Valencia effective leaves without Glass of the King to a Barça that remained half (1-2)

Published:25/05/2019 - 22:56h

Updated:26/05/2019 - 17:48h

FC Barcelona and Valencia confronted in an equalised final of the Glass of the King that topped to the blanquinegros like champions. An effective first-half sufficed to escape with goals of Gameiro and Rodrigo, and brake a traced back that in spite of the so much of Messi did not arrive

Valencia is champion of the Glass of the King 2018-19, after surpassing to a FC Barcelona to the that remained him short the traced back. The men of Marcelino García Toral had very clear his fortresses and weaknesses, and his effectiveness was key to impose to an opponent that missed to his lesionados and also all the energy that squandered the 'che'. Kevin Gameiro and Rodrigo Moreno annotated in the first time and in spite of the push of the 'Rey of Glasses', that discounted with a target of Leo Messi, this time the crown was for another.

The two applicants know very well, and this noticed in a start igualadísimo. The Catalans monopolised the possession but the Valencians were comfortable expecting backwards, because without a reference like Luis Suárez for the culés, had it much easier to contain the charged and expect his opportunity for 'bite' to the counterattack.

The first very clear occasion had it Rodrigo, but an intervention magistral of Gerard Hammered watered himthe party . Clément Lenglet cut from the floor a deep pass, and without raising , sent a pass to the frontal of the area to find a hole barcelonista and a career of the tip, that threw largo the balloon and surpassed the exit of the goalkeeper but could not with the central, that went to cover and refused his shot on the line.

After the fright continued the imprecisions in both edicts, ones too slow in the circulation and others too accelerated in his vertiginous exits. Leo Messi tested it with a derechazo that a defence diverted to corner, and act followed, went Kevin Gameiro the one who himself atinó with the networks. A big pass of Gabriel Paulista descosió all the rival lines and left free to José Luis Gayá, that found to the Frenchman in the frontal so that this, after leaving happen to Jordi Alba, fusilara to Jasper Cillessen.

The Barça accused the hit, and the effectiveness of Valencia still went to hurt more, because the first lost the calm and each attack of the seconds undressed to a retaguardia too fragile. They did not take too much in bending his advantage the ones of Marcelino, when Carlos Soler won a career to Jordi Alba and put a taut centre to the heart of the area so that Rodrigo hardly had to cabecear.

There was reaction culé but was scarce, and the most dangerous was Messi with a far kick that forced to lucirse to Jaume Doménech. This arrived in the minute 45, after two tame attempts of Ivan Rakitic with a shot that went up and a head butt that left diverted, another centred of the Argentinian and one more than the Croatian covered by a defender.

The reaction of the Barça remains half

It did Valverde changes to the rest and the Barça improved, with Arturo Vidal with little spark but generous in the efforts and, especially, Malcom that it was the best partner for all, encarando, insisting and giving support to Leo Messi that until then there was state too isolated. The Brazilian extreme put the intention that was missing, and was one of the big protagonists in the attacks of his.

Gonçalo Guedes Warned first with a shot from the distance, but the Catalans tightened and found prize. The 'che' already had the booty and centred in defending with solvency, in a throw and slackens in which they beaded the occasions barcelonistas, like an eslalon of Messi that finish with a shot of outside to the stick and a finish diverted of Arturo Vidal, that struck the rebound as it could.

Also it tested it I Hammered in position of leading centre, but could not define another good pass of Malcom. At the end, it appeared the one of always, this allied time with a fortune that minutes backwards had been him elusive. Again the one of Sao Paulo hanged a kickoff of corner, so that Lenglet cabeceara and Jaume stopped in first instance, although his refuse fell to the feet of Messi, that collected raudo the balloon after recortar distances and planted it in the centre of the field.

Marcelino armoured even more his defence and the plan served him, although Guedes forgave by twice the sentence. Each gap that opened the Barcelona closed it the blanquinegros with pressure and delivery, what left few opportunities to a 'Rey of Glasses' that fell with the boots put. The one of Benavente failed a hand manually with Cillessen and the last against of the party, in which, with the goalkeeper up after going up to finish a corner, did not know to plant the leather between the three sticks. But the work was fact, and Valencia is champion of Glass.

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

FC Barcelona: Cillessen; Semedo (Malcom, min 46), Hammered, Lenglet, Jordi Alba; Busquets, Arthur (Arturo Vidal, min 46), Rakitic (Aleñá, min 77); Sergi Roberto, Messi and Coutinho.
Valencia: Jaume; Wass, Garay, Paulista, Gayá; Soler, Coquelin, Parejo (Kondogbia, min 65), Guedes; Rodrigo (Diakhaby, min 88) and Gameiro (Piccini, min 72).
Referee: Undiano Mallenco.
Incidences: corresponding Party to the final of the Glass of the King 2018-19.
Goals of the party: 0-1, Gameiro (min 22); 0-2, Rodrigo (min 34); 1-2, Messi (min 73).