Overthrown by Real Madrid during the first Clasico of the season at home, FC Barcelona had to relaunch in the league to catch up on the podium. The Blaugrana team traveled to Real Sociedad this Saturday evening to try to climb to third place in the standings, occupied by Atlético de Madrid beaten in Las Palmas on Friday (2-1). To do this, in the attacking trio at kickoff.
And very quickly in this poster for the 12th day of La Liga, the residents of the Reale Arena quickly put pressure on their evening opponent. Only 26 seconds of play were enough for the Txuri-urdinak to call on Marc-André ter Stegen, through Ander Barrenetxea (1st). The Catalan captain then had to deploy against Takefusa Kubo, facing his former training club, to cut the center of the first shooter (15th). In the game, we felt Xavi Hernandez’s flock timid by the voluntary and stifling play of the locals led by Imanol Alguacil, sometimes pushing back the players in yellow for several minutes in their own final third.
Barça shaken up
If the Barcelona technician could not be satisfied with a very messy tactical copy, he could at least be reassured to return to his locker room at half-time without conceding a goal. Returning from the locker room, we felt the visitors were a little more revolted by the domination suffered in the first period, but without the slightest danger for Alex Remiro, already very calm before the break. German savior Ter Stegen blocked Brais Mendez’s left curl at the edge of the area (54th). Not being convinced by the contribution of the team lined up at the start, Xavi brought in Ferran Torres and Pedri, returning to the competition after more than two months of absence.
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In the last quarter of an hour of play, the ascendancy demonstrated by Real Sociedad on the green rectangle was less obvious, in particular thanks to opposing coaching trying to bring a little more offensive energy to get the three points to San Sebastian. Faced with the physically exhausted Bleu-et-Blanc, Jules Koundé’s teammates finally showed themselves to be dangerous in the opposing zone, as evidenced by Remiro’s saves against Araujo and Gavi (90th). Finally, the deliverance came from the head of the Uruguayan defender on the opening from Gündogan (90+3), to offer victory to the Blaugranas and thus pass Atlético de Madrid on the last step of the podium.
