Barcelona took the merit of the dead end of Real Madrid and Atlético de Madrid this week pretending Seville to Seville despite the part of an hour with 10 men.
He took some time in Barcelona to rediscover his shape in the league, after a few difficult months at the end of 2024. In October, things were fantastic, specific after a victory for classic 4-0 in the Bernabéu extinguished its progress in the The most sensible of the table in six points.
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But then came, according to Hansi Flick’s words, a “November November”, and December is not much better. Barcelona went and lost floor to his rivals; Only in mid -January the tide became. Since then, they have won 3 in the league rotation, scoring 12 goals. Meanwhile, Real Madrid and Atlético have also suffered setbacks.
Barcelona is at one time, Atlético, the moment and two Real Madrid, first in location. These two teams still have to play: Atlético in March and Madrid in mid -May.
The film team began with an opposite purpose to Seville, taking a 7 -minute advantage through Robert Lewandowski. Ruben Vargas attracted the point of Seville at a time later, but at the time in the middle, Barcelona flew to his opponents. The purposes of Fermin López, Raphinha and Eric García finished the scoreboard, Barcelona had to dig deeply in the last 30 minutes after López was sent.
Laia Cerrello Herrero analyzes the main problems of Victoryarray.
Flick has a blind religion in Jong’s Frenkie and has rested until he discovered a position in which Dutch works well.
For some time, De Jong has been in an incredibly high -level education of his teammates, however, he took time to translate this into game situations. In the last games, we begin to see why Flick has such self -confidence.
Bajo Xavi, from Jong, has never been convincing as a single defensive pivot, or when he played a little more. During the 2023-24 season, after Sergio Busquets went to Inter Miami, Xavi never stopped searching for someone to resume their role in the team. For him, I don’t answer from Jong.
Barcelona lucky this season that the unforeseen emerge of Marc Casado de la Academia coincided with the wounds of Jong and Marc Bernal. It seemed that the return team had a midfielder and his position in Flick’s indisputable XI.
Casado inspired the maximum vital games, which meant that Jong began at the bank, even after his return from an injury. Flick was inspired by the preseason and in the first games of the campaign. In fact, the 21 -year -old graduate of Masia seemed to be a film extension in the field: it was the player to whom the coach spoke the maximum of the matches.
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However, the film is open to look at other things and does not take a position in its tactics regarding the team’s team. When Barcelona played Betis in the last 16 of the Copa del Rey on January 15, he leaves Jong and since then had a spring in his path, betting with confidence and a smile on his face.
During the last 4 games, by Jong he selected before married to the central midfielder. In Barcelona, many wonder if the replacement that took its position in the goalkeeper’s position, where the film dropped Aki Pena for Wojciech Szczesny, can be repeated in the center of the field.
From Jong (who is to enjoy the fans of Barcelona) will take the married position regularly?
It was an intelligent victory, and despite every Cushty, in Seville, however, Vargas’ purpose provided the last example of the defensive fragility that threatens to undermine the Barcelona season.
Flick’s team plays part of football in Spain, but are not in the most sensible table, and is due to the mistakes they made on the back.
Against Seville, they began with a central agreement by Ronald Araujo and Inigo Martínez, to rest at the 18 -year -old Pau Cubarsi. However, it only lasted 22 minutes, before Roujo was injured and replaced through the adolescent.
A minute after Lewandowski put Barcelona on the front, Seville Point after a quick counterattack to which the visitors had no response.
Barcelona’s best defensive line leads to this type of stage. Flick’s defense plays high -level football and Araujo does not seem as suitable for this as Cubarsi and Martínez. They play more proactively when it comes to preventing their opponents, while Araujo is more reactive in his style.
The Uruguay International is the most productive central defender in Barcelona on the defensive, but is not a long -term follower and starting the movements of the rear. Sometimes he left Barcelona in demonstration and is the case on Sunday night: he reacted too past and Vargas made him pay.
Flick’s substitutions in recent matches were the best and the maximum catchy this time Fermin López, who arrived here to update Gavi in the half time.
“Everyone knows that the referees are not joking with me,” Gavi told Dazn after the game. “He (movie) knew he had yellow cards and the game was not the time to be silly. That’s why he took me away. “
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And then Gavi got rid of for a few minutes in the moment. What happened then unexpected for two reasons.
Flick chose López to come, that Dani Olmo. The latter is the maximum headline probably for Barcelona, but López had discovered a form with 4 goals in his previous five games, while Fludk has been careful with Olmo given his history of injuries in recent years. It has been complicated to expand a speed in recent months, either due to an injury or the saga in its recording with the League.
Lopez’s 16 minutes on the floor were agitated and shocking. His red letter for a harmful version in Djibril Sow meant that Barcelona played 30 minutes with 10 men, but had already helped replace the game positively.
At the beginning of half of the moment, Barcelona had problems forcing an advance to take the lead. A few moments after his arrival, López did it 2-1 and in his brief launch, he completed power and ideas. The purpose of Raphinha, the third of the team, scored in the 55th minute.
In the 62nd minute, López’s impulse transported him to the sow and sent after a VAR review. He left the floor angry and frustrated through the decision. Flick made a hug when he passed and Gavi followed him in the tunnel. López, the only player who did not avoid the combined domain after the game, directly going to the team’s coach.
Fortunately for López, the last 30 minutes have been undeniable for Barcelona. Sevilla could not fight and a purpose Garcia due to Garcia won a victory.
Monday, February 17: Rayo Vallecano (Home), La Liga, Nine P. M. CE (8 p. m. BST / 3 p. m. He).
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