Updated Wednesday, October 4, 2023 – 23:19
A solitary goal from Ferran Torres was enough for the Blaugrana to win a victory that allows them to climb to the sole lead of their group in the Champions League.
Ferran Torres celebrates his goal, this Wednesday.Luis VieiraAP
Gritting my teeth and doing the minimum. This is how Bara managed to take a long-suffering victory from Porto that allows them to climb to the top of their group in the Champions League. Ferran Torres, an emergency replacement for Lewandowski forced to go to the locker room early due to a strong rival tackle, was in charge on this occasion of scoring a goal that was worth its weight in gold for the Blaugrana. In the end, 0-1 was enough for those of Xaviagainst a rival who harassed and knocked down his goalkeeper and who had one more on the grass after the expulsion for a double yellow Gavi. [Narracin y estadsticas]
Football often has unexpected twists and turns. Although Porto had the clearest options to open the scoring, with continuous harassment of the Barça area, it was Barcelona that went into the break ahead in the light. Ferran Torres, replacement for Lewandowski who left the field after half an hour due to a severe blow to his left ankle, took perfect advantage of a good assist from Gndogan after a mistake by Romario Bar to open the scoring in the first half’s stoppage time. His delivery was of no use to the locals. Nor, claiming a penalty that was not awarded as such by either the referee or the VAR. No matter how well they had done until then, everything went uphill for them in just a breath.
At the restart, Porto took to the field with all their might. And it didn’t take long to have a great option, by way of a Pep that stood alone before Ter Stegenwhat Kound, at the limit he managed to send to corner. The Portuguese team tried to recover its most incisive version. The same one that put water up to Bara’s neck at the start of the first half. The Barcelona defense, however, was much more solid in this case.
Many options of Porto
And it was precisely that solidity that also allowed Xavi’s men to also have a little more control of the game. But, even so, it was once again the Portuguese who were most clearly around the goal, after a mistake in the Barça start culminated in a shot by Taremi that missed very close to the post. AND Wendellshortly after, would test the mettle under the sticks of a very concentrated Ter Stegen.
The Barça goalkeeper still had to make a couple more good saves. One, with a forced shot Tarem. The other, in a distant shot of Galen. Things could have gotten complicated for Bara in the final stretch of the duel. In the first instance, for a penalty awarded in the first instance by Anthony Taylor by the hand of I cancel finally invalidated at the request of the VAR due to a previous handball Eustace. In the second, due to a scissors goal by Taremi, which was in turn invalidated due to offside. The locals tried again and again. In a thousand possible ways. But the three points, in the end, went to Barcelona.
2023-10-04 21:19:59
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