Real Madrid has done things so damn wrong this season that it will be forced, as divine punishment, to receive the final penance before it ends: either give a guard of honor to Barça or the possibility that the Culers celebrate the League title in their face. It's choosing between a scare or death, basically. A "hit me with a truck!" in all its glory.
It will be curious to hear the discussions next week with knowledgeable analysts, scarf-wearing journalists, fans, and former players opting for one of the two options and offering arguments about what hurts more or less. I'll tell you in advance that the thesis that argues that giving a guard of honor is an act of sportsmanship (and not humiliation) will be one of the favorites of those who choose to lose against Espanyol to avoid going to Camp Nou to see Barça celebrate the title by merely drawing the classic. Even more curious is that practically no one bets that Madrid can win in Cornellà-El Prat and also against Hansi Flick's team. It doesn't surprise me: the whites have earned mistrust the hard way and don't even give reasons to cling to a red-hot iron.
Madrid has offered neither resistance nor anything else in a disastrous April in which they have only won one match, against Alavés, out of the six they have played. They lost in Mallorca, drew against Girona and Betis, and said goodbye to the Champions League with two defeats against Bayern. Now all that remains is to administer blame and Arbeloa has already chosen the referees, a theory that is only understood by the very foolish or those brainwashed by Real Madrid TV amidst the propaganda, epic music, and ridiculous narration of controversial plays and the Westerns in their programming.
There is also the entertainment route with news about the coach's personal problems with Carvajal and Ceballos, those about new signings that aim to be exciting, or those about new academy prospects who later fall by the wayside or arrive in trickles to the first team. And as a last resort, which I do not recommend, to divert attention from Florentino Pérez's responsibility in all of this, there is the rumor that Mourinho's name is once again being mentioned, because here all I can think of is that the truck should be eight axles and forty tons to finish this as soon as possible and suffer as little as possible.
