The visit to Mestalla antojaba very inopportune for the FC Barcelona this week. After consummating the elimination of the Champions and with the staff to the limit in the physical, the ones of Xavi Hernández attained to rescue the three points on the end thanks to a stupendous pass of Raphinha and a magistral definition of Robert Lewadowski. Eric García and Jules Koundé finish 'broken', leaving to Gerad Hammered like only central available. Like this it went them to the culés in front of the group 'che'.
Ter Stegen: Unbeatable
The German went back to leave his arch in zero by tenth opportunity in what it goes of LaLiga. Marc-André sustained to the Barça with a pair of unemployed keys in the second part, when worse happened it the group culé. Only the Real Sociedad and the Real Madrid have attained vulnerar his resistance in what it goes of tournament.
Alejandro Balde: Sacrificed
The canterano went back to defend the right side and fulfilled in spite of some fright. Lino won him the back in the beginning of the second part in the played of the goal cancelled to Valencia by previous hand of the Brazilian Marcos André. It did not go up so much to the attack, but was firm backwards.
Eric García: Unlucky
The '24' returned to the eleven and had a day for the forget. Eric was admonished by an agarrón absurd on Marcos André in the half of the field and left lesionado before the rest by a prick in the zone inguinal of the left thigh. The Sunday will subject to proofs to know the scope of the muscular mishap.
Jules Koundé: Broken
The French also suffered a muscular problem in the back of the left leg and was replaced in the minute 74. Until his injury had been the best of the defence culé, covering the spaces that left a saga improvised in where Marcos Alonso had to suplir to Eric García from the minute 42.
Jordi Alba: Imprecise
The one of L'Hospitalet went back to the eleven and treated to show a lot in attack to combine with Ousmane Dembélé, but neither the '18' neither the 7' had a good day in Mestalla. It lost a lot of balloons and went back to lucir underneath of the level showed by Balde in League until the moment.
Sergio Busquets: Residual
It participated very little in the preparation culé and completed a much calmer day after the hard party in front of the Bayern. Xavi removed him in the 56' to give entry to Gavi, knowing that the captain needs, more than ever, dosificar loads in this so complex moment of the season.
Frenkie Of Jong: Stray
It was not a good day for the Dutch. Neither like interior by left neither like central pivote attained to have weight in the game blaugrana. Although it recovered a lot balloons, also wasted countless possessions and added very little to the attack. It did not take advantage of his titularity.
Pedri: Disminuído
It played the 90 minutes and left a pair of destellos, between them an excellent habilitation to Ansu Fati in the first part and a good driving in the played that finish with Raphinha assisting to Robert Lewandowski to sentence the triumph culé. The physical wear begins to weigh him.
Ansu Fati: Impulsive
The '10' was of more to less, converting a so much cancelled by clear offside in the first time. It tried it a lot, but generally it took bad decisions when had the balloon in the area. It was replaced before fulfilling the hour of party by a Raphinha determinant in the final stretch.
Ousmane Dembélé: Missing
It could not undo of the sticky mark of José Luis Gayà and went the first change of Xavi, the one who bet by Ferran Torres to try destrabar a party chato from beginning to end. To the equal that in front of the Bayern, the '7' lució nublado and ofuscado with multiple stray possessions and little offensive weight.
Robert Lewandowski: Goleador
The Pole brushed the goal in the first part with a head butt to the crossbar, but lució quite isolated in front of the little preparation culé. Like goleador relentless, appeared in the key moment in the 90+3' with a definition 'top' to give him the three points to the Barça.
Raphinha: Timely
The Brazilian was the revulsivo that Xavi expected and took out of his repertoire a pass punctured precise so that Lewandowski resolved the party when the tie seemed unavoidable. it is going Him Better like acting lately, although it keeps his particular pulse with Ansu by the titularity.
Gavi: Electrical
It contributed the push and change of rhythm that the Barça needed to go out of his lethargy in the half final hour. It finish the party admonished by a push on Gabriel Paulista. To the Galician him leftover energy and character every time that ingresa like revulsivo.
Ferran Torres: Admonished
The forward wasted a very clear occasion in the 84', finishing to the clouds a loose ball in the area that seemed goal sung. It finish the party to the pushes with Lato in a tángana after fault on Lewandowski, by what was admonished.
Marcos Alonso: Cumplidor
The side ingresó by Eric García and brushed the expulsion by a hard fault on Marcos André. In spite of the yellow, could redo in the second part and fulfilled in his role like head office, forming an unpublished pair in the final stretch with Gerard Hammered.
Gerard Hammered: Testimonial
It played the last 15 minutes in front of the injury of Koundé, but in spite of his inactivity and the complex of the stage did not happen difficulties, although Valencia asked penalti in an action in which the balloon hit in the face of the '3'. Except surprise will be to title the Tuesday in front of the Plzen, as only central available in the staff.