I stopped by the Paseo de La Habana yesterday to see with my own eyes the highly commented giant poster (47 meters by 18), which Joan Laporta erected on the side façade of a building located just 150 meters from the Bernabéu. As a marketing campaign it is perfect because it has achieved what is sought in these cases: to talk about it. But if the former president of Barça wants to regain the lost throne at the polls (let no one forget that he lost the last election to Bartomeu) believing that he has embittered or altered the mood of the Madridistas by this mock provocation, he gives me that the attempt It has gone wrong.
I can assure you, Joan, that Madridistas have moved between indifference (I checked yesterday walking in front of the poster, before which nobody stopped not even to browse) and pride, as is my case, of seeing that a possible future president of Barça needs to resort to to the wild card of Real Madrid to win the elections.
I can't imagine either Florentino or a possible future Madrid candidate for the Presidency traveling to Barcelona to show his chest with a giant canvas in front of the Camp Nou. Directly, we do not need Barça to solve our family issues …
Laporta has sought the easy vote of the most recalcitrant culés who spend the day obsessed with everything that smells like white. He believes that putting up that poster the Reconquest is beginning is an act of profound naivety. Very well valued, yes, because the bill for the canvas amounts to 50,000 euros.
In any case, what is clear is that you miss Madrid and the Bernabéu, so this act of ‘madridismo’ is appreciated, which reflects the admiration you feel for the team of the 13 European Cups. You boast about the one you won in Rome in 2009 and the Sextete, but in that case you should have left a relevant gap on the poster for Obrevo, that referee who swallowed the ground after hiding Chelsea four book penalties before the Iniesta's saving goal. If Obrevo, you would not have passed the Triplet. Joan, you are endearing.
Your faith in Madrid made you take the airlift to get your chest out. You did good. The Bernabéu is going to be the best stadium in the world in 2022 (it was before the work, but now even more so) while your Camp Nou is falling apart, as recognized by the magnificent president of your Management Board. Laporta, I like your Madrid side more and more.