“We are too old to give chestnuts” | Relief

Hristo Stoichkov seems ready to bury the hatchet with Real Madrid. The scourge of the white team during his time as a Barça footballer, and also after he left the playing field, the Bulgarian showed his most understanding and conciliatory face regarding the scandalous absence of the white team at the Ballon d’Or gala, at in which he crowned Rodri before Vinicius.

Stoichkov was the main character of the Radio Estadio program on Onda Cero. and when asked what he thought of Real Madrid’s stance on not going to Paris, the Bulgarian raised eyebrows, giving his most conciliatory version after years of attacking the Madrid entity.

“We are too old to give chestnuts. If they choose not to go, we must respect that, what can we do? I would like them to be the same as they were all in previous years,” he assured. Bulgarian footballer who won the Ballon d’Or in 1994 and was voted second in 1992 behind Marco Van Basten.

“I lost in ’92, but I went to the party. Nothing happens. I went to a party and we don’t have to leave. We are athletes, and we must say hello when you are first, when you are second, and when you are third,” recalls the former Barcelona player and notes that the main thing in such a holiday is the world of football.

Stoichkov not only showed his most understanding side towards Real Madrid. He also took advantage praise your friend Carlo Ancelotti, current tenant of the Santiago Bernabeu bench. “My friendship with Ancelotti did not only go back to when he was Madrid coach. It started even before he became a player. He is an extraordinary guy. He is more than a coach. For me, a person is worth more than that.”

Bulgarian, icon of Barcelona, He also wanted to highlight the work that Hansi Flick is doing with Barca. which still seems to have no competitors. “He’s done a great job so far. Until today. And we don’t need to go any further. “Flick is winning game after game and this is the shortest path to the final.”

The German coach isn’t the only recipient of Stoichkov’s praise, praising another key element in Barca’s revival. “The career path is coming back, which is very good for Barcelona.” There is a guy who for me will always be a great captain, Alexanko, who does everything he does in the youth team right and there are 7-8 players coming out who are the future of Barca..

The team, which stormed the Bernabeu 0-4, earned a final piece of praise from Stoichkov (Barcelona played one of the best games at a tactical level I have seen in years) before recalling the reason for their visit to Barcelona. recording of a documentary about Johan Cruyff: “Coach. He is very emotional. He did everything for me and my family when he took me from Bulgaria. In addition, he calmed me down when I was so rebellious,” Stoichkov recalled. With laughter everything becomes calmer again.