HEADS AND TAILS IN THE SPORTS PRESS
The “media cavern” is growing: AS, MARCA and now also... SPORT?
Published:29/09/2024 - 13:47h
Updated:29/09/2024 - 13:53h
SPORT is in free fall and its editorial line is disoriented and increasingly closer to Madrid than to Barcelona. The attacks on Hansi Flick for losing a match are incomprehensible. Of course, of the VAR, the penalties, Bellingham, Vinicius and Endrick not a word...
One defeat has been enough to start to realise that SPORT is no longer what it was. The once “Barcelona” daily of reference along with Mundo Deportivo, seems to have lost its identity and, instead of denouncing and fighting the refereeing “dictatorship” that Barça is suffering, prefers to spend its energy criticising a coach who has only been in charge for three months.
Seven consecutive victories, accompanied by good football and many goals, seems not to be enough for some. Overlooking the fact that the German coach’s new project has not had easy times, quite the contrary, and that he is fighting against adversity with work and effort.
Without signings, with eight injured starters and blind faith in the youngsters from the youth team, with these arguments Hansi Flick tries to stand up and compete in a league adulterated by a refereeing group that no longer even pretends when it comes to dispensing justice. Admirable.
Eight games, seven wins, leader despite everything and everyone… Hansi Flick has earned a vote of confidence from Barcelona fans and the right to work without opportunistic “parasites” making noise and criticising absolutely everything. It’s not fair, he doesn’t deserve it.
Below we present a small sample of what was said and, to finish, we show you Mundo Deportivo’s analysis of the same match. So you can compare and draw your own conclusions.
Osasuna-Barça according to SPORT
Bravery or recklessness? Flick's revolution (and a record that fades away)
Defeat will put him in an awkward position
First warning for Flick El Sadar dealt a full-blown blow to a Barça that was unrecognisable after the revolution of its coach Perhaps because almost everything had gone well for him up to that point - with the permission of Monaco in the Champions League - Hansi Flick arrived at El Sadar with confidence.
The final result was a disaster. A major chaos - the first shown by Flick's Barça since his arrival on the bench.
Hansi Flick, as could not be otherwise, justified so many changes due to fatigue, the accumulation of minutes... Strong arguments, without a doubt, but which contradict what was seen until yesterday.
The defeat was sentenced and opens a small question when questioning the team's depth. Until now, the well-dosed youth team was a source of solutions.
Flick played with fire and got burned: A short squad does not allow revolutions.
Hansi Flick was wrong presenting a revolutionary line-up. A blow and a cold shower in Pamplona.
When you play with fire, the risk of getting burned is great.
It was sporting suicide, an excessively risky bet by the German coach who, influenced by the winning streak, believed that he was capable of winning with a second team.
A miserable match from the start in which Iñaki Peña also came out portrayed.
The desire to achieve a convincing victory in Montjuic betrayed the German coach with a line-up that already offered few guarantees.
Going out with Sergi Domínguez and Cubarsí as a central pairing is excessively reckless.
Osasuna-Barça according to Mundo Deportivo
Two actions that marked the match:
Barça was outplayed by Osasuna. The Navarrese team's players outperformed those of FC Barcelona and the victory, overall, is more due to Vicente Moreno's team than Flick's. But there are two actions that marked the match.
The first occurred in the first half and just before Bryan's goal. The foul on Pau Víctor, at the start of the play, is very clear, with an indisputable stomp. Neither the referee nor the VAR considered it and the 2-0 gave wings to the Navarrese team and made it very difficult for FC Barcelona to come back.
The second was Osasuna's third goal. It's a penalty and Budimir converts it when Barça was playing better.
Barça lost by showing their face, but they played the first half with intensity.
Flick is playing hard and we must keep faith with this brave coach who is making all the players feel important.
Barça lost No excuses and a great Osasuna won against a team that needs to settle down, with many changes, with many young players and with a clear football commitment that is difficult to impose with little time and too many injuries, but these players are showing their face.
The first defeat is nothing serious. We have to keep going. Congratulations to Osasuna
SPORT and MD, day and night... the two sides.
