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Heorhiy Sudakov scored Shakhtar's goal

BARÇA SHOULD NOT FALL ASLEEP AGAIN

The 2nd half of Barça, Xavi's great enemy to do something great in this Champions League

Published:25/10/2023 - 23:23h

Updated:25/10/2023 - 23:23h

FC Barcelona maintained its perfect pace in the group stage of the Champions League with its victory against Shakhtar Donetsk (2-1). The culés got the victory back on track with a good first half, but they struggled unnecessarily in the second half

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In spite of the drops, the FC Barcelona did to cost the localía in front of a feeble Shakhtar Donetsk in Montjuïc (2-1), a party where the ones of Xavi Hernández went back to show two very different faces in the first and the second part. To the equal that in the previous day, in front of the Port wine, the culés began very well and attained to reflect his superiority in the marker. However, they sinned of relaxation in the complement and, again, suffered more than the account in the final stretch in front of a rival of lower hierarchy.

And it is that the factor conformism begins to be a very worrisome constant for the Barça in Europe this season. The conjoint blaugrana merma the intensity in the seconds 45 minutes, conceding too many spaces and opportunities to his rivals that, luckily, up to now have not cost points, but if unnecessary frights that, in upper phases and against some 'big' can cost very expensive.

The Barça does not have to go down the policeman in the second parts

Although the difference in front of the Shakhtar was elder that in front of the Port wine, in both parties the bajón after the rest was remarkable. The Wednesday, Ferran Torres and Fermín López had done the duties with two so many in the first part that directed the victory, but the converted discount by Heorhiy Sudakov in the minute 62 also did justice to an Ukrainian group that, in the first chamber of hour of the second act, installed with comfort in Barcelona field.

The Barça, this yes, reacted with the 2-1 and brushed the third with two clear actions of Fermín, one of them a so much cancelled by an offside milimétrico. Further of these chispazos, the team lució without ideas in the final stretch and conceded some clear occasion that easily could cost the tie. The culés follow leaders of his group with puntaje perfect and already have a foot in eighth. Nevertheless, it is necessary to correct these distractions to ensure the leadership of group and, from eighth, leave backwards the parpadeos childish that any more powerful rival can invoice in the phases of 'KO'.

To the Barça already him sucedió something similar the past season

In the 2022/23, the Barça already there was expermientado bajones similar in the second parts so much in Champions as in the Ueropa League. The most remarkable case was the one of the turn of the 'playoff' of the UEL in front of the Manchester United. After a big first part where left with advantage (0-1), the culés were deleted when receiving two goals in a complement very grey. Also there was sucedido something similar in the duels in Milan in front of the Inter and in Munich in front of the Bayern, where bad second parts cost fundamental defeats to sack in phase of groups of the tournament. The Champions does not forgive you and Xavi has clear that, to arrive far, can not give at all.