Balaídos sentences Barça de Setién

Neither the Bernabéu nor the Metropolitano nor San Mamés nor Anoeta. There is no stadium in the League that causes as much terror to Barcelona as Balaídos, a visit to the dentist who every year takes a tooth out of the Catalan team. With Toto Berizzo, with Juan Carlos Unzué, with Fran Escribá and with Óscar García Junyent, Celta has five seasons stealing points from Barça in Vigo, but this time the damage went further. The goring can be fatal for the reigning champion if Real Madrid does not lose this Sunday in Cornellà, a place always friendly for white interests: the leadership would be two points more the ‘goalscoring’ in the absence of six days.

In the direct free game, Messi and Iago Aspas They signed some tables that do not satisfy anyone. The Argentine teacher came out with the double barrier of Celta, who placed a defender on each post defending the cobwebs and found Luis Suarez in the small area, who did not forgive his head. The artist from Moaña, however, used the film library of his technical staff to study the weaknesses of the Ter Stegen barrier and found in Griezmann’s jump enough space to mark the final draw.

The 90th minute approached and Barcelona promised them happy with a 1-2 without brightness, but neither mud. They had simply lacked aim to sentence earlier and forcefulness so as not to open the door for Celta, who in Vigo’s visits to Vigo plays a career. Messi had forgiven, surprising as it may seem, a bunch of occasions that have already earned him 699 goals throughout his career, and perhaps it is precisely the desire to round the figure that has been penalizing him in recent days.

Had failed Ter Stegen, suggested every time you step on Balaídos for his gross mistake in 2016 that already cost a defeat, but this time Jordi Alba appeared to avoid what then would have been 1-1 immediately after both Suárez. Umtiti had also failed, who was seen sewing in a counterattack between Aspas and Okay that ended with pleasure Smolov. And Piqué ended up failing, committing the offense in ’87, in an untimely tackle that was not his seniority, not even his usual mettle to go to the ground.

He who did not err was Luis Suarez, which marked after half a year not one, but two goals that were of little use. The first, already reported; the second, at the half turn and with the left foot assisted by Messi after a robbery by Semedo in the front. The instinct in the Uruguayan area seemed essential in the sprint race for the title, but it comes late and when the team’s problem has spread to all areas. It is not that there is a goal missing, it is that there is not too much football and the defense waters the counterattack.

Celta, who is moving away from the drop to eight points, regretted not getting more loot in the penultimate match. Aspas invented an assist for Denis Suárez and the ‘6’ put him on tray to Nolito on 3-2, but the brand new signing of Celta crashed with Ter Stegen.

The good news in Barça’s key, by looking at the glass half full, was the ownership of Riqui Puig and Ansu Fati. The midfielder, with a magnet on the instep and a videogame-oriented control, has to be an essential part of solving Barça’s problems. The winger, much more incisive and participatory than Griezmann, is claimed as a fixture in the offensive rotation for next season. Another thing is that Quique Setién is on the bench to put him, that seen what is seen, does not look good.