The translation indeed isn't exact
""No me importa si sigue o no Mourinho, me importa el Real Madrid y yo".
are his exact words, they decided to leave out the "si sigue" part in the english translation
Cesc will never replace Xavi , totally different player.
Also I don't buy it that his decline is because of age, his role doesn't really require athleticism, I mean look at Pirlo or Scholes. Physically he should be able to continue a few years
I remember games under pep where Dani Alves was the highest player up the pitch, even though he was nominally lined up in defence, granted Abidal was playing on the other side who would move in central defence.
I don't buy the "teams have figured barca out " part. Modern managers study opposing...
To attribute these performances to injuries and transfers is too simplistic imho. I watched nearly every game in la liga this year and the problems were evident from day one
I would have no problem with him being assistant manager , but i highly much doubt that he will let himself be demoted, totally unrealistic imho. His resignation would be the best for everyone involved and he could concentrate on fighting cancer
I hope Tito recovers from his health issues but really think it would be the best for all parties if he resigns after this season.
If he stays another season the era of this great team really could be over.
I'd like to repeat what a lot of people here said, barca played alot better last season...
laugh all you want, I'm still sure the champions league was prioritized. When you compare them to last year in the league, they do not play fundamentally different, just not with the same energy levels, in contrast to the CL
Are you telling me he did not try hard enough in this game? I beg to differ, you could see from the first minute on he was very eager to be "the man" especially after the barca results. You could see that by his uncontrolled shooting from anywhere and his spastic "tricks".
Ronaldo is an...
he is absolutely clueless against a decent defence which does not allow him space behind to run into.
If you tell yourself long enough that your a great player, eventually everyone else will believe it too