Araújo saves 'in extremis' a point for Barça against Granada (1-1)

Published:20/09/2021 - 22:58h

Updated:21/09/2021 - 13:26h

FC Barcelona had to row against the current against Granada and managed to save a point in the 90th thanks to a goal from Ronald Araújo. The center-back hit a great cross from Gavi with his head to tie Duarte's opening goal in minute one

The FC Barcelona could not begin worse against the Granada and practically initiated the party losing. In the minute one, the grenadian advanced in the marker thanks to a head butt of Sundays Duarte. The central put to the Barça against the ropes at all more begin the duel thanks to a glorious centre of Sergio Escudero that made impossible the exit of Marc-André ter Stegen.

The ex left-handed side of the Seville left by the left of Sergio Busquets with a good change of legs confining to the area. Already inside the area, encaró to a passive Eric García and with relative comfort put it to the second stick for the finish of his mate, that did not fail to empty door. A good so much of the 'nazarís' and a very hard hit for the picture of Ronald Koeman, that paid expensive the unfit in his right band.

The Barça, therefore, had to row contracorriente from the beginning against a Granada that, grown, defended with nails and teeth and went out to the counterattack when it could do it. However, they went the barcelonistas those that more near were of the goal in the minute 19 thanks to Sergi Roberto. The one of Reus found with a loose ball inside the area and with the interior commanded it to the crossbar, very near of the square. A very clear opportunity that was about to to turn into the 1-1.

Unfortunately, the occasion of the polyvalent midfield player did not go in and the Andalusians knew to hold without suffering too much the rest of the first time. It did not go until the discount, that was long by the injury of Eteki in the Granada and the one of Alejandro Balde in the Barcelona, when the culés tightened for real. Maximiliano saved to his team in the 45 with a paradón tremendo to a powerful head butt of Ronald Araújo, that went back to have it second afterwards, but that this time commanded it was.

Before the pitido final of the first part, the Barça showed his win of empatar and squeezed a lot of to the ones of Robert Moreno, that appreciated the end of the first 45 minutes. After the go through the changing rooms, Koeman gave the all by the all and took out to Luuk of Jong by Sergi Roberto, leaving in the alone field two midfield players and until four forwards explaining to Philippe Coutinho and Yusuf Demir.

Araújo Threw of the Barça in the second part

Araújo Went back to have it of head in the 56 after another big jump, but commanded it something diverted for fortune of the grenadian. Shortly after, Memphis Depay also had option of empatar, but his finish was to stop to Maximiliano, that went back to save to the Granada. After this occasion, Koeman decided to put talent, imagination and fight in the midfield putting to Gavi, that went in by a tired Coutinho.

The duel was not going well, the goal segúi without arriving and the trainer barcelonista decided to attend even to Riqui Puig, that up to now had not played this season. Beside the of Matadepera went in Hammered to play of '9' to it Alexanko to hang him balloons by high. The blaugrana had everything on the field in search of the 1-1, but the 'nazarís' held of form estoica in spite of the push of the venues, that did not leave to put centres.

In one of these a lot of centres, Luuk of Jong starred one of the errors of the season throwing was a head butt to two metres of the goal of the Granada. The Dutch erró of form inexplicable a so much that seemed to be sung to fault of 10 minutes for the end of the duel. Luckily, the failure of the Dutch will not be so remembered thanks to Araújo, that after several fruitless attempts at last achieved the 1-1. In the 89 and after asking penalti of Germán, the Uruguayan remachó with a potentísimo head butt a big centre of Gavi to equalise the crash.

The FC Barcelona was with everything in the discount in search of the victory, but did not have luck and did not achieve to arrive with clarity to the goal of Maximiliano. The centres of the blaugrana did not finish in any place and the duel finished with a 1-1 that leaves to the Barça with 8 points of 12 contested. Koeman Is now even more against the ropes and can that his future in the bench of the Catalans play in the Cádiz-Barça of this next Thursday.

Technical index card of the party: FC Barcelona 1-1 Granada Cf

FC Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Dest, Eric, Araújo, Balde; Busquets (Riqui Puig, min 74), Sergi Roberto (Luuk of Jong, min 45), Of Jong; Demir (Hammered, min 74), Coutinho (Gavi, min 60) and Memphis.
Granada CF: Luis Maximiano; Quini, Duarte, Abram, Escudero (Neva, min 45); Eteki, Monchu, Luis Mile; Doors (Gonalons, min 67), Jorge Molina (Luis Suárez, min 67) and Machis
Referee: Jaime Latre.
Incidences: corresponding Party to the fifth day of LaLiga Santander 2021-2022.
Goals of the party: 0-1, Duarte (min. 1); 1-1, Araújo (min. 89).