Josep Pedrerol can't help it. El Chiringuito is a factory of excuses to justify Real Madrid's failures. At the same time, a factory of excuses to question Barça's successes.
The personal grudge that Josep Pedrerol always showed against Pep Guardiola, Luis Enrique and Xavi Hernández now extends to Hansi Flick.
Flick has never messed with anyone. He has no friends, no enemies and he hasn't gotten into any trouble. Even so, Josep Pedrerol is already going after him, trying to minimize his work with young men.
Carlo Ancelotti is seriously questioned for not knowing how to get the most out of Mbappé. For Pedrerol, however, Ancelotti is the best coach in the world, as Vinícius is the Ballon d'Or. And that's it, period.
The Debate is Over for Josep Pedrerol
The one who'll never be the best coach in the world for Josep Pedrerol and his Madrid factory at El Chiringuito is Hansi Flick. That is, at least as long as he is the coach of FC Barcelona.
They are trying to get under his skin by using Lamine Yamal as a weapon: "The debate is over. It's not Flick's Barça, it's Lamine Yamal's Barça. Period"
The "period" means there's nothing more to be said. Everything has already been said with Josep Pedrerol's sentence recorded in his personal catechism to justify Barça's successes.
Just as Guardiola was a nobody because he lived off Messi's success, Flick is also a nobody. This is Lamine Yamal's Barça.
"Lamine's Barça"... What about Mbappé's Madrid?
As if Lamine Yamal were playing alone . As if he were not supported by a team that knows how to play and has a defined style.
"This is Lamine Yamal's Barça," says Pedrerol. How he would like to say that Real Madrid is Mbappé's. But he can't.
The coach who knows how to get the most out of Lamine Yamal must have some merit. It can't be that easy. At least for Ancelotti, it doesn't seem easy to get Mbappé to perform.
Perhaps that's why the current Real Madrid is Ancelotti's, and not Mbappé's or Vinícius's.