BARÇA FESTIVAL AGAINST BETIS
Exhibition and thrashing! Barça 'recovers' the gunpowder and sinks Betis (4-0)
Absolute party for FC Barcelona during the visit of Real Betis, with an exceptional win in the first half. Xavi Hernández's men clear up doubts, banish the ghosts of recent weeks and 'plug in' for the season finale
The FC Barcelona needed a night like this. It had to shake the bad feelings that had left in the last weeks and go back to impose from his game, from the pressure and conviction... It needed to go back to be hungry of goal and transform his occasions in goals to put to celebrate to a Spotify Camp Nou that is increasingly near to celebrate a new League and that, besides, has seen again the best version of his team in front of a Betis that 'resigned' very soon.
It was a split cheat for the Barça, this is clear. Although the verdiblancos have signed a 2023 very disappointing, is a team that always complicates to his rival and that plants expensive. Thus, it was not a surprise that Xavi Hernández bet by his best XI, with Andreas Christensen included and reserving to Dembélé until the second part. The egarense knew what played , that went further of the three points. It was to convince. Leave backwards the ghosts and impose after a visit to Vallecas that finish with defeat.
The blaugrana did not yield in front of the intention of the béticos to have the balloon. Him it 'they stole' very soon to do with the absolute command of the party and shut to his rival in his field. They benefited of the 'hits' that received the Betis, by the injury of Luiz Felipe and early expulsion of Edgar. They showed a lot of personality, capacity to impose and, finally, hunger of face to the goal of a Rui Silva that little or at all could do in the Camp Nou.
The rain 'encourage' to the Barça
With Raphinha leading the attack and being a quebradero of head for the Betis, the Barcelona group read very well the plan of party and, under the tireless rain, grew very rapido. The Brazilian was the attendant to put a centre, 'indefensible' for the rival defence, for the arrival of Andreas Christensen that commanded a powerful head butt to open the marker, almost without opposition.
The sevillanos tried to react with centres 'shy' of Miranda, but in front of the double yellow to Edgar, the party did slope up... And ideal for the culés that, to the half hour, launched to the attack with Jules Koundé to the control. It sent a measured centre by the right so that it appeared Robert Lewandowski and finished, crusader, at first. It won to Rui Silva very 'easy'. Three minutes afterwards, with suspense by review of the VAR, Raphinha killed the party after a centre of Busquets that it left him hand manually against the put verdiblanco.
A storm called Barça
In the resumption did not change the plan of party, because the Barça was an authentic gale of the that the Betis did not know to protect, although in this time did not have so much 'luck' of face to the arch, although they were many the occasions led by a Lewandowski with spirits to answer to the 'hat-trick' of Benzema. It could have his doublet before the hour of party, with a finish inside the area, after a big pass of Pedri, that crashed in the stick.
Further of a finish of Miranda that detained Ter Stegen, the Betis could not plant face in the area culé and saw how the venues did party in his house. Ansu Fati, Ronald Araújo, Raphinha... The Barça looked for anyway the fourth goal in a party in which it was being very upper, of overwhelming way. To eight minutes of the end, a jugadón of Ansu Fati finish with a finish to goal that Guido Rodríguez brushed so that colara in goal and, like this, sentence the 'póker'.
Clear-cut way to the title of League
After several weeks leaving doubts, the Barça could leave a good image, benefited also by the return of all the players 'indisputable'. Xavi Hernández has his best arms to finish to define the title and celebrate it for the first time from 2019. To follow like this, the Camp Nou will be of party very, very soon.
Technical index card of the party: FC Barcelona 4-0 Real Betis
- FC Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Koundé, Araújo, Christensen (min. 58, Alonso), Balde; Busquets, Frenkie of Jong (min. 58, Ansu Fati), Pedri (min. 72, Kessié), Gavi; Raphinha (min. 72, Dembélé) and Lewandowski.
- Real Betis: Rui Silva; Montoya, Luiz Felipe (min. 12, Édgar), Pezzella, Miranda (min. 63, Abner); Carvalho, Guido Rodrígez, Channels; Luiz Henrique (min. 45, Akoukou), Ayoze (min. 63, Joaquín) and Willian José.
- Referee: Of the Big Hill
- Incidences: corresponding Party to the day 32 of LaLiga 2022-2023
- Goals of the party: 1-0, Christensen (min. 14); 0-2, Robert Lewandowski (min. 36); 0-3, Raphinha (min. 39); 4-0, Guido Rodríguez (min. 82).
News stood out of the FC Barcelona-Real Betis
- Next party: FC Barcelona vs Osasuna (Day 33, LaLiga 2022-2023).
- Video summary: FC Barcelona 4 Real Betis 0. Day 32 of LaLiga 2022-2023.