TOGETHER

"Every time we are together, we create something. Every time we are separated , they create something".

I wrote this yesterday while watching the match Madrid-Barça. I think it summarizes for me what was the game. While Barça played "positionally" applying the correct criteria for this type of play, the game was placid for Martino's men. And, while Madrid made ​​high pressure to prevent to play the ball out from the back, in case it can not work out, kick up and out. As the team was well placed, although the ball was for the white players, it was relatively easy that there wasn't great danger for Valdés. Barca scored ​​the first goal and Messi had the second in a play where he controlled the ball a little long.

This changed from the time that Barça relaxed a bit and Madrid was able to leave with counterattacks. Cristiano came to the center and the left wing was allowed for Di Maria. And he damaged, a lot of damage. Breaking again and again Alves, who had no help from Xavi, who was away by that of the separate lines, or Mascherano, that theoretically should give coverage, but in fact was more aware of Benzema, he created enough danger to score 3 or 4 goals.

Towards the end of the first half, Barca was together again and returned to have options, until Messi made ​​the 2-2 before the break.

The second half was quite different. Although Madrid took the lead again, the feeling was that Barça had much more controlled the game, but had troubles to create danger, but on the other hand, did not give options for counterattack to Madrid.

And the key play of the game came. Messi makes an amazing pass on the ground: he breaks two lines (double pivot and the back four) and eliminates 6! players. I recommend everyone to see it and especially those who are dedicated to teaching football to use it as a model of what a pass means. The referee called the penalty and sent off Ramos. Martino brought Pedro for Neymar and, somewhat later, Alexis was in for Cesc, for Iniesta to return in midfield and to play with three clear forwards.

And I say that is key, not only for what it means for the opposing team with one less player, but by the fact that, from then on, Barça became the boss of the match permanently. Lines together without options for the Madrid game and allowing rapid recoveries for Barca and creating danger. In fact, many saw a fifth goal could come at any time.

Important considerations:

1) When the lines are together, when from Piqué (great game yesterday, why it will not be always the same?), to Messi, here are at most 30 meters and mobility appears, this team is still the dominator. When as many games this year, the lines are separated, Xavi can not go up and down and Busquets can not cover everything and is when the defensive problems are magnified. And this is know by all teams. Madrid, too. And this is exploited in almost every game. When we run like in the schoolyard we suffer too much at the back, for the very simple reason that there is no 8 or 9 players to defend. When the team comes together, it is easier to recover the ball and better to defend. The defense suffers, beyond the gaps that may exist, by this disorder and Valdés is becoming more critical than before and now is much more involved in the game with hands than with feet, and this means that opponents arrives too often to the goal.

2) Messi, for the same reason, is much less part of the game, but instead, it is much more crucial now. O scoring, or assisting. And that's a lot. The problem is in his "disconnections" that, as I say, are given by the "new" way of playing of Barça. Earlier, Messi appeared not to much to get balls. Now, he has to come a lot to look for them, because they don't arrive to his area of ​​influence. And that, often is not good.

3) Let us keep clear. Yesterday was a great game for football fans, but I do not think it was for many coaches. Crazy matches, with "races" to here or there only like to the weaker teams, knowing that it is much easier for them to take advantage of this type of game. This must be fixed by Barça. And, the sooner the better, because, in Champions League, Atlético will do the same as Madrid did yesterday: closed at back and go to the counter, and these are equally or more dangerous than those playing this type of game.

If we want to go to Lisbon, together and "ordered", which is what led us to Paris, Rome or London.

Jordi Pascual

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THEY UNDERSTAND NOTHING

Days pass and the stuff still goes on. Newspapers, radios, televisions, social networks are full of reasons for or against. And many, speak for not being silent, because they show that they have understood nothing. About nothing.

They have not understood that the club is owned by 138,000 members, who are the "legal" owners but there are millions of fans around the world who are "sentimental" owners. And you can't play with feelings.

They have not understood that Messi is the best player in the world and possibly in history and must be paid as it is. Not like "this man"

They have not understood that, here, is not enough to win. Here you have to win and play well, it's football, basketball or bowling.

They have not understood that what has captured half of the world, precisely because of this, have not been the titles "per se", but the way in which they were won.

They have not understood that if we are a world'sl reference, is because we have all the teams that play all the same way, from the youngest to the oldest. And if you want to change the style, it should be at all levels. Not doing so would be an inconsistency.

They have not understood the meaning of planning. Planning means having clear which players must leave the Club and which have to come, who should be monitored to within 1-2 years, what contracts they have, what options other clubs have. The last example: it seems to be made ​​a trip to see a player ... that was injured.

They have not understood that what was done with Abidal and Mickael is unworthy of a club like this. There are many ways of doing things.

They have not understood that the image of the Club deteriorates because, everywhere, and they are not Barca fans, they do not understand why Guardiola went away, why Valdés is leaving, why the President resigns, what about the signing of Neymar, what about Tax Deal, etc.

They have not understood that you can not say "NO" to a reform of 250M€for being "uneconomic" and make one that will cost 600M€, without any Project.

They have not understood that the reform can not be approved based on "scaring" the "socis" (members), about the disgraces that will happen if nothing is done.

They have not understood that if the result of the poll for the reform is "NO", they have to go out. So clear. Their legitimacy will be reduced to nothing.

They have not understood that "to attack" the President of the Club is not to attack the Club. Especially when what is attacked is the lack of transparency of the President and the Board. And more, when you see that these "attacks" had many fundamentals.

They have not understood that Board members are servants of the Club, that is, of "socis" (members), and they have been chosen to drive the ship at a time. Afterwards, we would choose them again if we think they have done well and will choose others if we think they have done wrong.

They have not understood that many of us have done a lot of miles and have lost hours of study and work to go watching Barça everywhere. We have gone to European Finals of football, basketball, etc. long before some of them were members of the Club. And, paying it from our pocket, obviously. Never before it has been so many "compromises" with the issue of the tickets away og home, whatever finals or other matches.

They have not understood that being critical is not being "evil environment". It's to say what we do not like. Although we may be wrong. And that does not mean that we want the team to lose matches. I want to win always. But, as I said before, there are ways and ways to win.

They have not understood that telling lies (or writing them), to defend the indefensible can not be done. Sooner or later, we will know the truth of all.

They have not understood that the most important, always, are those on the pitch or the hall. These are where they are thanks to those, not vice versa.

They have not understood that, those who are there, at the stands, we understand everything, even our face shows we understood nothing.

Jordi Pascual

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TO REPEAT

I see there are coaches who are opposed to "non directional" games/exercises, ie, those in which there is no goals or place to score. They say they are unrealistic and that these circumstances do not occur in a football game.

There are also many who say that all these games with restrictions (touches per player, minimum number of passes, etc.), are not suitable, because this does not happen in football games.

Well, if we go with this approach are not valid, for example, those exercises where a player runs down the wing to cross and two teammates arrive for finishing, all it without any opposition. This does not happen in a football game. Nor would be valid an exercise of defenders against attackers finishing at the moment when the defender gets the ball because the defense must do something with the ball, doesn't he?. Nor would be a game of 4v4 in an area of ​​40x30m. because the pitch has very different measures. Nor would be valid ... put whatever you want.

But it would not be valid the series of sprints, or work in the gym, nor a lot of things you do in football practices .

Applying this criteria, the only proper training would be an 11v11 game and only allow subs that can be made by category, age, etc.  Nothing else, because the rest is "unreal".

The training serves to prepare and learn things. A football match is like a performance in the theater or a musical performance. It takes many hours of preparation, correct mistakes, preparing different "pieces" to have it finally all assembled.

Let's return to the "non-directional" games. What are they? That's it. It is a piece, a part of the way of playing that a team can have. And one of the things that has been understood less in the "positional playing" is this touching and touching the ball. The ball is played until you can pass and you pass to break lines. You move the ball to move the opponent, until you find a "hole" where to pass the ball. Hence the great importance of these activities. Players learn to spread the ball under pressure. They learn to move while retaining its structure on the field. They learn to support the partner who has the ball, either getting closer or further. They learn to protect themselves when the opposing squeezes. They learn to be patient while finding the right time of the pass. They learn many things.

And those who do not have the ball learn to go together as a bloc to press. They learn to swing from side to side to avoid these passes that break lines. They learn the needed communication to work together in the same direction when making movements. They learn to be patient when the opponents are touching and touching the ball and it's not possible to recover the ball. They learn to cover the teammate when he is beat. They learn many things.

I'll go further. What it is, is that a certain fact is being done many times. The more times the player has made a move, the easier it is to do so at game time. It is clear that as much as you work "2 touches" at exercises, the game will be different. There will be times when you will play at first touch and, sometimes, the player will run with the ball to pass or shoot or whatever. Now, if we don't do the ball to go fast in practices, hard that it goes fast at matches (if we want that to happen at games, of course).

And obviously, what we say about the "non-directional" games, can be applied to any type of directional activity. Imagine a game 4v4+2GK in a grid of 40x30m. For example, do we want to work interceptions? Then, give 1 point for every one that you have. Do we want our team to be compact in defense? Value the goal double if all the defensive team is not in own half when that goal is scored. Do we want this compactness in attack? All the team must be in the attacking half at the scoring moment (except the goalkeeper, of course). And as such, many examples of activities that can be made ​​to work, as we have said before, different parts of the way we play.

Think about the "pattern plays": A passes to B, this one to C, etc. What do you want when you do that ? To establish a pattern of conduct at the time of play. Nothing more, nothing less. It is a "piece" of how to play and it will be repeated many times until it's done the best possible, because, at the match, players have clear how to do it. And the same with all the exercises we have talked before.

Football is about this. Repeating the movements, actions, etc. because, in the middle of the game we can not stop and say: "It's not right. Let's do it again". That is training for. And, for this, we must profit it as much as possible.

Jordi Pascual

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P.S. Btw, in next few days I'll post a post about the "positional play" and its application from "non-directional" games and also "directional" ones.

QUESTIONS

I am sure, not absolute, but almost, that there are members of the Board of Barca who read my comments (including other more or less amateur bloggers), or at least, they are informed of them.

Taking advantage of this, I have a few questions to ask and then, I expose:

1) Why on those tickets sold/given away you have "Gol Sud Nike"? What permission has been given to rename the Stadium stands?

2) Why the turnover with a new Stadium was much greater than with the reform? What settings do you use?

3) Why the companies that have done the studies for the expansion/renovation of the Camp Nou are Management and not Construction?

4) Why is the total cost of the reform 600M€? In what basis, if no Project is done, can be given that figure?

5 ) Why there is no Project of the reform until it is approved? How do you want us to vote "YES" or "NO " to something we do not know how it will be?

6) Why the Board, and not the socis (share-holders), dismissed other types of reform/building?

7) Why is there only one possible alternative (this one or no reform)?

8) Will we have 22 seats per row (maximum) at "Lateral" 3rd Ring? The commodity of the "socis", does it include this?

9) What will be the process to have any access to the "VIP Boxes"?

10) What will be the process to access to the "concessions"  of Services at the Camp Nou?

11) Will the Club manage directly anything? What?

12) Will the Statutes be reformed so delegates can assist to the General Assembly?

13) Would the "parallel" contracts with companies associated to Neymar made if he had not signed for Barça?

14) Will Messi be sold if an offer of 150M€ or higher is done?

15) Will you dismiss and call for elections if the referendum results against the reform of the Camp Nou?

Thank you very much. I'm waiting for the answers.

Jordi Pascual

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I WILL VOTE NO, BUT MAYBE WE HAVE TO VOTE YES

From Monday (1-20-2014), when I wrote the last post explaining my reasons for voting "NO" to reform the Camp Nou, the facts have been at breakneck speed. Rosell resigned as president on Thursday and Friday, the new president, Josep Maria Bartomeu explained odds Neymar contract that, after all, and tell us what they tell us, has been the reason for the resignation. Beyond that, it is not acceptable under any circumstances, the threats that Rosell and his family have received. Violence can never be excused .

Rosell and Bartomeu have castled on the 57.1M€ as final price of the sale of Neymar to Barça. Of these, 17.1M€ are for Santos (the team Neymar played) and 40M€ for a company owned by the parents of Neymar (N&N), which has the rights to decide, as we were told, where should Neymar play once his contract with the Brazilian team is over.

Paint as you want, but the 10M€ "signing bonus" and 2.7M€ of commission for the Player Agent (father, are part of the transfer. That is, the direct price of the transfer of Neymar price is 69.8M€. Translated, it means that the Board has cheated us. So clear. But there's more. There are a number of contracts with different companies of Neymar's family that if the player had not signed for the club they would not exist. In a few days I will talk about one of them (400,000€ per year for scouting). All this means that the final price of this signing goes into the environment of the € 90M, you say it the way you want to say it.

According to what Bartomeu explained, the player will get 8.8M€/year (44 in total), including awards for titles (Guaranteed they are won or not. In which company are you objectives payed even if you don't get them? Wacky and embarrassing), with a prize additional of 2M€ if the player is a finalist in the FIFA World player awards.

All this means that, like it or not, Neymar will get, for playing for FC Barcelona, ​​an amount close to 100M€ for the 5 seasons he has to play. 20M€ per season. They can explain it as they want it. Because nobody swallows beyond the legal issues of whether the 40M€ received are reportable tax in one way or another, that this money, plus the signing bonus, will go, in one way or another to Neymar .

And this is where the show begins. Messi has to renew his contract and, as it  has been repeated and logically, he should be the highest paid player in the squad. 12M€/ season? 15? Or maybe 25? Because obviously, I guess Messi 's father, after seen what we all have seen, will also asked these 40M€ that N&N has received. Or perhaps 50. Have no doubt.

And Iniesta will come later, who was told it would be the second best paid player. If Messi, one way or another, will take 25M€ and Neymar around 20M€, it is logical to expect that Iniesta will be on the 22-23M€ mark. This means that these 3 players will get around 70M€, and this is more than 10% of the GLOBAL budget of Club. No jokes.

More things. There is a pending lawsuit over the issue of the facade of the new Masia. Demand is 100M€, according to what I have been told, it should be provisioned for accounting, ie, include at the annual balance sheet as losses.

To make it a little bit more complicated is the issue of "civil responsibility action" and the fact that Directors are required (by agreement of the same Board), to respond for the debts that they can have at the end of their term.

This could make that losses this year, maybe next one, can very high. And, the Board completes its mandate in 2016. This means they must make quick actions. And, to balance these losses there are only two options: either put the personal assets of the directors to cover the deficit or to sell. In the first case, I do not know if all the directors have (or want to spend), the money (we're talking at least about 150M€) to cover this debt. And if they do not want to put it out of their pockets, they will have to sell. And the easiest to sell are two things: the name of the Stadium (which, as you know, is already included in the planned reform) or, ... Leo Messi. If they sell Messi they will have as unique star the one they wanted and that they brought to the Camp Nou. How can you sell Messi without a "civil war" in the club? They will do it. They will sell us what is so appropriate: if the offer is impossible to say, that if we save so much money, that if we guarantee the future of the Club, etc. Do not worry that together them and the press that follows their "game" they will find a way, as they have found it to make us believe what they want.

Another thing is, in a few weeks, the referendum/consultation about the reform of the Camp Nou. A few days ago I explained my reasons for voting NO to this reform (I will vote NO). If the query is negative , the Board will be forced to resign, much to speak of that consultation is not binding. You can not say that is the most important project of the past 50 years and, if lost, continue to lead the Club. They must leave. And, as we said before, with a very high possibility of losses to be assumed.

But of course, with what money will this reform be done if, the first to do is to cover the debt that will be generated by what we said before? Impossible to do. Moreover, they can not do the query , then due have insisted again and again that will.

So, I 'm afraid the only solution is to vote "yes" to the query so that it wins. The "yes", wins, but that reform is not made. This would allow the current Board to get to 2016, have largely settled this debt, looking for other solutions (which, honestly, I do not see anywhere beyond these sales we have spoken), but they can always appear.

We can only hope that the trial MCM is not done, almost impossible. Or that Messi and Iniesta lower their claims. Even more impossible.

Therefore, I fear that if we want the club does not become ruined athletically and without the name of the Stadium, we will no other choice but to vote "yes " to the query reform, that also entails having a surname at Stadium. But at least enable the Board to seek solutions to avoid putting money from its pocket and still have Messi, which is something. Voting "no" will mean the Board leavein on a balloon, which could perhaps be the most interesting for us, if they do fast enough to have no time to sell anything or make any nonsense.

Jordi Pascual

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I WILL VOTE NO

Finally, the Board of FC Barcelona has said its word on the subject of Reform/Enlarging of the Camp Nou. Beyond staging, very poor with that table where not fit all and it seemed that someone would come out at any time, that cocky fixation ("Next Question"), when they were questioned about the case of the signing of Neymar, Club representatives (Rosell, Faus, Moix, Freixa) , gave their reasons for voting in favor of reform.

They got theirs. I have mine, but to vote against it, as I guess you can also do the day of the consultation.

The first thing to be clear is that I am in favor of a reform in the Camp Nou. As I once said, I've seen a few stadiums in Europe, and the standards they have and, in most of the case we are talking about Clubs with lower level than Barça, are much higher than we have here. At all levels: Wi- Fi connections, Restaurants, Shops, etc.

That said, I will vote NO, because I have no more options to choose from. The Board dismissed a number of options. Why them? Why not we, the Partners, the owners of Club? On what basis they decide which options should we vote? If you have more than one, show them and then we'll decide what we want to do. And if you want to make easy, 3 options: New Stadium, Reform, Do nothing. And with the one that wins, we will decide what type of action. Now, this of "or this or nothing" does not seem the most appropriate.

I will vote NO, because the purpose of the reform (said by the same officials) is to increase the hospitality (VIP seats, so we understand), at match days and thereby make more money. That is, the most important thing is not the comfort of the fans, assumed that in a reform of this type should be the starting point, but cash on hand. No matter if the share-holders have more or less space to sit. Important that there are people on match days, that I bet what you want, what matters is to do business and not supporting the team.

I will vote NO, because the day of the vote you will have not seen any plans or diagrams or anything. There will be a model, it will be very nice, I guess, but we will not know how we will be distributed, who will change place due to works (temporarily or permanently), or who will have better location at no cost. I mean, first say YES or NO, to a work of 600M € and then we'll see how we do. Can anyone imagine ordering a house without a Project from an Architect? Well that's what we'll do. And think one thing. There must be a project for the Stadium, one for the new "Palau Blau Grana", one for the Annex to the Palau, one for Spatial urban environment, one for each building to be done, etc. Obviously, this will not be done for the 5th or 6th of April, neither 1 month earlier, which is the period that the members should have, at least, to watch and discuss. We will not see nor be no debate. Let us be clear .

I will vote NO, because it means the end of the Club as manager of its assets. It was said yesterday. Concessions for 50 and 99 years!!! All life. I think that nobody of us will be here to explain when these concessions are finished. The Management Club becomes external. Right now, you have the season-tickets, or Bar or services, catering at the Honor Box. Now, they will sell all new beverage services, and what isneeded. In fact, one of the companies responsible of the Reform Study (or rather, the one that made the study) is AEG, a specialist Sports facilities management company. For those who do not know, AEG is owned by the same sponsor that we carry in our shirt (part of the deal at the time?).

I will vote NO, because the Camp Nou can not have "surname ". Moreover, the figures given seem very out of market. Allianz pays 30M€ to have, for 30 years, its name in the stadium of Bayern. Here, 150M€ only for the "surname" ? Nobody believes it. And let no one confuse sentimentality with realism. Because they have said the Heritage Club is not sold and that all would be financed with own money. That is, the name of the stadium isn't Heritage, is it? The money obtained from the sale of the "name" is own money? I have not studied at ESADE and no place of these, but my knowledge of economics tell me that this is NO own money.

I will vote NO, because when Sandro Rosell ran for the presidency, said that the so called "Foster Project" was economically unfeasible (it was estimated around 300M€) and said that with an investment of 70M€ he could make the needed reform to adapt the Camp Nou. It turns out that the investment will be around 600M€ and that this amount is acceptable. Does anyone believe it? So much have been arranged for club finances that we can now afford this expense?

I will vote NO because the Board has no credibility. We have been fooled at all and they are cheating. The signing of Neymar is the latest episode. How can a journal go saying like "El Mundo" siad on Monday (20-1-2014) and did not go to the courts to quickly add a complaint? I just comes to my mind a solution: what they said was true and, if not, you must respect your name and the entity that you represent and act accordingly. And they have not. Maybe because they can not.

I will vote NO, because it does represent much more than a reform of the Stadium. It represents everything I 've said before, and much more. It represents to sell our soul and the club is not a Corporation. Barca is something ( much) more than that and, you can't play with feelings.

A final consideration. I am neither "pro" nor "anti" anything or anyone. In 2003 I voted Bassat ( He had Pep Guardiola as Technical Director). In 2007, I voted Laporta, because I understood that he was doing very well. When the non-confidence motion, I gave support to it , because I thought that the image he was selling was too far from the one that the President of Barça must show. I voted Rosell when he submitted, because I thought he was the best of all candidates and, if tomorrow we have a new motion of non-confidence to vote (something almost impossible with the new By-Laws, but that's another story), also I would support it. So clear.

Let's be clear. I will vote NO to this reform because we do not deserve it.

Jordi Pascual

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P.S. By the way, does anyone remember if yesterday there was any comment about the kids?

THE REFORM OF CAMP NOU

Tomorrow, Monday, January 20th, 2014, the Board of Barça will meet and, apparently, there will be a decision about the future of Camp Nou: Reform or New Stadium. So far, the arguments that have appeared in the press could be signed by a 4 year old kid: "If San Mames was demolished, why not the Camp Nou", "It will be much more comfortable", "This is very old " "The renovation work would be an inconvenience for the Socis (Share-holders)", etc.. The fact is, however, nothing has been said about this reform: what will be and, or how it will. All we know is the approximate price: Reform: 600M€; New Stadium: 1200M€.

I shall not value what the Board said when elections on reforms and similar. Not my idea. I'm much more on what and why, in my view should be made to adapt the Camp Nou to the current requirements .

The first thing to consider is that the "letitmotiv" of Football stadiums were to watch games. Nothing more. This has changed: now, they are places to do business or, bring the family to spend the day. Therefore, what is needed is for people to be 1-2 hours before and to leave 1-2 hours after the game.

I've been in some stadiums in Europe. The first thing about the Camp Nou in favor is the immense space around what is the building itself. Neither Alvalade XXI, nor St. Jakob, nor Old Trafford, nor Aviva (Dublin), etc. have it. The esplanade behind the area "Lateral" (opposite the Main Grandstand), does not exist in any of these venues. And, this should be exploited. I recommend that anyone who can, go to Oslo, at the National Stadium, where, incidentally, Barça played this summer, and you can see that even there is a Hotel behind the stadium, which communicates with it and is used for the concentrations of the National team. It was a place to have a very clear idea of ​​the things you could do with the space around the stadium.

Then we have the lower side of the Stadium. In all these places, this area is full of shops, bars and restaurants. But, at Camp Nou, the area is just to access the seats and many of the doors are closed (for this about saving money). Couldn't they reorganize these spaces? The non-used gates are removed, 4-5 gates are put together and the remaining space can be used.

Let's go inside. The "Lateral" area (which is the one I know best), historically had 22 seats per row. It was right. The previous Board (Joan Laporta ), decided to put one more seat per row. They are 23. Now it is quite uncomfortable (tight). The worst thing is that the current Board (Sandro Rosell ), has not changed it. If you want commodities, 21 would be a suitable number, 20 would be more than fantastic. Today, you can not even move without taking a hit to the neighboring seat .

Then there is the whole area inside the Camp Nou, under and behind the stands. Today (and always), there are only 4 bars with exorbitant prices, with quality and quantity of a product that are not up to what the modern stadiums need. In all these places we have said (and many more) , all these areas are closed, with Restaurants and Bars with chairs and seats, where people can talk freely before and after the game. Where you can eat (snacks, meals, etc.), sitting comfortably and with prices (taking into account the difference in living standards between most of these countries and ours), far more affordable than here. But far more. And they remain places of passage to go from one part of the Stadium to another. That is, that the function of corridor is not lost. This is the more wasted space in the Camp Nou and the most exploited elsewhere. Given that the Camp Nou has three levels (rings), imagine the amount of dead space at the stadium. By the way, taking advantage of this, you could make a much more suitable toilets. Some 3rd Division stadiums have them much better.

At the time of Núñez, some "VIP Boxes" were built in the area of ​​the 2nd level. In many of these stadiums we have said, these areas for Sponsors and similar have a previous space where this people can sit quietly and do business or talk about what is appropriate. As we are saying, is about taking profit of all the spaces. Do we have to demolish some stairs or change them of place? Let's do it. Rearranging interior spaces is, as already stated , the great problem of Camp Nou.

In the main stand behind the bench, there is a kind of " VIP Box", since the capacity of the "Honour Box" is not very large. In every stadium that I know, these areas are located on the back, not in front. Basically, for two reasons. One is that, if it rains, people do not get wet. The second, that they have access to the Bar where they can take a drink quietly and watching the game if appropriate. Again, use of interior spaces.

There is a point that has also been discussed many times: Cover or not cover all the stands of the stadium. I support it. First, when it rains or is cold is much better. And if we are talking of commodities for the people who will watch the game, this is one. It is true that we do not have the weather they have in all these places located farther North, but to be under the rain, when you can not even open the umbrella because you are annoying your neighbor (back to the 23 seats)... The second reason is the sound effect. Any of these stadiums I have said have an incredible sounding. One of the reasons that makes listening to "You'll Never Walk Alone" at Anfield or Celtic Park, and the songs of the supporters of Borussia at the Westfalenstadion put the willies is the wonderful sound effect, as the cries of the people bounce off the deck and back into the field, multiplying the effect. At the Camp Nou, much of the noise is going to air. And surely, the neighborhood  would also appreciate, as it would a lot less of noise going outside.

All of this, however, nothing has been explained at all. Only that the reform will bring inconvenience for the fans. We already know all. But if it is not explained why and how you want to do, it seems that this is the excuse for a new stadium.

And if it is really needed to do it, let's do it. But it seems that there is no interest in adapting the Camp Nou to European levels. It seems that it has to be new, yes or yes, and I do not buy that. They have to show us all drawings, studies, etc. because after all, as I have said many times, the "owners" of the Club are we, the Socis.

Jordi Pascual

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