thing</span> <span class="hps">to do</span> <span class="hps">is to distinguish</span> <span class="hps">between two types of</span> <span class="hps">scouting</span>. <span class="hps">One is</span> <span class="hps">that</span>
<span class="hps">when</span> <span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">clubs</span>
are <span class="hps">looking for a</span> <span class="hps">certain player</span> <span class="hps">for a given position</span>. <span class="hps">The second</span> <span class="hps">is</span> <span class="hps">people who</span> <span class="hps">are</span>
<span class="hps">dedicated to seeing</span> <span class="hps">players</span> <span class="hps">(even</span> <span class="hps">working</span> <span class="hps">for a
particular</span> <span class="hps">club</span>), without any <span class="hps">specific</span>
<span class="hps">position on the pitch.</span></span></div>
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<span class="hps">In the first case</span>, <span class="hps">since there is</span>
<span class="hps">no perfect</span> <span class="hps">player,</span> <span class="hps">you</span> <span class="hps">have to find</span> <span class="hps">the
closest thing to</span> <span class="hps">what we want and</span> <span class="hps">sometimes</span> <span class="hps">we have to</span> <span class="hps">decide
which features are</span> <span class="hps">more important than others</span>. <span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">will not go</span> <span class="hps">much more</span>
<span class="hps">in this part</span>, <span class="hps">since we</span> <span class="hps">are talking about a</span> <span class="hps">scouting</span> <span class="hps">"made to measure</span>".</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
<span class="hps">We go to the most</span> <span class="hps">usual</span>. <span class="hps">Going to see</span> <span class="hps">(live or</span> <span class="hps">on
TV</span>), <span class="hps">football players</span>. <span class="hps">What</span>
<span class="hps">we have to look</span> <span class="hps">to decide</span> <span class="hps">if a player</span> <span class="hps">is or is</span> <span class="hps">not
a good player</span>? <span class="hps">Well there are many</span> <span class="hps">things</span>, <span class="hps">but for</span> <span class="hps">me, the
most</span> <span class="hps">important</span> <span class="hps">is speed.</span> <span class="hps">But</span> <span class="hps">speed does not</span> <span class="hps">mean
just being</span> <span class="hps">faster than</span> <span class="hps">the</span>
<span class="hps">others running</span>. <span class="hps">In fact</span>, we can
distinguish <span class="hps">3 kinds of</span> <span class="hps">speed:</span> <span class="hps">the "physical"</span> <span class="hps">speed,</span> <span class="hps">"mental"</span> <span class="hps">speed and</span> <span class="hpsatn">"</span>action" speed.</span></div>
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<span class="hps">The</span> <span class="hps">"physical"</span> <span class="hps">speed</span> <span class="hps">is what we have</span> <span class="hps">said before.</span> <span class="hps">Fast</span> <span class="hps">player</span>.
<span class="hps">The arriving</span> <span class="hps">before the opponent </span>to
the <span class="hps">ball,</span> <span class="hps">either attacking</span>, <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">defending</span> <span class="hps">it</span>.
<span class="hps">This player</span> <span class="hps">is always interesting,</span>
<span class="hps">because we can</span> <span class="hps">always</span> <span class="hps">teach him to play</span>. <span class="hps">Whether</span> <span class="hps">running</span> <span class="hps">from the flank</span> <span class="hps">and
crossing</span>, <span class="hps">either to</span> <span class="hps">arrive before
the striker to a</span> <span class="hps">long ball</span>. <span class="hps">Cristiano</span>
<span class="hps">Ronaldo,</span> <span class="hps">Bale,</span> <span class="hps">Jordi</span>
<span class="hps">Alba,</span> <span class="hps">David</span> <span class="hps">Luiz</span>
<span class="hps">may be examples</span> <span class="hps">of such</span> <span class="hps">players.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
<span class="hps">The</span> <span class="hps">"mental"</span> <span class="hps">speed</span> is the one <span class="hps">which</span> <span class="hps">allows
the player to</span> <span class="hps">do things</span> <span class="hps">before
anyone else.</span> <span class="hps">Usually</span> <span class="hps">they make
play</span> <span class="hps">their mates,</span> <span class="hps">because they
usually</span> <span class="hps">give</span> <span class="hps">the ball</span> <span class="hps">ready to be</span> <span class="hps">played well.</span> You will
recognize t<span class="hps">hese types of</span> <span class="hps">players</span> <span class="hps">easily</span>, since they are <span class="hps">always</span> <span class="hps">with the head up</span>, scanning <span class="hps">the entire field</span>
<span class="hps">to see where</span> <span class="hps">the ball</span> <span class="hps">can go</span>. <span class="hps">They are</span> <span class="hps">players
who</span> <span class="hps">are always</span> <span class="hps">where</span> <span class="hps">they are supposed to</span> <span class="hps">be</span>, sometimes <span class="hps">to cut and</span> <span class="hps">retrieve a ball</span>, sometimes <span class="hps">to make a decisive</span> <span class="hps">pass.</span> <span class="hps">Xavi,</span> <span class="hps">Pirlo</span>, <span class="hps">Riquelme</span>,
Gerrard <span class="hps">or</span> <span class="hps">Busquets</span> <span class="hps">are players who</span> <span class="hps">fit this profile</span>.</span></div>
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<span class="hps">Finally</span>, we have the <span class="hpsatn">"</span>actional"
speed, <span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">executive</span>, <span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">player</span> that <span class="hps">makes</span>
<span class="hps">the actions</span> <span class="hps">at a very much higher speed than
the</span> <span class="hps">rest</span>, <span class="hps">either to</span> <span class="hps">shoot on goal</span>, <span class="hps">either to</span> <span class="hps">dribble</span> <span class="hps">an opponent</span>, <span class="hps">either
to</span> <span class="hps">change the orientation of</span> <span class="hps">game</span>
<span class="hps">at first touch.</span> <span class="hps">Messi</span>, Iniesta, <span class="hps">Robben</span>, <span class="hps">Ibrahimovic</span> <span class="hps">and</span>
<span class="hps">Rooney</span> <span class="hps">would be</span> <span class="hps">players</span>
<span class="hps">in this style</span>.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
<span class="hps">However</span>, what <span class="hps">is common to all</span> <span class="hps">these players,</span> <span class="hps">that do</span> <span class="hps">different
things</span>, <span class="hps">playing in</span> <span class="hps">different</span>
<span class="hps">parts of the pitch</span>, which don't have <span class="hps">the
same functions</span> <span class="hps">in a</span> <span class="hps">football
team?</span> Well, <span class="hps">these</span> <span class="hps">players</span> <span class="hps">are "different"</span>, ie <span class="hps">they do</span> <span class="hps">different</span> <span class="hps">things to what we can</span> <span class="hps">consider</span> <span class="hps">"normal"</span>.</span></div>
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<span class="hps">Cruyff</span> <span class="hps">once said</span> that with 5 <span class="hps">meters</span><span class="hps"> of space,</span> <span class="hps">any player can</span> <span class="hps">make a pass</span> <span class="hps">30 meters</span><span class="hps"> away</span>.
I<span class="hps">t's about to make</span> <span class="hps">this</span> <span class="hps">happen when</span> <span class="hps">you</span> <span class="hps">have</span>
<span class="hps">the opponent close to you.</span> <span class="hps">It'a about dribbling
opponents</span> <span class="hps">changing</span> <span class="hps">3 times the</span>
<span class="hps">pace</span> <span class="hps">on 20 meters</span>. <span class="hps">That is,</span> it's not <span class="hps">quality</span> <span class="hps">"per se"</span>, <span class="hps">but</span> <span class="hps">quality at high speed</span>; <span class="hps">this is what</span> <span class="hps">distinguishes some</span> <span class="hps">players from another</span>.
<span class="hps">And when</span> <span class="hpsatn">we speak of "</span>decision
making", we <span class="hps">talk about</span> <span class="hps">the same.</span>
About the <span class="hps">player that, as far he</span> <span class="hps">will
receive</span> <span class="hps">the ball</span> <span class="hps">he knows what</span>
<span class="hps">to do with it</span>: <span class="hps">running with it,</span> <span class="hps">short</span> <span class="hps">pass</span>, <span class="hps">long</span>
<span class="hps">pass</span>, <span class="hps">etc.</span></span></div>
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<span class="hps">But</span> <span class="hps">that's not all</span>. <span class="hps">To do it right</span>, it's <span class="hps">not just to look at</span>
<span class="hps">what</span> <span class="hps">a player does</span>. <span class="hps">Must see</span> <span class="hps">what the player can do</span>. <span class="hps">What does this mean?</span> <span class="hps">It</span> <span class="hps">means</span> <span class="hps">to study the characteristics</span> <span class="hps">of the player and</span> <span class="hps">see if</span> <span class="hps">its features</span> <span class="hps">can be used</span> <span class="hps">for other functions.</span> <span class="hps">A winger</span>, could <span class="hps">play</span> as<span class="hps"> central midfielder</span>? <span class="hps">A center back</span>, could he <span class="hps">play</span> <span class="hps">as attacking midfielder?</span> <span class="hps">And so</span>, <span class="hps">with</span> <span class="hps">all players.</span> <span class="hps">In
fact,</span> an it <span class="hps">is not always done</span>, <span class="hps">the</span>
<span class="hps">reports</span> <span class="hps">should include,</span> <span class="hps">further than all the points of the players,</span> <span class="hps">all
their options</span>. <span class="hps">Many times</span> <span class="hps">players</span>
<span class="hps">are signed</span> <span class="hps">without knowing exactly</span>
all <span class="hps">their potential.</span></span></div>
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<span class="hps">But</span>, <span class="hps">as all activities</span> <span class="hps">where</span> there is <span class="hps">the human factor</span>, <span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">scouting</span> <span class="hps">is not an
exact</span> <span class="hps">science.</span> <span class="hps">The</span> <span class="hps">"nose"</span>, the intuition, <span class="hps">makes a lot</span>,
sometimes, <span class="hps">when you are</span> <span class="hps">spying</span> <span class="hps">players.</span> <span class="hps">You</span> <span class="hps">see a</span>
<span class="hps">player who</span> <span class="hps">has done nothing</span> <span class="hps">for</span> <span class="hps">most of the game</span> <span class="hps">and</span>,
<span class="hps">in a play</span> he <span class="hps">decides it</span>, either
with <span class="hps">a shot,</span> <span class="hps">with</span> a <span class="hps">dribbling,</span> <span class="hps">with</span> <span class="hps">a pass</span>.
<span class="hps">Or</span>, even if not <span class="hps">decisive</span>, but <span class="hps">when nobody</span> <span class="hps">expects</span> <span class="hps">it</span>.
<span class="hps">As mentioned</span> <span class="hps">before,</span> <span class="hps">the "different" player.</span></span></div>
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<span class="hps">We still have the goalkeepers</span>. <span class="hps">What is
the</span> <span class="hps">first job</span> <span class="hps">of a</span> <span class="hps">goalie?</span> <span class="hps">Stop</span> <span class="hps">balls.</span>
<span class="hps">Therefore,</span> <span class="hps">this is what</span> <span class="hps">we have to look</span>. <span class="hps">If you do this</span> <span class="hps">or that, but</span> <span class="hps">does not save</span> <span class="hps">goals</span>, <span class="hps">no good.</span> <span class="hps">Then we
go</span> <span class="hps">to</span> the <span class="hps">aerial game</span>, <span class="hps">or</span> <span class="hps">foot play</span>, <span class="hps">or</span>
<span class="hps">this or</span> <span class="hps">that</span> <span class="hps">feature</span>.
<span class="hps">But</span> <span class="hps">first</span>, <span class="hps">to
stop</span> <span class="hps">the balls.</span> <span class="hps">And</span>, do
not forget that the <span class="hps">goalie</span> who <span class="hps">makes</span>
<span class="hps">a great</span> <span class="hps">save</span>, <span class="hps">but</span>
<span class="hps">concedes a goal</span> <span class="hps">after the rejection</span>,
it is very <span class="hps">possible that</span> <span class="hps">he has saved</span>
<span class="hps">badly.</span> <span class="hps">It is not</span> <span class="hps">just
saving the ball.</span> <span class="hps">It is</span> <span class="hps">to save
the ball</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">the opponents</span>
<span class="hps">do not have</span> <span class="hps">a second choice.</span> <span class="hps">Remember</span> <span class="hps">that good</span> <span class="hps">goalies</span>
<span class="hps">win games</span>, <span class="hps">but the</span> <span class="hps">great goalkeepers</span> <span class="hps">win championships</span>.</span></div>
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<span class="hps">But</span> <span class="hps">also with the</span> <span class="hps">goalkeepers, they must</span> <span class="hps">be fast</span>. <span class="hps">Fast</span> <span class="hps">to put a</span> <span class="hps">hand</span>,
<span class="hps">to get back</span> <span class="hps">into position</span> <span class="hps">after a long</span> <span class="hps">ball rejected, fast to go</span> <span class="hps">to this long</span> <span class="hps">ball.</span> <span class="hps">The</span>
<span class="hps">one that is not fast is no good</span> <span class="hps">for
football.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
<span class="hps">Jordi</span> <span class="hps">Pascual</span> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">You can follow</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">me</span> <span class="hps">on</span> <span class="hps">Twitter:</span> <span class="hps"><a href="https://twitter.com/JordiPascualP">@JordiPascualP</a></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">One of the last (or perhaps
not), debates about Barça is on the "Model Club", understanding this
as the way to manage it beyond what its sports policy. Personally, I understand
that:</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
1) You can not compare the model Club in USA
(MLS, NBA, etc.), with European models (Manchester
City, PSG, Milan, Zenit, etc.), and these with Barça.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
2) The first are models that use sport as a tool for business. Leagues are
closed, which can be reached only by economic merits.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
3) There are not lower levels with promotion and relegations. A case such as
here Llagostera (From 2nd Regional Category (8th tier), to play for promotion
to 2nd Division in 10 years is impossible).</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
4) League gives franchises. If there is no business, the team is sold and/or
goes to a different city. That is to say, it is not the Clubs that are
organized to create a competition, but it is the competition that creates clubs.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
5) For the same reason, grassroots has a very different structure. Basketball
or Ice Hockey teams have no grassroots (Academies). Football has, but with a
very different concept.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
6) In Europe, most clubs are owned by an entrepreneur or business group
(similar to USA).
But here, the Leagues are open and you go up and down of category based on
sporting merit. Very important: If you are in these TOP categories (in Europe), it's because you win, not for the money you may
have.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
7) These owners provide sponsor for the clubs and so often, they have a say in
all decisions.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
8) All these clubs have fans and season ticket holders, but generally have no
power of decision over the operation of the Club.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
9) And here is where Barça is different. Barça has 150,000 owners. Its
"socis" (members). The President and the Board are elected by them. Anyone
does not name them.<br />
<br />
10) According to Regulations (several), Barça is a "non-profit"
company, ie, that its benefits do not return directly to the owners. This means
that profits should be reinvested in the Club. Second big difference.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
11) Therefore, the only "benefit" of the owners of the club is to win
the League and the Champions League. Nothing more.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
12) Any management model that can be made at Barça should aim to win trophies,
not money.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
13) Obviously, they must apply the management techniques, marketing,
productivity, etc. that can be applied to any "normal" company, but
without forgetting what the main objective is.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
14) It is not important that the club wage bill represents 70% of the budget,
provided that the methodology used is the inverse of the current.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
15) This means that instead of Budget = Necessary Wages + Expenses, it has to
be Budget = Necessary Expenses + Wages.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
16) This leads, as it has been sometimes said, to seek new forms of income that
do not involve the entry of "owners in the shade" or to lose control
of the club by the partners and that will maintain the necessary payroll.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
17) IT is not "More income = more profits"; is "More income =
more reinvestment".</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
18) And it means that "La
Masia" should be more productive than ever. Players who
do not reach the 1st team have to be sold at a good price and not as at
present.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
19) And not to say that "La
Masia" should be a moneymaker. The first and main
objective is to produce players for the 1st team. This and no other.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
20) We must not forget the social meaning of Barça. By the fact that there is
no economic benefit, we can not eliminate sections with many years of history.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
21) A Club with 500M€ budget can not fire out an amateur section that may have
a cost of 250K€/year.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
Always remember: Who loses the origins, loses identity, and we can't allow it. We
can not forget who we are nor where we come from.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
Jordi Pascual</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
You can follow me on Twitter: @ JordiPascualP</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;"></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">One of
the most challenging tasks in football is the scouting. There are basically two
types. One is to watch the opposing teams to know what they do and being able
to counter it the day we play against them. The second, is about players. I
will talk about <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the first, and I'll
leave the second for an upcoming entry.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Today
there are many applications that allow us to analyze a game and do a quick
summary taking those plays that interest us. Even include word processing that
allow a good presentation of the game in question, and that players know what
they are going to "find" in this game.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">This,
however, has two problems. The first is that such programs are often expensive
and not all the clubs can afford them. The second is that in lower categories
and minor league games may not be recorded and, therefore, this is where
involved, very directly, the work of the scout.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">What
are the steps to follow? What should we show our coach? What I'll put now is
just a model.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">1) Data
of match: Teams, day, hour, competition (League, Cup, European Competition,
etc.), weather conditions (temperature, rain or shine, wind, etc.) and pitch
(short grass, high, artificial. Wet, dry, muddy). Spectator attendance and
types thereof (Silent, babbling, respectful, aggressive, etc.).</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">2)
Lineups and substitutions. Minutes and reasons (injury, fatigue, tactical
substitution)</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">3)
Systems (formations) used, with variants (because injuries, expulsions,
substitutions, substitutions of opponents, etc., and when they have been applied)</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">4) Analysis
of the team when attacking. Combinative, direct. Building up from the back.
With long kick from goalkeeper or a defender. Short or long combinations. Use
of the wingers or full-backs. Striker static or mobile. Crosses. Their types.
Second plays. Movements to create spaces. Key players in the building of the
play. Positioning of the team at the end of play.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">5) Analysis
of the team when defensive transition. Type of transition. With attempt to
recover the ball once it is lost or not. If the attempt, which players and how
it is done, and how the rest of the team retrieve. If not done, how is the
retrieve of the team after the loss.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">6)
Analysis of the team when defending. Zonal, individual, mixed, combined. Gap
between lines. Which players follow to who. Who never follows. How they close
the pitch. How they pressure the ball holder. In which (flanks, center) areas?.
Support.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">7)
Analysis of the team when offensive transition. Going out safety. Going out
long. By the flanks. By the middle. How many players. What they do those who do
not participate.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">8)
Analysis of lines and players: Goalkeeper. Defenders. Midfielders. Forwards.
Reserves. Strengths and weaknesses. High balls. Ground balls. Short or long
spaces.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">9)
Set-pieces. Kickoff, throw-ins. Near own goal. Near opposing goal. Fouls. Own
half. Opponents half. Side fouls. Centered fouls. Corners. Number of players
participating in the plays. Defensive surveillance.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">10)
Other points of interest.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Obviously,
this must be accompanied by the necessary graphics where all these
circumstances can be seen. As we said, many of these matches do not have video
of it, so the coach should have as much information as possible from the scout
view. Moreover, this report should be long enough to give the most information,
but concentrate enough to not do heavy reading. Remember that this information
is transmitted to the players, and if the coach can not assimilate all that is
said, hardly able to communicate to the players and prepare for training the
necessary actions.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">You
should also think that not all coaches are equal and not all want the same
amount or the same type of information. Some want to know more about how they defend
than how they attack. Others want a lot of information about set-pieces, etc.
It is very important, when making a report of this kind, to know what the coach
wants and at the same time, what we can consider the most important.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Like
almost everything in the world of football, scouting and analysis of the
opponents has become another one specialty. And, it is very normal that many
coaches have in their staff someone responsible for this work. The more we know
of the opponents, better for us.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">John Le
Carré made an art about espionage in his books. These "spies" of
today continue to give information that is used for winning and losing wars ...
in football, fortunately, though "Football is not a matter of life or
death. It's much more important than that."</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Jordi
Pascual</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">You can
follow me on Twitter: @JordiPascualP</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;"></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">This is what the song of Bob
Dylan said, referring to all political and social changes of the 60s. If you
look at the world of football, is also applicable. A few years ago, most of the
clubs revenue were by membership fees and the sale of players. This has changed.
Today the Clubs receive large amounts of television rights, selling T-shirts
and other things.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
Some of those listed as possible candidates for future elections to the
presidency of Barça (it should be 2016) have said, in social networks, that the
Club needs a renovation as it relates to marketing strategies and similar. That
is needed a renewal of their management structures. It's not me, that I have no
idea about these issues, who will tell you about the direction of this kind of
stuff. If it is more important 3vminutes on TV or send a player to advertise
anywhere in the world. If there must <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>be
1 General Manager and 25 Working Areas or only 18.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
Something very important is the club model. Few weeks, at one of the presentations
for the Reform of Camp Nou, Vice-President Javier Faus spoke of hospitality
revenue in different clubs around the world. Compared with Madrid,
Bayern Munich, Arsenal, Manchester
City and Manchester
United in terms of number of seats and revenue. City, United or Arsenal are
clubs that have a single owner and are in football for many different reasons. The
day they get tired, they will leave. It's that simple. Bayern is a mixed model
and Madrid,
despite being a club like Barça, operates in a more presidential manner here .
But they want to be like them, and to have the same as them , forgetting that
we are different. It seems that the economic remedy is hospitality
(representing less than 10% of the total budget Club). Hospitality, Marketing,
Ticketing, etc. Remember all one thing: the owners of the Club are the
"socis", not the Board.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
Barça is special. There is no, as we said before, an owner with more or less
millions into the pocket. Here there are 130,000 owners. And those who run the
Club (The Official we were talking a bit ago), are not professionals. As
itself, this is not a problem. The problem is that they have no idea. They
speak about "market prices" to refer to those and other questions
when the only market they know is the store in the neighborhood where they buy
the newspaper and the baguette. And of course, these have fixed prices. They
are not debatable. Pay and return home.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
This leads to one thing that has not changed for many years and has to. Historically,
the club has been a buyer Club. But we have not yet learned to buy. To sell, we
still do worse. We pay what it's needed for a player for the simple fact that
the seller Club is waiting for us ("it's Barça and, as they like the
player, they'll pay what we say"). It has worked in many cases and it
appears that still works. To sell, reverse option ("we are not interested,
therefore, whoever comes will be able to take him").</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
It is not, of course, to turn the club into a Corporation and make the
Directors professionals. No, although I am sure that is their dream, for many
of which there are now. It's about these executives know about football. And
they do not know. Today, they like the player scoring three goals; tomorrow the
defender that cuts two key plays and, after tomorrow, however the goalie that
saves 5 occasions playing against Barça. It seems that, if there are 60M€ to
sign, these have to spend, no matter how.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
And this is related to the subject of the Technical Secretariat that I have
said more than once. A club like Barça can not go around without all the player
data, both technical and personal, including salary, hobbies, etc. Today for
today, it <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>seems there is nothing. I
spoke in a previous post (<a href="http://futbolpirineusenglish.blogspot.com/2014/04/it-is-not-that-ii.html">It
is not that (II)</a>), about the need of having a Scouting system much more useful.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
Previously, there was no resources as now. Having footage of players was quite
difficult and one should trust what <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a
friend who was in that country where there was an interesting player or player's
agent in turn. And you had to pay what you were told, without knowing for sure
if you had bought a Ferrari or a second hand 600 (NA: Spanish equivalent to
Fiat 500). Today, it is not. There are images of almost all leagues in the
world and, the most important show all the games on TV. When you buy, you know
what you're buying and, theoretically, you should know the price. But it does
not.<br />
<br />
Everything I've said so far, goes around the so spoken as "renewal"
at Barça. It seems that it will take I don't know how many players. And, as
needed, we will pay what we will be told (or more, if we add Foundations of
players, contracts of Scouting and other miscellaneous expenses. Said that is
the new model of contracts made in the world. That is, to sign a player, we
need to hire, one way or another, all the family and friends). I can understand
that there are incentives for this or that player to come. What I don't
understand are thee 400k€/year for Scouting as "market price". By the
way, have there been reports to justify this amount?</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
As I can not understand that a reserve player in a team and, which will not go
to the World Cup because "competition is very tough (NA: With
teammates)" according to what a reporter said today, with only 20 years old
and that has not won anything yet, worth 35M€. And in this operation a player
of the same nationality, who is a starter at Barça and will go to the World is
included. And like this, the examples that you want. And the opposite. Players
who go out for 4$ hard "because we will save very high wages".<br />
<br />
There is a second part. La
Masia. Do you remember this about "La Masia is not to be touched"?
Well it seems. Except Masip, no other player will be promoted to the 1st team
this year. And I wonder if, with so many people filling their mouth with this
about <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Barca "B" is 3rd in the 2nd
Division, or that the U-19 is the Champion of UEFA Youth Champions League,
isn't it strange that no player can go to the 1st team?</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
But as we have to sell illusion after a bad season where, for the first time in
many years we have not won any of the major titles, we will pay whatever. And
giving away players "to lighten the wage bill", as I said before,
players that the media have been said that they are not useful. All obviously
to prevent people stop looking at the pitch and look at the VIP Box. And they
will go into discrepancies about if the one that has to sign is this or that
one. I explained also in the same mentioned entry, how this part should run.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
The times they are a changing, but it seems that many have not seen it yet. Or
worse, they have only seen one part: the business. And increasingly, it seems
that only the business they can do with the money of others. They have not
understood that this is neither the NBA nor the MLS. There, they do sport
starting in business. A League is created and franchises are spread. If you
lose, you don't go down to 2nd Division. And, if the business fails, the owner
sells the Team and it is moved to a different city, looking for business.
Leagues here have a different starting point: from sport, they try to do
business. Originally, business for the club, to sign players or build new
facilities. Now, it seems that business for the pockets of some, whether or not
owners.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
The times they are a changing. Let's see if we change the ways of proceeding.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
Jordi Pascual</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
You can follow me on Twitter: @JordiPascualP</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Missing. So, no more. This is actually
Barça.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
Some players missing, not knowing whether to play short or long, not knowing if
they have training or "asado" (barbeque), not knowing if they have a
photo session for sponsor or, is the weekly holiday. That speak of
self-criticism, but do not make it, that feel like (some), play only the
matches that interest them, to be the perfect showcase to renew or to march
towards a better contract.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
A missing Manager, who does not know where he is, whom no one has explained
that when players are missing, he should be the one who makes them get back on
track. The one that nobody told that here we play one way and that is also
trained in a way. A Manager missed between the names and the players, who has
not been able to put who deserved (and, if not, he has to explain it), ahead of
having a name.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
A missing Technical Direction, with no credibility, after the evaded President told
him who was to be the Manager this year, without knowing how he played and how
he worked, and without knowing how to correct, without knowing what kind of
reinforcements are needed or where to go to look for or, how much they will
cost. Without knowing what happens when you have to find a reinforcement of
urgency at midseason and, not daring to raise young players of the second team,
because they are too young.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
A missing Board, among courts, lawsuits, penalties from international
organizations for not doing things correctly, dark transfers, and monumental
works, a sense of not having the faintest idea of where to go. Calling a
referendum because they know they will not lose it and without having what is
needed to call elections precisely because they know that can lose. That missed
the President and the one that is there doens't known whether to laugh or to
mourn. That only think about improving the hospitality of Camp Nou
and its revenue. That will put a "surname" at the Stadium, when it
has already, without asking permission or at least has not been said, in the
stands (North Goal and South Goal) (See the tickets for matches).</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
A missing opposition, perhaps because no one dares to join to denounce everything
that is being done wrong, perhaps because they do not believe in the answer of
the socis (members), perhaps because they want everything to mature (more than
necessary?), perhaps because they expect by 2016, with the danger that it can
be. An opposition that puts only four things on twitter to say that things are
not going well, but that does not give many more signals.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
A missing media between ignorance of what is the Holy Grail of Barça
(Possession play) and, the most shameful servility. They say white today and tomorrow,
without the slightest embarrassment, they say to be black. That find as guilty
of the present situation a "soci" who asked what was the cost of a
signing. That says who are the players that must come, who to leave, how to
play, etc., but saying that the guilty one is the Technical Director .</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
And, the "socis" (members). Missing. The most. Because at the end of
the day, what the soci wants is to win. Whatever. At the last minute with an
unjust penalty. Never mind. And now we do not win. The team that won and
captivated all by<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the way of playing is
gone. Many of the players are, it is true. But that's all. Neither essence nor
play, nor work. Of all this, there is nothing. And to the soci it arrives only
what they want to make them arrive. And, if our comfort is that Madrid does not win... The
soci, it must be said, is very difficult to be angry while the ball goes in.
This year, it has been trusted everything that have been said. Next year, if the
ball is not in, we'll see what happens.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
Just write this when publishing the agreements of the Extraordinary Board today.
The much spoken "revolution", for now, it's nothing. Luis Enrique as Manager, Ter Stegen as goalie and Rafinha
and Deulofeu are back. Out (beyond Pinto, at was already known), and signings,
nothing. As was also expected, following the departure/dismissal of Guillermo
Amor and Albert Puig, had to fill their places. Roura and Altimira, until now at
the Technical Staff of the 1st team, go to La Masia and Rubi out (rather than predictable
thing, seen the little role that has had this year with the arrival of Martino
and his staff). Basically, nothing unexpected, because we have no idea if there
will be additions or rise youth from B team ("La Masia is not to be touched",
remember), or what will happen.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
So, we still missing.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
Jordi Pascual</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
You can follow me on Twitter: @JordiPascualP</span></div>
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Futbol Pirineushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03378370108368865604noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4176145702844301465.post-59589629675463988242014-05-15T21:58:00.003+02:002014-05-15T21:58:37.973+02:00INTENSITIES AND METHODOLOGIES<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">When I started the blog, I had
the idea to go talking about football things . Of those that, as a coach<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I worry or have lived.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
You all know that I am a supporter of Barça. The events in recent months have
made that I have written a lot about what happens there and not about things
purely on football. Now, with what has appeared in the press today, I have the
chance to talk about one of the things least talked about: the methodology of
training.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
According to the newspaper "El País", the players of Barça believe
that the methodology of Tata Martino is outdated and that there is no intensity.
It has been saying this, and internet has been filled of "experts"
who have almost all agreed that this was the big problem this year at Barça.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
Let's go step by step. The intensity, in any exercise or activity, is put by
those who are doing the exercise. Intensity does not mean going as quickly as
possible from here to there or, to jump higher than anyone. Intensity is the
effort required for the activity to go well. There are players faster than
others (by nature), and other players jumping more than others (also by nature);
therefore, if a player is running slower than another, does not have to be a
matter of intensity. Can be many things.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
I'll explain. Imagine a typical "rondo" of 4v2. No movement of
players in possession. Therefore, no intensity, according to some. Is this
right? Nope. Intensity in this case (and elsewhere) is to put the maximum
effort and concentration for the ball goes well to the teammate. Intensity is
doing the job well done. Imagine another example. A player who receives a pass
from a teammate and is facing the goalkeeper. A soft but precise touch that
puts the ball away from the opponent goalie and makes to score a goal. Shall we
say that has not been intense because it was a soft touch? Absolutely not.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
That is, it can be as intense an exercise with 6v0, as one with 5v5. So clear. And,
if the player has no intensity, it is assumed that there is a coach that will
demand the required intensity, right?</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
Working methodologies are several. Some are based on the "physical
form". Others, on "analytical" work. Others have tactics as the
main component. I do not go to value what is best or most appropriate. I will
say that, Martino is charged of being "old fashioned". I remember
when Carlos Queiroz was the manager at Real Madrid, players complained that
their methods were very modern and, when Juande Ramos came, players preferred
his more "traditional" methods. But the same Juande Ramos was branded
as "modern" at Spurs, for wanting to control meals (among other
things), of the players.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
Ancelotti, for example, makes a similar pre-game warm-up very similar to the
one Martino does. The Argentinean is "ancient". About the Italian, no
word. And it is clear that is not a reproach. It is a fact. There is much talk
of the "fitness" of Mourinho's teams, when we all know that Mou
trains following Tactical Periodization and, as he has said many times, he does
not work on "fitness", as this does not exist in this Methodology. If
someone watches the teams of Guardiola, Simeone, Klopp or Rodgers, they all
have a clearly defined style of play. The intensity applied is very high in all
cases. I think none of them use the same methodology.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
Think about one thing. In football everything is almost invented. The exercises
you can do are more or less similar for all: exercises about passing, finishing,
whatever you want. The same activity can be done with different methodologies.
What will vary are two things: The ultimate goal we want to achieve (because
the same exercise can be used for many things, depending on the coach), and the
intensity. 4v4 is the same everywhere. Depending on the desired target, we will
adjust the space (grid), number of touches on the ball, the rules that we want,
etc. Now, if there is no intensity, the exercise is useless. But it is the same
whether the exercise is coming from an integrated methodology of a
"structured microcycle" or, "tactical periodization". The
same exercise, with the same conditions, with the same players will succeed or
fail depending on the intensity you have.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
And this makes me wonder: Are you sure that the intensity is a problem of
methodology?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
Jordi Pascual</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
You can follow me on Twitter: @JordiPascualP</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">It is said that, as you train, as you play. I favor the reverse: As you
play, as you train. I mean, if you want to play in a certain way, you have to
train THIS particular way. Translated: if you want to play POSITIONAL game with
ball possession, this is what should be the basis of our training.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">To understand each other, we must know the difference between "Rondos"
and "Possession games". "Rondos" are outnumbered games (4v2,
6V3, etc.), where the holders of the ball are basically at the outside and
those who want to recover, inside, as shown in the following figure (4v2): </span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">"Possession games" are based on the numerical equality or light superiority
of holders, usually with the help of "jokers" (Neutral players), ie
players that go with the team that has possession of the ball. Players do not
always have "positions", although there may be so, as the jokers.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">This example is 4v4+3C, that means, 2 teams of 4 players, with 3 players
going with the team that has the ball.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Traditionally, "Rondos" have been associated with warm-ups and similar.
However, if we look at the previous 4v2 we can assume that player at the bottom
is the Goalkeeper; there are two out, the Center Backs and, at the top of the
Central Midfielder. But we can think that the one at the bottom is the CM, with
the Attacking Midfielders at his, and above, the Striker. More options? So Left
Winger (top) Left Back (left), Left AM (right) and CM (bottom). A different one?
Right AM (top), Right FB (right), Right CB (bottom) and CM (left). And so, we
could be putting players and positions. So, starting with a "Rondo",
we'll have many situations that can happen in a game. As simpll as this.
Similar to this, but with all the players we have another:</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">This is 6+4+6v4. The team with possession works with 10 players in the
classic arrangement of 1-4-3-3; the defending team makes only 6 players, with a
1-4-2-3-1 formation, without the 4 defenders. When the yellow team gets the
ball, they have to<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>look for pass to the 4
players who are out to put them in play and at the same time, make the 4 red
team defenses have to leave, to return to have 10v6.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Something that characterizes this type of game is the number of touches. If
what you want the ball go fast at matches, this must be done in training. And
the "Rondos" are based on playing 1 or 2 touches<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No more. Speed and ball speed. And, this
involves concentration and intensity. If this does not exist, the opponent
recovers the ball and, you get to run after the ball to recover it.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Let's go the "Possession games". What we have put before (4v4+3C), is a "classic"
when you are working at 1-4-3-3 formation. Each team has 2 FB and 2 AM; the 3
jokers represent 2 FB and the CM. So, the team that has the ball has 4
Defenders and 3 Midfielders. The FBs can not enter the playing area. They are to
support whoever has the ball. Here, the game is already free of touches and
players can pass or run with the ball depending on the situation. We are in a
4v4 situation with the three supports (1 inside and 2 outside).</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Other widely used game is this:</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">This 6V4+4. Red players always play inside. The 4 yellow players inside
players must recover the ball. When they do, they have 4 external support. This
allows for width and depth, while serving as a game for "recovery" at
the moment the ball is recovered, I have to play immediately with 1 outside
player. With this, what you do is get the ball out of the danger zone when it is
recovered.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">There are other options, such as games of 4v4 (or 5v5)+2GK. Why these? A
very simple reason. Most plays in a game includes 4-5 players per team directly
involved in the play. The rest of the attacking team usually gives balance and
the rest of the defense is not involved, in either case for being away from the
ball.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Such games allow many variations: play a certain number of touches, make a
minimum of passes before you can shoot, have jokers on the wings for crossing
or support, etc.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">There are many variations of both "Rondos" (3v1, 4v2, 5v2, 5v3,
6v3, 8v2, etc.), as for "Possession Games" (4v2+2, 6v3+3 , 5v5+2C, 4v4+4C, SSG as 4v4+2GK, etc.). All
these activities (or similar), have been done in "La Masia" for many years
and, as far as I know, they still do. What I don't know is if the 1st team
continues to do so and therefore will play differently.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">But, it is very possible that it is not that, comrades, it is not that.</span></div>
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