Tie to at all in Saint Mamés with Ter Stegen like big saviour of the Barça (0-0)

The FC Barcelona and the Athletic Club empataron without goals in Saint Mamés in a party in which the venues had the clearest occasions to advance . The first-half was of the Athletic, that had several occasions to mark, but Ter Stegen went back to be the saviour of the ones of Valverde. The second part of the Barça was a lot of better, but the command did not translate in occasions and went back to be the bilbaínos those that had the goal more near. Ter Stegen Saved to a Barça that did not attain to mark and that leaves to the Madrid to alone six points in the classification of LaLiga.

The Athletic Club knew that it played in front of his public and from the first minute went out to by all. The bilbaínos grow in Saint Mamés and went the first team in approaching with danger to the rival area. Absurd loss of a toneless Arturo Vidal and ridden of Yuri to finish commanding the shot raso and powerful something crusader. 

The lions followed biting very up and in the minute 17 Ter Stegen saved to the FC Barcelona with a paradón to shot of Markel Susaeta. The balloon went to kickoff of corner and the own guardameta German ready was to wrap it in this played with a bad exit that ready was to cost him face to the Barça.

The Athletic squeezed and the Barcelona did not know like keeping the possession of the balloon. Vidal was very imprecise, Rakitic did not appear and Busquets was very very covered by the centre of the field of the Basques. Messi was the only that contributed something distinct in a team that showed to throw a lot of of less to Arthur.

Of the boots of Messi was born the first dangerous arrival of the Barcelona. Big centre of the Argentinian to the that ready was to arrive Luis Suárez in the second stick. But, in spite of the occasion, the Athletic kept on being the master and gentleman of the party and to the Barcelona followed them costing a world circulate the balloon with rapidity.

Raúl García with a half Chilean went back to put the fear in the body to the culés. Messi answered only a minute afterwards with a pass to the gap of genius to Semedo, that did not attain to define in front of Herrerín. The rebound fell him to the Argentinian, that commanded the balloon to the crossbar. The played was already cancelled by offside of the side, but to having finish in goal the VAR would have rectified because the Portuguese was not advanced.

The rosarino went back to warn to the Athletic with a far shot, that did not give him too many problems to Herrerín. Messi did that his team took a step forward in the party, but still like this Raúl García went back to be near to mark for the bilbaínos with a shot that was diverted. The '10' of the Barça, in spite of not being to 100%, went the best of the culés in the first-half and caused that his team went to the rest with the Athletic shut in his area.

Reaction of the Barça after the rest

The FC Barcelona went out with two courses more after the go through the changing rooms and from the first minuti of the second half could see to a team with more hunger and with win to take out the three points of Saint Mamés. The possession was of the Barça and the Athletic the only that could do was to defend and run behind the balloon.

The referee could pitar penalti by a very evident hand of Of Marcos, but decided that it was involuntary and the VAR neither went in. To the Barcelona gave him the same and followed dominating and shutting to the Athletic in his area. The party was culé, that did not leave that the Athletic gave two passes followed, but the occasions did not finish to arrive and little by little the ones of Garitano were removing the pressure culé of on.

The Barça followed trying it, but went the Athletic the group that had of the clearest occasions. Williams was a nightmare for the defence of the Barcelona and in one of his arrivals was about to to mark the 1-0. Ter Stegen With a stop of another world saved the goal, but the lions did not leave to try it.

The Barça asked penalti by hand in the last played of the crash, but the referee did not see it like this and the meeting finished with the 0-0 with which had begun. The tie leaves to the Real Madrid to six points of a FC Barcelona that is not going through his best moment. In front of the Basque group were missing ideas, was missing football and showed that, sometimes, only with Messi is not sufficient. 

Technical index card of the party: Athletic-Barcelona 0-0

• AthleticClub : Herrerín; Of Marcos, Yeray, Íñigo Martínez, Balenziaga; Dani García, Beñat (Saint José, min 56), Yuri; Susaeta (Muniain, min 62), Raúl García and Williams (Kodro, min 89).
• FC Barcelona: Ter Stegen; S. Roberto, Hammered, Lenglet (Vermaelen, min 87), Semedo; Busquets, Rakitic, Vidal (Aleñá, min 63); Messi, Coutinho (Dembélé, min 75) and Luis Suárez.
• Goals of the party: Any.
• Referee: Of the Big Hill.
• Incidences: corresponding Party to the day 23 of LaLiga 2018-19.

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Next party: FC Barcelona-Valladolid (LaLiga Santander J24).