The Barça defeats by 2-0 to the Athletic Club

ALCÁCER And MESSI, THE GOLEADORES

The Barça soothes to the Athletic in 45 magic minutes and expands the advantage in League (2-0)

Published:18/03/2018 - 18:08h

Updated:18/03/2018 - 20:32h

To the FC Barcelona sufficed him with half hour to surpass to an Athletic Club that could not stop the Barcelona gale in the first time. Paco Alcácer and Leo Messi left the party seen for sentence in hardly half hour

The FC Barcelona did not want to fall in the same cheat in which it fell the year happened in Riazor, losing in front of the Dépor in League after the gesta in eighth of final of the Champions against Paris Saint-Germain. In spite of golear to Chelsea, the men of Valverde no despistaron of the hurt suspender belt against the Athletic Club and went out in 'way compacter', with a frantic offensive game and generating occasions from the beginning.

In fact, the first goal only took eight minutes in arriving. Philippe Coutinho received a balloon in the left flank of the centre of the field, after the Barça surpassed the pressure of the Basque team. The Brazilian combined in depth with Jordi Alba and, after a return of the of L'Hospitalet, went back to find to the Barcelona side so that this assisted to Paco Alcácer, that did not forgive with a finish raso and placed.

Messi puts the goal, Coutinho and Paulinho the sticks

The second so much of the FC Barcelona arrived to the half hour of game and was starred, once again, by Leo Messi. The Argentinian star received a balloon of Ousmane Dembélé in the balcony of the area and invented a shot raso, dry and precise that coló adjusted to the left stick of the goal defended by Kepa Arrizabalaga. The Barça saw recompensado his big game with a so much that showed that Messi is still in series.

Before the so much of the so much of the '10', Philippe Coutinho already had warned with a zapatazo from the heart of the area that crashed in the crosshead. After the goal of Messi, the Brazilian commanded to the crossbar a second finish, this time after trying a vaselina after receiving a balloon of Paulinho. The own Paulinho, instants afterwards, tried a finish from the frontal of the area that also crashed in the stick.

The Athletic pulls

The second time began of form very distinct to as it had finish the first. The Athletic Club pulled in attack and achieved to shake the pressure of the Barcelona to start with to show with some danger to the goal of Marc-André Ter Stegen. Sabin Merino and Lekue were those that more danger generated in the initial stretch, although the Barcelona defence was attentive to frustrate his approaches.

In spite of that Coutinho was about to to mark the third so much Barcelona after a combination with Leo Messi, to Ernesto Valverde did not like him what was seeing and decided to put in the field to Andrés Iniesta, to restart, again, the control on the ball changing to an Ousmane Dembélé that had some destellos but that did not reach the level showed in front of Chelsea or in front of the Málaga.

The Barça loses rhythm

In spite of the changes, the rhythm of the party did not increase too much. The presence of Aduriz on the terrain of game propició that the Athletic Club began to test more centres to the area that found shy finish of the veteran ariete rojiblanco. The Barça, by his part, did not wake up of his lethargy and the attacks were much slower and unpredictable of what had been in the initial stretch.

The most intense moment to the end of the party were the ovations that carried Philippe Coutinho when withdrawing of the terrain of game and André Gomes to the ingresar in the field. In the last instant, Leo Messi could mark after a played individual, but his shot left crossed and the marker did not move more.

Technical index card of the party: FC Barcelona-Athletic Club 2-0

FC Barcelona: Ter Stegen, Sergi Roberto, Hammered, Umtiti, Alba, Rakitic, Paulinho, Coutinho (André Gomes, min. 84), Démbélé (Iniesta, min. 64), Alcácer (Aleix Vidal, min. 74), Messi.

Athletic Club: Kepa, Saborit, Iñigo Martínez, Núñez, Of Marcos, Beñat (Iturraspe, min. 46), Saint José, Lekue, Raúl García, Susaeta (Williams, min. 63) and Sabin Merino (Aduriz, min. 71).

Goals of the party: 1-0, Alcácer (min. 8). 2-0, Messi (min. 30).

Referee: Latre S.

Incidences: corresponding Party to the vigesimonovena day of the League Santander.