In the absence of brilliance, three points are good

Camp Nou breathed a sigh of relief as the match against Getafe ended in a draw win on the scoreboard. A pyrrhic victory, it was experienced, against a team that had come into free fall and its coach on crack, but a victory nonetheless. Pedri’s goal, in the first half, was enough, but Barcelona lacked the composure to close the game before a final in which Getafe looked for an equalizer close to Ter Stegen. There were no talents, but Barcelona accomplished the goal of putting pressure on Madrid in their match in Bilbao.

An intense start there is a desire, although there is little opportunity The score of the goal for Barcelona invited us to think about a match that could give continuity to the good feelings of the Spanish Super Cup, against a reserved Getafe, who took many precautions but, even that, ended up flirting with the tie when Barcelona’s game was rotten His conservative approach went up a gear and came to bother Ter Stegen.

the getafe He came out with a very clear 5-4-1, closed the gaps and did not let Barcelona think clearly in the last meters, despite the fact that the intensity was high. And without giving up on transitions. The Madrid team has a game plan and it will go well.

With Barcelona’s defense advancing well, the first warning came from Sánchez Flores’ men after three minutes in the form of a goal by Mayoral with a very clear offside at the start of the action, one of the capital letters and that now not signaled until the end of the play Celebrating clear offsides not signaled until the end of the play is odd. Two of those plays ended with a great intervention by Ter Stegen, against Enes Unal and Aleñá. Just in case, the German is there.

Ter Stegen, then two ‘one against one’ which for practical purposes was useless because the transfer ended up being invalidated, it was decided, when Barcelona had advanced on the scoreboard. Pedri’s loss of the ball in a very serious mistake, which was inappropriate for him, ended up in a one-on-one between Aleñá and the goalkeeper that was broken by Marc André.

Peter made up his mind

And Pedri has not only been one of the most farsighted footballers of the Barcelona team until then. And he also scored a goal that opened that wall from Getafe and in principle should make things easier. A Barça team that came out to press to recover balls near the Getafe area, with recoveries especially Pedri, was not clairvoyant in the last meters. Two kicks, from a Dembélé who had a frustrating day and from Gavi, with both Soria’s intervention, were Barcelona’s closest approach to goal, until a great hope from Christensen led to a through pass to Raphinha, who crossed for Pedro , from behind, finished 1-0.

help it didn’t work for Raphinha safety in the changes and he was sacrificed by Xavi to change the tactical drawing in search of improvement after the beginning in the second half without any brilliance on the part of Barcelona. Kessie came on for the Brazilian and Gavi returned to play as a false left winger.

In all of this, Getafe has already made a move to go for the game, more because of Barcelona’s lack of clarity than anything else. Barça scored with a Kessie shot saved by goalkeeper Soria and several counterattacks, but the small story of the game remained Pedri’s goal. Thanks, in part, to Ter Stegen, who stopped a cross in the Getafe area in the final minutes.

DATA SHEET

FC BARCELONA: Ter Stegen (3); Sergi Roberto (2) (Marcos Alonso (2), 77′), Koundé (2), Christensen (3) (Eric Garcia (2), 46′), Balde (2) (Jordi Alba (2), 46′) ; Gavi (3) Sergio Busquets (2), Pedri (3); Raphinha (2) (Kessie (), 62′), Ansu Fati (1), Dembélé (1)

Getafe CF: David Soria (2); Damián (2), Djene (2), Domingos Duarte (3), Alderete (2), Iglesias (2) (Gastón (sc), 84′); Borja Mayoral (3) (Portu (2), 77′), Algobia (1) (Gonzalo Villar (2), 62′), Milla (2) (Seoane (sc), 84′), Aleñá (3); Enes Unal (2) (Latasa (sc), 84′)

THE OBJECTIVES: 1-0, Pedro (35′)

REFEREE: Iglesias Villanueva (Galician Committee). Card to Alderete (44′), Dembélé (68′), Enes Unal (82′)

SPECTATORS: 79,814 at Camp Nou