A great Barça 'assaults' La Cerámica (0-1) and opens a gap in LaLiga

Published:12/02/2023 - 22:56h

Updated:13/02/2023 - 01:31h

FC Barcelona continues in unstoppable mode and has won a hard-fought victory on their visit to Villarreal at La Cerámica. A solitary goal from Pedri gives the blaugrana three golden points

The FC Barcelona follows to rhythm of champion and all is going out him in LaLiga. Without discussion, up to now. The culés encarrilan his sixth consecutive victory and already are eleven the points of advantage that has in the highest of the table, although in Vila-real did not live his more pleasant party neither simple, but yes the most solvent in front of a rival that did not lose the face to the crash in any moment. The goal of Pedri dictated sentence.

When the Barça is comfortable and full of confidence, notices too much. It has happened like this in The Ceramics, where the ones of Xavi Hernández planted with a lot of authority in front of a Villarreal that, to dropper, wanted to put in the party. The bet by Franck Kessié, only novelty in the alignment, worked him to a Barcelona picture that did not doubt neither creased to leave a new exhibition that catapults him eleven points by in front of the Real Madrid.

The blaugrana are a bullet and are in an exultant state that does them 'win' the parties hardly begin. The pressure and consistency was key in the beginning of the crash against the 'groguets' for, after an occasion fallida of Lewandowski against Pepe Reina, the Barça found the goal in a played of pure DNA culé that finalised Pedri, dressed of goleador, for the 0-1 to the 17 minutes.

After a big combination between the Barcelona, Pedri received in the area after a wall of the ariete Polish, that served in tray the goal to the midfield player. The '8' remained entirely only in front of the goal and sent a finish crossed in front of the exit of the guardameta local. The 'tin' remained opened, but to the Barça cost him follow accumulating occasions further of one of 'Lewy' after a picadita of Of Jong, that the ex of the Bayern defined underneath for the reaction hit of Reina.

The Barça was very comfortable with the balloon, although in the first-half had less possession, and took advantage of his opportunities to put fear to the 'yellow submarine', that finish the 45' with more presence in the area of Ter Stegen, although without being decisive, in addition to the clear occasion that had Moral, the one who had gone in career to go in in the area, but his shot left by the side of the network by centimetres.

The mejoría of the Villarreal and the solvency of the Barça

In the resumption continued the same dynamics, in a party of a lot of gone and turns in which the Villarreal took advantage of to advance lines and presionar the Barcelona defence, but without tarpaulin in the last metres and with Araújo of 'enemy'. It checked it to the hour of party, when it launched 'in extremis' to detain a finish of Pine in front of Ter Stegen.

Although the mejoría of the venues was nás that evident, because they were much more comfortable, the Barça followed presionando and brushing the goal, especially with a pass to the gap of Lewandowski to Raphinha, but the finish crossed did not find goal. It went back to test, but his pass backwards in the area remained him short.

The Barcelona did not achieve to sleep the encuentor neither avoid the approaches of the 'groguets', but neither left the feeling that they were suffering. The defensive solidity, with Araújo of protagonist, went the key ingredient so that the result kept although the ones of Xavi Hernández left to have constant presence in the area of Pepe Reina.

The ones of Setién, by his part, starred the last occasions of the last minutes, included a goal of Samu Chukwueze, with big definition in front of Ter Stegen, but that it was invalidated by a position advanced when it received. The end of a party, very contested, but also solvent for the Barça.

Technical index card of the party: Villarreal 0-1 FC Barcelona

Villarreal: Reina; Foyth, Albiol, Pau, Alberto Moreno (my. 83, Trigueros); Capoue, Parejo, Baena (min. 83, Boy); Coquelin (min. 33, Chuckweze), Moral (min. 83, Mojica) and Pino.
FC Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Koundé, Araújo, Christensen, Balde; Kessié, Of Jong, Gavi, Pedri; Raphinha (min. 80, Ferran) and Lewandowski.
Referee: Hernández Hernández.
Incidences: corresponding Party to the twentieth first day of LaLiga Santander 2022-2023
Goals of the party: 0-1, Pedri (min. 17);