BARÇA TAKES THE DEFINITIVE STEP!
Jordi Alba shows Barça the way to the League title (1-0)
The FC Barcelona already feels champion of LaLiga. Against Osasuna, after 85 minutes of real 'suffering', the Barça team celebrated a goal by Jordi Alba that puts them straight towards the league title
A goal of Jordi Alba puts the direct to the title. The FC Barcelona, with a lot of difficulties, has surpassed to an Osasuna that put a lot of fetters in the Spotify Camp Nou and that 'frustrated' until the impossible to his rival. The persistence of the culés cost and now are to a step to win the title of LaLiga, of irreversible way. It was the goal that needed to give beginning to the euphoria, in a party with a lot of histories and that has been all less simple.
It was a Barça 'contrariado', because it began with irregular feelings and in the second half 'activated in research of a goal. They felt , during long, frustrated in front of an Osasuna that knew to defend and that forced to the blaugrana to change, one and again, of plan. Jagoba Arrasate Knew how, even in front of the inferiority, exasperate to all the Spotify Camp Nou, in the previous of the party 'of his life' in front of the Real Madrid in the final of Glass of Rey.
Against the 'rojillos', Xavi Hernández bet by his alignment more headline and the plan more 'logical' after the big presentation in front of the Betis. It repeated the diagram of four midfield players to have more command in the lawn, but in this opportunity (and especially in the first part) saw a team with fewer clear ideas and with doubts to the hour to add to the attack. A staged totally distinct.
Doubtful start the Barça in the Camp Nou
It was the Barça 'atascado' of the month of April, although they were very 'benefited' that the conjoint visitor played with ten footballer from the 26 minutes, with the direct expulsion of Herrando by a fault to Pedri González being last man. They did not know to transform the superiority of players in superiority, as such, in the game.
It was precisely the Tenerifean midfield player, before the fault, the one who had the occasion more 'clear' of the first part after a big sending of Alejandro Balde, that arrived until background line to centre but the '8', free of mark, did not find goal with his shot. Raphinha Also tried it, with a direct fault, but went near of the crossbar.
The Osasuna, in spite of that was rotando and had the 'low' of Herrando, showed especially comfortable defending and achieved 'desactivar' to the main offensive threats of the culés, a history that repeated in the beginning of the second half and that forced to the trainer egarense to 'move' all his approach, with the incorporation of an Ousmane Dembélé with the intention of 'energise' by the band.
The occasions, in the second part
The offensive power that was missing in the first 45', began to see with the happen of the minutes. From a high head butt of Robert Lewandowski after connecting with Fati, until a perfect centre of Pedri looking for the finish of Frenkie of Jong, but his finish point-blank detained it, 'in extremis' and thanks to his reflections, took it out Aitor Fernández, the one who went back to appear shortly after after finish of the '10' from the frontal looking for the left stick.
It was a Barça that was giving much more sense to the game, that did not hide and that was looking for directly goal. A change of 'chip' necessary, but without clarity in the last pass. They improved the ideas, but no the definitions of the footballers that were especially 'dense'. It showed it Dembélé after receiving a balloon in the second stick and, entirely only, did not find goal.
Jordi Alba gives the step to LaLiga
The occasions did not be missing. This is clear, but between the bad fortune and resistance of an Osasuna that knew to hold, the Catalans did not find the direct way to the goal and the frustration already was more than evident. More when Lewandowski achieved to break the goal in the 78' after 'nail' in the meshes a balloon that seemed to control Aridane in the small area. Churches Villanueva, however, did not allow that it went up to the marker by an out of plays in the beginning of the played.
The ones of Xavi were printing a lot of speed and 'danger' to the game, exasperated practically. Dembélé Went back to test luck, after several cuts, with a finish very crossed that it left was. Of Jong was the one who sent, shortly after, a balloon to the heart of the area that almost 'hunting' Ferran, but finish covering Aitor. It did not go until the minute 85 that appeared Jordi Alba to mark a goal that opens the way of the culés to the title.
Technical index card of the party: FC Barcelona 1-0 Osasuna
- FC Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Koundé, Araújo, Christensen (min. 52, Eric García), Balde; Busquets, Of Jong, Pedri; Raphinha (min. 52, Dembélé), Lewandowski and Gavi (min. 36, Ansu Fati).
- Osasuna: Aitor; Diego Moreno, Unai García, Herrando, Manu Sánchez; Pablo Ibáñez, Lucas Torró, Aimar Oroz (min. 45, Iker Muñoz); Rubén García (min. 45, Kike Borja), Chimy Ávila and Iker Benito.
- Referee: Churches Villanueva.
- Incidences: corresponding Party to the day 33 of LaLiga 2022-2023
- Goals of the party: 1-0, Jordi Alba (min. 85)
