Barça’s Defensive Lapses: A Cause for Concern

Barça returns to its old ways. It is starting to be a classic this season that the team enters asleep on the playing field. Whether in the first moments of the crash or just after the break. They have conceded a good handful of goals in those moments when the ball starts rolling. In Vigo it was Iago Aspas who took advantage of a defensive imbalance in the center of the defense, they had just sat Araujo down, to tie the game. Barely two minutes had passed since the restart.

A few days ago it was Sancet who He did the same in Bilbao to also tie the match and, in the end, eliminate the Blaugranas from the Cup. And on three occasions the rivals have scored before the minute of the match had elapsed. You have to go out onto the field with greater concentration so as not to undo, in this case, the work done in the first half and Lewandowski’s goal or start against the current. Barcelona plays the first leg of the Champions League round of 16 in Naples on Wednesday. This competition does not forgive. Mistakes are costly and this season the Barça team commits too many in defense. And the problem is that knowing it, they are not able to avoid it. They still have time.

There are plays that deserve to be seen several times. The goal of Robert Lewandowski who opened the can is one of them. It’s a goal from a true center forward. There were only two touches. The Pole received the ball from Lamine Yamal, made extraordinary control at first to place the perfect ball and hit a powerful shot with his right foot that went into the net. For the center forward school.

Don’t get nervous with Victor Roque. It is true that he failed in some controls when he had received good balls from his teammates. You have to give it time. He has good things: he is fast, vertical and does not stop running. It is a matter of time before he begins to understand how this League works and, above all, how his team plays.

And there are already ten. With this Saturday Iago Aspas He has already scored a dozen goals against Ter Stegen. It’s his black beast. Nobody has scored as many goals against the German as the Celta striker. It is true that on this occasion he had the invaluable help of Koundé, but it is clear that Aspas always appears against Barça.

Again Lamine Yamal is decisive again. In the first half he was in charge of assisting Lewandowski in the first goal. In the second half stoppage time, he caused the penalty that helped win the game, even if it was a suspenseful one. Right now this 16-year-old kid is becoming the team’s main offensive asset.

2024-02-17 19:43:16
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