it happened One of the most complex visits of the league’s second round and Barça passed the competitive test. Villarreal couldn’t stop a Blaugrana team on their way to the domestic championship between their eyebrows. stubbornThe culés did not bargain for victory. The work wasn’t brilliant from start to finish: it replaced splendid moments with other clenching moments. Both aspects are important in any project aiming to become a champion.
came out with everything Xavi. Realizing that the opportunity to be 11 points behind Real Madrid cannot be missed, the Barça coach chose the 11 he trusted in Estadio de la Cerámica. Crippled Busquets and Dembelé without Kessie and Raphinha They rounded out the roster tasked with sealing the best undefeated streak since the man’s arrival at the Camp Nou bench from Egar. The culé team chained in Villarreal, with solvent and solid performancetheir sixteenth game in a row undefeated.
Quique Setién somewhat surprised him with his cohesion and subsequent approach. He left the highly inspired Chukwueze on the bench and strengthened the midfield with a much more defensive profile like Coquelin. Gerard Moreno missed the match due to physical problems. Morales reassured him. Barça did not spare the forward pressure from the locals and they barely needed three minutes to approach very dangerously into Pepe Reina’s field. Pedri enabled Lewandowski, but He was unsuccessful in defining the striker. The two protagonists of the game reunited shortly after a quarter of an hour to play a magical game and defeat the Madrid goalkeeper.
The connection was barbaric. Raphinha leaked the ball, and the performers “danced” in the Castellón area. Pedri, behind a wall with ‘Lewy’, He celebrated his seventh goal on the course. Before that he was very good and determined. Now he is scoring goals too. The Canary amused more than ever in the Barcelona team’s extremely audacious bid, which would have been unthinkable without Araujo’s physical prowess in the open field, the quiet strength of Kounde and Christensen (despite some specific faults), the feisty Kessie and the recovering Frenkie. . All blaugrana football players displayed confidence and security. All of them had only victory on their minds.
In the last minutes of the last part of the first half he had to endure a torrential ‘groguet’ with more than one roar. Villarreal had a few clear chances. Morales squandered them, first with a very flawed acrobatic shot and then a one-on-one against Ter Stegen. Lewandowski also managed to widen the score between both acts. ‘9’ helped and added a lot in every way, but it wasn’t his most visionary night to score.
suffer with reward
In the boot bars of the reboot, Missing the ball, Barça could not be comfortable in the ‘green field’. Replacing the injured Coquelin with Chukwueze left Villarreal unbalanced and forced Balde to be more conservative in the press. Xavi’s men took a step back. Araujo had to intervene so as not to give Yéremy’s pleasure a chance. He celebrated it like a goal. Few players enjoy the martial arts as much as he does. His passion. Raphinha could have muted Ceramics after receiving a ‘gift’ from Lewandowski. His right-hand shot missed the goal, but hinted at visitors that he could do a lot of damage with the passes.
Minutes passed as Hernández depressed both teams with decisive decisions that were mostly successful but extremely delayed. He applied his own criteria. Barça flirted ‘accidentally’ but managed to clear the ball from Ter Stegen’s court. Ronald’s show of defense as a real safety net helped with this. Ferran Torres and Jordi Alba replaced Raphinha and Kessie, who were unstable in the last passes.. Frustrated by his suffering, Xavi realized he needed to keep the win to a minimum. Villarreal came close to a draw in extra time (in fact, Chukwueze scored but the goal was disallowed due to offside), but the three points were not missed.