Hard-fought victory for a Barça team that relaxed against a very 'feisty' Shakhtar (2-1)

The FC Barcelona takes into account that it has to advance to the eighth of final of this Champions League after finding with a group, much more accessible that the one of the last years. With this idea the culés have gone out to look for the two first parties and in this third day the situation has not been very distinct. In spite of the big quantity of drops the ones of Xavi have wanted to take the control in front of a Shakhtar that arrived in the middle of a change of trainer.

However, the Ukrainian team himself that knew like closing the spaces for the Catalans in the first minutes of party. In fact, in the first 20 or 25 minutes of party played with a rhythm very, but that very low. Only Fermín, enabled by Oriol Romeu after a good recovery, could upset to the goalkeeper Riznyk, the one who to the 7' commissioned to divert the definition of the canterano with his right foot.

The point of break of the party for the Barça

After that played of Fermín the Barça had to expect until a big played individual of Joao Cancel in the minute 26 to be able to 'activate' again the party. The side confined until almost the small area of the Shakhtar and after a big dribbling decided to execute a finish of left-handed, controlled with some difficulty by the guardameta rival, but that would finish being the definite action to change the dynamics on the field.

Only a pair of minutes afterwards would arrive an exquisite pass of Gündogan to Fermín in which the '32' finished finishing to the crossbar, but in the refuse appeared Ferran to shoot with a volley of right and advance to the Barça. The played was reviewed by the VAR by the initial position of Fermín and little less than a minute afterwards the referee of the party confirmed that the so much was valid.

As well as the attack of Cancel was key for the 1-0 of the Barça, that so much of Ferran opened definitively to the Ukrainian team and after some attempts, especially of Joao Félix, would arrive the second goal. To the 36', Ferran received the balloon in the centre of the field and enabled to Fermín that definitely it has been big protagonist of the party. The mediocampista of 20 years took advantage of the field by in front for afterwards recortar in front of the defender Bondar and send a soberbio shot that touched in the stick -again- and coló in the goal of Riznyk. Golazo For the youngster, increasingly consolidated in the first team.

A start of second time that Xavi surely will want to improve

Like this it would leave the Catalan team to the changing rooms, returning with a fault of intensity for the second time that many did not expect. The first 10 minutes resulted in a command of possession of the visitors, without that the high pressure so characteristic of the culés could give effect. But shortly after, to the 59', would arrive the second so much of Ferran Torres, after a big habilitation of Joao Cancel, although in this opportunity the VAR himself that would cancel the played by offside of the Spanish forward.

This played could allow that the formality of the party surely changed completely, taking into account that it treated already of the 3-0, a situation that remained in the forget when to the 62' the Shakhtar would surprise in the City Condal with a very good against. Azarovi Handled very well the times of the played and with a very good pass in depth found the diagonal of a Sudakov that did not put nervous and defined to the short stick of Ter Stegen, that until this moment came being a viewer more than the party.

It played another party after the discount of the Shakhtar

Once it arrived this target of the Ukrainians the party opened and became more a duel of gone and turn, something that for the Barça facilitated the attacks, but left that the Shakhtar ilusionara with the tie. Already arrived the minute 70 the culés would take advantage of these spaces that in the first time little could find and in less than a minute Fermín went back to be the big protagonist of the attack culé.

The already goleador in the party crashed his second finish in the wood when hitting of first a big pass from the right, leaving clear that his hit has to be a tool that the Barça take advantage of. Very shortly after it would appear inside the area like all a '9' and would hang of the angle a big head butt, but the VAR took part and cancelled the played by offside of the international Spanish Sub-21.

The Barça could not find the goal of the tranquility

The Barça did not achieve this so much that could 'clear' the party and like this went in to the last 15 minutes of the statutory time, doing besides some changes in key rotations, as the ones of Joao Félix or Fermín. The Shakhtar showed decided to find the tie and in front of this the culés had several options of contragolpe, without leaving to mention that the Ukrainian himself that approached with danger in at least a pair of occasions to the goal of Ter Stegen.

Between Ferran and Lamine Yamal tried to take advantage of the opportunities that the visitors allowed him when being launched in attack, but were not hit in this last part of the field. Balde, ingresado by Marcos Alonso, also tried with his speed, although little by little the ones of Xavi understood that the best option was to go down the rhythm of the party and do possessions the longest possible.

Technical index card of the party: FC Barcelona 2-1 Shaktar Donetsk

• FC Barcelona: Ter Stegen; I Cancel, Araújo, Iñigo (Christensen, min. 82), Alonso (Balde, min 71); Oriol Romeu, Fermín (Casadó, min. 82), Gündogan; Joao Félix (Mark Guiu, min. 75), Ferran and Lamine Yamal.
• Shakhtar Donetsk: Riznyk; Konoplya, Bondar, Matviienko, Azarov; Stepanenko (Eguinaldo, min. 90+2); Zubkov, Bondarenko, Sudakov, Kryskiv (Newerton Palmares, min. 63) and Sikan (Kelsy, min 70).
• Referee: Ivan Kruzliak.
• Incidences: corresponding Party to the third day of the Champions League 2023-2024.
• Goals of the party: 1-0, Ferran Torres (min. 29), 2-0, Fermín López (min. 36), 2-1, Sudakov (min. 62)

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