Another victory at the minimum but with control and a great Pedri

He boat they again won an important game in a field with the lowest complexity (1-2). As it happened on Saturday at Girona, where the Catalans won 0-1. However, the sensations yesterday at Benito Villamarin They are very different from those lived by the culé during the meeting of Montilivi. Because from the first moment before him Legs he boat He established himself very well on the field of play, energetically exerting advanced pressure which made it difficult to get out from behind an opponent who was used to having a lot of the ball and a lot of searching in the opposite area and dominated the game with great maturity until the end. -he scored the goal.

He was yesterday boat He didn’t suffer as much as the other victories where he won the lowest. In the end he conceded a goal that forced him to watch the last ten minutes of the match, including injury time, but he did not suffer like a cat’s belly to get the three points, as he should have done, for example . , at the Metropolitan before him Atletico Madridthat day Ter Stegen put out some saving hands and where Araujo He cleared a ball that slipped under the sticks, past the German goalkeeper.

Again with four midfielders in the eleven, the boat He dominated the game, without a doubt, against an opponent who also wanted the ball and yesterday was forced to defend in his field and stood against his will against the thrust of the Barça engine room. The ball outlet is clean, with Christensen, Busquets and Dejong finding a good road and with a bucket deep and dangerous And in the danger zone, where every pass is worth a lot of money if executed well, he shined Peter, clairvoyant, brilliant, aesthetic player who goes up against big rivals who also want to play and don’t abuse the underground game. And the Legs He has the greatness that his coach gives him, Manuel Pellegriniand category players and the touch of Carvalho, channels and fekir. Peter He also had two scoring chances, one in the first half where he failed to finish after a good move in the area, and another in the second where the Betis goalkeeper, Rui Silvacleared a great shot from the canary with a good hand, hard and well placed, clearing a ball that slipped.

The team also excelled in the defensive aspects as decisively as the withdrawals. Playing as much in the opposite half as he did boatseveral defeats caused Betis to look for the long ball to accelerate in the space of Luis Henriquea fast and efficient Brazilian striker, and Borja Iglesias. In those situations, the team Xavi Hernandez reacted with amazing defensive voracity, leaving some intensive withdrawals with no option to deal with Ter Stegen in green and white forward. And this is the body of a defensive line formed by Koundé, Araujo, Christensen and bucket is no comparison to what they can contribute, for example, to the times that players like Gerard Piqué or Sergi Robertoto give two examples.

The only mole is the boat He conceded a goal, in this case an own goal, when he was leading 0-2. The bad luck is the same Koundé This made the final stretch even more tense for the Catalans, but they did not suffer and also finished the game in place of Legs. He boatyesterday, it was big, as in Super Cup he is new Madrid.