CLEAR PENALTY OF LE NORMAND
The VAR helps a Barça that needed too much to score against Real Sociedad (1-0)
Published:7/03/2020 - 20:32h
Updated:7/03/2020 - 20:38h
Barça did its homework at the Camp Nou against Real Sociedad, in a match in which it needed too much to score. Leo Messi took advantage of a penalty that the VAR pointed to Robin Le Normand and the catalans are still fighting for LaLiga
The FC Barcelona went back to win in LaLiga and recovered feelings against a challenging Real Sociedad. The Gipuzkoan were not a so brilliant rival as they accustom in the Camp Nou and them lastró his intermittence, but in spite of the good game of the Catalans, cost that it opened the marker. The victory, very looked for by the men of Quique Setién, had to decide it the VAR, that detected a penalti by hand of Robin Him Normand and allowed that Leo Messi tieed up three points for his.
The meeting started with the two teams betting by the pressure advanced, but with the visitors upsetting something more. The ones of house built without approaching too much to the goal whereas his opponents showed with frequency to the area of Marc-André ter Stegen, that saw forced to risk a lot in the exit of balloon and also had to rifarlo in several pelotazos in which it removed it to him of on.
After some minutes without intervention of the guardametas, Martin Braithwaite broke the calm with the first occasion of real fire. The Danish showed for what brought him and confirmed that it does not have any fear to assume responsibilities in a big. With a threaten to Diego Llorente did space for a career that finalised with a zurdazo, that in spite of going something centred forced to the cancerbero to clear.
Little by little, the Barcelona tied in short to the 'txuri-urdin' and suffering less arrived another attempt of the Scandinavian. A theft advanced of Ivan Rakitic collected it Leo Messi and launched the ridden of the '19', that after a big control oriented slipped when it touched him kick and finished with a toneless shot. In the another side of the field, hardly a head butt desviadísimo of Alexander Isak served like reply.
The venues followed insisting, and for Messi was the clearest opportunity until the moment. Justo after a latigazo of Rakitic without consequences, the Argentinian went back to tighten to Llorente and this slipped , what left him space to generate danger. The one of Rosario yielded the spherical to Sergio Busquets, east gave back the wall hammering a pass and the finish of the attacker cleared it as it could Álex Remiro.
The Real tried to wake up before the rest, but the one who dominated and rondaba the goal was the Barça. The head butt of the tireless Braithwaite after a corner went up, Ter Stegen arrived just before that Portu to a big sending of Barrenetxea to avoid a hand manually and again Messi had it with a shot that left licking the stick. After a played braided in the area, did not attain to concretise the assistance of Frenkie of Jong.
The Real answers, but the VAR saves to the Barça
The resumption premièred with the same guion that the first time, and this allowed to show the head to the donostiarras. Barrenetxea Tried it with two shots that were him very up, and Martin Odegaard, disappeared in the Camp Nou, complicated in one against in which it chose to control when it had to have finished. Messi with a derechazo without consequences freed to the square barcelonista of an overwhelm dangerous.
The touch of bell of the captain spurred to the culés, that stepped advance and besieged to Remiro. A balloon died in the zone of punishment went him to the '10' up, afterwards fusiló Rakitic with a derechazo that the archer cleared to kickoff of corner and Gerard Hammered, that had remained attacking, connected a head butt that went to the hands of the goalkeeper. To finish, a triangulation between Leo and Jordi Alba could not it reach the Croat when it only had to push the pass of the death of the carrilero.
After so much forgive, the Gipuzkoan resurgieron, and showed that they also wanted to struggle by the points. Ter Stegen Carried a fright with a centre of Nacho Monreal that diverted Nélson Semedo and almost finish in the networks, Mikel Oyarzabal, that was acting, shot with power near of the square, and shortly after Isak neither could embocar. After another charged of the side, arrived the played key of the meeting.
To the too crossed shot of the navarro followed him the protests of the Barcelona, and to Martínez Munuera demanded him in the VAR. A light query to the screen sufficed to observe that Robin Him Normand had touched a centre of Arturo Vidal with the hand, in a penalti clear that finish being definite. Remiro Guessed the side to the that launched Leo Messi, that without too much power but with placing tieed up the 1-0.
As it was to expect, the Real launched to by the tie and put against the ropes to the Barça, that knew to defend with tarpaulin and only threw in fault something of clarity to the counterattack. To Ter Stegen sufficed him be attentive to the centres by earth, sea and air because this time there was not paradones, and the duel finish with another revised action by the technology. Messi topped an escape with a pass that left only to Ansu Fati, but east was offside before giving the target to Jordi Alba. The fight by LaLiga follows hotter that never.
Technical index card of the party: FC Barcelona-Real Sociedad 1-0
- FC Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Semedo, Hammered, Lenglet, Jordi Alba; Rakitic (Arturo Vidal, min 74), Busquets, Of Jong; Messi, Griezmann (Ansu Fati, min 85) and Braithwaite (Junior Firpo, min 88).
- Real Sociedad: Remiro; Gorosabel, Llorente (Zubeldia, min 71), Him Normand, Monreal; Odegaard, Merino, Guevara, Barrenetxea (Oyarzabal, min 58); Portu and Isak (Willian Jose, min 82).
- Referee: Martínez Munuera.
- Incidences: corresponding Party to the day 27 of LaLiga Santander 2019-20.
- Goals of the party: 1-0, Messi (min 81) (p).
