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0:00When the match ended, Cholo Simeone
0:02didn't even wait to reach the locker
0:04room.
0:05In the Metropolitano tunnel, he went
0:07straight for Julián Álvarez, and Julián
0:09, far from hanging his head, talked back
0:12in front of half the locker room.
0:15Barça had just won 1-2 at Athletic's
0:17ground—a comeback, the lead, and three
0:19golden points right before the break—
0:22but what happened in that corridor was
0:24much more intense than the game.
0:27What exactly did Cholo say to his
0:29striker? I'm going to tell you word for
0:32word, exactly as it came out. What did
0:35the Atleti stands have prepared for
0:37Julián before the ball even started
0:39rolling? You'll see that too, because it
0:41explains a lot of things. And what did
0:44Julián answer back to Cholo that forced
0:46Koke to step in between them? And there
0:48is a fourth piece: an ultimatum with a
0:50deadline that Cholo dropped on Julián
0:53before closing the locker room door.
0:55Stay until the end. Because the real
0:57reason for this war goes much further
0:59than the goals he missed. But before we
1:01head into that tunnel, it's time to talk
1:04about the match.
1:06Player by player, one by one.
1:09We'll start with Barça and we'll start
1:11from the back. Joan García.
1:14A seven; in the 5th minute, he’s left
1:16alone in front of Julián, with no one to
1:19help him.
1:20He stands his ground, doesn't buckle,
1:22and the Argentine ends up stumbling.
1:24Then he saves a left-footed shot from
1:27Kang-in Lee in the 23rd and catches a
1:29poisoned cross-shot from Llorente in the
1:3168th.
1:33With the defense he had in front of him
1:35, he did enough; Cancelo, a four—he
1:37arrives late to the first goal, arrives
1:39late to almost everything, and is always
1:41where he shouldn't be.
1:44We all know he’s shaky in the back, but
1:46tonight was uncompetitive.
1:49Flick saw it just like we did and took
1:51him off in the 58th minute.
1:53No need to add much more.
1:56Fariñas, a five.
1:59The Metropolitano was too big for the
2:01kid, and it’s not his fault.
2:03At 20 years old, he shouldn't be
2:05carrying a game like this. He stayed in
2:08the locker room at halftime. Cubarsí, a
2:117.5, the boss of the defense. A
2:14providential tackle in the first minute
2:16.
2:17Deflecting a shot from Julián in the
2:1871st, spending the whole night covering
2:20holes that weren't his.
2:22When the guys next to him don't arrive,
2:25he arrives at 19 years old.
2:28Gerard Martín, a six—he suffered a lot,
2:30but in the 19th minute, he appeared to
2:32cut off a ball that would have left
2:34Julián alone in front of the keeper
2:36again.
2:38That action saves his grade.
2:40And mark that minute, because by then
2:43Julián had already had two crystal-clear
2:45chances, and Cholo was already fuming
2:47from the touchline.
2:49Bernal.
2:50A 5.5. The match was too big for him.
2:54Playing as the lone pivot against four
2:56Atlético midfielders, he spent the first
2:58half chasing shadows.
3:01He fired a shot in the 64th that went
3:03over the bar, and little else.
3:06He's 19 and will learn. But today, he
3:09suffered.
3:10Raphinha. A 6.5. The captain tried every
3:14way possible. From a free kick, on the
3:17turn, and another free kick in stoppage
3:19time. It didn't go in today, but he
3:21never hid.
3:23Solid work, consistent running, and a
3:25low cross in the 82nd that Lamine missed
3:28by centimeters.
3:30He also tracked back to help in midfield
3:32, blocking Llorente’s shot. Now for the
3:34substitutions, and there’s one here that
3:37deserves applause. De Jong, an 8.
3:41He comes on at halftime for Fermín and
3:43plays the best minutes I remember from
3:45him in years, at right-back and
3:47center-back.
3:48With him, Barça started to keep the ball
3:51. Christensen. A 6.5, he comes on for
3:54Cancelo and the defense breathes. Gavi,
3:57Eric García, and Adey played little, so
4:00they don't get a grade.
4:03And while De Jong organized the midfield
4:05, a decision was being made on the other
4:07bench that Julián would later scream at
4:09Simeone, but that’s coming up in a
4:11moment.
4:14First, the three who won this match:
4:16Lamine, an 8.5, seven chances created,
4:18and the assist for the 1-2.
4:21He drove Grimaldo crazy for 90 minutes.
4:25And it's incredible how many times he
4:26had a clear passing lane and they didn't
4:28give him the ball.
4:29He is our best player, the only one who
4:32truly creates. Give it to him, it’s not
4:34that hard.
4:36He is just one goal away from matching
4:38the 41 that Mbappé scored in the league
4:41before turning 20.
4:42It didn't come today, but that record
4:44will fall soon. Pedri. A 9, a great
4:47match with and without the ball. He
4:49pressed until the 90th minute as if it
4:51were the first, even though he was alone
4:53in the middle for half the match. Third
4:56huge game in a row on a big stage: in
4:59Paris, in the Clásico, and tonight at
5:01the Metropolitano. And yet, there are
5:04still those who say Pedri only shows up
5:06against the bottom teams.
5:08Let them watch this match, and let them
5:10watch it twice.
5:12Fermín, a 9 and the best of the match. A
5:16brace in his 100th league game, first
5:18with his left foot just before halftime
5:21, then with his right to complete the
5:23comeback. Do you know how many Barça
5:26players had scored two goals in their
5:28100th league game? Only three in history
5:31. Kubala, Eladio, and Rivaldo. As of
5:35tonight, there are four. Fermín López is
5:38now on that list. That is Barça tonight
5:41. And now let's go to the other side.
5:43Pubill, a 7.5.
5:45The best of Atleti by a long shot.
5:49A header off the crossbar in the 6th
5:51minute and two key tackles in the 51st
5:53and 52nd that were worth a goal each.
5:58Giuliano Simeone scores the 1-0 in the
6:009th minute, arriving from behind.
6:04Later, he fades in the second half, but
6:06remember his name because Cholo's son
6:08will come up in that tunnel argument.
6:11And not exactly in a good way.
6:14Kang-in Lee, a 7, he was the best on the
6:16ball for Atleti until Cholo benched him
6:19in the 59th and the Metropolitano
6:21whistled the sub.
6:24The whistles were directed straight at
6:26the bench. Pablo Barrios, a 6.5. The
6:29ball he brought down from the sky in the
6:3234th earned an ovation from the stadium
6:34, and his pass to Julian in the 19th was
6:37half a goal.
6:38He left in the 77th.
6:41Grimaldo, a 4, Lamine owned him
6:43throughout the game. Baena, a 5.
6:47A yellow card for taking down Lamine at
6:49the edge of the box and a gifted ball to
6:51Sorloth that came to nothing.
6:53Sorloth, a 2, comes on in the 59th and
6:56doesn't touch a ball until the 62nd.
7:00He has everything to finish but prefers
7:02to pass it back.
7:04Jonathan David comes on in the 77th and
7:07nobody saw him.
7:09Julian Alvarez, a 2, and we'll talk
7:11about him right now because he's the
7:13protagonist of everything that happened
7:15after the final whistle.
7:19But first, something I must say as a
7:20Culé, because the result cannot mask
7:22what we saw in the first half.
7:26Barça's first 45 minutes felt like a
7:28Gamper Trophy match.
7:30In 10 minutes, Atleti had three
7:32crystal-clear chances.
7:34Julian's one-on-one in the 5th, Pubill's
7:37crossbar in the 6th, Giuliano's goal in
7:40the 9th.
7:41It could have been three goals in 10
7:43minutes.
7:44Why does this happen? It's simple:
7:46either you press as you should, or you
7:48drop the defense back. What you can't do
7:51is press this poorly and have the line
7:54at the midfield.
7:56I'm fed up with every goal we concede
7:59being the same. Ball over the top,
8:02striker alone against the keeper, and
8:04start praying. It happened against
8:06Madrid, and tonight for half an hour, it
8:09looked like the same game. Then there is
8:11the setup. Atleti came out with four in
8:14the middle.
8:15Barça with the 4-2-3-1 ended up with one
8:18midfielder fewer.
8:20Bernal alone at the back, Pedri without
8:22Rodri's help, and no outlets every time
8:25we recovered the ball.
8:27That makes it impossible.
8:29I will never be convinced that
8:31sacrificing the defensive structure to
8:33rely on Fermín or Olmo scoring their
8:35chances is worth bringing back the 4-3-3
8:37.
8:40And there are culprits here who weren't
8:42on the pitch. Madrid reinforced their
8:44defense in the summer, and so did Atleti
8:47.
8:48And Barça, Barça brought in Cancelo—an
8:50oversight by the sporting management and
8:52Flick, who was dead set against signing
8:53anyone for the back line and preferred
8:55to trust what was already there.
8:58With this defense, we aren't going
9:00anywhere on the big European nights.
9:02Today it worked out. Against the best,
9:05it won't. Now, this must also be said
9:07with the same force.
9:09The second half was that of a truly
9:11great team; with De Jong orchestrating,
9:14Pedri pressing, and Lamine stretching
9:16the pitch, Barça steamrolled Atleti in
9:18their own home.
9:20And the stat that sums it up: Barça has
9:23won at Atleti’s ground for five
9:24consecutive league seasons.
9:27That had never happened in the club's
9:29history.
9:30Leaders with 33 points, three ahead of
9:33Madrid and five ahead of Athletic. And
9:36now, let’s go to that tunnel.
9:39What Cholo said to Julián is intense,
9:41but Julián's response and the ultimatum
9:42that followed are the biggest bombshells
9:44to come out of the Metropolitano in
9:46years.
9:48If you aren't subscribed yet, now is the
9:50time.
9:51Here, every Barça game is told from the
9:54perspective of a fan, covering what
9:56happens on the pitch and what happens
9:58when the cameras turn off.
10:00Let’s get to it. Julián Álvarez played
10:03terribly.
10:04It’s as simple as that. And to
10:06understand why Cholo exploded, we have
10:08to look at the three moments that
10:09repeated themselves over and over at the
10:12Metropolitano. Minute 5.
10:14A ball played behind the Barça defense.
10:17Julián is left alone, and I mean really
10:19alone, with half the field ahead of him
10:22and nobody around. He has Joan García in
10:24front of him. A striker like him, in
10:26that situation, puts it away 10 times
10:29out of 10. And what does he do?
10:31He tries to dribble the keeper, trips
10:33over himself, loses his balance, and
10:35ends up looking for a back pass that the
10:37defense cuts out.
10:39The stadium is left speechless, and
10:42Cholo on the touchline turns toward the
10:45bench with his arms wide open. Minute 25
10:48.
10:49Julián inside the box again, one-on-one
10:52again. Step-overs, a low left-footed
10:55shot, and the ball grazes past Joan
10:57García's legs. Second warning, second
11:00chance, gone.
11:02Minute 54 with the score at one-one.
11:07Another ball over the top, another run,
11:09another one-on-one, and this time Julián
11:12tries a chip from distance that sails
11:14way over the bar and into the clouds.
11:18Three chances he never misses. Three.
11:22In a game that Atleti had in the bag,
11:24and that's without counting everything
11:27else. In the 19th minute, Barrios sends
11:29another ball into the box and Gerard
11:32Martín arrives just in time to cut it
11:34out. Another one that comes to nothing.
11:38Right before halftime, with the whole
11:39stadium waiting for him to do something
11:41, he attempts a long cross-field pass
11:43that goes straight out of play.
11:46Even his passing was off.
11:48In the 70th, with Barça already leading
11:50, he fires a shot from the edge of the
11:52box and Cubarsí appears to deflect it—
11:54neither from distance nor close range.
11:57Tonight, there was just no way.
12:00How many times have you seen Julián miss
12:02like that?
12:03Few, very few.
12:05He’s one of those strikers who kills you
12:07with half a chance.
12:09That’s why tonight’s performance didn’t
12:11make sense.
12:12And that’s why people in the stands
12:14started looking at each other, and you
12:16know what happened; at the start of the
12:17night, they were applauding him.
12:20In the end, the Metropolitano ended up
12:22whistling at Julián. First, it was a
12:24murmur after the chip in the 54th.
12:28Then, when Barça scored to make it 1-2,
12:31the murmur turned into whistles, and in
12:33the final minutes, every ball Julián
12:36touched was accompanied by jeers in his
12:38own home, wearing the Atleti shirt.
12:42And that hurt Cholo more than anything
12:45else, because Cholo always listens to
12:47his fans.
12:49Now put yourself in his shoes.
12:51This season, every time Atleti took the
12:54lead, they won—nine wins and one draw,
12:56zero defeats.
12:59Atleti was the virtual leader for 35
13:01minutes tonight and finished the
13:03matchday third, five points behind Barça
13:05.
13:06And Cholo had been on edge all night
13:09long.
13:10In the 31st minute, he had already
13:12confronted the referee asking for a
13:14yellow for Raphinha, and Alberola Rojas
13:16had to ask him to calm down.
13:19After the chip in the 54th, the cameras
13:21caught him with his back to the pitch,
13:24hands on his head, not wanting to look.
13:28And when Fermín scored the 1-2, he stood
13:30still on the touchline, without shouting
13:32, without gesturing, staring fixedly at
13:34a point on the field.
13:36And that point was Julián. So the final
13:39whistle blows, and Cholo doesn't go to
13:41the dressing room to wait; he stays at
13:44the tunnel entrance.
13:46According to reports from inside the red
13:48and white dressing room, when Julián
13:49reached him, Cholo stopped him with a
13:51hand to his chest and said this to him.
13:54Three sure goals, Julián. Three. You
13:57never miss those. Where was your head
14:00tonight?
14:02A member of the coaching staff who was
14:04two meters away summed it up later.
14:06Like this. Cholo had the face of someone
14:09who feels betrayed. Betrayed.
14:12That is the word.
14:14And it's no coincidence, because Cholo’s
14:16question, "Where was your head?"
14:19Had an answer, and that answer had been
14:21hanging in the stands of the
14:23Metropolitano since before the match.
14:25To understand it, we have to go back to
14:27the summer. Julián Álvarez confronted
14:30his club with a phrase that still stings
14:33at Athletic: "A transfer is best.""A
14:36transfer is best," and the destination
14:39he had in mind was only one: FC
14:42Barcelona.
14:44He said it while wearing the Argentina
14:46jersey during the World Cup in front of
14:48a microphone, and at Athletic, it hit
14:50like a punch to the gut.
14:52Barça wanted him, Julián wanted to leave
14:55, and the deal stalled halfway. There
14:57was no transfer. Julián stayed in Madrid
15:00. Since then, every one of Julián's
15:02matches at Athletic is scrutinized.
15:05Every goal is celebrated, yes, but every
15:08miss is noted in a notebook.
15:10And there is a phrase from Cholo that
15:12now takes on a new meaning. Before this
15:14match, they asked him about Julián's
15:17future with Barça lurking again. Do you
15:19know what he answered? I am not inside
15:21his head.
15:22I am not inside his head.
15:25That's what Cholo said beforehand, a
15:27coach who always defends his players to
15:29the death, and this time he wasn't able
15:31to say his striker wanted to stay.
15:34That sentence already said it all. Cholo
15:36didn't trust him, and after this match,
15:39he trusts him even less.
15:41And what did the Athletic fans do
15:43tonight just before the match against
15:45Barça started?
15:47They unfurled a huge tifo in the stands
15:49. Two words, in giant letters: my sweet
15:53sentence. And in the center, hands
15:55gripping bars like a prisoner looking
15:58out from a cell. Officially, the tifo
16:01spoke of eternal love for Atleti, but at
16:04the Metropolitano, everyone understood
16:06who it was directed at. A player who
16:08asked to go to Barça, who stayed against
16:10his will, and who that night had the
16:12very team he wanted to join right in
16:13front of him.
16:15His sweet sentence: remaining at
16:17Athletic. And now look at this stat,
16:19because it’s the one that makes all of
16:21this smell fishy.
16:23Barça was Julián's favorite victim.
16:26Seven goal involvements in 10 matches
16:29against Barça with Athletic, four goals
16:31and three assists—more than against any
16:34other rival.
16:36Julián always used to hurt Barça, and
16:39just tonight, against the club he wanted
16:42to join, he missed three one-on-ones he
16:44never fails.
16:47I’m not saying he did it on purpose,
16:49nobody can know that, but Cholo thought
16:51it, and he wasn't the only one in that
16:53locker room who did.
16:56One of the Athletic veterans, one who’s
16:58been by Cholo’s side for years,
17:01whispered after the game: "He always
17:03scores against Barça, and today, of all
17:06days, he forgets how to finish."
17:09And in the stands, the "my sweet
17:11condemnation" tifo remained hung while
17:13Julián headed to the locker room with
17:16his head down, because when a player's
17:18mind is in another city, his feet don't
17:21always obey. And Cholo knows that better
17:24than anyone.
17:25But here is what no one expected,
17:27because Julián didn't stay quiet, and
17:29what he said back to Cholo is going to
17:31give people plenty to talk about.
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17:49difference. Thank you, truly. And now,
17:52what Julián replied. Julian Álvarez
17:55isn't staying quiet.
17:57When Cholo brought up those three clear
17:59goals, Julián didn't lower his gaze; he
18:02took his hand off his chest and answered
18:04in the same tone, according to those who
18:06were in that hallway. The first sentence
18:09was this. "And why did you take out
18:11Barrios, Koke, and Kang-in Lee?" and he
18:13continued.
18:15"You took out the ones who had the ball
18:17to bring in two who came in cold; you
18:19put Sørloth and Jonathan David up top
18:21and sent me to the midfield."
18:23"I don’t know how to play in the
18:25midfield, Cholo, you know that."
18:28And there, according to Julián, the game
18:30was lost. And to be fair to the facts,
18:32the numbers prove him right. Let’s
18:35review Cholo’s changes. Minute 59.
18:38Out goes Kang-in Lee, who was Athletic’s
18:40best with the ball.
18:42Sørloth comes in, the Metropolitano
18:45whistles the change, and 7 minutes later
18:47, in the 66th, Fermín’s 1-2 goal arrives
18:50. Minute 71, out go Koke and Baena.
18:54Minute 77, out goes Pablo Barrios. In
18:57comes Jonathan David.
18:59Cardoso and Hjulmand come in, yes, but
19:02they enter cold at the worst moment with
19:04Barça already charging forward and the
19:06Metropolitano starting to get nervous.
19:10And Llorente ends up playing as a
19:12fullback, plugging gaps while Julián
19:14drops back meters and meters to help in
19:16a midfield that no longer existed.
19:20Atleti is left without those who held
19:22the ball, and across from them, Pedri
19:23and De Jong take control of the game.
19:26From the 59th minute until the end,
19:28Atleti wasn't able to cross midfield
19:30with any danger. In stoppage time, they
19:33had no ideas and not a single clear
19:35chance in half an hour. And that is what
19:37Julián threw in his face. Julián said it
19:40like this. Barça had Pedri and De Jong,
19:43and they had the ball the whole time.
19:45You yourself, Cholo. You
19:47yourself.
19:48And he finished with what hurt him the
19:50most. For not putting me in, you put in
19:53Sørloth and David, who didn't touch a
19:55single ball, and you hid me behind them
19:58. Imagine the scene.
20:00The Atlético locker room with the door
20:02half-open, the sound of the stadium
20:03emptying, and the coach and his star
20:05face to face.
20:07And then came the line, the one that, so
20:09they say, left everyone frozen in that
20:11hallway.
20:13You lost the game, not me. You lost the
20:16game, not me.
20:18To Simeone at the Metropolitano with the
20:20stands still whistling.
20:23Think about what that means.
20:25Cholo has been on that bench for over a
20:28decade.
20:29He has won leagues, played in Champions
20:32League finals, has a statue in the
20:34hearts of those fans, and no one,
20:35absolutely no one, in that locker room
20:38had dared to say something like that to
20:40his face until tonight.
20:42And the one saying it is a player who
20:44wanted to go to Barça in the summer.
20:47For Cholo, that is what turns an
20:49argument into a war.
20:52Koke had to step in, the captain, who
20:54had just been substituted, separating
20:57his coach and his forward.
21:00According to reports, Koke told Julián
21:02to lower his tone, that it wasn't the
21:05place, and at the same time gestured for
21:07Cholo to go into the locker room.
21:09Neither of them moved. Oblak walked by
21:12without saying anything. Giuliano,
21:14Cholo's son, kept watching from the door
21:17. And note the part about Giuliano,
21:20because in a few seconds his name came
21:22up in that argument and no one liked it
21:24. And the craziest thing is that a part
21:26of the Atleti stands thinks exactly the
21:28same thing as Julián. The whistles at
21:31the substitution of Riquelme weren't for
21:34him.
21:35So this war has two readings.
21:38Cholo blames Julián for the goals he
21:40didn't score, and Julián blames Cholo
21:42for a game that slipped away from the
21:44bench.
21:46As a Culé, I’m crystal clear on this:
21:48they can argue all they want, but Barça
21:51won the game in the second half with
21:53Pedri, De Jong, and Fermín, though the
21:55truth is split between them both.
21:59Julián missed what he never misses, and
22:01with the score at 1-1, Cholo dismantled
22:03the midfield that was holding the game
22:05together for him.
22:06But the final piece is missing, because
22:09Cholo Simeone isn't the type to let the
22:11last word go unsaid. And his response to
22:14that was: you lost the match. That is
22:16the ultimatum I was telling you about at
22:17the beginning. The ultimatum.
22:20According to reports from inside, Cholo
22:22went silent for a couple of seconds,
22:24looked at Julián, lowered his voice, and
22:27what he said was much worse than any
22:29shouting.
22:30First, the phrase that stung the most in
22:32that locker room.
22:34My son gave his life on that pitch for
22:3790 minutes.
22:38You just walked around, while Juliano,
22:40who scored the goal, who ran until he
22:43couldn't run anymore, was used as an
22:45example in front of everyone. And Julián
22:48, according to those who were there,
22:50replied with a half-smile, "Sure, your
22:53son always plays. Your son always plays
22:56." Four words.
22:57And in that hallway, there was a silence
23:00that, they say, you could cut with a
23:02knife.
23:03Because that phrase touches on the only
23:05thing at Atleti that no one dares to
23:07mention out loud: that Juliano plays
23:09with his father on the bench. Juliano
23:11heard it all from the door, didn't say a
23:14word, turned around, and went into the
23:16locker room.
23:18And Cholo, who had been red in the face
23:20throughout the argument, suddenly became
23:22very calm, too calm.
23:25That’s where the conversation ended, and
23:27that’s where the ultimatum arrived.
23:29Cholo set a date for him: the January
23:31transfer window.
23:33If you want to go to Barça, let Barça
23:35come with the money on the table. And in
23:38the meantime, either you play like the
23:40usual Julián, or someone else plays
23:42instead. Either you play like the usual
23:44Julián, or someone else plays instead.
23:46Said to his top scorer's face with the
23:49locker room door wide open. And who is
23:52that someone else?
23:53Sorloth and Jonathan David, the same two
23:56who, according to Julián, didn't touch a
23:58single ball tonight.
24:00In other words, Cholo is telling Julián
24:03that he prefers the two he just
24:05belittled. It couldn't be more
24:07humiliating. And the first test comes
24:09right after the break.
24:11If Julián starts on the bench in the
24:13next Atleti game, you'll know why.
24:16Because Cholo doesn't make empty threats
24:18. When he sets a date, he keeps it. And
24:21now we can finally answer the question
24:23from the beginning. Why did Cholo really
24:26explode?
24:27Because of the three missed goals.
24:30Yes, but above all because Cholo has
24:32felt since the summer that Julian's mind
24:35is in Barcelona, and because tonight,
24:37for the first time, someone told him in
24:39his own home that he was to blame for
24:42the loss—and that someone was the player
24:44who wanted to leave.
24:47That's why the ultimatum has a date:
24:49January.
24:51When the market opens, Atleti will
24:53decide who was right in that tunnel and
24:56how Julian left the stadium without
24:58passing through the mixed zone—
25:00headphones on, hood up, and not looking
25:02at anyone.
25:05The journalists were waiting to ask him
25:07about the misses.
25:09He didn't stop—not a gesture, not a word
25:12. Neither did Cholo.
25:13Instead, he did go to the press
25:15conference, and when asked about Julian
25:18, he replied with two dry sentences
25:20about the team and changed the subject.
25:23At Atleti, everyone knows what that
25:25means.
25:26When Cholo doesn't defend a player in
25:28public, it’s because he has already
25:30sentenced him in private. And this isn't
25:32the first time it’s happened in that
25:34locker room.
25:35Cholo has seen stars leave through the
25:37back door once he stopped trusting them
25:39.
25:40And it almost always started this way,
25:42with a night like this.
25:44And here is a detail for the Culés that
25:46we cannot overlook.
25:49The player who asked to come to Barça
25:51has just been singled out by his own
25:52coach in his own stadium, in front of
25:54his own fans.
25:56What price will Atleti ask for now for a
25:59player whose coach just opened the door
26:01for him in public?
26:03That’s a question they are already
26:05asking in the Barça offices. A long-time
26:08club executive explained it tonight with
26:11a smile. "The more Julian fights with
26:14Cholo, the cheaper he'll be for us,"
26:16because in the summer, Atleti demanded a
26:19fortune, insisting that Julian was
26:21untouchable. Tonight, the "untouchable"
26:24ended up whistled by his own crowd and
26:26singled out by his coach.
26:28Now, as a Culé, I’ll tell you one thing
26:30: with the defense we have, if there’s
26:32money in January, the priority is at the
26:34back.
26:36A real center-back and a full-back who
26:38can defend. That is what this team needs
26:40to win in Europe. Julian can wait. The
26:44defense cannot. And while Atleti fights
26:47in the tunnel, Barça heads into the
26:49break as the leaders. Winning before the
26:52international break has a very nice side
26:54effect.
26:56Two weeks where they can't invent any
26:58Barça crisis; the podcasts, the insiders
27:01, the confidential reports, and the
27:03usual playbook are all out of material.
27:06They can keep waiting. Now I want to
27:08know what you think, because this
27:11subject has a lot to cover. Who is right
27:13in the Metropolitano tunnel? Cholo for
27:16the three clear goals, or Julián for the
27:19changes that sank Atleti? And to the
27:21Argentinians watching us, who are many
27:23and know him better than anyone. Do you
27:26recognize this Julián who misses three
27:28one-on-ones? Has this ever happened to
27:30you with him on the national team?
27:32And a third one for the Culés: if Atleti
27:35opens the door in January, should Barça
27:37go back for Julián, or with this defense
27:39, should the money go to a center-back?
27:42I'll answer you in the comments because
27:44tonight’s debate is worth it.
27:47If you liked the video, hit like, and if
27:49you haven't done it yet, click the hype
27:51button right next to it.
27:54That way it reaches many more Culés this
27:56week, and on Twitter we’ll be posting
27:58everything coming out of the locker room
28:00before anyone else.
28:03You have the link in the description,
28:05and stay tuned for the coming days
28:07because after a night like this, someone
28:10is going to speak—either Julián's camp
28:12or someone very close to Cholo—and when
28:14they do, you'll have it all told here in
28:17detail.
28:19Tomorrow we'll be back with Atleti's
28:21reaction to all this because this war
28:24has only just begun.
28:26Visca el Barça.

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