Spanish Super Cup first leg a heated start to the Spanish season – La Liga Special
Whenever Spain’s top clubs lock horns, it is going to be a heated affair. The Spanish Super Cup gave a perfect start to the season as an electrifying match concluded at Santiago Bernabeu. Match officials had to keep a stronghold on the progress of the game;
it has a history of getting violent as the game progresses.
Owing to their political history, which turned bloody at times, the Barcelona-based club have had problems with the Capital club for the better part of the century now. The gruesome time of General Franco can be attributed to have created one of the biggest
footballing rivalries, which brings football fans to their feet at least twice every year.
It was predicted to be a prickly affair as tensions have increased between the two clubs over the years. The fight for supremacy on the Iberian Peninsula has taken a new turn as these two Spanish giants form a duopoly at the top of La Liga, with the rest
of the clubs hopeless in their dust. Needless to say, Los Blancos are playing catch up to the Catalan team that has added ten trophies to their trophy cabinet over the last three years.
Real added Portuguese tactician Jose Mourinho to their managerial team last year and things have really taken off since then. There is no love lost between Mourinho and the Catalan club, where the Portuguese worked as an understudy to Sir Bobby Robson. His
relationship turned frosty with Cules as he led his http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Inter-c39567 Milan side to an emphatic victory over the Blaugrana. The situation has escalated since then, with Mourinho leading a war of words against the Blaugrana following the 2-0 defeat in the first leg of
UEFA Champions League semi-final.
The two Spanish giants pick up where the left off at the death of April. Barcelona’s directors faced the anguish of Madridista first hand as their coach made way to the stadium’s confines. Their bus was pelted with stones by a group of fanatics who targeted
the moving vehicle. Fortunately, nothing regrettable happened as the directors survived the attempt.
Attack on the higher hierarchy of the Blaugrana was the worst possible start that the Spanish domestic season would have envisioned. A blatant crime against sportsmanship, it further fueled the bad blood these two sides have. Things on the pitch were nevertheless
smooth with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Dani-Alves-c9869 hatching plans to disrupt the flow of the game with his unsporting behaviour.
Normally a thug on the ball who cannot be displaced easily, the Brazilian has a knack of going down at the slightest of touches. His actions bring the game into disrepute and have had adverse affects on the pitch. The former Sevilla man got Los Blancos defender
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Pepe-c29670 a controversial red card in the first leg of Champions League semi-final, and the two have a serious duel going on since then.
Their differences reached new heights as the Portuguese stopper fouled his nemesis rather frequently. There was no remorse shown from the central defender, who rubbished his rival’s claims for the foul. This did not stop on the pitch as outspoken Real Madrid
right- back, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sergio-Ramos-c33096, accused the Brazilian of unsporting behaviour. He openly accepted the ill relations the two have and advised Alves to stop his shenanigans and concentrate on playing the game.
The first leg of the Spanish Super Cup shows the glimpses of what to expect from the two clubs in the season as they are bound to lock horns on more than the two occasions already booked on the calendar. Tensions were high in the season’s curtain raiser
and they will only escalate as the league progresses.
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