A lazy Barça 'falls asleep' and returns to give up points against Rayo (2-1)

Published:26/04/2023 - 23:58h

Updated:27/04/2023 - 00:03h

Follow the 'curse' of a FC Barcelona that has not beaten Rayo Vallecano since its promotion in 2021. Xavi Hernández's men let three key points escape and left a very poor image, which the franjirrojos knew how to take advantage of to 'disconcert' the leader

The FC Barcelona went to sleep early and left to escape three points of gold in Vallecas, with a very poor performance in all the senses, in spite of the goal of Lewandowski. The collective game was not effective and from the individualities did not mark differences for 'concern' to a Ray Valleco that did not suffer, practically, and that knew to take advantage of of the weaknesses and eases that left the blaugrana, that were not few. In spite of the arreón final, could not win the 'curse' with a picture franjirrojo to the that have not won him since they rose in 2021.

With the deafening fall of the Real Madrid in Montilivi, the Barça was conscious that to win in Vallecas went to define practically LaLiga of face to the last days. With this in mind, Xavi Hernández bet by a XI of gala starred by Frenkie of Jong, doing of '5', and the first titularity of Pedri González since lesionase in February. The bet worked half... Especially with the performance in the first-half.

The reality is that the culés signed some first 45' that left a lot that wish and that allowed that the Ray recovered the very easy balloon to add to the attack. Ter Stegen Saw his area 'fill' more than what had expected and that forced him to take part in a few occasions. And it is that, after a warning in which the one of Mönchengladbach took part of prodigious way when detaining the shot of Camel after a bad exit and loss of the Barça, to the following there was not at all that do.

A Ray that no 'forgive' and bad luck of the Barça

In the second approximation of the Madrilenian, the marker yes moved : Álvaro García commanded a powerful shot, crusader, from the left to nail it by the long stick. The Teutonic pulled to try divert the balloon, but little or at all could do. It was the goal that gave felt to what happened in this moment in the field: A Barça 'desconectado' from the centre of the field and a Ray that knew to take advantage of his opportunities and that took advantage of of the eases that were leaving.

It did not suppose the resignation of the ones of Xavi, because yes they looked for to equalise the marker, but without fortune or clarity. Lewandowski Had a hand manually with Dimitrievski in which the guardameta did 'big' and afterwards, to the edge of the rest, beat underneath to the macedonio, but split in position advanced by what the goal did not cost. Before, the picture 'franjirrojo' had had a clear opportunity with a finish of Isi Palazón that brushed a defender to leave to the corner.

A Barça very imprecise

In the resumption the history did not change and the Barça gave continuity to a quite poor image so that the Ray benefited . The culés suffered in front of the pressure of the venues and lost too many duels, to the point that before the hour of party the ones of Andoni Iraola attained to sign his second target after stealing him the balloon to Frenkie of Jong and undress to the Barcelona defence to win to Ter Stegen.

The left side knew to jump to the pressure to leave to the Dutch midfield player in the lawn. It went in career until the area, without reaction any of the culés, and beat with the greater tranquility of the world to the guardameta German, that for the second time in what it goes of LaLiga saw how annotated him two goals a same night. Camel could put the third, shortly after, with a shot of volley inside the area that left was miraculously.

The culés, with several approaches, could not recortar distances until they were missing eight minutes for the end. Robert Lewandowski went back to appear to hunt a refuse of a shot of Kessié that served him for fusilar to Dimitrievski and 'dream' with the tie, that could complete he same two minutes afterwards with another finish, but that went directly to the gloves of the guardameta local.

Less bad that LaLiga is won...

With the imprecisions, the slow parties and level so low do not win Leagues. The FC Barcelona has a lot of luck (or sees recompensado, in any case) that it did the works when it had to do it, because it is not a secret for anybody that this month of April was very negative and that the performance of the team left more doubts that certainties. The return of Frenkie of Jong and Pedri González has not been the antidote, still, and Xavi Hernández has to do changes to avoid lose more points and leave a poor image in this end of course... As it is happening now. Less badly there is a mattress of eleven points.

Technical index card of the party: Ray Vallecano 2-1 FC Barcelona

Ray Vallecano: Dimittievski; Balliu, Catena, Lejeune, Fran Garcia; Valentín, Unai López, Isi, Trejo, Álvaro; Camel
FC Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Koundé, Araújo, Marcos Alonso (min. 56, Jordi Alba), Balde; Frenkie of Jong (min. 77, Eric García) Pedri, Gavi (min. 77, Pablo Tower); Ferran (min. 56, Ansu Fati), Raphinha and Lewandowski.
Referee: Gil Manzano.
Incidences: corresponding Party to the day 31 of LaLiga 2022-2023
Goals of the party: 1-0, Álvaro García (min. 19); 2-0, Fran García (min. 53); 2-1, Robert Lewandowski (min. 82)