The highest percentage of the season’s success is achieved in August. September 1 is the deadline to form a competitive squad. With what has been achieved in the summer market, plus the footballers they already had and the losses that have occurred, you can know, more or less, how the season will end. Madrid has been mulling the exchange with Mbappé for two years and has been left without a new top player capable of replacing Benzema with guarantees. The star signing, for more than 100 million euros, has been Bellingham, the English midfielder who is on a portentous scoring streak and is hiding the real lack of a center forward of size. Real signed Joselu to replace Mariano. He has won here, but what cannot be understood is that either Mbappé goes there or no one goes there. For a couple of years now, the white team has suffered from the failed effect of the French.
They say teams look like their coaches. Ancelotti is a great man, capable of preparing an impressive spaghetti carbonara with a classy Italian wine. Sitting at his table is for discerning palates, but not in a hurry. They haven’t given him caviar for a long time, even if he expects it, and they brought him a good lobster, although he wanted an extraordinary dessert. At Ancelotti’s table, they eat late. Like his team, which comes out asleep at the start of the games.
Xavi is able to prepare a succulent menu of Catalan haute cuisine and if he has to improvise at the end, he puts fast food on the table to brighten the atmosphere and ensure the result. They have brought him steaks at the price of a massive hamburger and he cooks the essences with touches of deconstructed modern cuisine. Simeone always uses dulce de leche and, above all, its entrails, for a solid table where the roast is never missing. Sometimes, though, it’s too raw, and at others, too done. His team recently has that touch of irregularity, of going up and down, capable of the worst and the best in just seven days. Míchel, the coach of Girona, has chosen a good feijoada to accompany the excellent anchovies from l’Escala. So, Savinho has been able to revolutionize the team, which suffered the departure of Oriol Romeu, but the arrival of the Brazilian and Pablo Torre feed the team well.
To get the Michelin star it is not enough to perform during the season, the basis has been signing well before September 1. The triumphs are cooked long before serving the dish to the table. It is no wonder that Catalan cuisine is so good and valued in the world. Just look at the leading clubs in the League.
