Six days before his shock against PSG, this Barça showed that he had character, but especially of the personality to challenge the opposite winds. Pushed back in their entrenchments by a valiant team of Oviedo, the Catalans finally went to win a success which will however have taken a long time to draw (1-3). Deprived of Baldé, Lamine Yamal, Fermin Lopez and Gavi, all injured, Hansi Flick again aligned Gerard Martin, but also Marc Casado in the midfield. Another strong choice of German: the tenure of Eric Garcia on the right, which has also proven to be paying.
Unsurprisingly, the territorial occupation was immediately Barcelona. We even thought we were seeing Rashford fairly quickly concretizes this domination, but Escandell was already released his most beautiful habit in front of a cover of English following a center in Raphinha (10th). Catalan most in sight, the former Manchester United still saw the goal refusing to him when the opponent's doorman diverted his heavy horn (22nd). Intraitable, Escandell then put Araujo in check after a first strike from Raphinha on the post (32nd).
The entrants made the difference
A lack of glaring realism, which was not going to be without consequence since the punishment came from the feet of Alberto Reina a few minutes later. On a long in depth, Joan Garcia deserted his goal to recover the ball, but his revival for Casado could not find takers, apart from Reina. The midfielder of Oviedo was trying his luck as first intention and scored in the empty goal at 35 meters. The robbery was total: 22% of the ball possession for a single shot on a frame, and the Santi Cazorla teammates were however good in front of the score. Despite the dizziness caused by the former Châteauroux player, Hassan, in Gerard Martin on the return from the locker room, Barça was finally going to be paid up to his production.
Ferran Torres was first defeated by Escandell, once again, but Eric Garcia would flare up to conclude in the empty goal (56th). Escandell now hers alive ahead of Ferran and Raphinha, but more for very long. Having entered the game five minutes earlier, Lewandowski made the decision of a raging whim on a center of the other entrant, Frenkie de Jong. Escandell could only see the damage (70th). The heat moments intensified about the goal of Barça, but fortunately, Koundé made a last intervention in a service firefighter to dismiss the danger. It was definitely when Ronald Araujo scored the goal of victory over a Rashford corner at the very end of the match, award of a great performance rendered by Uruguayan. Thanks to this success, Barça (16 points) secures its second place, just behind Real Madrid (18 points), still on a flawless.
