Johhan Neeskens could not have had a better tribute of the Estadi Olímpic on the day when a respectful silence was observed for his loss. With the ‘six’ on his backhis number, Gavi entered after a year in dry dock due to injury and was acclaimed by the public, as the Dutchman was in the seventies. AND Furthermore, Barça was up to the task. with a comfortable 5-1 against Sevilla, with a double from Lewandowski and goals from Pedri and two more from Pablo Torre.
Othree three points that reinforce the team and prepare for the complicated week that awaits the Blaugrana, with Bayern Munich and Real Madrid on the horizon. The development of the match allowed Flick to reserve his efforts in the second half. He opted to put the best team possiblesecure the points and make the changes later. Frenkie de Jong and Dani Olmo were missing to reappearbut Fermín and Gavi did return and, when he looks at the bench, Flick begins to breathe easier.
Hwhat to expect rather little to face the match against a Sevilla that started very well planted on the field, without conceding clear scoring chances and looking for the cons. One play was key for draw the course of the game: a penalty, without discussion despite the cries of the Cave, which Lewandowski converted and which made Barcelona annihilate Sevilla in the second section from the first half, in which they were far superior to a Sevilla team that played with white socks with red hem, as in Neeskens’ time.
Ansu Fati played because Eric Garcia was injured in preheating. He was positioned in the midfield, as the most advanced midfielder in a line in which Pedri and Casadó alternated as a positional center half and interior, in a kind of double pivot that created a lot of play and knew how to cover the Sevilla midfield.
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NOr Ansu was very successful in the final meters, although he tried and goalkeeper Nyland prevented his goal after a cross from Fermín in the second part. His was one of the team’s first shots, although deflected, in a dominating start against a well-placed Sevilla, with the lines together and waiting for the transitions, which came in the figure of Lukébaio, especially one after one loss of Koundé that ended in a deflected shot after cutting Iñigo. It seemed in the early stages that the Belgian winger could do damage.
Nis further from reality. An unfortunate action from the former Barcelona player Peque was awarded a penalty after the Sevilla player ran over Raphinha after a control by the Brazilian with a change of orientation which surprised the young player. Some Sevillistas protested; Not so Peque, whose face reflected disappointment at the mistake made. Lewandowski did not failwith his typical leap, so far removed from the penalties of the much-missed Neeskens, that he burst the ball every time he took a penalty. If the ball hit the post, the goal would shake. Normally what shook were the networksas they trembled with Lewandowski’s penalty, so different and at the same time equally effective.
El gol a favor boosted Barcelonawho began to win almost all the duels. Lewandowski masterfully continued Pedri’s recovery with an opening for Lamine Yamal. The winger advanced and he took it out of his sleeve a pass towards the axis of the attack, where Koundé failed to control and Pedri finished on goal.
Ethe third It was from Lewandowskibordering on an offside that Agoumé barely broke, al desviar a shush from Raphinha that otherwise would have been gone. But shortly before there was a sensational play that did not end in a goal by the Sevilla goalkeeper, Nyland, who made a save against Lewandowski after a cross from Lamine Yamal, who had received a ball coming from a heel Raphinha who had given continuity to a sublime ball delivery by Cubarsí from the baseline.
Sin duda, another outstanding performance of the youth squad, who forms a centre-back pairing with Iñigo, although in the second part committed a penalty for miscalculating an entry which, however, was annulled due to previous offside. Also for offside a goal was disallowed from Raphina after a great pass from Lamine Yamal, who was looking for his moment in the second half.
Koundé will still be the player with more minutes, because He was not the one chosen for the changes to give rest. Pau Víctor and Fermín came on for Lewandowski and Raphinha, while Lamine Yamal still had a few minutes before having your rest ration. He looked for the goal, but also collided with goalkeeper Nyland.
El Sevilla goalkeeper, one of the best on his team despite the ‘little hand’, prevented Ansu Fati He found the goal again when he caught a header from the forward from Fermín’s cross, just before an offside invalidated a goal from Lukébakio who could well have given to Sevilla heading into the final minutes.
NOr the second part had been very brilliant, with many rotations, when Koundé crossed for Pablo Torre to score the fourth And there was even more in a thrilling end to the game.
Sand Seville I would have scored beforecould have added some ‘suspense’ at the end, with a Barça full of changes, but the goal came three minutes from the end, after a big transition which the young Idumbo resolved. And Pablo Torre scored his second goal from a direct free kick that Iñigo tried to finish off.
TECHNICAL SHEET
FC BARCELONA: Pena (1); Koundé (2), Cubarsí (3), Iñigo (3), Balde (1); Casadó (2), Pedri (3) (Gavi (3), 83′), Ansu Fati (1) (Gerard Martín (1), 75′); Lamine Yamal (2) (Pablo Torre (3), 75), Lewandowski (3) (Pau Víctor (1), 66′), Raphinha (3) (Fermín (2), 66′)
SEVILLA CF: Nyland (2); Carmona (1), Badé (1), Marcao (1), Pedrosa (1) (Montiel (sc), 81′); Agoumé (1) (Idumbo (3), 70′), Gudelj (1), Peque (0) (Suso (1), 46′) (Sow (1), 70′); Lukébakio (2), Isaac (1), Ejuke (Sambi (1), 45′)
GOALS: 1-0, Lewandowski, pen., 24′; 2-0, Pedri, 28′; 3-0, Lewandowski, 39′; 2-0, Pablo Torre, 82′; 4-1, Idumbo, 87′; 5-1, Iñigo
ARBITRATOR: From Burgos Bengoetxea, Basque Committee. cards to Pedrosa (45+3), Ansu fati (74′), Sow (85′)
ESTADIO: Olympic Lluís Companys de Montjuïc. 47,848 spectators.
