Flick’s Barça allowed themselves to be robbed on Sunday of part of the credit they had earned at the start of the season as a team with enormous offensive potential, capable of beating any rival that came their way. Sin Lamine Yamal -curiously, he was not a starter in the, until then, only defeat in LaLiga: against Osasuna (4-2)-, hobbled by some discomfort in the right ankle, the Catalan team was indecisive and imprecise in the attack, even showing signs of fragility and indolence. One piece of information perfectly sums up the situation of disorder and chaos that was experienced at the Reale Arena by Hansi Flick’s pupils: zero shots between the three sticks. That is to say, goalkeeper Remiro had one of his most peaceful games, not having to make any stops. In fact, and to be fair, he did score one, saving a goal that was practically called, but it was a rebound from Aramburu when he was clearing a cross into the Fermín López area..
It had been more than ten years since a similar event had occurred at ‘Can Barça’. The last time we have to go back to September 2014 when Barcelona, who was then coached by Luis Enrique, was left with their sights completely off at La Rosaleda against Málaga. Since that match, the Blaugrana team had always finished at least once between the three sticks.
It is even more curious, if possible, because Flick’s Barcelona had been characterized above all by its offensive potential, to the point of chaining seven consecutive games scoring three or more goals: Young Boys (5-0), Alavés (0-3), Sevilla (5-1), Bayern (4-1), Real Madrid (0-4) , Espanyol (3-1) and Red Star (2-5). But on this occasion, and despite the eleven shots that were recorded, none came even remotely close to Remiro’s goal. And on the only occasion they did, with a shot by Robert Lewandowski into the back of the net, the VAR annulled the play due to a controversial and extravagant offside.
This is the first game of the season that Barcelona also ended without scoring, since in the previous 16 official matches they had always managed to find the neteven in defeats: one goal against Monaco and two against Osasuna. So much so that Flick’s team had become Europe’s top scorer, with a balance of 55 goals in 16 games.
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