On Saturday, FC Barcelona and Real Madrid will face each other on the 11th day of La Liga. But the Clasico has already started behind the scenes. Recently, relations between the two teams have been rather cordial despite some small tensions linked in particular to the famous Negreira affair. The Madrid president, Florentino Pérez, did not appreciate the statements of his Barcelona counterpart who had qualified Real Madrid “diet team“. Despite other statements from Joan Laporta in recent days, the boss of Casa Blanca, whose presence at the match on Saturday was not assured, had decided to go to Barcelona.
But he changed his mind yesterday. In fact, he twisted when he became aware of a tweet published by Mikel Camps, member of the board of directors of the Blaugrana team. The latter wrote: “it’s not racism, he (Vinicius Jr, editor’s note) deserves a slap for being a clown and a joker. What do these useless and uninteresting leg passes in midfield represent? The message was quickly removed from social networks. But the damage was done since the residents of the Santiago-Bernabéu stadium had been alerted.
Real Madrid are angry
This tweet was not at all appreciated by Florentino Pérez, who supports the Brazilian who has been under attack from all sides for several months. For this reason, the president of Real Madrid decided not to go to the Clasico on Saturday, although he had a box made available to him at the Montjuïc stadium, explains A.S.. “The straw that broke the camel’s back was Mikel Camps’ tweet about Vinicius. Fernández de Blas will represent Madrid in the Montjuïc box. Uncomfortable, FC Barcelona tried to calm things down in the evening.
Vice President Rafa Yuste was the first to send a message. “Even if it’s a mistake, it doesn’t have to be. This is an unfortunate tweet. If Vinicius listens to me, this won’t happen again.” Xavi was also asked about the subject last night after the Champions League match. “If this has been removed, it is already important. We’ll stick with that, right? I don’t like tension. I want a Clasico with mutual respect and even admiration.” Despite these statements, Real Madrid did not appreciate that the Culés did not react officially and issued a public apology. Atmosphere.
