Barça is looking forward to the match between Bayern and Madrid after dispatching Sevilla in half an hour. García Pimienta’s team He was petrified since he was awarded a debatable penalty that made it 1-0. Everything turned against Sevilla, taking refuge in the referee’s alibi, and in favor of Barcelona, delighted and admired by more people than ever in Montjuïc. The Blaugrana gave themselves an exquisite and undemanding match that reinforced their leadership in the League with three more points than the team of Mbappé and Vinicius. The Pichichi at the moment is Lewandowskiwhich has 14 goals, after once again putting the final point on a team that scored every time it shot until 3-0, impossible for Sevilla to defend.
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Iñaki Peña, Alejandro Balde, Iñigo Martínez, Pau Cubarsí, Jules Koundé, Marc Casadó, Lamine Yamal (Pablo Torre, min. 75), Raphinha (Fermín López, min. 65), Ansu Fati (Gerard Martín, min. 75), Pedri (Gavi, min. 82) and Robert Lewandowski (Pau Víctor, min. 65)
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Ørjan Nyland, Adrià Pedrosa (Gonzalo Montiel, min. 80), Loïc Badé, José Ángel Carmona, Marcão, Chidera Ejuke (Albert Sambi Lokonga, min. 45), Lucien Agoumé (Stanis Idumbo Muzambo, min. 69), Peque Fernández ( Suso, min. 45), Nemanja Gudelj, Dodi Lukébakio and Isaac Romero
Goals
1-0 min. 23: Lewandowski. 2-0 min. 27: Pedri. 3-0 min. 38: Lewandowski. 4-0 min. 81: Pablo Torre. 4-1 min. 86: Stanis Idumbo Muzambo. 5-1 min. 87: Pablo Torre
Referee Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea
yellow cards
Adrià Pedrosa (min. 48), Ansu Fati (min. 73), Djibril Sow (min. 84)
The Barcelona fans now need the greatest challenges to know their possibilities after an excellent start in the League. There is no one better to gauge his strength than his German bête noire and his usual rival at the Bernabéu. The team, at the moment, is brimming with confidence, very successful in attack and solvent in defense, especially well guided by Pau Cubarsí and Íñigo Martínez and with more and more players at Flick’s disposal.
It was not easy to negotiate a solvent lineup due to the schedule and the recovery of players who are supposed to have a relevant role such as Olmo, Gavi, De Jong and Fermín. The coach initially opted to give continuity to the usual team with Iñaki Peña in goal and the inclusion of Eric in the midfield until the center back was injured in the warm-up and was replaced by Ansu Fati, a forward who also maneuvers inside with Flick. The coach tries not to lose players in calculated locker room management and wants Peña to feel like a starter – he has also been confirmed against Bayern – and not also a substitute for the recently signed Szczesny due to Ter Stegen’s injury.
Peña had to pay attention to Lukébakio, a powerful and fast forward, always enabled by Nyland’s long pass. The goalkeeper unloaded on Lukébakio to avoid the Barça pressure and take advantage of the space freed up by Balde. The Barcelona full-backs are very physically demanding due to the large field to cover and the opponents place their best wingers to reach easy finishing positions against Peña. Lukébakio hit two shots in a quarter of an hour before Raphinha fell in the area due to a touch from Peque after a pass from Lamine. The referee gave a penalty to Sevilla’s collective outcry and Lewandowski scored on Barcelona’s first shot.
Very effective in static attack, the Blaugrana were also decisive on the counterattack and set pieces, as is customary with Flick. Pedri recovered a ball in the divisionfollowed the prolonged play by Raphinha, Lewandowski and Lamine and finished from the balcony of the area after being enabled by Koundé. The Frenchman let the ball pass and Pedri hit a shot into Nyland’s corner: 2-0. The 3-0 came from a corner when Lewandowski put his foot on Raphinha’s shot. Three goals in four shots because in between Nyland was splendid in a shot by the striker after an armed transition from his area by Cubarsí. The Blaugrana, just as dominant as at the beginning, lost success after the break while two Sevilla goals were disallowed for offside, an appeal that is imposed by conviction at Barça. To Sevilla, a team still undefinedhe lacks waist to apply García Pimienta’s method. The change wheel made the match less painful while waiting for Gavi’s return. The clamor of the fans did not modify Flick’s excel sheet. The coach reserved Lewandowski, Raphinha and Lamine and refreshed the team with players like Pablo Torre. The midfielder made it 4-0 just before Gavi reappeared.
The moment was so emotional that it lit up Montjuïc. Gavi came out for Pedri and tied on the captain’s ribbon after 11 months of absence to warm up ahead of Tuesday and Saturday at the Bernabéu. The Barça tension caused Sevilla’s goal of honor in a wonderful run by Idumbo. It was not the last goal, but rather Pablo Torre repeated it with a free kick to make it 5-1. No better vitamin than the magic digit (5) to close a joyful night waiting to battle Bayern and Madrid.
