Barca World 2014-2015

(translated by me)

“Forgive them Leo, for they know not what they are saying.

We have the best player in the world and they want to expel him from the national team, the team that was a finalist in the World Cup and Copa America. But lost because of you, they said.

It’s nothing new. We’ve kicked out the most brilliant scientists. We are used to mistreating our most talented, especially when, for some reason, there is a collective deception.

In the World Cup, you helped Argentina reach the final, and in this Copa, which ended in a ‘Waterloo’, you played really well, even though we would have liked to see the brilliant player who breaks records and scores goals at Barcelona.

You are condemned for not being a savior. We are still waiting for that savior who will make a miracle happen in the time of need. In addition, we cannot tolerate the different style of leadership you have, the one by which you work, where the group is what matters and where it is best being humble, almost shy. We prefer the showoffs and loudmouthed players. You are not like that.

You shine in another team, in another country. For them it’s unforgivable that you triumph abroad, for others and not for your shirt. You are the great scapegoat. The Responsible one.

There is no team, no national team who would not want to have you. You could have become a naturalized Spaniard and play for Spain. They offered you. You refused. You wanted to play for Argentina. You are deeply Argentine. You are there but you are here.

You are not the one who seduces for the epic tale of going from a paperboy to a world cup winner like Maradona of Fiorti. Nor are you Tevez who grew up listening to whistling bullets in Fort Apache, without anywhere to shrink up and take cover. We spent a lifetime asking you to be something that you are not nor can be.

You were born into a middle class family and you suffered at life. You traveled to Spain because you weren’t growing and no one would pay for your treatment here while they offered it there. Infinite series of injections, that you learned to do yourself, even though you were only a kid.

You didn’t go out clubbing, nor went out with models, nor did you have press operations. You are quiet and respectful. You prefer to have the ball at your feet talk. 

The judgement you receive is an example of our poor individualism, our inability to sustain collective constructions. We are not aware that without you, we would be poorer. What we are doing with you speaks about us.

7′ - Álvaro Morata (assist by Cesc Fàbregas)