Three of the four blue and white wins in history came after Barça celebrated a title. The Basque eleven scored early and Lewandowski scored late.
The story says that If Real Sociedad has to give Barça the hall of champions, they win. The tradition was fulfilled. The Blue and Whites lined up to pay tribute to the Catalans with the hope that the custom would be repeated, and after five minutes they were on track for victory. Something that happens from time to time.
Real won in the 78-79 League when Barça was celebrating the European Cup Winners’ Cup, and in 90-91 after Cruyff’s league alirón from Barça; In between, he prevailed in the 85-86 campaign, the exception without a corridor. After 32 years, 30 defeats and a draw, he took the points from the Barca party, which did not water it down, of course.
Ter Stegen, annoyed
He only annoyed Ter Stegen, who wants to close the League with the record for fewest goals conceded. He took two other additions to those of the derby. He prevented them from going any more with his interventions. The other objective, that Lewandowski scored, was met at the last minute, too late to thwart the habit.
The entertainment was taken for granted with the Barca détente and was accentuated with the early goal from Real, which was not in the forecasts (only two had been seen in the League, one from Joselu from a penalty and another from Koundé on an own goal), which kept the pace of the game high. He forced Barça to wake up, denying them the claim to recreate themselves with the chants of “champions, champions & rdquor ;.
Dembélé raised “ohs” of admiration with his feints and dribbling and “ohs” of disappointment at not finishing any play.
He had to roll up Xavi’s eleven and fight as if he needed the points. The night threatened dangerously with a wonderful Real, always interesting to watch and who, yes, needed the points to go to the Champions League. Even more so after Villarreal’s victory in Girona.
Three points with Dembélé
The first half passed at full speed due to mutual will and, undoubtedly, due to the sign of the marker. The ball threatened Ter Stegen and Remiro equally, with both teams very vertical trying to find the back of others, since the defenses were planted far from the goalkeepers.
Xavi recovered the three points with his favorite trio by embedding Dembélé as a left winger, which altered some of the team’s mechanisms. The greater depth of Barça with two very open wings reduced the inside game despite the fact that there were spaces.
Sorloth physically won the duels with Koundé, but Lewandowski did not have that luck with Le Normand, who shook him.
The absence of Gavi, sanctioned, and the usual inhabitant of Dembélé’s position was noted in the development of the game, although the absence of Pedri, squeezed, was more noticeable. Just like Araujo, much missed in the presence of Sorloth, a giant of similar proportions. A charge was enough to displace Koundé, steal the ball from him and create Merino’s goal. Given the evidence that the Frenchman lost every duel with Sorloth, Xavi replaced him with Marcos. Lewandowski did not have the same luck as Sorloth. Le Normand shook him nicely, without punishment. He did not know how to find the front of his spaces or stay connected with his teammates.
With Dembélé and Raphinha, who changed their positions for a long time, the ball did not stop in the center of the field, but went directly to the ends so that they could play it with their peers. Dembélé raised “ohs & rdquor; of admiration with his feints and dribbling, and then chained “ohs& rdquor; of disappointment for not finishing off the play with the right decision.
ancient resources
For recovering resources used in this campaign, Xavi recovered Balde for the right side as in times of crisis of injured. He went a little deep so as not to cross with his right foot and because Raphinha covered his space. The same thing happened to Alba with Dembélé, whom he could not bend.
Ferran came out for Kessie and Barça ended up drawing a 4-2-4.
Confirming that the team’s performance was worsening due to the drastic reduction in scoring chances, Xavi introduced Ansu Fati and Ferran. One of the changed was Kessié, which implied that one of them exercised inside. Ferran occupied that position but did not perform that role of linking passes by being located further forward.
Barça then drew a 4-2-4 and split. Only De Jong and Busquets were left in the middle and a loss from the Dutchman led to the second goal, with Christensen getting lost when he backed down. Again the azulgranas claimed a previous foul that Alberola Rojas, erratic and disconcerting in his opinion, ignored. Real had acquired too much of an advantage to lose it. With his defensive changes, he protected that historic booty that may last until the next culé alirón.
Data sheet
Barcelona: Ter Stegen (8); Bucket (6), Koundé (4), Christensen (5), Alba (6); Kessie (4), Busquets (6), De Jong (6); Raphinha (5), Lewandowski (5), Dembele (7). Coach: Xavi Hernandez (6). Changes: Marcos (6) for Koundé (m. 46); Ansu Fati (4) for Raphinha (d. 63); Ferran (5) for Kessie (d. 63); Eric (sc) for Busquets (d. 83); Tower (sc) by Dembélé (m. 86).
Real society: Remiro (8); Aritz (5), Zubeldia (6), Le Normand (5), Rico (4); Merino (6), Zubimendi (6), Illarra (5); Cho (5), Sorloth (8), Barrenetxea (6). Coach: Imanol Bailiff (7). Changes: Kubo (6) for Cho (m. 58); Gorosabel (5) by Illarra (d. 58); Marín (4) by Barrenetxea (d. 73); Pacheco (sc) by Zubeldia (d. 81); Fernández (sc) by Sorloth (d. 81).
Goals: 0-1 (m. 5), Merino; 0-2 (d. 72); Sorloth; 1-2 (d. 90), Lewandowski.
Referee: Alberola Rojas (2), Manchego.
cards: Zubeldia, Illarra, Lewandowski, Busquets, Marcos, Kubo, Fernández, De Jong.
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