Long without a solution on Sunday evening against Athletic Bilbao, FC Barcelona relied on Marc Guiu, 17, to win in the last minutes of the match (1-0, 10th day of La Liga).
FC Barcelona came very close to failing. Opposing Athletic Bilbao on Sunday evening, Xavi’s men struggled for a long time against the Basque defense. It was then that the Blaugrana coach decided to bring in a young striker who had never worn the Barça jersey in an official match. A winning choice since a minute after his entry, Marc Guiu scored the one and only goal of the match, synonymous with victory for his team (1-0).
In the first half, Barcelona had their foot on the ball, but the 65% possession masked the fact that Bilbao hit three times more, certainly for almost as many balls on target as their opponent (3 against 2). Enough to return to the locker room with a scoreless draw and no goals. Back on the field, same scenario, except that the Blaugrana this time worried the opposing defense much more.
Guiu, the young joker
But without success, until this masterstroke from Xavi. Seeing that the Basque lock did not want to give in, he brought in his joker, in the person of Marc Guiu. Aged only seventeen, the latter had never played a single second in an official match with the Barça A team. Certainly, he was entitled to forty-five minutes last June during a friendly against the Japanese club Kobe, but nothing more before and after with the “big guys”.
First chance, then, and he didn’t let it pass. Entered in the 79th, Marc Guiu will score in the 80th, on a service from Joao Felix (1-0). A small yellow card also recovered three minutes later, but nothing to spoil his evening, he being the decisive scorer for FC Barcelona. Thanks to this success, the Catalan team maintains its third place, one point behind Real Madrid and Girona.
