A goal from Joao Félix in the 36th minute was enough for Barcelona to add the three points, winning 0-1 on their visit to the Nuevo Mirandilla stadium in Cádiz, which pressed until the last moment, but without aim.. This result keeps Barcelona eight points from the lead and Cádiz in relegation positions to the Second Division.
Barcelona arrived with the casualties due to sanction of Lewandowski, Iñigo Martinez and Cancelo. Furthermore, thinking about the Champions League tie against PSG, Xavi Hernández, who was not on the bench due to suspension, revolutionized his starting eleven with eight changes compared to the last game. Only Ter Stegen, Cubarsí and Sergi Roberto repeated from the eleven that triumphed in Paris.
On the local side, there were no surprises in the initial bet by Mauricio Pellegrino, who had Álex Fernández as a midfielder to replace the injured Kouamé.
The triumph of Real Madrid in Mallorca (0-1) It moved Barcelona 11 points away from the lead, but gave wings to Cádiz, who, by having to receive the Majorcan players and being 6 points away, had it in their power to involve them in the fight for permanence.
Other good results for Cádiz had been the defeat of Celta (2-1 against Betis) and Rayo Vallecano’s home draw against Getafe (0-0). With those scores, the Cádiz team faced the clash knowing that adding would be a giant step to get closer to permanence, but losing would leave things practically the same.
The Cádiz team started with vigor in a game without a clear dominator in its first minutes. Cádiz put pressure on the visitors’ ball and surrounded the Catalan area, but without creating any clear danger. On the visiting side, just a deflected shot from Joao Félix as an offensive balance.
At twenty minutes, a double local approach put Ter Stegen’s goal in trouble, who first cleared a shot from Javi Hernández after a personal play by Robert Navarro and then easily caught a weak shot by Juanmi.
Christensen aborted a run by Chris Ramos, who reached the baseline, but ran out of ideas and could only get a corner as a reward. Immediately afterwards, a cross from Héctor Fort was poisoned and was sneaking into Ledesma’s goal, who was able to jump in time to clear it and concede a corner kick.
A flash of Joao Félix It was enough to open the scoring in the Nuevo Mirandilla. A corner kick was poorly cleared by the local defense and the ball reached the Portuguese forward, who with a bicycle kick between Javi Hernández and Iza Carcelén sent the ball into the back of the local goal.
Fermín was able to increase his income on the verge of the break. A dropped header from Sergi Roberto left his teammate alone, who shot and beat Ledesma, but he did not count on the appearance of Víctor Chust to deflect the ball almost over the goal line.
Without more approaches and more nerves than game, the break was reached in a match with greater local momentum, but with the score in favor of Barça’s Plan B, which also seemed to be playing at half speed.
With desire, but without success, Cádiz began the second half as they had already done in the first. Even with a goal disallowed for Juanmi due to a clear offside of several meters. And center back Víctor Chust also tried his luck, joining the attack for a corner kick with a subsequent play ending with a weak header.
Cádiz pressed so much that Barcelona made a triple change at the hour mark. Koundé, Pedri and Lamine Yamal came in for Christensen, Héctor Fort and Vitor Roque, with Sergi Roberto taking over at right back.
Iza Carcelén requested a penalty after falling to Cubarsí, but the play had been invalidated due to previous offside. Barcelona was not comfortable against a Cádiz team that maintained hope given the short score.
Joao Félix, Barça’s best attacking man, hit the post with a good shot. Cadista’s response was a long shot from the Samassekou just came in, forcing Ter Stegen to show off in Cádiz’s best opportunity. The German goalkeeper saved the tie with a spectacular stretch.
Cádiz did not consider the match lost, spurred on by its fans. In front, a Barcelona that tried to hold the ball through Pedri and keep it away from its area as much as possible to avoid any unpleasantness.
Already in extra time, a very deflected shot by Javi Hernández and a corner kick that did not find a Cadista finisher were the last local attempts, but without a reward.
– Datasheet:
0 – Cádiz CF: Ledesma; Iza Carcelén, Ousou, Víctor Chust (Lucas Pires, d. 83), Javi Hernández; Álex Fernández (Samassekou, d. 76), Rubén Alcaraz, Sobrino, Robert Navarro (Darwin Machis, d. 76); Juanmi (Roger, m. 76) and Chris Ramos (Maxi Gómez, m. 52).
1 – FC Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Héctor Fort (Pedri, m. 61), Christensen (Koundé, m. 61), Cubarsí, Marcos Alonso; Romeu, Sergi Roberto, Fermín (Raphinha, d. 80); Ferran Torres, Joao Félix (Casadó, m. 85) and Vitor Roque (Lamine Yamal, m. 61).
Gol: 0-1, M. 36: Joao Félix.
Referee: Pulido Santana (Canarian committee). He admonished Cubarsí (m. 26), Alcaraz (m. 46+), Sergi Roberto (46+), Javi Hernández (m.64), Ter Stegen (m.77) and Roger (m.84).
Incidents: Matchday 31 played at the Nuevo Mirandilla stadium in front of 19,607 spectators.
2024-04-13 21:18:59
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