Lewandowski avoids Barça's umpteenth setback in the League against Celta (1-2)

Published:17/02/2024 - 20:34h

Updated:18/02/2024 - 02:33h

FC Barcelona has avoided a 'puncture' during its visit to Balaídos, with Robert Lewandowski as the protagonist. His double 'saves' the Catalans from signing a second consecutive draw and getting even more complicated in LaLiga

The FC Barcelona does not know what is a party without suffering from does long. In the visit to Vigo, with all what is at stake in LaLiga, the Catalans have gone back to leave a very warm performance that them complicated more than ever. Robert Lewandowski opened the marker to the edge of the rest, but once again could not keep the advantage. Iago Sails, that is the player that more has 'punished' to the culés in the 21st century, signed the tables for his, but the Pole rescued to the Barcelona from the point penalti.

Each party is a final for the Barça and the visit to Balaídos has not been the exception. The team lives a very irregular dynamics that has gone back to evidenciarse against a Celtic that knows to get in trouble to the culés. And it is that the blaugrana, after a first very positive part, went back the 'ghosts' and the doubts increased for 'put' to the party to his rival. Once again (and as always), the suffering was the main ingredient for the Catalans.

A Barça 'firm' in the first-half in Balaídos

In the first 45 minutes, to the Barcelona did not cost them dominate the meeting in front of a Celtic that, unlike the party of the first turn, cost him presionar and avoid that the Barça was comfortable. Rafa Benítez kept his lines very 'together', but with minimum capacity to surprise. Iago Sails and Larsen were the most active players and those who propiciaron the most dangerous approaches, but without forcefulness for 'concern' or condition to Marc-André ter Stegen.

The 'luck' for the venues was that the Barcelona picture had big problems to generate clear occasions and that remained half in the last pass. Vitor Roque Was the first in 'test' after a control in zone of three chambers, touch to Lamine Yamal so that it advanced to the centre and sent a powerful shot that repelled Guaita with the right hand. The Celtic reacionó with one against between Sails and Larsen, whose finish at first was too centred and 'easy' for the guardameta of Mönchengladbach.

The '27', that an afternoon more was being the player more desequilibrante of the culés, received the balloon of Lewandowski and commanded a centre that left to happen Pedri, but Roque could not arrive. The played finished it the own juvenile, that commanded a finish above the crossbar after touching in a defender. The Barça increased his command with the happen of the minutes and shut to the 'celestial' in his field, until to the edge of the rest, went back to appear Lamine in the band to filter a diagonal pass to the '9', that controlled of way sensacional to command a missile to the long stick and win to Guaita.

The Barça, expert in getting in trouble

The goal that opened the marker did not give tranquility to a Barça that, in the following played, went back to sin by his unfit in defence and left that Mingueza commanded a shot to the area that, although it did not generate big problems, went a 'signal' of how would initiate the second time. And it is that they had not happened two minutes when the Celtic went out with the balloon by the right band so that it received Larsen and afterwards the exazulgrana. It took out a taconazo paraque Iago Sails commanded a powerful shot from the frontal that diverted Koundé -for despistar to Ter Stegen- and colarse in the deepest of the network.

The reaction culé, late, arrived through a Lamine that continues being the light of the blaugrana in the attack. Had two occasions for desequilibrar to the rival defence: One that finish in a very enclosed hill that hunted Guaita, after several cuts fallidos against Ristic in the band, and another less clear with a shot to the long stick diverted, after a very good combination of the Catalans. Raphinha Was the following in surprising, with a direct free shot, that brushed the guardameta local to command it to the corner.

Final trepidante in Vigo between Celtic and Barça

The Celtic, especially after the spaces that found after the exit of Christensen, began to feel much more comfortable with the balloon and happened to look for the contragolpes to want to dominate... With clear occasions and wasted. I cancel it dressed of hero for the Catalans in the 71' when appearing 'in extremis' to cut a sending of Sails to Mingueza, that expected in the second stick 'smart' so that it went effective the law of the ex. The born in Moaña went back to appear with a finish crusader, that left was.

Technical index card of the party: RC Celtic 1-2 FC Barcelona

RC Celtic: Guaita, Mingueza, Starfelt, Carlos Domínguez, Ristic, Wall, Beltrán, Luca of the Tower, Allende, Sails and Larsen.
FC Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Koundé, Cubarsí, Araújo (min. 45, Iñigo), Cancel; Christensen (min. 56, Gündogan), Of Jong, Pedri (min. 72, Fermín); Yamal, Lewandowski, Roque (min. 56, Raphinha).
Referee: Polishing Santana
Incidences: corresponding Party to the day 25 of LaLiga EA SPORTS 2023/2024
Goals of the party: 0-1, Lewandowski (min. 45); 1-1, Iago Sails (min. 47); 1-2, Lewandowski (min. 90+6)