Nàstic gives the 'blow' to Johan Cruyff and snatches the 2nd position from Barça Atlètic (1-2)

The Barça Atlètic could not add a victory in front of the Gimnàstic of Tarragona, falling in condition of venue with a marker of 1-2. It was a meeting in which the culés never found comfortable and the Nàstic showed a remarkable forcefulness when invoiceing two annotations, one in each half. With this reverse, the Barcelona picture falls to the third position of the table clasificatoria in the First RFEF, since although they are empatados in points (67) precisely with the cast tarraconense, these enjoy of a better difference goleadora (+15 to +16).

The referee gave the pitazo initial of a commitment whose importance reflected in the terracings, since the 'inflate' of both clubs filled of colour the terracings of the stadium Johan Cruyff. Besides, in the loges found several personalities like Rafa Yuste, Deco, Joan Soler, Juli Guiu, Bojan Krkic and Alejandro Echevarría, those who gathered to witness a clash that from the first minutes promised to be very moved, with good opportunities for both teams.

The Nàstic did not forgive a defensive error of Mika Faye

In this sense, in the first minutes, the Gimnàstic of Tarragona showed a bit more than impetus in the exchange of played. In fact, the visitors took advantage of to the minute 17 an unlucky error of the defender Mika Faye, so that to Alan Godoy could invoice and put the marker in 0-1 in favour of the combined tarraconense. This forced to the Barcelona cast to row from backwards from the first compasses, since the rival group exerted a pressure asfixiante that left little margin of action to the team culé. Likewise, when the Gimnàstic approached to the contrary area, did it with too much danger, unlike the Barça Atlètic, that tried to generate game, but did not find solutions in the last third of the field.

It did not go until the minute 34 that the ones of Rafa Márquez had an occasion of real danger to upset to the guardameta rival. Pau Víctor, maximum goleador of the competition, crashed a finish in the stick after a good played generated by Pocho from the right side. Nevertheless, this played only attained to be an atisbo of reaction culé and did not change the marker, that kept in 0-1 to the end of the first-half. A just marker if it wants given the development of the clash, since the Nàstic could have gone to the rest with an advantage of 0-3.

The tarraconenses cleared the actions with a contragolpe lethal

In the second half, the rhythm of the meeting went back a bit calmer in comparison with the intensity of the first-half. The Barcelona cast followed looking for the tie, but did not find the solution to break the resistance of the team tarraconense. However, the Nàstic, in spite of enjoying of few occasions in the second half, went to give a new 'hit' to the Barcelonan picture, by courtesy of the forward Marc Fernández that went to top a contragolpe that took to the combined of the City Condal totally desencajado in the background line.

Back to this, the group tarraconense had a new opportunity to increase his narrow advantage in the marker. However, Ander Astralaga showed why the egarense has considered it in several occasions to form part of the announcements of the first team, when making two covered successive to avoid that his goal was again vulnerada. Likewise, in this same played, there was a third opportunity in which the goal culé was in danger, but this was saved by the defender Alexis Olmedo.

Ángel Alarcón went back in style with the Barça Atlètic

Nevertheless, the cast culé did not go to remain of arms crossed and to the closing of the commitment went to put the 1-2 in the meeting. In this opportunity, Ángel Alarcón, the one who returned to the Barcelona discipline after an absence of five months by injury, went to add a very necessary target for the Barcelona picture with a very good finish of right-handed leg. However, this went to arrive in the 94', what left very scarce time so that the Barça reacted, being this the last important action of the commitment.

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With this reverse, the Barça Atlètic does not put in danger his place in the 'playoff', since only it remains a day more in the First RFEF and is not mathematically possible that fall further of the fifth place, last contingent that guarantees the classification to this phase of the tournament. However, it could fall to the fourth position if the Celtic Fortuna, his next rival, attains to win it, since it would surpass them by a point (68 to 67).

On the other hand, if the picture culé wins against the Galicians and the Nàstic loses in front of the Ray Majadahonda, that finds in the last position of the classification, the combined of the City Condal could recover his second square. Nevertheless, it is evident that the Barça no longer depends exclusively of himself same to ensure the second place in the table clasificatoria.