Ansu Fati and Raphinha did not go beyond enough on what should be their big day

The FC Barcelona has remained very touched after the tie against the RCD Espanyol in the return of LaLiga. Further of the abysmal arbitration and 'show' of Mateu Lahoz, the Barcelona picture left a version very little convincente because it was not able to close a party that had entirely dominated and in which it could annotate a goleada.

After the goal of Marcos Alonso to the seven minutes, the ones of Xavi Hernández left the feeling that they could annotate two or three more if they were fine in the last pass, but was not the case. The formula of the egarense did not work and the team was dense to the hour to add to the attack, in spite of the good will of Frenkie of Jong, Gavi and Pedri, in principle, from the centre of the field.

The main novelties were in the extremes, with the titularity of Raphinha in the right and Ansu Fati in the left to complete the attack beside Robert Lewandowski that lived a quite grey afternoon in spite of having two clear occasions. The attackers remained in a want to and can not to go back, once again, to the eye of the hurricane.

The first time of the Brazilian was one of the best since it is in the Barça, but remained in something insufficient and unimportant. It was very active by the right and supported, in several occasions, in defensive works, although it went back to fail in the last pass when had everything to mark the difference. In fact, of his boots were born the two clearer opportunities of the culés in the first-half (in addition to the goal).

It tested twice, almost of consecutive way, to Álvaro Fernández, first with a shot from the balcony of the area to the short stick, causing an extraordinary intervention of the guardameta and and afterwards, after receiving in the beak of the area, advanced to send another latigazo for toparse again with the 'perico'. It was desinflándose with the happen of the minutes and remained in 'swim' his attempts, because Xavi replaced him in the 61' to give entrance to Ousmane Dembélé.

What happens with Ansu?

Although the Brazilian was desacertado mainly in the definition, in the case of Ansu Fati the history has been entirely distinct and much more sad, because it left the feeling that it continues without recovering his more differential version that there was enamoured to all the Barça before his last seguidilla of injuries. Against the Espanyol, was missing him the tarpaulin and failed him the physicist.

As it had happened before the stop of selections, Ansu was not fine. It lost several balloons and, although had an opportunity after a shot with thread, happened unobserved in the terrain of game. Land was missing fluidity, spark and this magic by which before stood out and that now escasea. It is not a definite party for him, but yes was an opportunity of gold to show that it can be determinant.