Back to 4-3-3 and Bucket, protagonist

Very happy and open game in the first part with a very brave Valencia, playing in the opposite field. But excellent assistance from Busquets an also excellent inside clearance by Raphinha changed the game by opening the scoring.

After the goal, a better Barça was seen, at times superior with a lot of prominence on the wings for Bucket and Raphinha. Balde gave breadth and depth on the left, as Xavi returned to 4-3-3 and Ansu he was going inside to leave the lane free.

Bucket took advantage of the position of Frankie Young, who was positioned as the third center-back on the left when the ball was released, covering him so that he could go up freely. The 2-0 did not arrive and he returned to send the Valenciawhile Barça conceded too many scoring chances.

Once again Barça, by itself, cannot be calm this season, and the usual thing happened again. Before, Kessie he had come on for De Jong in the 54th minute. There was a penalty missed by Ferran after that dispute to see who would take it and, if it was converted, it would surely have closed the game.

In the next action Ansu also shot at the postbut the key play came in the 58th minute. An error by Koundé caused the expulsion of Araujo as the last man. The reaction of the coaching staff was to give entry to Mark Alonso y Eric and overtake Balde to hold that half hour.

Curiously, it was the section of the game in which the team conceded the least clear chances, although it is true that there is a possible penalty action by Kessie that is highly, highly discussed. One more time, Barça signed the result that is achieving the most this season, 1-0.