A Barça with two faces: Good 1st half and disastrous 2nd half

After the stop of selections the FC Barcelona has not showed the version ilusionante and 'súper' offensive to which had accustomed in this start of season. In front of the RCD Mallorca had generated doubts in the final stretch because no 'sentenced' the marker and in front of the Inter, further of the referee's controversies, the team signed a grey party and saw desdibujado. The bad feelings went back to confirm against the Celtic of Vigo, with some last 45 minutes to see them and never repeat them.

The Barça had two faces against the Galician picture. The first-half was positive and the team reacted of effective way to the approach of Xavi Hernández, that changed the roles of Pedri González and Gavi. Both 'went out' and dazzled in a first-half in which the culés were comfortable, presionaron up and showed with a lot of confidence. The culés had a coherent and effective idea, with Ferran positioning very and being incisive, Raphinha in the band where is more comfortable or a Pedri much more near of the last pass.

This, added to the energy of a tireless Gavi that finish as 'MVP' unanimous of the Barcelona, left to glimpse a comfortable party of the culés, especially because they advanced very soon in the marker. To the 17 minutes, the one of Palaces and Villafranca centred to the rival area and, after an abysmal clear of Unai Nuñez, Pedri hunted the balloon to push it and put the 1-0. Probably it has been his goal more 'easy' and that resumía the command of the ones of Xavi on the terrain of game. The history did not have 'peros' until it arrived the resumption.

The Celtic little had tested to the Barça, because they were unable to surpass lines of pressure and give continuity to his game. Merit of the culés, also, but después to go through the changing room recargaron batteries and saw able to contest him the result to the culés in his house. They remained very near to complete the mission, maybe more near of what the Barcelona square had wanted. Probably by demérito of the ones of Xavi, that in the second half did not know to react in front of the push of the rivals.

The Barça lost an absurd quantity of balloons and saw unable to keep the possession, as well as to give continuity to played 'easy'. The plan to attack and look for spaces remained in the changing room and did not help the changes. It became a flat team, without identity and that survived, practically, by the desacierto of the players of the Celtic in the last pass and by the interventions of Marc-André ter Stegen, that once again has been decisive for his.

Xavi aimed in press conference that there is two possible arguments to understand reason the Barça has been so toneless in the last parties; it overloads it of parties and the 'post' of the stop of selections. The egarense explained that "it can be an argument [the stop], the another that carry a lot of parties followed, have travelled a lot. As now it is necessary to suffer, tighten the teeth, improve... And play better to the football especially in the second part".

With a lot for improving

The Barça has understood against the Celtic that, if they leave of presionar constantly, dominate him very easy. It happened also against the Inter. The Barcelona have a lot for reviewing of face to the two importantísimos crashes that will contest this week, in front of the Italian group in the Spotify Camp Nou (21:00 hours CEST) and in the visit to the Real Madrid in Santiago Bernabéu of the dominhgo (16:15 h).

Have in favour that the individual talent of the staff is enormous (today Pedri or Gavi showed it) and that Robert Lewandowski, after two parties 'disappeared', will have a lot of hunger of goal, but the team is forced to react and go back to recover his good game. It is the only form to go out victorious of a decisive week that it can determine many of the plans before the stop by the World-wide.