BarcelonaPlacid victory for Barça in the League to dispel doubts and confirm that Robert Lewandowski is an offensive guarantee. After a two-game drought, the Pole bounced back with a brilliant brace. Ansu Fati, starter for the first time, completed the scorers’ box. Below, some hot notes from a night at the Camp Nou that calms boredom and monotony.
The best De Jong with Xavi? Barça reacted to the poor performances of the last few days with two tactical innovations that went well enough. The first, the entry into the eleven of Ansu and Ferran, two less pure wingers than Dembélé and Raphinha, reserves this Thursday after leaving the double clash with Inter and the classic. And the second, the substitution of Busquets for the benefit of De Jong, the best of the match with the permission of the great Lewandowski. The Dutchman, as a pivot, read the collective needs well and completed a promising performance. Will he manage to maintain the level?
Another kind of monotony. On the same day that his ex-partner dedicated a rather explicit song to him, Piqué found that even a converted full-back passes in front of him in the making of the lineups. A week and a day after making an unforgivable mistake against Inter Milan in the Champions League, he added the second consecutive League duel without being a starter. He only entered the game to oxygenate Kounde and had to hear boos from some critical fans. If Xavi keeps up the trend, the Barcelona centre-back, always a lover of strong emotions, will have an eternal season. It’s not like they didn’t warn him.
Don’t forget about it. Unlike Piqué, Jordi Alba did not expect the repeated substitution that he has found this season. He had under control the arrival of Marcos Alonso, but not the spectacular irruption of Balde. However, this does not justify his sporadic yawns on the bench. Against Vila-real Xavi did give him the title. Although he had the skilful Yeremi in his side, Alba delivered in defense and galloped in attack to facilitate Lewandowski’s first goal (goal), which arrived at just the right time so that the doubts were not resolved in the stands . Brand action from the house of a side as expensive as decisive in the final meters.
an institution Before the opening whistle, the Camp Nou kept a minute of silence in memory of José Manuel Llaneza, famous vice-president of Villarreal and essential architect of the modern splendor of the groguet team. He first facilitated the Roig family’s entry into the entity’s shareholding and then led resource management that was as imaginative as it was exemplary. If the old Madrigal, a small-town stadium, has experienced memorable Champions League nights, goals in baskets from Forlán or Palermo or the achievement of a Europa League (2021), it has been thanks to him. Damn leukemia.
