Josep Pedrerol's panelist on El Chiringuito, Edu Aguirre, leaves no one indifferent. Obsessed with being the most radical of Madridists, his verbal excesses often betray him.
Right now, two of his videos are circulating on social media in which he predicts the future and judges Real Madrid and Barcelona. He does so based on his personal tastes and desires rather than realities. Something very unobjective and unprofessional.
Before Barça's visit to Bernabéu (0-4), Flick's team had a series of consecutive victories that excited Barcelona fans. But there was Edu Aguirre on El Chiringuito fulfilling his role of pouring water on the wine.
"Madrid Has to Be 20 Points Ahead of Barça"
This is how he predicted how the classic would unfold, driven by that supremacist arrogance of someone who is only guided by pride. This is the classic he envisioned based on his own knowledge:
"Madrid won't be stopped. Vinícius alone has destroyed Barça in every match. And when Barça manages to hold Vinícius, Mbappé appears.
When you manage to hold Vinícius and Mbappé, Rodrigo appears. If you somehow manage to hold all three, Bellingham appears.
Anything less than Madrid winning by three goals against Barça is not a good match for Madrid.
Madrid has to be 20 points ahead of Barça."
No one asked him afterward how he assessed the 0-4 considering that a 3-0 was a bad result for him. Seven goals difference in his prediction. And that, against Real Madrid's four magnificent players.
"Real Madrid Can't Be Worse Anymore"
The other video is more recent. Just a few days ago, when Real Madrid neutralized Barça's advantage, took the lead, and threatened to finish LaLiga.
"There's no League, as of today there's no League. Barcelona has shown that it's a very inconsistent team, capable of the best, but also the worst. It has no reliability.
The only team that's improving physically and technically is Real Madrid.
Madrid has been very bad. It can't be worse anymore and it's growing.
Barcelona was 9 points ahead of Real Madrid and has dropped 16 along the way.
And Atlético de Madrid, every time they get close and it seems like... they get scared and fall.
For me, Atlético has never been a rival to win the League. It's true that Simeone said a while ago that our rival is Barça, and he didn't even mention Madrid.
Well, now Madrid, quietly, the worst Madrid of recent years, with the worst Mbappé, well, they're going to win the League."
The "Real Madrid quietly" part isn't about him, who predicted that on February 8 LaLiga would end. That day Real Madrid would defeat Atlético in the Madrid classic. And that would be the end of it.
When Real Madrid Loses a Match...
He justified it because these things are for adults and not for children, a topic he brought up again before Barça's 5-2 against Real Madrid in the Super Cup.
Only Madrid is growing. The others are going down. Also, since it had been very bad, it couldn't be worse anymore.
Of course, for Edu Aguirre, when Barça drops points along the way, it's because it's inconsistent and unreliable. When the same happens to Madrid... it's naturally the referees' fault.
How else could Real Madrid lose a match if it's clear that it's the best and the only one growing?
Edu Aguirre triumphs on social media. He has earned it.