AFTER THE DEFEAT IN FRONT OF THE SEVILLA
Pedri Keeps optimistic: "Still we have a party of turn"
Published:11/02/2021 - 01:13h
Updated:11/02/2021 - 01:13h
In spite of the hard defeat that the culés suffered in front of the Sevilla 2-0 the Spanish midfield, Pedri González, remembered that to the Barcelona group still remains him the party of turn
The Barcelona midfield player, Pedri González, declared when finalising the party of the Seville-Barcelona that he and the team will not give by defeated, since it still remains the party of the turn of the seminfinal of the Glass of Rey.
"We begin the party a bit badly, they had superiority in the half and did not know to counter it. We carry us a defeat, but still can ", expressed the Barcelona midfield player when culminating the party in a press conference.
"It is a blow that marked us after the opportunity of Messi", added the young footballer. On the controversial fall of Jordi Alba inside the area of the Seville after his struggle with the midfield of the Seville Suso Fernández, manifested that "had opportunities, think that there is a penalti that do not know if they hold it first was or is inside, for this is the VAR that is the one who decides, but still have a party of turn", said.
"They remain 90 minutes. The party will be long, gives time for a lot. The clearest example is the party in front of the Granada", ensures Pedri, the one who remembers the party of the quarter-finals of the same competition in front of the group of the rojiblancos. In this duel, the Barcelona achieved to force the extention in the last minutes of the meeting to finish victorious 3-5.
The errors of Umtiti
The Barcelona lost the party of gone of the semifinals of the Glass of the King against the Seville 2-0, after Umtiti committed two errors that were taken advantage of by the combined led by Lopetegui, which materialised the triumph with two goals annotated by the defender Joules Koundé in the minute 25 and by the midfield player Ivan Rakitić in the minute 85 of the referred party.
The Seville saw in Umtiti a brecha that could take advantage of to increase the goals to his favour and Youssef In-Nesyri seated him to look for the second, but fell to the floor before being able to shoot. Before finishing the first time, the hispalenses took advantage of of Junior Firpo, that was very soft when trying intercept a pass that 'Papu' Gómez sent him to Sergio escudero, the one who do not doubt in shooting to the arch of Ter Stegen, although this time attained to trap the balloon.
The end of the duel
The second time began with a FC Barcelona launching to the attack and to keep contents to the hispalenses. Shortly after, Messi, after receiving a pass of Frenkie of Jong inside the area, looked for a placed shot to the that Bono (the goalkeeper of the Seville) achieved to detain. The Argentinian went back to have an opportunity thanks to a pass of Dembélé inside the area, but the shot of the Argentinian star left to the side of the network.
The party remained resolved in the minute 85 with another error of Umtiti. The frank-Cameroonian broke the offside and slipped to leave only to Ivan Rakitic in front of Ter Stegen and the Croatian midfield player no desaprovechó the second error of this.