A matter of foreboding, fear and revenge

Of all the sinister omens, the most serious, the most foolproof is optimism "(Emile de Girardin, French politician and journalist of the nineteenth century).

We now have two quotes from Jorge Valdano known: one which says that "football is a state of mind", the other that "stage fright is what you feel a player to jump to a stadium like the Bernabeu." Both bear right and, according to results of two discharges Marca surveys , direct and proportional. And is that the current mood of Barça supporters believe is so high that his team Real Madrid than at any stage, even where it is the fief of his eternal rival: 55.6% of voters Barcelona fans wants the final of the Copa del Rey be played at the Bernabeu.

The feeling is the body of all "(Ludwig Feuerbach, German philosopher contemporary of Girardin).

This excessive optimism is grounded in the historical moment of play and results through the Catalan club, no doubt, but also includes recent symbols of a certain emotional entity. Non-open old feuds, the FC Barcelona knows that Barca has won the last five classic (not to go further this season by a resounding 5-0 ) but also is mindful of emblematic gestures that occurred in the stadium Chamartin, such as applause Ronaldinho in 2005 , or the 2-6 two seasons ago . They are memories that feed data to the halo Barca positivism and influence, inevitably, in the spontaneous generation of feelings and desires.

The mockery and ridicule include all the insults, the less is forgiven "(Plato, Greek philosopher V-IV century BC).

Nevertheless, it is particularly significant that neither Real Madrid and Barça have chosen their team stadium as the venue to host the final of the KO Ni 30% of white fans voted for the Bernabeu as an option and only 12 , 8% of Catalans chose the Camp Nou . Posts to lose it at the Mestalla, the option most voted neutral. Madrid remains in the memory of the Centenariazo Depor in 2002 and may even, in a final cup-bearer, ten years earlier defeat against Atletico Madrid. There is, for all an inherent fear in duels of this magnitude and characteristics. Many Real Madrid fans would celebrate the defeat of Barcelona at the hands of Inter 's Mourinho in 2010, harder if possible, not to see his rival become champion of Europe in your own home. The great duels born and regenerate in humiliation.

Are the impulses of passions sliders sanity, and there is the risk of being lost "(Baltasar Gracian, Spanish Jesuit writer and XVII century).

And, as so often, Pep Guardiola appears to impose calm and logic. "I do not want to play the final at the Bernabeu, would have an advantage and would be favorites," said coach Sampedor. And more: "As you approach [the final] will go down optimism. Real Madrid have the greatest respect because it is the toughest opponent we can find. "The man who pretends to be humble flees, by nature, excessive euphoria. "Someday" is the motto that holds the most vehement Madrid I know to let everyone know that the situation is bound to change sooner or later. Certainly, football is only pretending sanity to appease it really is, an uninterrupted retribution.

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