The FC Barcelona needed a victory after two days without winning, and although it cost him a lot work, attained to surpass to the Real Valladolid. The Catalans did not recover confidence but yes tieed up the points in LaLiga, what allows something more than tranquility before the première of the eliminatory of Champions against the Olympique of Lyon.
The first in jumping to the terrain of game this Saturday was the Athletic of Madrid, to the that the Ray Vallecano was about to to give a fright. Also they arrived to the appointment demanded the 'colchoneros', because after two consecutive defeats were near to lose the trail of the leader. The impudence of the franjirrojos braked it the just Jan Oblak that, as always, went saviour, and in the another tip of the field, Antoine Griezmann resolved with a lucky goal of rebound. The men of the Cholo Simeone do not pretend to give by defeated.
And with rotations played it to him the Barcelona in the Camp Nou, in a commitment in which it showed that they have to improve if they want to triumph in Europe. The ones of Ernesto Valverde did not happen excessive difficulties in defence, but went back to offer a slower version, more imprecise and more ofuscada that of habit, confirming that it still will be necessary to follow rowing to park the pothole by which happen.
The group barcelonista failed in attack what is not writing, included Leo Messi that annotated a penalti and erró another. The '10' was not fine and this noticed , by one looks diverted that it is not usual in him and by a war in which little by little, a flawless Jordi Masip ate him the morals. Kevin-Prince Boateng and Luis Suárez were also fallones, and Ousmane Dembélé and Philippe Coutinho voluntariosos.
The Girona examines the reaction of the Madrid in League
After the apparition of Barça and Athletic, the Girona will judge the reaction of the Real Madrid in LaLiga. The whites arrive in a good moment by which do not happen the gerundenses, but Santiago Bernabéu will have to handle the pressure of the victories of his opponents. In this occasion, the free week is for the 'merengues', that will see like culés and 'colchoneros' face his European crosses.
Also it interests in the City Condal the visit of the Seville to the Villarreal, since it will be necessary to measure to the Andalusians in the Day 25. Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán is another big obstacle on the way of the Catalans, that after the Parc Olympique Lyonnais travelled to earths hispalenses before confronting to the coliseo madridista in Glass of Rey and League.