The start of Saturday early La Liga gave Barcelona the chance to stretch your advance at the top of the seven -point table for at least 24 hours, although this time slot – the weekend after a match in the Champions League – has invariably proved to be a problem for the Blaugranes before now.
And so it proved again until the late and late intervention of Raphinha.
Hansi Flick is probably not too satisfied with a dull and lethargic opening 45 of the hosts in half which saw Celta Vigo quickly equalize the opening of Ferran Torres.
Things would go from bad to worse before the start of the fight and while the final score 4-3 was full of entertainment, it was also full of errors, and they will have to be calculated quickly if Barça wanted to finish the season successfully.
Let’s take a look at three points for discussion of the game …
Gerard Martín Issuilibre La Défense
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Replacement of the injured Alejandro Balde, Gerard Martín has not yet covered glory.
At fault for Celta’s equalizer, the left back was always taken out of position thereafter.
In fact, it was almost never online with the rest of the four rear, which makes the high line.
He rarely played a pass that found his target and his 78.6% statistics in this regard was one of the lowest spectacle.
In addition, for a player who has the possibility of presenting his own complaint for a regular starting place, he did not have the required emergency to give Hansi Fliride to think.
Barça’s lack of communication throughout
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There could not have been too much afternoon when the defense of Barça in particular, but the team generally looks so uncomfortable.
They were canceled by simple balls compared to many and many times, and apparently, no one was responsible for staying back to sweep if necessary.
It was at best amateur and a separate lack of communication was obvious, in particular for the second of Celta where Frankie de Jong and Iñigo Martínez were clearly not talking when the ball was drifting in a inviting manner for Borja Iglesias to prolong the example of visitors.
Positionally incompetent on the ground for long periods, Barça may consider itself lucky that their submarines have taken them out of prison.
Enormous dependence on the depth of the team
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Once again, the substitutes have won their salary and changed the course of the game.
Dani Olmo, who had an upside down to his barça career due to injuries, was the protagonist, scoring the goal that brought the hosts back in the match and winning the penalty to decide.
His contribution spread to much more than that, however, when his intelligent movement assured that he found the spaces easily and kept Celta back four occupied.
The introduction of Lamine Yamal, in addition to helping Raphinha for the Levelleur, also gave visitors something else to think and, from that moment, Celta’s attacks were rare.
How the two were necessary one day which could well be considered as the one who won the Barca the title of the League.