FC Barcelona without sick Frenkie de Jong narrowly passes Atlético Madrid despite an embarrassing penalty miss by Robert Lewandowski

FC Barcelona played Atlético Madrid on Tuesday evening without Frenkie de Jong. The midfielder has a fever. De Jong was also not present in the match against Alavés on Saturday, which was won 3-1. Spanish media then wrote that his absence was due to private reasons. The week before he was suspended for the home match against Athletic Bilbao. Therefore, the Dutch international has still not made his return to the renovated Camp Nou.

Uruguayan defender Ronald Araújo was also not on the player list. According to the Catalan press, he has decided to take “a break” for his mental health. Coach Hansi Flick said Araújo was “not ready to play”. According to the German, this has to do with a “personal situation”.

Embarrassing penalty Robert Lewandowski

However, Atlético took the lead through a goal by Alex Baena: 0-1 in the 20th minute. He finished it off with a nice bounce. The Madrid team’s lead did not last long. Raphinha put the 1-1 on the scoreboard.

In the 35th minute, Barcelona thought about a penalty. The ball indeed hit the spot. Robert Lewandowski got behind the ball and shot the ball sky high. He recently blasted a penalty wide.

Alvarez forgets to score an equalizer

The Pole thought he could score with his head a few minutes later, but closing post Jan Oblak made a nice save. The first match in the renovated Camp Nou went into the tea break with a 1-1 score. After the break, Dani Olmo made it 2-1 and joy at Camp Nou. Julian Alvarez had the score 2-2 in the 79th minute, but took his action too far and shot wide.

After that, the win was no longer in danger. In fact, Ferran Torres decided the game deep into injury time: 3-1.

Once again no Frenkie de Jong in the renewed Camp Nou: midfielder misses crack with Atlético due to fever