The crash between FC Barcelona and Raise so only had a script during the first 45 minutes of game: the culés dominated the possession and attacked without ceasing, shutting to the Raise and causing that the Valencians not even approached to the goal of Ter Stegen. Although the Barça had of multiple occasions to mark, however, was missing him precision and power to beat to the guardameta, Aitor Fernández.
Luis Suárez was the first in upsetting to the cancerbero with two shots followed, in the minutes 2 and 3 of party. The first of them was refused by the archer, in a hand manually relatively clear. The second shot was shy, from the lejanía, and Aitor did not have problems in blocking the path and do with the possession of the spherical.
Also Philippe Coutinho tried it two minutes afterwards, in the 5', with a far shot that forced to Aitor to take part again, this time diverting the ball and without being able to retain it. The minutes were happening and the opportunities of goal sucedieron for the FC Barcelona, always with the Brazilian and the Uruguayan like big leading.
Luis Suárez had of a one against one in the 20' that resolved with the leading, when arriving forced, and Coutinho starred afterwards two occasions followed, primtero with a powerful shot from the lejanía and afterwards with a finish of head that sent to the centre, just where was the goalkeeper. Aitor could resolve all the situations to base of good placing and a lot of concentration.
Further of these occasions, the most stood out was a shot of direct fault of Coutinho, that Aitor repelled with help of the crossbar when already it sang the first goal of the party in the Camp Nou. It could say that the goalkeeper levantino was the main nightmare of the players culés in the first-half, although true is that the Barça was not the sufficiently lethal up as to deserve the goal.
Messi contemplated it everything from the bench
It noticed the absence of Leo Messi, no so much in the creation of the played but in the definition. The Argentinian revolved in the bench with each stray opportunity, and safe that began to explain the minutes to jump to the terrain of game in the second act. And it is that, in spite of the potential of Coutinho, Dembélé, Luis Suárez and the rest of footballers culés... The Barça follows needing to Leo Messi.