'Bittersweet' draw of a youthful Barça against Olot (1-1)

The FC Barcelona began the season 2022-2023 with a tie agridulce in front of the Olot. Xavi Hernández went out with an alternative group in which they debuted 7 footballers, full of the youngsters 'perlas' of the first team and of the Farm, those who had the opportunity to show his qualities in front of the attentive look of the trainer of Terrassa and his technical body. Besides, the new signings also contested his first minutes like culés, since Franck Kessié and Pablo Tower went out of start in the friendly.

Precisely, the ex 'jewel' of the Racig of Santander was one of the main figures of the square in the first-half. The player showed personality from the beginning and did not hide to the hour to ask the balloon, which knew to deliver with criterion every time that had the opportunity. Of the same way, Ez Abde presented like the main threat of the team by the bands, desbordando dangerously and even atreviendose to look to the arch, commanding a shot that was diverted to the minute 8. In the meantime, Kessié grieve could gravitar in the meeting and was substituted to the rest.

The Barcelona did not leave to attack neither an alone minute from the pitido initial and to the minute 28 achieved the reward. After an extraordinary pass of the captain of the team, Marc-André Ter Stegen, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang perceived to the rival goalkeeper out of position and after leaving bounce the balloon commanded a vaselina at the end of the network. However, the Olot did not go down the arms and put tables to the marker in the minute 44 in the feet of Eloi, the one who annotated a penalti committed by Mika Marble to the edge of the halftime.

A second half of the Farm

In research to achieve the advantage in the marker, Xavi 'pateó the board' and ingresó 9 changes to the alignment, giving him step to the 'cracks' of the team Pedri and Ansu Fati, the one who carried the band of captain by antiquity. The 'perlas' of the Spanish and world-wide football were surrounded, except Pjanic, only of players of the Farm, those who gave reasons to the barcelonistas for ilusionarse. Álex Fence in happened of the left side to the extreme and left very good feelings, to the equal that Aranda, of the one who Hernández has good impressions.

Of the same form, Álex Hill was the figure of the group during the second part, desbordando by the right, leaving passes in depth and without fear to shoot to the arch, showing that has what needs to form part of the staff of the egarense along the new campaign. By his part, Xavi tested to Ansu in the centre of the forward, leaving clear that has him in consideration for the demarcation in case to need him in a course that goes to be very long.

However, the rival team did not put him the easy things to the Barcelona, those who in the feet of Pedri, Aranda, and Hill looked for the goal by all the means, fracasando in the attempt. Included, during the final stretch of the party the Olot generated a few frights to the culés, with a pair of finish very resolved by Iñaki Crag, the one who presented like a substitute of guarantees for Ter Stegen. Although it is true that the result was not the expected for the culés, the irruption of the canteranos do to think that in the City Condal the future is brilliant.

Technical index card of the party: Olot 1-1 FC Barcelona

• Olot: Battle; Aimar, Carles But (min. 45, Ot), Ayala (min. 61, Gerard Battles), Bigues; Terma (min. 45, Xumetra), Manzano (min. 61, Èric Vilanova), Eloi (min. 45, Forés); Callís, Ferran Brugué (min. 45, Gonzalo) and Urri (min. 61, Enric Vallès).
• FC Barcelona: Ter Stegen (min. 45, Iñaki Crag); Dest (min. 45, Marc Casadó), Arnau Houses (min. 73, Fabio White), Mika Marble (min. 45, Chadi), Álex Fence in; Kessié (min. 45, Aranda), Nico (min. 45, Pjanic), Pablo Tower (min. 45, Pedri); Ilias (min. 45, Hill), Aubameyang (min. 45, Ansu) and Abde (min. 45, Balde).
• Referee: Marc Oltra Sáez
• Incidences: friendly Party of the pre-season 2022-2023
• Goals of the party: 0-1, Aubameyang (min. 28); 1-1, Eloi (min. 44).