Morning Papers 8.18

As.com
Why? Because of Messi: a grand Madrid tarnished its image because of the violence of Pepe and Marcelo. Mourinho put a finger in one of Tito Vilanova´s eye.

Marca.com
Incredible Messi and an enormous Madrid: Barcelona takes the SuperCup. A great match between the two teams. A powerful and intense Madrid had the culés against the ropes but the Argentine´s genius sentenced. A scandalous final sparked by a treacherous tackle by Marcelo on Cesc Fabregas. Guardiola equalizes Cruyff´s 11 titles with Barcelona.

Sport.es
SuperMessi! SuperChampions: Lamentable Mourinho. The aggressive team in white did not know to lose and its coach attacked Tito   Vilanova.

Mundo Deportivo
SuperMessi!: Leo made two goals and gave Iniesta a third on  the night Cesc debuted at the Camp Nou. Mourinho´s aggression on Tito. Opinion: Santi Nola: ¨They don´t know how to lose, let alone win.¨

Opinion: people can talk about the match or the melee afterwards, the simple fact, plain as day is that Real Madrid are much better right now than they were at the end of last year. They dominated great stretches of this game but they still wound up short because the intensity that it takes to play 90 minutes against Barcelona, whether you park the bus or harass them, plays against you. The way to beat them is to have great players and other than Cristiano Ronaldo they just don´t. No matter how great Mourinho is, and that´s debatable in my book, you can´t make up the difference that spans Barça and Madrid with a bunch of serviceable lunch-pail, hard-working guys giving it their all. As good as Madrid were, Barcelona are still in training, they´re still about a month away from even early season form.

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