The magic of Lamine Yamal is destroying Mallorca

Barcelona sweated ink to beat Mallorca and stand in the last ten games in LaLiga with options to still dream of the title, as long as Madrid leaves a point. Barça’s success was no less It forces the leader. Another thing is that, in terms of playability and solvency, it gives confidence to accept Naples. A great goal from a great Lamine Yamal started a match in which the Barcelona team It’s not comfortable against a fierce rival. Gündogan missed a penalty that would have eased things and, four days before the return of the Champions League, Barça feared losing another player but Raphinha only suffered a knock.

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At Barça there is no value other than winning and Lamine Yamal understood better than anyone, saving his team from the anodyne tone it had adopted in many episodes. In the field of sensations for Naples, it is difficult to evaluate a match that was resolved by the Barça team but in many stages it was difficult for them against a tough Mallorca.

They didn’t paint things are perfectly fine, whose midfield was broken without Pedri and De Jong and with a full-on Gündogan who, under normal conditions, would have been rested against Mallorca. Lewandowski rested, and came the big surprise of the preview: Marc Guiu played up front, ahead of Vitor Roque in the hierarchy presented by Xavi. Another surprise is Raphinha’s position as a right insider. He ran a lot, suddenly appeared from the left and changed, but in the height of misfortune he retired wounded.

Barcelona came alive dominant at the start of the match, even without generating opportunities. As always, things happened when Lamine Yamal arrived on the scene. And those that come from general boredom. A great vertical pass from the young winger to Raphinha led to a penalty from Copete, who accidentally hit the Brazilian’s ankle while running and caused him to fall. VAR warned Iglesias Villanueva, who reviewed it and whistled a maximum foul, which the Balearic defenders did not even protest. Gündogan missed from eleven meters. The goalkeeper easily stopped his shot. And, moreover, Raphinha asked for the change after a few minutes.

Harmless to Barça, Mallorca decided to bother. Muriqi heads a cross from Morlanes and Larin narrowly misses it. And Cubarsí blocked a very dangerous arrival from Larin moments later, outpacing Iñigo on the move, after Lamine’s beat. And there was still time before the break for some attempts by Mallorca, with moves against a rather tense Barça. A center from Darder that Morlanes combed was caught by Ter Stegen, ‘the Orange Spider’ yesterday, and a very quick move from Muriqi ended with a shot into the side of the netwith a reaction from Iñigo, who covered the shot very well.

It did not appear no intensity in Barcelona. At some point it looked like the last minutes of San Mamés and the public began to lose hope and whistled, although Joao Félix proved it with an inaccurate shot. With more or less success, but Fermín’s introduction provided some electricity and a header from the midfielder forced Rajkovic to show off and send for a corner. But the team is gradually disappearing, no ideas, no precision and, sometimes, no energy to go for the game.

Barcelona started the second half with a shot from Joao Félix that was deflected but Rajkovic cleared by the post, although the players gradually thawed and the rain returned. Muriqi heads the crossbar from a hanging ball after a foul. It was offside, but even ‘the Orange Spider’ didn’t react. The response, amazingly, came from the boots of Lamine, who took a shot from his hat that hit the crossbar after Rajkovic had cleared a poisoned cross-shot from Cancelo.

Cu-cu-Cubarsi, the fans shouted Whenever the central defender took the ball from the dangerous Muriqi, while, up front, in need of scoring, Lamine, supported by Fermín, lit up the game. The youth are rebelling. A superb drop shot from Marc Guiu to Gündogan was finished beyond belief by the German.

Due to necessity, the barcelonista bench gave an entry to Lewandowski and Vitor Roque, who came out with great enthusiasm, instead of Joao Félix and left the center for the Polish striker.

Located on the left of the attack, Vitor Roque applies himself to playing the ball with strength and, at the same time, entering the area to finish. A header from the Brazilian to Lewandowski’s center went wide, just wide. But the magician plays to the right and his name is Lamine Yamal. In the midst of Barcelona’s harassment, he caught a ball on the right side of the attack and, using his left, slipped the ball into the top corner with a wonderful, unstoppable shot. Great goal from the young man.

Barcelona suffered until their last breath, ending up defending the last play of the Cup finalist, never giving up.

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DATA SHEET

FC BARCELONA: Ter Stegen (1); Koundé (2), Cubarsí (3), Iñigo Martínez (1), Cancelo (1); Raphinha (2) (Fermín (2), 37′), Christensen (1), Gündogan (0) (Oriol Romeu (sc), 86′); Lamine Yamal (3), Marc Guiu (1) (Lewandowski (1), 61′), Joao Félix (1) (Vitor Roque (2), 61′)

RCD MALLORCA: Rajković (3); G. González (1), Nastasic (1), Raíllo (2), Copete (2) (Radonjic (), 83′), Lato (1) (Jaume Costa (1), 70′); Darder (1) (Antonio Sánchez (1), 70′), Samu (2), Morlanes (2) (Dani Rodríguez (1), 60′); Larin (0) (Abdon (), 83′), Muriqi (1)

THE OBJECTIVES: 1-0, Lamine Yamal, 73′

Referee: Javier Iglesias Villanueva (0), Galician Committee. Cards on Iñigo Martínez (53′), Samu (86′)

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