The Blaugrana suffered against Celta who deserved more in a worrying second half of the team
The result does not cover up a poor game that will have to improve a lot to beat the Italians
Barça has not returned from the national team break, is still installed there, healing the wounds in the form of injuries caused by a UEFA Nations League that turned the Blaugrana infirmary upside down. The team has survived in the two league games after suffering the ‘FIFA virus’, against Mallorca a week ago and against Celta last night: two victories by the minimum whose reading goes by neighborhoods and depends on the look of each one. numbers will guarantee those who look at the classification and see Barça at the top, while the most demanding will warn that, playing like this, the season is going to be uphill. They are all right.
Although there is a small big difference between one game and the other because in Palma the team arrived somewhat dizzy, but against Celta at the Camp Nou the three points are not enough for a Barça that needs to maintain an ascending line and reconnect with its start to the season . Busquets, Pedri and Gavi supported the team in the first half and Ter Stegen did so in a very worrying second half, inexcusable given what is to come this week.
Barça is not a team that knows how to live off the result, which is always the consequence of their state of mind, of their football moment. It is difficult to think that Xavi’s men can learn to win without being better than their rival, without dominating while feeling superior. This Barça competes much better than in recent years and there are the markers, at least in LaLiga. As certain as Inter and Real Madrid will demand much more than what was seen in the last two league victories. Pedri’s goals, even those unfairly annulled, Gavi’s omnipresence, Piqué’s insurrection and Ter Stegen’s return to life are very good news, yes, although the second half against Celta requires, first, a deep reflection and, second, a forceful reaction that returns the smile without which this team does not know how to have fun. Suffering and winning is synonymous with competing, but that style does not go with the way of understanding this sport at the Camp Nou. Suffering and winning are just collateral virtues to good football.