Ständig austeilen, gegen Schiris und Gegner hetzen, die Presse beschimpfen aber innerhalb von Sekunden in der Opferrolle. Die AfD des Weltfußballs.
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Das ist noch eine leichte Untertreibung. Der Typ hat eine Stunde am Stück vor sich hingepöbelt, teilweise Trump-esk von Feinden überall und seiner Leistung als grösster Präsident aller Zeiten geschwafelt.
The media conspires against Madrid, and against him, Pérez said, insisting radios and papers get together to work out how they can damage Madrid, how they can get their grubby hands on the club. Words went round. Horrible. Resentful. Anti-Madridista. Conspiracy. Collusion. Fake news made an appearance too. There were “those from 68”, “regime intellectuals”.
He said that a digital sports paper called Relevo had been set up with only one aim – to attack Madrid – and had gone out of business, €25m in debt, a moral to that story. He announced that he had always subscribed to ABC but that he was giving up his subscription – if not before he peered at the screen and read out a line from a piece in which they had said he was “tired” and took on Ruben Cañizares, the ABC reporter in the room who didn’t write that piece but who he accused of “going for Madrid every day”. Who also responded with a dignity the president didn’t have.
Some reporters got greeted more warmly: “You’re friends … but have a word with [the critical voice] Segurola; there’s one everywhere”.
Round and round he went. Infamy, infamy, they all had it in for him. “And it would be bad to say I am the best president in history, but I am.” There were the figures cited to prove that Madrid were the greatest, biggliest club around. As for him, everything he does is for the good of the members and for “the good of football”, he said. “I want kids in Africa to see football for free.”
“They say: ‘Where is Florentino?’ They say I don’t exist.” But here he was. And it was bizarre, baffling. And, well, just bad. Bad? He’s the best, he said.
“Every day I preside over Real Madrid and I run a business that is a world leader, that turns over €50bn a year. ‘I am tired,’ it says here. With me we have won 66 titles in football and basketball. I have to come out and stop this. But not for me, for the members. I am the president most valued in history. I don’t want to defend myself for myself, I want to defend the institution.”
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Ist das wirklich ein Wort, oder ist er echt so dement wie Trump, dass er Wörter erfindet?
Ne, da spielt der Autor auf Trumps Verwendung von „bigly“ an, um die Verbindung zwischen Perez’ bizarren Auftritt und Trumps Reden herzustellen.
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Krass, und Sevilla gefühlt vor 2 Wochen auf Platz 17.
Edith: nicht nur gefühlt, tatsächlich. Nun mit 2 Siegen nach oben geschoben.
Neben Santander ist seit gestern auch offiziell La Coruna zurück in La Liga.
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