Hristo Stoichkov nunca se esconde. El mítico exfutbolista búlgaro, leyenda azulgrana y Balón de Oro en 1994, volvió a hablar claro, como siempre lo ha hecho. En declaraciones a MARCA y El Mundo, Stoichkov salió al paso de las duras críticas que tanto Jürgen Klopp como Raphinha lanzaron contra un nuevo formato del Mundial de Clubes, que está siendo todo un éxito tras superar las expectativas iniciales.
“No lo esperaba de Jürgen, le tengo tanto respeto que quizás sí está un poco enojado es porque Salzburgo no está en la competición porque es director de Reb Bull. Cuando el Liverpool jugaba no se queja nadie, cuando reciben dinero no se queja nadie. Creo que hay que tener más respeto en estos torneos“, respondió con contundencia a las críticas lanzadas por el director de fútbol del grupo Red Bull. Y es que el exentrenador atacó con todo tras lanzar un mensaje claro y sin matices contra el nuevo formato que la FIFA ha puesto en marcha este verano en Estados Unidos tras calificarlo como “la peor idea jamás implementada en el fútbol”.
El duro mensaje de Klopp
Hristo, que volvió a demostrar su estilo directo y sin filtros, no dudó en responder con la misma contundencia tras enumerar las cosas positivas de un nuevo torneo que está sirviendo para subir a la palestra mundial a talentos quizás desconocidos por el gran público. “A mí me tocó jugarla en el pasado, cuando eran solo unos partidos, pero yo creo que tanto Gianni (Infantino) y la FIFA han hecho algo diferente. Reúnes muchas culturas, sistemas nuevos, tácticos nuevas, muchos equipos diferentes que no se conocían antes de jugar un torneo como este“, explicó.
Ayer Maresca se quejó de las lluvias, pero, ¿qué hacemos? ¿Le damos un mando a distancia a Infantino para que pare las lluvias?
“Todo está fantásticamente bien. En primer lugar, el público nunca ha faltado en el campo, excepto un partido donde hubo avisos de suspensión por las tormentas eléctricas. Ayer Maresca (Chelsea) se quejó también de la lluvia, pero, ¿qué hacemos? ¿le damos un mando a distancia a Infantino para que pare las lluvias?. Se quejan de cualquier cosa”, criticó.
La dura crítica de Raphinha
“Uno tiene que ir y punto, porque acatamos órdenes, tenemos que estar allí jugando. Y, como jugador de un club europeo, renunciar a mis vacaciones para disputar un nuevo torneo es muy complicado”, criticó con dureza Raphinha, que está disfrutando de sus vacaciones después de que el Barça no clasificase al Mundial de Clubes al no conseguir los puntos suficientes en el ranking FIFA. El delantero brasileño defendió los derechos de los jugadores a un calendario que no les permite tener al menos “tres semanas” de vacaciones entre una temporada y la siguiente.
“Es muy malo tener que renunciar a tus vacaciones por jugar algo a lo que estás obligado, porque en ningún momento nos preguntaron a los jugadores sobre nada”, lanzó. Una crítica con la que Hristo tampoco se ha mordido la lengua tras ser preguntado por MARCA.
No se quejan cuando cobran 20 millones al año, ahí tranquilo a ver si juegan de sábado a sábado
“Muy bien, pero el año que viene (Mundial de selecciones) Raphinha va a jugar aquí, que uno se olvida. El Mundial del año que viene es aquí, yo también jugué aquí… entonces hay que calmar un poco los ánimos”, respondió antes de hablar sobre la acumulación de partidos. “Antes había dos cambios y ahora hay cinco, que es medio equipo que puedes cambiar en el descanso. Otro más en la prórroga. Si te quejas de esto, a mí me parece injusto. Como si nosotros nunca hubiéramos jugado al fútbol o nunca llegamos a jugar tantos partidos durante el año”, respondió desde la experiencia.
Las quejas de los que no están en el torneo
“Para mí todo está fantásticamente bien pensado y ojalá que esto siga así porque el fútbol es fiesta para todo el mundo. ¿A quién no le gusta jugar? Fíjate, a mí me dan ahora los botas y un balón y me entro para jugar porque me gusta el fútbol. La organización está siendo fantásticamente buena y no veo ninguna queja por parte de la gente”, aseguró antes de regresar a las críticas de Raphinha.
Klopp que prefiere: ¿Ir jugar a China, Japón y Indonesia o jugar una competición donde te da un prestigio mucho más grande?
“No se quejan cuando cobran 20 millones al año, ahí tranquilo a ver si juegan de sábado a sábado, sin jugar Copa del Rey, sin jugar la FA Cup, sin jugar la Carabao Cup. Todas esas copas que tienen que no valen para nada. Años atrás sí que valían, porque quizás estaban en la UEFA. Ahora en España ya tienen seis equipos para la Champions League. A Inglaterra igual, a Italia igual. De que se quejan no tengo ni idea”, aseguró.
“A ver, él que preferiría, ¿ir jugar a China, Japón o Indonesia, o jugar una competición donde te da un prestigio mucho más grande? Fíjate que él con el Liverpool también jugó en estos torneos en años anteriores. Ahí no le escuché a Klopp que se quejase así de golpe. Quizás le faltaban otros equipos que ponía Red Bull para estar ahí. Es un torneo importante, un torneo donde hay muchos jugadores jóvenes que también están comenzando, hay muchos jugadores que te dan esta posibilidad que puedes hacer a disputar un torneo”, zanjó.
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