The tension in the Barcelona locker room
will clear with just one win today, against
Atlético de Madrid,
in the game that he will play from 17 at home and on ESPN television. But the painful draw 2 to 2 against Celta de Vigo still remains in the retinas, which allowed Real Madrid to attack the top of the Spanish League and move the Catalans to second place.
It happened that Lionel Messi had another run-in with Eder Sarabia, Quique Setien’s aide-de-camp, in an image that traveled the world and reveals a moment of nervousness between the team led by La Pulga and the coaching staff.
When the second coach of Barcelona approaches Messi to give him an indication, the Argentine does not hesitate: he turns around and completely ignores Sarabia’s advice. However, now another chapter is added to the story because they managed to read the lips of the man from Rosario.
Messi’s defiance with Setién’s assistant
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“What do you want me to do, fool. What do you want me to do?”
That is the phrase that Messi throws into the air after the indication of Sarabia and while he drinks water and walks away from the group. The phrase was read by Líbero, the TyC Sports program. As seen in the images of ‘The day after Movistar’, Sarabia’s phrases are not seen since he has his face mask and then Leo Messi covers his mouth to hide his answer.
However, Messi’s first anger comes to light. The phrase is eloquent and shows the frustration that Barcelona 10 have at this time and with this coaching staff.
“Nothing happened between Messi and Sarabia. When there are no victories and you don’t win, everyone takes advantage. This is the circus in which we are mounted. The relationship we have with the squad is good. It is true that at specific moments no We agree, but not to mention “, Setien launched at a press conference to calm things down.
“I was not an easy player either. What we have to try is to convince everyone of the common idea. I understand it as something natural. There is good communication. I do not give it any importance,” said Setien.
All these events led to a meeting on Monday night at Setien’s house, which was visited by President Josep María Bartomeu; Vice President Jordi Moix; Óscar Grau, CEO of the club; Eric Abidal, sports director, and his assistant Ramón Planes.
The idea was for the coach to receive the support of the Blaugrana board of directors. Beyond the fact that the last yields did not reach what was expected, there was no talk of an ultimatum or a limit situation for Setién. But Barça have two difficult matches ahead: today, against Atlético de Madrid, and on the next date, as a visitor against Villarreal. If the results do not match, the DT could be very difficult in the final stretch of the season, just before the definition of the Champions League, the great goal ahead.
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