Lamine, pick and shovel in Getafe

Happy for two unbeatable starts to 2025, Getafe and Barça collide tonight at the Coliseum (9:00 p.m., Movistar), becoming a sensational headache for the Blaugrana, who have gone four seasons without scoring or winning at the Coliseum (follow the game live on As.com). They didn’t get it with Koeman. And neither with Xavi, who ended up going crazy every visit to the south of Madrid. Once he complained about the schedule and playing the entire game in the sun (“well, Nivea, or aftersun,” Quique Flores replied). Last season he complained about everything in general (“if this is a LaLiga product, it’s a shame). Bordalás, “this is football, dad,” took little time to answer: “It’s the way to justify a tie with a squad.” A new challenge, then, for Hansi Flick, who will know the hardships that Barça has gone through in Getafe since times gone by, like when they won a Cup semi-final (4-0) 18 years ago, with Ronaldinho speechless.

We know that Getafe plays ‘another football’. It is the team that makes the most fouls in LaLiga (325 compared to 173 for Barça). But he must also propose something, because he is the second one who receives the most (264, compared to 244 for Barça). Uche (42) and Milla (32) have received more fouls than Lamine Yamal himself (31). Of course, logic invites us to think that if he does a lot and is also punished, the game stops a lot. That is one of Barça’s challenges this Saturday. Generate enough continuity in the game to drag the Azulones at their dizzying pace. And that is the challenge of Bordalás. Lower your heart rate, break up the night into mini-matches, make Barça suffer in some of them, make stars like Raphinha desperate if you can, who ended up expelled last season and this one he arrives with 20 goals. And take advantage of the happy and brilliant return of Borja Mayoral.

The second round begins and Barça sees the League far away due to its bad head. They could start the game nine points behind Atlético depending on what happens in Leganés. Flick, however, does not seem willing to throw in the towel so quickly and surrender only to the KO competitions with 57 points still up for grabs. He will not look to Lisbon, where Benfica awaits on Tuesday. And if he is one hundred percent, he will play the Lamine card, which has turned every game into a party. Goal against Athletic, work of art against Madrid and show against Betis. From some corner of the world, Neymar wrote to him. “You are Brazilian, dance crack.” Today, however, he will have to change his costume and take out a pick and shovel in Getafe.

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