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BARÇA PLAYED THEIR BEST MINUTES IN A LONG TIME

The reasons Barça gave against Napoli to believe that winning the Champions League is possible

Published:13/03/2024 - 09:52h

Updated:13/03/2024 - 16:14h

FC Barcelona advanced to the stage of Europe's top eight for the first time in four years and it has been thanks in large part to being able to add great individuals with a good pressing system and play in the opponent's half

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The FC Barcelona left in evidence this Tuesday the big football that can practise when it is able of presionar high and recover the balloon in contrary field. Like this they were the first 25 minutes of the party in front of the Naples, to the equal that the last 20 0 25', allowing that the culés took a comfortable initial advantage of 2-0 and later could sentence the eliminatory with a 3-1 that signed Robert Lewandowski.

And it is that only it does lacking throw him an eye to the chronicle of the party to understand that the first chamber of hour of the culés was simply of team 'top' of Europe, attaining dominate to the rival in each centimetre of the field and having occasions of constant form. Fermín, replacing to the lesionado Pedri, had until three finish in 15 minutes, attaining send the last of them between the three sticks and planting the first so much of the party.

Big individual performances and a system that yes worked

In addition to the big party of the '32', Lamine Yamal went back to show that it is in the best moment of his very short career, being desequilibrante in each played in which his mates decided to deliver him the balloon. Before it fulfilled the first minute of game already had finished to goal, and although it would finish without marking, himself that left big played and a finish that it happened besando the long stick of Meret in the second time and that besides remembered a lot to his golazo of the past weekend in front of the RCD Mallorca.

But further of these big individual performances, to which add of course those that had players like Cubarsí, Cancel, Gündogan or Araújo, the reality is that the greater virtue of this Barça that now will struggle for being in semifinals has been the can presionar to the rival. Almost half hour of effective pressure attained to exert the team of Xavi, and clearly only the fault of energy in a point was what allowed to the Naples can surpass these two lines culés that constantly recovered the balloon in contrary field.

Points to improve inside a Barça that clearly is better to the of does 5 or 6 weeks

Although the subject of the energy is something that no longer has solution in this point of the season, and less having 3 or 4 drops in the staff, the reality is that can begin the parties like this will be an important weapon for the ones of Xavi of face to the quarter-finals. In this instance already everything will be much more equalised, and the draw will have much more that see, but clearly there are several names of the team that have stepped to forward in his level, as they are the cases of Koundé and Raphinha, and a new European final can see much more near now.

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