Ronald Koeman changed of system against the Huesca and went back to the classical 4-2-3-1. This variation seated him very well to the culés, that dominated totally to the Aragonese group from the first minute of game. In fact, the Barcelona did not take neither 10 minutes in having his first big opportunity by mediation of a Pedri that went back to be one of the best of the group barcelonista, as it comes being usual.
The Canarian desaprovechó point-blank a good centre of Jordi Alba that brushed Martin Braithwaite. The shot, toneless and badly placed, went to the hands of a hit Álvaro Fernández. But the Catalans did not leave to look for the goal and only a pair of minutes afterwards Leo Messi went back to have it with a volley in the second stick that lamentably did not achieve to put between the three sticks.
Ousmane Dembélé, very active, also had it after a good pass of Pedri to backwards. The French shot strong and high, but his shot tripped in Polishing when the Barça already sang goal. Luckily, the feelings were being very good and seemed that only it was question of time that the blaugrana finished hitting. After another clear arrival of Jordi Alba, Frenkie of Jong was the one who desequilibró the marker at last.
The Dutch took advantage of a big centre of Messi and with a big touch with the right defined to perfection in front of the half gone out of Álvaro. A very good arrival from backwards of the mediocentro, that showed that every time it is more dangerous of face to put it rival. The target put justice to the seen in the party, but did not do that the Barcelona left to look for the goal of a Huesca that saw totally surpassed.
Before the rest, Messi could put the 0-2 with a magistral free direct that took out the archer of the oscenses with a big unemployed. That could be the sentence of a very unbalanced duel in the futbolístico, but that the culés left opened of face to the second time. Luckily, the ones of Koeman did not go down the rhythm in the second time and the Aragoneses followed so far of the goal as in the first 45 minutes.
The Barça could golear in the second part
Dembélé Had the second to the 11 minutes of the resumption with a big desmarque by the left. The Frenchman arrived with advantage in front of Álvaro, but his touch with the left-handed took it out under sticks a defender of the Huesca to give hopes to his. A minute afterwards, Messi remained to centimetres to arrive to a balloon that could have turned into the sentence that so much looked for the blaugrana.
The Huesca no despegaba with balloon, but could empatar with a kickoff of corner that could amargar the night to the Barcelona. Rafa Mir, that always is a nuisance, took advantage of the left in the first stick to touch it of heel, finding with a big Ter Stegen, that cut across the ball with problems. An important fright that, nevertheless, neither prevented that the Barça followed his bullying and demolish in front of the goal of the oscenses.
Messi went back to have the sentence in his boots, but after a connection genial with Pedri his shot found with Álvaro Fernández. The Argentinian chose the first stick, but his powerful zurdazo was to stop to the hands of the local goalkeeper, that cleared as it could. After the opportunity, Míchel, technician of the Huesca, decided that it was the moment to try go with everything to by the tie, did three offensive changes and commanded to his varied team metres further up looking for give the surprise.
In spite of this attempt, the Barcelona no soltaron the ball and went back to have it in the feet of a Dembélé to the that went him the control when only it had to define in front of Álvaro. But the Huesca did not want to go of the crash without giving some fright and approached with danger with a head butt of Okazaki and a shot of Juan Carlos that blocó with relative comfort Ter Stegen. Those were the last options of an Aragonese group that avoided to go out goleado by the little puntería of the Barça, but that went of empty.
Technical index card of the party: SD Huesca 0-1 FC Barcelona
- SD Huesca: To. Fernández; Polishing (Juan Carlos, min 72), Insua, Siovas, Javi Galán; Mikel Rico (Doumbia, min 66), Mosquera, Seoane (Ferreiro, min 72); S. Gómez (Okazaki, min 72), Rafa Mir and Ontiveros.
- FC Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Dest (Mingueza, min 75), Lenglet, Araujo, Jordi Alba; Busquets (Pjanic, min 75), Of Jong; Pedri, Messi, Dembélé and Braithwaite (Griezmann, min 81).
- Referee: Stable Fernández.
- Incidences: corresponding Party to the day 17 of LaLiga Santander 2020-21.
- Goals of the party: 0-1, Of Jong (min. 27)