'Trigger shot' by Griezmann and Memphis Depay in their reunion with Barça

The FC Barcelona gave an authentic hit on the table in LaLiga when winning yesterday to the Athletic of Madrid (1-0). This meeting, further to have a climate of particular tension because of all what was at stake and the statements crossed between Joãor Félix, Antoine Griezmann and company, presented like a big opportunity so that several players, so much Barcelona as 'rojiblancos', reencontraran with his exequipos.

On the one hand, the Portuguese confronted to the 'colchoneros' for the first time from his cession to the Barça and all the controversy that surrounded it. In front of this, the one of Viseu answered of excellent way. It showed a big exert, in addition to converting an annotation of a very beautiful bill, beating to Jan Oblak with a vaselina. It saw him enchufado, creative and particularly collaborator in the defensive appearance, erigiéndose like the MVP of the party.

On the other hand, Antoine Griezmann and Memphis Depay also confronted to his exclubes. Nevertheless, they did not attain to do cost the "law of the ex" in Montjuïc. This owed to a large extent to the soberbio performance of the Barcelona defensive line and to the goalkeeper Iñaki Crag, the one who again had a flawless performance and left in clear once again that the arch culé is in good hands.

Griezmann, minimised by Ronald Araújo

Speaking of the performance of the French, the one who arrived to this duel like one of the distinguished after the statements made against Joãor Félix and, of course, for being one of the main options goleadoras of the team of 'Cholo' Simeone, did not attain to stand out the sufficient during the 90 minutes that played. The Frenchman was neutralised to a large extent by the excellent work of Ronald Araújo, the one who was impenetrable in the axis of the saga.

The one of Mâcon gravitó by big part of the field and received the balloon in 56 occasions. However, this possession did not translate in real opportunities of danger, since the French did not attain to shoot to door, sending one of his shots was and seeing how other two were blocked by the guardians culés. Equally, Griezmann neither could generate problems in the defence culé through passes, what resulted in one of his less hit performances of the campaign, after a series of good previous performances.

Depay Found with a big Iñaki Crag

Now, in the case of Memphis Depay, although had a similar denouement to the of the Frenchman, since it neither attained to mark, yes showed a bit more than destellos in comparison with the French, although this was not sufficient to obtain the victory. The alone Dutch played 25 minutes after ingresar to the clash to the 65' by Álvaro Morata, but was able to generate an opportunity of danger and tried, with little effectiveness, print him a different rhythm to the Athletic.

The exjugador of the Lyon was near to equalise the marker with a free shot to the 80, but a flown monumental of Iñaki Crag frustrated this possibility. Apart from this, Depay was not very participatory, since his mates found it few times. Only it received the balloon in 18 occasions and, in spite of having won two faults, could not stand out much more. Besides, it noticed that still it is missing him rhythm of competition, remembering that recently it is recovering of an injury.

Fantastic save from 24 year old Inaki Pena to deny Memphis Depay's freekick. 🧤🇪🇸pic.twitter.com/ygthuwjyxx

— LaLigaExtra (@LaLigaExtra) December 3, 2023

The case is that the Dutch, to the equal that Antoine Griezmann, will have to expect to the party of turn in the Cívitas Metropolitan to look for a revancha against the FC Barcelona in LaLiga. In this meeting, the Barcelonan square attained to achieve a valuable victory and neutralise to both players, those who are key pieces in the offensive of the Athletic and could not vulnerar to a Barça flawless in all the registers of the game.