The best version of , greatly relieved of his pubalgia, was not enough to avoid one of the biggest ridiculous things for Barça’s defense, just as fragile in the League as in the Champions League. The collective vulnerability was as overwhelming as the international striker’s performance was encouraging, decisive in his team’s three goals, who ended up celebrating the tie after the intervention of the Var, who corrected the referee in the annulment of a penalty and a goal in injury time by Vermant after an error by Szczesny. already warned every day against small and large rivals since the season began in Mallorca.
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Northern Alex, Hans Vanaken, Alexander Stankovic, Carlos Forbs, min.
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Wojciech Szczesny, Jules Koundé, Eric García (Pau Cubarsí, min. 93), Ronald Araujo, Alejandro Balde (Gerard Martín, min. 92), Marc Casadó (Dani Olmo, min. 57), Marcus Rashford (Roony Bardghji, min. 82), Fermín López, Frenkie de Jong, Lamine Yamal and Ferran Torres (Robert Lewandowski, min. 57)
Goals
1-0 min. 5: Nicolò Tresoldi. 1-1 min. 7: Ferran Torres. 2-1 min. 16: Carlos Forbes. 2-2 min. 60: Lamine Yamal. 3-2 min. 62: Carlos Forbes. 3-3 min. 76: Christos Tzolis
Referee Anthony Taylor
yellow cards
Raphael Ondika Nwadike (min. 31), Noundé (min. 46), Lamine Yamal (min. 80), Mamadou Diakkhon (min. 80), Fermín (min. 84)
Lamine’s anger contrasted with the submission of Barça, who no longer play nor come back from crazy games that they previously resolved with authority, until they crossed paths with Inter. The Blaugrana have stopped enjoying and functioning as a unit and are giving themselves over to painful survival exercises that also reveal the paralyzed Flick, unknown since he was injured. culerized and stopped being a German in Barcelona.
Flick repeated the same lineup as against Elche. Bruges also set individual marks in the midfield as most rivals in the League have already done. The antidote forces the Blaugrana to come out with the ball from their area with Araujo. The Uruguayan has ousted Cubarsí while Casadó plays in the absence of Pedri and Ferran remains in attack. The associative game is not easy for Barcelona and defensive concessions occur due to the poor synchronization of the pressure, the lack of intensity and the defensive permeability, especially on the sides, and especially by Koundé, who was hooked as soon as the match began and led to Tresoldi’s goal, enabled by Forbs.
Bruges’ dizzying transitions stripped away the disorganized and flaccid Barcelona. Barely a quarter of an hour had passed and Hayen’s team had already scored two goals because Forbs came out like a shot after a corner in favor of Barcelona and did not stop until he beat the petrified Szczesny. The Blaugrana attacked badly and contained worse because there was not a single midfielder to correct the losses, split in half, slow and clumsy in the retreat due to Flick’s desperation. The best solution was for Lamine to delay his position and become Barça’s playmaker. From a pass from the winger, Casadó progressed and Ferran scored the 2-1 score. Bruges’ defense seemed ultimately as fragile as Barcelona’s.
The attacks began to be more sustained when the Blaugrana began to control the game from possession and the arrivals followed one another in the Jackers area. The shots, however, did not hit the target and, when they hit, the post returned Koundé’s shot. Ferran also missed the mark after going around the goalkeeper when he had been set up by a deep and precise pass from Lamine. The lack of aim prevented Barça from correcting the score before reaching the break after a calamitous start due to the passivity and disconnection of Flick’s team. The match demanded more aggressiveness and quality from Barça against a Brugge team that was as selective as it was intimidating in its counterattacks against the revelry at the Jan Breydel stadium.
The contest was left very open due to the permeability of the two teams, both dedicated to an open field duel, more inclined if anything towards the Belgian goal and, however, just as or more dangerous when the leather was directed towards Szczesny. Fick soon turned to Olmo and Lewandowski. The football was aired and the score was 2-2 after Lamine leaned on Fermín to cross into the net with the tip of his left foot an individual play presided over by two dribbles and a croquette that were impossible for Hayen’s team to defend. The goal, however, confused Barcelona, who overconfidently put Brugge into orbit.
The Blaugrana gave Forbs two consecutive scoring chances. The forward shot wide without a goalkeeper and immediately made amends to make it 3-2. The Belgians went into space, behind the Barça full-backs, and in two passes they faced Szczesny. Lamine gave up after making it 3-3, which Tzolis scored in his own goal. Not even from the exchange of blows did Barça manage to save the work of Lamine, whose despondency forced them to fix a joke defense before returning to the Camp Nou.
