Lights and shadows in Xavi's approach to come back against Celta

The FC Barcelona attained to solve 'by a hair's breadth' a meeting that complicated him in front of a Celtic of Vigo very solid. During 81 minutes, the Barcelona team saw braked in his offensive until Robert Lewandowski desató a traced back with a goal. The Pole increased the pressure when converting another target to the 85', and Joãor Cancel sealed the electronic with a so much to the 89', leaving the final result in 2-3.

In the first-half, the Catalan cast did not attain to find his rhythm in spite of having the possession of the balloon in a high percentage, but his effectiveness in attack was quite limited by not saying invalid. By his part, the square of Rafa Benítez opted for shutting in his field with a diagram 5-3-2, renouncing to the possession and expecting take advantage of some isolated opportunity. Finally, to the minute 19, Jorgen Strand Larsen broke the parity in favour of the 'celtistas' with a so much of big manufactura.

The Barça had to do a 'sacudón' tactical in the halftime

The Celtic of Vigo finished the first-half like just victorious, leaving to the FC unrecognizable Barcelona. In spite of having won his last two parties with goleadas, in this meeting, with several changes in the alignment, the goal shined by his absence for the cast of the City Condal. This carried to Xavi to make tactical changes in the half time to modify the attitude of the team and look for break the defensive wall of the Galician picture.

Precisely, the technician of Terrassa decided to take part changing so much the tactical diagram like the players. Conscious that the Celtic had renounced practically to compete in offensive terms, the trainer egarense opted for abandoning his classical 4-3-3 initial and adopt an approach netamente offensive with a 3-4-3.

In this new diagram, Oriol Romeu was replaced by Ronald Araújo, forming a defensive line beside the charrúa, Andreas Christensen, and Jules Koundé. Besides, during the half time, Lamine Yamal ingresó in place of Marcos Alonso to increase the generation of game by the sides, leaving to Cancel and to the espluguense like carrileros. Gavi, the one who had substituted to the recently lesionado Frenkie Of Jong, and Ilkay Gündogan kept like the axes in the half field. The trident of attack kept intact, with Joao Félix, Robert Lewandowski and Ferran Torres, showing a bet decided by the attack.

The tactical change generated problems in the Barcelona defensive line

This tactical change showed the intention of Xavi to look for the party, but also generated problems in the defence of the FC Barcelona when having few players with defensive profile to help to the defenders. Besides, the new diagram generated moments of tactical disorder in the field, what envalentonó to the Celtic of Vigo.

Curiously, in spite of having a lot of players in the attack, the first opportunity of goal in the second half for the cast culé arrived after a powerful shot of Ronald Araújo. The Galicians continued presionando and had several opportunities of goal, but the fault of precision and the key interventions of the goalkeeper Marc André Ter Stegen kept to the Barça in the meeting. However, to the minute 76, Anastasios Douvikas took advantage of a counterattack after an error of Alejandro Balde in the corner visitor and, with an assistance of Iago Sails, annotated the target that put justice in the marker.

The Barça sentenced the epic traced back in less than 10 minutes

Finally, the FC Barcelona showed his harp and the offensive modifications had an impact in the defence of the Celtic of Vigo, that already was tired to contain the incisive attack of the Barcelona team. To the minute 81, Robert Lewandowski converted a big goal with an acrobatic definition after an assistance of Joao Félix.

Afterwards, to the 85', the Pole completed his doublet after receiving a centre raso of Joao Cancel inside the area and define it with a big derechazo, empatando the party 2-2. Precisely, I Cancel it would be the author of the goal that would give him the victory to the Barça, thanks to an excellent assistance of Gavi to put definite figures to the electronic.