Thomas Guasch | Joselu leaves, Modric almost and long live Raya

It all started with the news that Joselu was leaving Madrid for Arabia and ended with Italy sending Modric home. I jumped. Italy, in the 90th minute, not playing a damn thing: do you want to say something? They will meet Switzerland in the 1/8 finals, I don’t know, I don’t know… This is the worst Italy in decades, but… We’ll see.

We beat Albania, who could have given us a run for their money, and tied us up. He deserved it, but Raya’s doorman, the man who comes down the subway stairs and no one knows him, was not Raya, but Shark. They don’t know him because most of his career, of course, was spent abroad.

He stopped everything and even more, to the point that he, the goalkeeper, was the best in Spain. A tribute to the old days. Not much this time. The first part is passable, the second is incomprehensible. Yes, bringing together unfamiliar people at once is humanly impeccable, nothing more. Three or four shifts, well. Ten, impossible. Statistically, this is the first time that we finished the group stage without goals at such a major tournament as the EuroCup and the World Cup. Ferran Torres noted that this is a special case: he decides more in the national team than in his club.

Modric missed another penalty as play continued and he eventually aimed the shot that put Croatia into second place. Since 2014, his team has not reached the group stage, it is ready. The year he signed with Madrid. Thus, the gigantic phase of the existence of this group of football players, of which he was the leader, is coming to an end. This was Italy, a team capable of surviving three strikes from above.

And Joselu. An extraordinary case. After two relegations – Alaves and Espanyol – he arrived in Madrid because… Benzema left. Then he will play the season in white uniform. And won the Super Cup, the League and the Champions League. I don’t remember an incident like this: fame in such a short time and with 34 tacos. On the 14th she saw her in the stands in Paris wearing the jersey of the team of her life. He won the 15th with two goals against Bayern, a legal requirement at Wembley.

He goes to Arabia after fixing something that is now confusing. He has a contract with Espanyol, which he transferred to Madrid with the condition that he would pay one and a half million this summer if he wanted. Only to Madrid. If he leaves, who will pay to get rid of the parrots?