Ter Stegen isn’t stopping the bleeding of goals at home either

As expected, Marc ter Stegen He returned to the Barça goal against Granada after receiving a medical discharge. Three months later, the German goalkeeper returned to the eleven with the captain’s armband, but his presence did not change the dynamics of the team in the final games at the Estadi Lluís Companys. He Barça They have won just two of their last five home games, drawing one and losing the other two. And what is more complicated to understand: They received 14 goals, almost three per game. Four against Girona, two against Almería, five against Villarreal, none from Osasuna and the three from yesterday against Granada.

Ever since Girona visited Montjuïc two months ago, Barça was still a soft team. On that day (2-4) he was overtaken and ended up beaten, despite that fact Lewandowski They even had a tie in extra time. Against the Nasrid team there were three goals against and this time it was not the fault of the goalkeeper. It is an endemic evil, apparently structural.

And that against the Andalusians Barcelona He did well to get the game back on track before half-time. Beyond the goal of Lamine Yamal, who at 16 is the only one you expect to handle the ball because he always creates danger, Lewandowski He had two good opportunities that he missed. A cross from Yamal to the far post that he couldn’t connect and the second, an error inappropriate for a striker of his category. After a great collective play with a backheel Peter including, Gundogan He put it in so he could have scored if he wanted to, but Hongla cleared it off the line. In total, the lowest 2-0 went to 1-1 as Granada did not hesitate to pierce the fragile Barça goal with a whiplash against the squad of Ricard Sánchez, a culé youth player until the youth team.

More than names

Xavi Hernandez he gave it stripes again Inigo Martinez after overcoming the injury. The Basque centre-back, who already had minutes in Vitoria last week, occupied the axis alongside Cubarsí with Koundé on the right and Cancelo on the left. Araujo did not play yesterday. But it is no longer a matter of names. Christensen He became a pivot again, but the team also did not get consistency.

There is an important aspect of football, but also an aspect of concentration. He Barça disconnecting at important moments of the meeting. Yesterday they didn’t score against Barcelona at the start, but they scored shortly before going to the dugout at halftime. And when he conceded a second on the hour mark, he was able to equalize three minutes later. Lewandowski He fixed his mistakes in the first half to get his team back on track. An emotional blow that lasted three more minutes. How long before Granada got on the scoreboard again.

Then, Barça went back to shooting with all their heart and throwing balls at speed. Only Laminate He brought out his pride and magic again to score the third in a commitment action. He steals the ball and shoots hard. A good goal. But that’s where it all ended. This time not anymore Guiu He saved them from the bell.