It produces a very bitter taste, but I must start these lines remembering the way I started last week: “Hey FatherDo you think the players have extra motivation to win Barça tonight to take the league away from
Griezmann
? ” to which I replied “You are very optimistic filhos, you are assuming that he will play and that he will not be on the bench.” Much to my regret I was right in the middle. Not only was he not a starter, but he took the field in the second half discount. Something that would be done to a kid or a secondary player, but never to a world champion. When they asked the Cholo For the matter, he clearly answered “No words”. This is how we all rojiblancos and soccer lovers in general stay. During these days many people have asked me about the subject because it is something very difficult to understand. I like very much
Quique Setién
, a great person, a great coach and a great player with whom I shared costumes. It was a crack, a lot of quality, a player box-to-box as they would call today.
I shared with him a very special year, the 1987-88 season, my first in
Spain
and I keep a great memory. I haven't seen him in many years, but if he reads these lines I would like to send him a big hug of admiration and affection. The league it's already very complicated for him Barca, but I would be delighted if he won it. That's why I'm so surprised by your decision the other day to get Griezmann in the trash minutes. Not so much for the reasons of the decision, but because he ran the risk of the player refusing to enter. Can you imagine it? I don't even want to think about the scandal and everything that would have been mounted. I imagine it perfectly, more than anything because I know for sure what I would have done: if after winning the
Champions
In 1987 they have me as a substitute in an important game and they ask me to enter the 90 to see if I do a miracle, I would say to the coach: dress short and go to the field. You know I am not exaggerating.
It is true that I was never the most politically correct player. My children will always vacillate me for the sad day that “I marked a
Kepa
”And I refused (very wrongly) to be replaced. But that is history for another day. I would not have been surprised if the French world champion refused to enter the field. Maybe if he had had more weight in the locker room and his eyes weren't so on him. But still. However little morale you have in the group, this is an issue between two people, coach and player. He does not have to prove anything to anyone. With all this I want to conclude that this is obviously a behind-the-scenes issue. It is something between the two, it is not a 100% football topic. And I feel sorry.
I know that many mattress fans were happy to see Griezmann as a substitute, the Red and White King turned into a Blaugrana pawn
I know that many mattress fans were happy to see him substitute the whole game, to see the rojiblanco King become a pawn from Blaugrana. But not me, it is impossible for me to be happy that someone who gave so much to
Atlético de Madrid
. And beyond the colors, it gives me a very bitter taste to see an out of the ordinary, a real crack and world champion. I do not know what solution this has but it does not look good, although there are reasons for hope. Against him
Villareal
He shone again, this time playing in a position that does seem to be more appropriate for him and not far left. Who knows if the shots will go there. Meanwhile I refer to the words of the great
Cholo
: speechless.