The FC Barcelona suffered his first defeat of the season in the UEFA Champions League. The cast of Xavi Hernández went back to show a very move# away image of the football to the that are accustomed to deploy, what reflects the true bajón that is experiencing the team. Already they had lost against the Real Madrid (1-2) and only saved to lose in front of the Real Sociedad thanks to the a Ter Stegen 'monumental' and to a goal agónico of Ronald Araújo to the 92'.
After the defeat in front of the Shakhtar in Champions (1-0), as it is usual in these cases, begin the criticisms and, definitely, one of the most signalled players of the Catalan square was Oriol Romeu, the one who has been object of a lot of criticisms lately in the City Condal. After being acting in Donosti, expected that had a performance that allowed him reaffirm his place in the team, but at the end the native of Ulldecona left more doubts that certainties.
Oriol Romeu, one of the main signalled in the defeat of the Barça
The exjugador of the Girona began in the base of the centre of the field, with Gavi and Ilkay Gündoğan like interiors to his sides. However, although it improved his performance in comparison with previous parties, follows showing his weaknesses when no complements him with a midfield player of the profile of Frenkie of Jong.
The Catalan, the one who only played 60 minutes, seems ralentizar the mobility of the game in the centre of the field of the FC Barcelona. Although it was hit in the delivery of passes, completing 34 of the 37 tried and even making a pair of effective long passes, does not seem to be the player that improves the transitions of the Barça with fast decisions, especially when it confronts to a team like the Shakhtar, that bet by presionar and, to his time, caused that the pivote lost the balloon in six occasions.
Besides, one of the facets in which Oriol Romeu is used to to stand out, the defensive, was not of the all clear in this party. In spite of making three effective entrances and win three of the four terrestrial duels, seems that his defensive skills are not sufficient to cover his zone of the field, especially in repliegues fast in front of transitions of the rival cast.
The rhythm of game culé changed with the exit of Oriol Romeu
The reality is that, although signal to the pivote of Ulldecona can seem evident, since the FC Barcelona showed a greater mobility after his exit of the field, largely because of the entrance of Pedri and Fermín, two 'jugones' and to the change of Gündogan to the centre of the field, the bad party of the Barça was generalised and can not attribute only to an individual performance. It would be tendencioso do it.
Nevertheless, seeing the sucedido, seems that the Barça will have to accelerate the arrival of a midfield player that adapt better to the style and current ideas of the club. In the diary finds Martín Zubimendi, the one who showed in the last day of LaLiga that can exert this paper to perfection, and also mentions the case of Joshua Kimmich, although his signing keeps on being something more complex. In spite of this, in the City Condal still ilusionan with his arrival to give a necessary plus of quality in a zone neurálgica for the Barcelona cast and that knew that it went to be complicated suplir after the goodbye of Sergio Busquets.