There are games that are explained with a goal, especially when the author number 30 of the Polish in the season was a blessing for Barça in his sorrowful game with Alavés. The striker does not fail before the Vitoria team and already adds seven targets in four League matches. Lewandowski was the solution when the anxiety could the Barca in an appoint the appointments against the Leganés, Las Palmas and the Getafe. The series had no continuity with Alavés because Flick’s changes improved the team and enabled Lewandowski.
Sincerely from the play-off in the Champions League you are waiting to visit Mestalla on Thursday in the Cup, the League became a priority for Barça, and more after the result of Espanyol-Madrid, the two rivals par excellence of the Catalans, So there were no rotations and Flick aligned the headlines against Alavés. The coach did not want any concession by an unreliable team against rivals that were poorly located in the classification and who likes to eat more than play – a victory in the last five games – at 14.00, a schedule that favored The presence of many children in Montjuïc.
At 17, cheerful and fun, unstoppable in a leadership with the left in which he eliminated with his half -team dribbles from Alavés before passing the ball to Raphinha. The extreme virtuosity contrasted with Gavi’s combativity. The steering wheel’s head, already admonished by an entrance to Tenaglia, crashed with Conechny’s in a divided ball and both had to be replaced, the two shocked by the blow, although Gavi resisted the change, until Flick measured. The faults and interruptions happened and Barça did not take the thread to a meeting played with the Alavés instruction manual.
The frequent arrivals of the Coudet team were imposed on the bad departures of Barcelona. Football was located on Barca court and the memory of Lamine’s initial play weighed much more than Barça’s discontinuous game. There was no rhythm or fluidity and less shots at Owono’s goal. There was not a single Barça one who felt comfortable on the court in the desperation of Barça’s coach. The Barca ones were held in defense for the offline and did not find a way to attack the Alavés. The ball and the opposite burned the Barcelona, very inaccurate and far from the rival arch, without further shot in half an hour than one very deviated from Lewandowski, very counteracted by the defenses of Alavés.
The Polish was not fine, nor did Raphinha hit, Lamine had disappeared and Pedri did not appear until minute 43 with an easy chut for Owono. The Barca ones were immobilized and deranged by Alavés. Flick intervened at the break with two changes to speed up the game: Eric replaced Araujo and Jong to Casadó. The game revolved in favor of Barcelona, more intense and demanding with Alavés, who began to give up ball plays stopped at the impatience of the fans of Montjuïc. And at the exit of a corner came the goal of Lewandowski. Pedri picked up the rejection, changed to the right side for Lamine and the cross crossback was hoisted to one foot from the goal line for the left -handed pichichi.
Pedri was more close to the opposite field with De Jong, Eric better cleaned the ball that Araujo in the Barça zone and Lamine was more incisive with the rear of Alavés. The game became a coming and coming more to Barça. The score was still very uncertain and therefore any error could endorse the offensive load of Coudet. Alavés’s pressure was increasing and Barcelona failed to thread football or finishing a play despite the good support that was the entrance of De Jong and the excellent defensive cuts of Cubarsí. The Barcelonistas suffered a good time until the end of the contest for the affront of Alavés. Coudet arranged to three strikers while Flick replaced Lewandowski. The focus stopped following the center striker to look at goalkeeper Szczesny.
And the goalkeeper exercised his veteran and hierarchy, already fulfilled the 34, knowing his ownership by Flick. There was no concessions on the Barca side, which had six games fitting goals, and the team was four points from Madrid and three of the Atlético in vigels of the derby in the Bernabéu. Sometimes it is not necessary to bend – the Barcelona adds 104 in 34 games – but it is enough with a single goal at the time of the game to warn that they want to compete for the League. In need of points for its descent position, Alavés demanded a more rigorous and less fun version of Barça. A trigger would have been a deterrent for the Flick team race, so that the 1-0 was a relief for the team and a success for Lewandowski.
