It’s not the first time the lions have had a good game in the barça fiefdom and it didn’t do them any good. When you play badly, they beat you; When you play regularly, you will lose and when you play well, you will also lose, but with a strange feeling, which is useless in numbers.
Athletic took credit on Sunday at Montjuïc against Xavi’s Barça for getting a point, but let’s not kid ourselves either. Unai Simón is the best lion of the game, by far. That is why he, of course, like Ter Stegen, also appeared in important moments. The red and white team still needs more to break the curse of the Barça team in their own field.
We all left Montjuïc with the feeling that we had lost a good chance to beat the Blaugrana team. He came with a big loss, after the break of the national team where he might have been more confused, but not for that reason. Barça are struggling to play their home games, although the truth is they have played them all.
It is not that galactic group that overpowered you in the not too distant past and, yet, it maintains its stability as before. This time, a youth player, Marc Guiu, scored in Flanders, 32 seconds after his debut. Very Athletic style too.
The red and white team ran out of steam in the last 20 minutes. The wardrobe of the locals, despite being very young, showed that they can add another gear to the game. Valverde made the changes to win, but it didn’t work.
In the last third of the game he showed very little appearance in the opponent’s area. It seems like a perfect time to get another score, but not this time either.
The controversy
It’s true that the game could have changed had Martínez Munuera or his VAR colleague called a penalty for Cancelo’s clear grab on Nico Williams. With or without Negreira, life goes on. Due to repetition, the grip seems to be sufficient.
Elsewhere we already know what will happen. The Athletic forward, yes, lacked the mischief to let himself fall. If he did, at least, he would have put the referees in a bind.
With the background of Xavi’s team, he probably won’t call it that way. It’s infuriating to see how Barça players protest every play without anything happening, and they want to play the role of victims, which makes you cry.
I don’t like whiny coaches, and I don’t think we should get carried away by the heat, but every now and then I like to hear Valverde be a little blunt when it comes to defending his club’s interests. , when analyzing the controversial plays of some matches in the press room. It has been proven that he who does not cry does not drink, and to emphasize that the deprivation of the Barça right back of the red-and-white striker in the last duel in Montjuïc was a penalty, it is an obligation for the red-and – white coach because that play can change the direction of the match.
Source: La Verdad
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