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22:16
Again Dembélé is through on the right. From the baseline he has an eye for de Jong lurking in the backcourt. Instead of pulling it off directly, the ball then awkwardly puts itself on the other foot, which simply takes too long. Again, the secure Cádiz defense is on the spot and can clarify.
55
22:13
Rubén Sobrino puts down Dest. That earns the Catalans a free-kick from the inside right. Depay adjusts the ball and looks for Eric García in the opponent’s penalty area. However, Fali is good and can resolutely clear with his head.
52
22:11
Dembélé pulls in again after a push on the right and wants to make the game fast. When passing to Depay, however, he is so surprised that he loses his balance and slips. The Blaugrana now seem quite counted.
50
22:08
Barca are struggling for the direct answer. Dest starts from the right and passes to de Jong, who lobs Dembélé. However, his powerful left-footed shot from 16 meters just misses the right post.
48
22:06
Tooor for Cádiz CF, 0: 1 by Lucas Pérez
With the first attack of the second round, the guests take the lead. Rubén Sobrino attacks through the center, passes to Álex and then launches into the interface. The high chip goes straight to the head of Rubén Sobrino, whose header from five meters is parried by ter Stegen as well as the first follow-up shot. After the second reflex, however, Lucas Pérez gets the ball and hammers the ball into the net from a very short distance.
46
22:04
The ball rolls again at Camp Nou. Both teams initially continue unchanged.
46
22:03
Kick-off 2nd half
45
21:48
Mid-term conclusion:
At the break, Barcelona and Cádiz were still 0-0, which resulted in loud whistles from the stands. The Blaugrana started very powerfully. Deep guests had to defend a ten-minute rush, but then found their own way into the game. With strong positional play and sometimes aggressive pressing, the Pirates were able to effectively keep Barca away from their own goal and even had the greatest opportunity of the first half after a counterattack when Lucas Pérez narrowly missed from eleven meters. Only shortly before the half-time whistle did the Catalans, who posed almost all the danger from Dembélé, develop another powerful phase, which, however, did not produce a crystal-clear chance. Consequently, the draw as a snapshot is quite okay.
45
21:46
Official stoppage time (minutes): 1
45
21:46
Alfonso Espino catches Frenkie de Jong on the heel when tackling from behind. This is also a clear foul, but it does not result in a warning. Busquets vehemently complained to the referee.
42
21:42
Busquets (Barcelona) is shown a yellow card.
Busquets comes up late against Jønsson with a tackle from the side and sends the Cádiz player over the blade. In itself a normal foul, but the Barca veteran makes such an entry again, which is why the sum of these small fouls now probably accounts for the first yellow card of the game.
40
21:41
Now the Catalans turn it up again. Depay would be there after a deflected cross from the left wing, so Ledesma had to jump forward and smack the ball. There, however, de Jong does not react quickly enough, so that Fali can clear with a tackle.
39
21:40
Dembélé is involved in almost every attack, starting from the center line here, letting Jønsson and Fali out one after the other, and then cheekily pulling away when everyone expects a pass. With a low shot from 13 meters, however, Ledesma is on the ground in time and successfully fends off.
37
21:38
Ousmane Dembélé turns up and tunnels Alfonso Espino on the right wing. The flank that follows sails dangerously into the sixteen, but Fali is there with his head and clears resolutely.
36
21:38
Busquets sends Ferrán Torres into the interface, who unfortunately takes the ball with his hand. The referee whistles the attack from logically. Barca continue to fail to come to a clear conclusion.
33
21:35
Álex sends Salvi on the left towards the baseline, but Dest and Dembélé, who help out at the back, combine their forces to stop the Pirates’ advance.
30
21:32
Busquets plays a strong pass to Gavi, which, however, can be boiled off in a duel by Espino. The Pirates are still impeccable defensively.
27
21:30
Big chance Cadiz! The first really compelling chance of the game belongs to the guests. After winning the ball, Rubén Sobrino lets Gavi stand after a pass and drives the ball forward on the right. At the perfect moment, the cross pass comes into the path of Lucas Pérez. Despite the free shot position, the attacker fired a left-footed shot from ten yards just past the guests’ box to the left.
25
21:26
Dembélé takes a corner from the right a little too low towards the first post, where Álex safely clears with a header.
22
21:24
Ousmane Dembélé comes through on the right wing and pulls inwards again with a lot of speed. This time he leaves two opponents standing and then shoots from eleven meters. However, his conclusion in the direction of the short corner is successfully blocked. Cádiz is still very secure defensively and has not allowed a clear chance against them so far.
20
21:22
After a strong pass into the depths, ter Stegen is first on the spot and lets the approaching Lucas Pérez get out with a body illusion. The Camp Nou applauds its keeper for this performance.
19
21:21
Ferrán Torres drives the ball forward down the left wing, but Raúl Parra deftly puts his body in and is able to put the Barca player in front with a fair tackle before he crosses. That too is well defended.
17
21:18
The Blaugrana are struggling to keep the momentum of the first ten minutes on the pitch. The guests are now pressing much higher, which means that Barca have to stop attacks and play the back pass again and again.
14
21:15
The Andalusians create the first significant chance of the game. Lucas Pérez claims the ball in the penalty area and then puts it through to the interface where Alfonso Espino is a millisecond late. Marc-André ter Stegen is first on the ball and can safely bury the ball under him.
12
21:14
As soon as Cádiz ventures forward, Barca can start the switching game after winning the ball. The counterattack rolls over the conspicuous Dembélé, who can now be decisively pushed aside by Fali.
11
21:12
The Andalusians are gradually arriving in the game and taking the wind out of Barca’s sails to a certain extent. Dembélé whirls to the right, then pulls in but can’t get past the alert Álex. The Pirates are now increasingly successful in conquering the ball.
9
21:10
After a strong liberation from the depths, Salvi starts from the middle line. On the one hand, however, ter Stegen is attentive, on the other hand, the ball is a bit too long anyway and silts up in goal. After all, a first sign of life from the guests.
7
21:07
Swinging start of the Blaugrana. Cadiz barely makes it past the halfway line and is pinched deep in their own third. But the Andalusians defend with a lot of heart and try hard to survive Barca’s early urge.
4
21:05
As expected, the Pirates are deep and the Catalans press for the early lead. Dembélé fuels up to the baseline and then just pulls straight to the short corner. Ledesma can only save from the front, whereupon Ferrán Torres comes up with a follow-up shot. The deflected shot only goes to the side netting before the subsequent corner brings nothing further.
1
21:01
Kick-off in Catalonia. The hosts play in their usual blue and crimson colors. The guests from Cadiz are dressed all in yellow. The ball is rolling at Camp Nou, where the entire Ultras fan block has actually remained empty.
20:32
There have been a total of 27 competitive games between Barcelona and Cádiz so far. The Blaugrana lead the direct comparison with 19 wins (five draws, three defeats), but are currently without a win against the Andalusians in three league games. Both the last home game at the Camp Nou against the Pirates (1-1) and the first leg in Cádiz (0-0) ended in the points being shared.
20:25
In the last league game, Cádiz suffered a 2-1 home defeat against Real Betis, in which a 1-0 lead was lost due to a penalty shortly before the end of the game. Coach Sergio then rotates hard. The Pirates made seven changes: Jønsson, Fali, Álex, Salvi, José Mari, Raúl Parra and Rubén Sobrino take over for Idrissi, Iván Alejo, Carlos Akapo, Álvaro Negredo, Fede, Chust (all six benches) and Alcaraz (suspended) .
20:19
The Cádiz Club de Fútbol, meanwhile, are deep in the relegation battle. Taking into account the results of matchday 32 so far, the Andalusians are in 18th place and one point behind the saving bank. Already with the draw in Camp Nou, the Pirates could climb the line again. At least the latest balance sheet reads quite solid. Coach Sergio’s selection has lost only two of the last eight league games (two wins, four draws).
20:13
In terms of sport, the Catalans still need every point. The Champions League starting place is only three points ahead of fifth-placed Real Betis, after all, not yet in dry cloths. Coach Xavi meanwhile reacted to the 2-3 defeat by Frankfurt with four changes: Frenkie de Jong, Clément Lenglet, Sergiño Dest and Memphis Depay are preferred to Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Óscar Mingueza (both bench), Pedri (thigh injury) and Ronald Araújo (yellow card suspension).
20:07
At FC Barcelona there is still a bad mood after the end of the Europa League quarter-finals against Eintracht Frankfurt. It’s not so much the 2:3 home defeat as such, but rather the fact that so many visiting fans conquered the largest football-only stadium in the world and almost turned the game into a home game, which both the club management and their own fans enjoyed persists. In protest, the Blaugrana Ultras returned late to the stadium after half-time on Thursday. The “Grada d’Animacio” group, among others, have announced a boycott of today’s home game against Cádiz CF.
20:00
Good evening and welcome from Camp Nou. Here FC Barcelona host Cádiz CF at 21:00 tonight in LaLiga matchday 32.