Football: After listening to the advice, I became the strongest free man.

In order to further promote the development of local football, Gamber took a different approach and decided to establish a truly professional football club.

In October 1899, Gamble published an advertisement in a very famous newspaper in Barcelona, ​​calling on citizens who love football to work together to establish a professional football club.

But Gamber's efforts ultimately failed. His invitation did not receive much attention, and only 11 people accepted his call.

What is even more frustrating is that among these 11 people, more than half are from foreign countries.

Despite repeated setbacks, Gamper's enthusiasm supported the establishment of Barcelona on November 11.

However, compared to the Madrid club that has been introduced before, Gamper's way of running Barcelona is relatively different - due to repeated setbacks in the process of recruiting local players, Gamper focuses on introducing foreign players in the process of running the team, so Barcelona has At the beginning of its establishment, there were few Spanish players, and most of the team, from the management to the players, were foreign legions.

But such a team is named "Barcelona", which is naturally unacceptable in the early 20th century when player circulation was not frequent.

In addition to the goals of team building, the regional backgrounds of Barcelona and Madrid also determine the entangled relationship between the two teams.

Catalonia, where Barcelona is located, is a region where independence has been extremely turbulent in Spanish history. Catalonia has never lost its dream of breaking away from Spain and establishing an independent country.

Even today, there are frequent so-called independence surges in Catalonia.

As the best football club in Catalonia, Barcelona achieved continuous glory in the 20s - they won the King's Cup five times between 1920 and 1928, and they also strongly supported Catalonia off the court. independence movement.

This attitude is reflected in the first official charter in the history of Barcelona. In order to express support for the independence of Catalonia, the first charter in the history of Barcelona was written in the Catalan script that had been banned at the time. .

The team building model goes against tradition and the political stance is diametrically opposed, so it is naturally difficult for Barcelona to please the Spanish government.

However, considering that Barcelona had a good reputation in European football at that time and also had a group of solid supporters in Spain, the Spanish government could not suppress it openly and could only express its attitude sideways by adding the "Royal" laurel to the Madrid club. .

It is precisely because of the above that Barcelona and Real Madrid were on opposite sides at the beginning of their establishment. This opposition may only be reflected on the green field in an era when the domestic situation is relatively stable, but in turbulent times it will become more serious. Radical performance.

In 1936, Franco teamed up with other reactionary military officers to launch an anti-government armed rebellion, and the Spanish Civil War broke out.

After that, Franco was elected as the "head of state" and served as the commander-in-chief of the rebels, promoted to generalissimo, and finally won the victory in the three-year Spanish Civil War.

In 1941, in order to show his support for Real Madrid, Franco announced that the team would return the "Royal" crown that had been deprived of it.

It is undeniable that the damage caused by the Spanish Civil War to Real Madrid is far greater than that of Athletic Bilbao and Barcelona, ​​which are both top teams.

Barcelona's system has been thoroughly studied by powerful players from all walks of life, and Barcelona's system is not good at fighting tough battles and going against the wind. It is easy to collapse if it cannot hold on at critical moments, even at the peak of 09-12. This is very fatal in the Champions League knockout rounds. , coupled with Habaib's retirement, it has a great impact on the Barcelona system, and the younger generation cannot take over well.

Even after regaining the "Royal" crown, Real Madrid's performance on all fronts is far from returning to its peak level.

In the 1940-1941 season, Real Madrid only finished sixth in the league;

By the 1942-1943 season, Real Madrid fell to 10th place in the league (there were only 14 teams in La Liga at the time).

In the 1943 King's Cup, Barcelona eliminated Levante, Celta Vigo, and SD Ceuta to advance to the semifinals; while Real Madrid eliminated Salamanca, Espanyol, and Jerez, and faced Barcelona in the semifinals. Reunion.

Combined with the comprehensive performance of the two teams in previous seasons, Barcelona is undoubtedly the more dominant side.

In the previous trip to the Copa del Rey, the Red and Blues showed amazing offensive strength - facing Levante, Barcelona scored 11 goals in two rounds; facing Celta Vigo, Barcelona scored 9 goals in two rounds; Facing SD Ceuta, Barcelona also scored 9 goals in two rounds.

In comparison, Real Madrid's overall performance was much inferior - in the match against Espanyol, the two sides failed to decide the winner in two rounds, and in the end Real Madrid defeated their opponent 2:0 in the extra round; facing Herre In Sri Lanka, Real Madrid stubbornly equalized in the 75th minute of the first round, and finally drew with their opponents with difficulty.

次回合球队在上半场与对手战成2:2平，又是依靠着比赛70分钟后的一波小高潮才5:3击败对手。

Taken together, although Real Madrid showed signs of recovery at that time, outside public opinion generally believed that they would still be difficult to compete with Barcelona in a short period of time.

In the first round of the semi-finals, the Red and Blues defeated their opponents 3:0 at home. Such a victory seemed to confirm the outside world's judgment of the disparity in strength between the two sides.

With this judgment in mind, the second round kicked off.

However, what is unexpected is that Real Madrid, who lost 0:3 in the first round, showed their full strength in the second round. At the end of the first half, they led Barcelona 8:0.

此后，皇家马德里又在第74分钟、第85分钟与第87分钟连下三城，将场上比分改写为惊人的11:0。

At the 89th minute of the game, Barcelona regained the victory with Mariano Martin's goal, and finally settled the score at a humiliating 1:11.

After the game, Barcelona goalkeeper Miro was overwhelmed and announced his retirement directly, and the president of Barcelona also announced his resignation after publicly apologizing.

But for the fans, a simple apology is of no use. The "abnormalities" revealed by Barcelona are the most infuriating - the players had no fighting spirit throughout the game and had no determination to catch up when they were lagging behind. .

After that, there were rumors that police broke into the Barcelona dressing room during halftime, further fueling the news of this fiasco.

But to this day, Real Madrid and Barcelona's official explanations of this game are completely different, and various opinions are also circulating in the outside world, but there has never been a final conclusion.

So, is this "mysterious case" that has troubled fans for many years because of Barcelona's own lack of strength, or is there something else fishy?

The author does not dare to make any assertions about this. I have collected widely circulated speculations from various parties over the past few decades for your reference.

Argument 1: Franco threat theory

As mentioned earlier, Franco successfully came to power with the help of armed rebellion.

Since the Catalonia region where Barcelona is located has long supported the independence movement, Franco tried every means to attack Barcelona after he came to power.

During the dark and oppressive dictatorship, football was one of the few ways people could escape reality.

Over time, football has also become an outlet for people to express their emotions.

For Franco, football also seemed to be a good promotional tool.

It was against this background that Franco became interested in Real Madrid in the capital. He did not really care about football, but he observed the special status of Real Madrid in Spanish football and also realized that Barcelona was in Catalonia. Asia region plays a vital role.