FC Barcelona went almost two and a half years without celebrating a goal from a direct free kick until recently Ferran Torres broke the bad statistic. It was in the Liga match played at the Estadi Olimpic de Montjuïc against Betis when the international winger succeeded by scoring with a shot that narrowly evaded the green and white barrier and, later, he admitted that this was not his technical intention. The fact is that 41 free-throw shots are necessary for the culé to celebrate a goal for his team achieved in this way. The former was signed by Leo Messi in May 2021. Xavi Hernández, culé coach, has already warned this season that they are doing this work in training with the desire to perfect their goal. The club, through its social networks, showed pictures of that effort on Monday.
In the pictures at the Ciutat Esportiva de Sant Joan Despí, it was observed how a barrier was raised mechanically to make it difficult to take free kicks by Robert Lewandowski and Ronald Araujo, for shots by a right-handed player, and by Lamine Yamal , for shots by a lefty. The culés footballers celebrate their goal in the privacy of the training field, in the confidence of one day transferring it to a real match.
Source: La Verdad
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