BarcelonaBarça progress to the round of 16 of the Cup after a hard-fought victory (2-3) at El Barbastre, a Second RFEF team. With Josep Maria Bartomeu in the stands, Xavi Hernández’s men went from more to less and needed a goal from Lewandowski from 11 meters to avoid surprises. Next, some hot notes.
The same thing happens to me every year. The classic Cup tie against an amateur rival arrives and I reconnect with football. Accustomed as we are to the super-professionalized universe of the elite, with players who are celebrities, very expensive tickets and business, business and more business, it is a delight to see a whole Barça – with many millions on the field – against a team from the fourth division in a stadium with advertisements for butchers and hardware stores, additional stands and elevated light towers with platforms of work The grass isn’t the best and the VAR is missing, but it doesn’t matter if they recover for a while the usual football tics, the one that desperate projects like the Superliga want to steal from us.
Recent experience Of the eleven loaded with talent that Xavi presented in Aragonese lands, only two players have very recently what it is to scratch against veterans by trade (but without profit) in small fields and with the public above. One is Héctor Fort, who with only 17 years of age – and little more than 10 games of experience in the subsidiary – assisted with the precision that Balde has been lacking lately for Raphinha to make it 0-2. And the other is Fermín, who a year ago was a footballer for Linares and was – with a goal included – the best midfielder for Barça in Barbastre. How important it is to know the terrain well to do your homework. And how important it is not to believe anyone to perform as you should no matter how inferior the opponent is.
Believing Messi is bad business. This last comment goes to João Félix, who has lost his status as untouchable in the League and started in the Copa del Rey. The Portuguese, signed at the explicit request of president Laporta, continues in free fall. He had the chance to rebuild in the face of the Super Cup, which takes place this week in Saudi Arabia, and he disappointed again. In a fairly good first half for the Blaugrana, the ex-matalasser was infected by the collective raucousness and even applied himself in the pressure. On the other hand, in the second, he returned to the tepid tone and self-sufficiency that made Simeone so desperate. He abused defending with his gaze and made an unseemly mistake that got Barbastre into the game. Sins of believing yourself better than you really are.
20 games of tightrope walking. Well, no, Xavi’s Barça was not able to win by more than one goal against a team that plays three categories below. The current Barça group expands income as the least skilled in history when it comes to achieving comfortable advantages and managing them. It was close to breaking the dynamic thanks to a goal by Lewandowski from the penalty that made it 1-3 shortly before the end, but another maximum penalty, in this case in the area of Iñaki Peña, restored the minimum distance to the marker. Despite the good start to the match, Barça ended it in a storm, with Xavi’s brother on the street to protest and Iñigo Martínez injured on the day he reappeared. For every wash, a sheet, you.
2024-01-07 21:54:24
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