No it put it to him at all easy the Espanyol, as it was to expect, this Saturday to the FC Barcelona in the Camp Nou. The technician of the 'pericos', Rubi, planted on the lawn an alignment title with until five defenders, although in the contragolpes the two carrileros advanced his position to try turn into 'puñales' by the bands.
The case is that the Espanyol achieved his aim during the first-half: do that it did not happen at all. The FC Barcelona hardly attained to upset to Diego López in the goal blanquiazul, hardly with a finish of Luis Suárez and with a far shot of Ivan Rakitic that went out diverted by very little, brushing the right stick. To exception of these two played, the danger of the Barça was minimum.
Leo Messi was constantly watched by the defenders, and every time that received the balloon found with the opposition of two -and sometimes until three- rival players. Sorteó To contrary, dribbled and soltó the balloon to time to generate spaces, but the effective 'pericos' seemed to multiply to measure that the Barça approached to the aledaños of the area.
It tried to pull the FC Barcelona by the bands, but Semedo and Jordi Alba found also with the opposition of Adriá Pedrosa and Rosebushes, very active in his respective bands. The impetus of the Espanyol to the hour to defend , on the other hand, caused that it did not have of any shot to door in all the first-half, converting to Ter Stegen in a mere viewer.
The reference espanyolista in the tip of attack, Borja Churches, went an islet waiting for centres that did not arrive by part of his mates, although Óscar Melendo tried to find him -sometimes successfully- in the aledaños of the area culé. The Barça hardly had problems to defend because of the few effective with which attacked the Espanyol.
Tranquility and few sobresaltos in the Camp Nou
Yes they went up the central 'pericos' to finish played to unemployed balloon, but Lenglet and Hammered kept insuperable in the aerial game. At the end, with the FC Barcelona finding few spaces and the Espanyol without risking, the greater part of the first time played in the centre of the field and in the zone of three fourth next to the areas, but without that the players finished to penetrate too much in them. Tranquility in a Camp Nou with the public something adormilado by the rays of sun and the absence of sobresaltos on the lawn.