In an incomprehensible performance, in another rout that is difficult to explain, the Barça gave second place to a Girona Profile Champions League, excited to play the Saudi Arabia Super Cup and capable of showing off by coming back. Xavi’s team also served the league victory on a plate to the Real Madrid, although it was a matter of time. It was 4-2, like in the first round, but the score could have been bigger if not for Ter Stegen and by Koundé.
A new bird, those that had already been seen too many times, condemned the Blaugrana in the second half. Michel moved pieces late in the second half, with Port as an orchestra conductor, and Girona He knocked out an unknown Barça suddenly. On the canvas, stunned, Barça did not know how to get up, leaving Montilivi to have a party. The stadium, old but sturdy, rumbled and the flags moved in the wind with the sunlight leaving for a symbolic sunset.
The volcanic challenge of securing second place led to two elevens with a marked profile Champions League. Michel came out with the best, with the retouching of Tsygankov by Yan Couto, and Xavi repeated the last bets, without giving ownership this time to Pedri. Fermin He won the game again. There were no moments of general indolence, nor of speculation, nor time for well-founded fear. The first to hit was Barça. A chipped ball by Lamine served Chistensen to, in offensive steps, beat Gazzaniga with a low and placed shot. Only three minutes had been played. Without time to celebrate, to assimilate the momentary success, Girona responded with a center of Miguel and a new shot from Pichichi Dovbyk, with Araujo taking all the attention. The Ukrainian has a bag of 20 goals for a reason, for being almost always the smartest in Girona. The game started again in a tie but five minutes into the game.
Those of Michel They appeared to be a rocky team, working even in the most critical moments, while the Barça He exhibited positional reliability and ball control, giving lessons on how to be smart with the ball. Under the motto of putting pressure player by player, Barça felt comfortable and offensive. As a result of his insistence, Sergio RobertHe tried it but the shot with the inside of his foot went wide. The subsequent headbutt of Christensen, again at the far post, narrowly missed. The Blaugrana’s declaration of intentions was not a bluff.
On the left wing the Barça danger was generated but on the right the quality was evident with individual duels that sparked. The mine was imposed, Savinho was seen for his speed and Koundé He corrected with the subtlety of an experienced guy. Barça has time to snatch second place, of course. There are four rounds at stake but it won’t go very far in Europe.
The domain was Barça and the Girona he defended himself. Not always. Before half an hour, Savinho subjected again to Koundé, who had the referee’s favor by aborting and invalidating a raid with the scent of a goal. To the team of Xavi Only the goal resisted him. A new center I cancel I finished it off Gündogan. He Barça he wrote one of his best performances.
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Barça’s persistence found a reward again. A diagonal cross Lamine Yamal ended with the youth player rolling on the grass for a driveway Miguel. The referee Hernandez Hernandez He did not point out a foul but corrected it after viewing the play on the VAR. Lewandowski He scored the maximum penalty with his usual little jump. The goal of his 17th that brought him closer to Dovbyk, with Bellingham still ahead.
Despite the dominance of the stage of Barçahe Girona He came out after the restart with the boldness with which he has walked this season. He was neither intimidated by the apparent superiority of the Blaugrana nor by the consequences of the score. He conditioned so much that the culés ended up losing balls in an incomprehensible way. In the band, Xavi I didn’t understand what was happening and warned the script that it was close to breaking.
Without the rhythm of the first half but with longer possessions, Lamine Yamalfirst with weak shot, and I cancel With another, something stronger, they reminded the locals that they had come to win. Gündogan, from the front of the area, also gave a touch of attention.
And when he felt more uncomfortable and his game flowed less, Michel tweaked the eleven and the entry of Portu, on the first ball he touched, balanced the score again. Not only that, but on the next play, after two minutes, the Girona grew until it became a team of Champions. An error of Sergio Roberto lit up the stands. Portu’s 3-2, with the collaboration of Koundé, was a resounding slap to Barça morale. In Madrid They rubbed their hands thinking about the alirón.
Due to the changes or due to their own stimulation, it took Girona ten minutes to knock down Barça. Propelled by the momentary victory, a cross from the right hit the net to the despair of Ter Stegen that he didn’t understand anything. Like in the first round, a 4-2 that hurt a lot. With a quarter of an hour ahead, with the Girona come up, Barça tried to make up.
From a controlled match, Barça went on to a disastrous performance, incomprehensible and difficult to decipher. Lucky that Ter Stegen He maintained his dose of inspiration and Koundé went under the sticks to bail out some balls. Nothing else happened until the anthem of the Girona was heard over the loudspeakers and debauchery was unleashed in the stands.
DATASHEET
GIRONA
Gazzaniga; Eric García, David López (Portu, 65′), Blind, Miguel; Iván Martín, Aleix García, Yangel Herrera; Tsirankov, Dovbyk and Savinha.
FC BARCELONA
Ter Stegen; Koundé, Araujo, Cubarsi, Cancelo; Fermin, Christensen, Gundogan; Lamine Yamal, Lewandowski and Raphinha
Goals: 0-1: Christensen (3′); 1-1: Dovbyk (5′); 1-2 Lewandowski (45’+1): 2-2: Portu (65′); 3-2: Miguel Gutierrez (67′)
Referee: Hernández Hernández (Comité Canario), Shown yellow cards to Araujo (38′) and Sergi Roberto (43′)
2024-05-04 19:49:38
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