Barça display to be even more of a leader

Edu Castro’s men were far superior on the Noia court (1-6) and the tie between Reus and Liceo (4-4) shot them up the table

Doubles from Helder Nunes and João Rodrigues, and goals from Pau Bargalló and Marc Grau sealed the win. Aleix Esteller discounted for the Noia

A thrashing with authority and solvency for Barça when they went to the Ateneu Agrícola in Sant Sadurní d’Anoia to Soberly overcome a Noia Freixenet (1-6) that has been subdued at all times by the intractable leader of the league, which is even more so after the tie between Reus and Liceo, his two pursuers.

The atmosphere that has received Barça on their visit to Sant Sadurní has ​​been that of great occasions. The local public has made an appearance en masse to try to push their own against the leader, but the azulgrana have not been intimidated at any time. Pere Varias has proposed a game in which not too many things happened, to try to make it long and minimize the transitions that Barça could have, which has caused a flat start and without much activity, except for a first attempt by Noia resolved by the defense culé

But Barça’s range of resources in attack is so varied that it didn’t take too long to become apparent. He did it with a shot from Helder Nunes (0-1, min.4), which crushed the initial resistance of those from Alt Penedès. The Portuguese, at Carnival time, has changed his goal scorer costume for that of an assistant and in a partnership with his compatriot João Rodrigues came second (0-2, min.11).

Instantly suppressed local reaction

The great threat that Nunes poses to the rivals has released a João who has shot first at the post that was not covered by Blai Roca. The Ateneu has been frozen and the Noia, incapable of generating real danger to the goal defended by Sergi Fernández, failed to connect the public to the game in the first half, which ended with this relatively comfortable 0-2 but which left the score wide open.

And in the restart, the locals have shown a very different face from the beginning. With much more dynamism and faster plays, Jordi Bargalló has found the hole to filter a ball than the local captain, Aleix Esteller, has culminated with a goal after a great turnaround (1-2, min.27). But the local reaction was quickly subdued by João Rodrigues (1-3, min.28).

Pau Bargalló wanted to emulate his brother Jordi with a great assist so that the Portuguese scored his particular double and silenced the Ateneu again. But Paueti didn’t just want to distribute, and after a twisted slate play with Helder Nunes, the top scorer in the league has scored goal number 32 that extends one more day his spectacular streak of seeing the goal in all the days of the Parlem OK League that he has played, which are already 18 of the 19 that have been played in total.

The party was already totally broken, and Barça has taken advantage of it to further widen the difference to be able to have a placid end of the game and frustrate the attempts of an always combative Noia. He was able to score another Pau Bargalló, but he was unable to convert a direct free kick due to the blue card that Aleix Esteller saw.

With superiority, Helder Nunes ran into the stick first, but in the second lash it did pierce Blai Roca’s net (1-5, min. 37), a few minutes before Marc Grau also inscribed his name on the list of scorers, taking advantage of a rebound after a play by Sergi Llorca (1-6, min.40), in which it ended up being the final goal.

In the last minutes, with the sign of the party already defined, Edu Castro’s men were able to minimize the risks before facing a more than demanding week with Lodi’s visit to the Palau in a Champions League match (Thursday, 6:30 p.m.) three days before receiving, also at the Palau, the Liceo (Sunday , 12.00 hours)ranked second in the championship but after drawing today in Reus (4-4) will reach 11 points behind Barça, which with 18 wins, one draw and no defeat continues with a practically flawless season.